Blackrock data conversion

Install NeuroConv with the additional dependencies necessary for reading Blackrock data.

pip install "neuroconv[blackrock]"

Convert Blackrock data to NWB using BlackrockRecordingInterface.

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> from neuroconv.datainterfaces import BlackrockRecordingInterface
>>>
>>> # For this interface we need to pass the location of the ``.ns5`` file
>>> file_path = f"{ECEPHY_DATA_PATH}/blackrock/FileSpec2.3001.ns5"
>>> # Change the file_path to the location in your system
>>> interface = BlackrockRecordingInterface(file_path=file_path, verbose=False)
>>>
>>> # Extract what metadata we can from the source files
>>> metadata = interface.get_metadata()
>>> # For data provenance we add the time zone information to the conversion
>>> session_start_time = metadata["NWBFile"]["session_start_time"]
>>> session_start_time = session_start_time.replace(tzinfo=ZoneInfo("US/Pacific"))
>>> metadata["NWBFile"].update(session_start_time=session_start_time)
>>>
>>> # Choose a path for saving the nwb file and run the conversion
>>> nwbfile_path = f"{path_to_save_nwbfile}"
>>> interface.run_conversion(nwbfile_path=nwbfile_path, metadata=metadata)