Data Types

The data streams that flow from processor to processor consist of data packets that carry the data of interest (the payload), a source timestamp (when the data packet was generated) and (optionally) a hardware timestamp (original timestamp of the external hardware that generated the data). Each input and output port on processor nodes only handles dedicated types of data. For example, some processors operate on arrays of analog data.

See how to extends a datatype on Falcon for more information. Below is a list of data types that are currently available in this extension.

Warning

Breaking change in the 1.4 version of the column type and timeseries type

The data order has been switched from c1s1 c2s1 … cns1 c1s2 c2s2 … cns2 …… cnsn to s1c1 s2c1 … snc1 s1c2 s2c2 … snc2 …… sncn . If you were working with only the datatype API including the special iterator (channels and samples); the change is automatic.

• EventData
• SpikeData
• Column Data
• Time Series data
• MUAData
• VectorData
• ScalarData