Dear All,
I try to inject spikes from the DVS model in gazebo into
a population of neurons called Populationes.dvs_on
on SpiNNaker. While the DVS output looks quite
correct I get some weard output from the dvs_on
population. Both outputs should look the more or the
less the same but they don’t.
DVS output ( driving through a corridor of cylinders):
dvs_on population output:
Here are the functions I use to inject the spikes into SpiNNaker and to put the
spikes from SpiNNaker into a csv file. Both functions are modified from other
versions I found at the NRP. What could be wrong in the connections?
Best regards,
Thorben Schoepe
Python Transfer Function
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This module contains the transfer function that transforms DVS address events
to spikes and input them to a population of neurons
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from dvs_msgs.msg import EventArray
import numpy as np
@nrp.MapRobotPublisher(‘dvs_rendered’, Topic(’/dvs_rendered’, sensor_msgs.msg.Image))
@nrp.MapRobotSubscriber(“dvs”, Topic(‘spikerobot/edvs/events’, EventArray))
@nrp.MapSpikeSource(“input_neurons”, nrp.brain.Populationes.dvs_on, nrp.injector, weight = 50, n=1)
@nrp.Robot2Neuron()
def dvs_to_robot(t, dvs, input_neurons, dvs_rendered):
event_msg = dvs.value
amplitudes = np.zeros(nrp.config.brain_root.input_shape[0] * nrp.config.brain_root.input_shape[1])
if event_msg is None:
input_neurons.amplitude = amplitudes
return
#There are too many events - we randomly select a subset of them
n_events_to_keep = min(100, len(event_msg.events))
filtered_events = np.random.choice(event_msg.events, n_events_to_keep, replace=False)
rendered_img = np.zeros((nrp.config.brain_root.input_shape[0], nrp.config.brain_root.input_shape[1], 3), dtype=np.uint8)
# set high amplitude for neurons that spiked
for event in filtered_events:
rescaled_event = (np.array((event.y, event.x)) * nrp.config.brain_root.scaling_factor).astype(int)
rendered_img[rescaled_event[0]][rescaled_event[1]] = (event.polarity * 255, 255, 0)
idx = rescaled_event[0] * nrp.config.brain_root.input_shape[1] + rescaled_event[1]
amplitudes[idx] = 1
input_neurons.amplitude = amplitudes
#active_neurons = input_neurons[active_neurons].amplitude = 1
input_neurons.inject_spikes()
#msg_frame = CvBridge().cv2_to_imgmsg(rendered_img, 'rgb8')
#dvs_rendered.send_message(msg_frame)
Python Transfer Function
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This module contains the transfer function that receives
spikes from the SpiNNaker and saves them into a csv file
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@nrp.MapCSVRecorder(“recorder”, filename=“dvs_on_spikes.csv”, headers=[“id”,“time”])
@nrp.MapSpikeSink(“record_neurons”, nrp.brain.Populationes.dvs_on, nrp.spike_recorder)
@nrp.Neuron2Robot(triggers=[“record_neurons”])
def csv_spike_monitor_2(t, recorder, record_neurons):
for timing in record_neurons.times:
recorder.record_entry(
timing[0],
timing[1]
)