Command: step_current_generator

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Name:
step_current_generator - provides a piecewise constant DC input current
Examples:
The current can be altered in the following way:
/step_current_generator Create /sc Set
sc << /amplitude_times [0.2 0.5] /amplitude_values [2.0 4.0] >> SetStatus

The amplitude of the DC will be 0.0 pA in the time interval [0, 0.2),
2.0 pA in the interval [0.2, 0.5) and 4.0 from then on.
Description:
The dc_generator provides a piecewise constant DC input to the
connected node(s). The amplitude of the current is changed at the
specified times. The unit of the current is pA.
Parameters:
The following parameters can be set in the status dictionary:
amplitude_times list of doubles - Times at which current changes in ms
amplitude_values list of doubles - Amplitudes of step current current in
pA
allow_offgrid_times bool - Default false
If false, times will be rounded to the nearest step if they are
less than tic/2 from the step, otherwise NEST reports an error.
If true, times are rounded to the nearest step if within tic/2
from the step, otherwise they are rounded up to the *end* of the
step.

Note:

Times of amplitude changes must be strictly increasing after conversion
to simulation time steps. The option allow_offgrid_times may be
useful, e.g., if you are using randomized times for current changes
which typically would not fall onto simulation time steps.
Sends:
CurrentEvent
Author:
Jochen Martin Eppler, Jens Kremkow
SeeAlso:
Source:
/usr/src/packages/BUILD/models/step_current_generator.h
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