Device class

(Shortest import: from brian2.devices import Device)

class brian2.devices.device.Device

Bases: object

Base Device object.

Attributes

network_schedule

The network schedule that this device supports.

Methods

activate([build_on_run])	Called when this device is set as the current device.
add_array(var)	Add an array to this device.
build(**kwds)	For standalone projects, called when the project is ready to be built.
code_object(owner, name, abstract_code, …)
code_object_class([codeobj_class, fallback_pref])	Return CodeObject class according to input/default settings
delete([data, code, directory, force])	Delete code and/or data generated/stored by the device.
fill_with_array(var, arr)	Fill an array with the values given in another array.
get_array_name(var[, access_data])	Return a globally unique name for var().
get_len(array)	Return the length of the array.
get_random_state()	Return a (pickable) representation of the current random number generator state.
init_with_arange(var, start, dtype)	Initialize an array with an integer range.
init_with_zeros(var, dtype)	Initialize an array with zeros.
insert_code(slot, code)	Insert code directly into a given slot in the device.
insert_device_code(slot, code)
reinit()	Reinitialize the device.
resize(var, new_size)	Resize a DynamicArrayVariable.
resize_along_first(var, new_size)
seed([seed])	Set the seed for the random number generator.
set_random_state(state)	Reset the random number generator state to a previously stored state (see Device.get_random_state).
spike_queue(source_start, source_end)	Create and return a new SpikeQueue for this Device.

Details

network_schedule

The network schedule that this device supports. If the device only supports a specific, fixed schedule, it has to set this attribute to the respective schedule (see Network.schedule for details). If it supports arbitrary schedules, it should be set to None (the default).

activate(build_on_run=True, **kwargs)

Called when this device is set as the current device.

add_array(var)

Add an array to this device.

Parameters

var : ArrayVariable

The array to add.

build(**kwds)

For standalone projects, called when the project is ready to be built. Does nothing for runtime mode.

code_object(owner, name, abstract_code, variables, template_name, variable_indices, codeobj_class=None, template_kwds=None, override_conditional_write=None, compiler_kwds=None)

code_object_class(codeobj_class=None, fallback_pref='codegen.target')

Return CodeObject class according to input/default settings

Parameters

codeobj_class : a CodeObject class, optional

If this is keyword is set to None or no arguments are given, this method will return the default.

fallback_pref : str, optional

String describing which attribute of prefs to access to retrieve the ‘default’ target. Usually this is codegen.target, but in some cases we want to use object-specific targets such as codegen.string_expression_target.

Returns

codeobj_class : class

The CodeObject class that should be used

delete(data=True, code=True, directory=True, force=False)

Delete code and/or data generated/stored by the device.

Parameters

data : bool, optional

Whether to delete the data generated by the simulation (final values of state variables, data stored in monitors, etc.). Defaults to True.

code : bool, optional

Whether to delete the code generated by the simulation. Includes the numerical values used for initialization of state variables in assignments not using strings. Defaults to True.

directory : bool, optional

Whether to delete the project directory generated by the simulation. Will not delete directories that contain files not created by Brian unless the force option is specfied. Defaults to True.

force : bool, optional

Whether to delete the project directory with all its content, even if it contains files that were not created by Brian. Useful only when the directory option is set to True as well. Defaults to False.

fill_with_array(var, arr)

Fill an array with the values given in another array.

Parameters

var : ArrayVariable

The array to fill.

arr : ndarray

The array values that should be copied to var().

get_array_name(var, access_data=True)

Return a globally unique name for var().

Parameters

access_data : bool, optional

For DynamicArrayVariable objects, specifying True here means the name for the underlying data is returned. If specifying False, the name of object itself is returned (e.g. to allow resizing).

Returns

name : str

The name for var().

get_len(array)

Return the length of the array.

Parameters

array : ArrayVariable

The array for which the length is requested.

Returns

l : int

The length of the array.

get_random_state()

Return a (pickable) representation of the current random number generator state. Providing the returned object (e.g. a dict) to Device.set_random_state should restore the random number generator state.

Returns

state :

The state of the random number generator in a representation that can be passed as an argument to Device.set_random_state.

init_with_arange(var, start, dtype)

Initialize an array with an integer range.

Parameters

var : ArrayVariable

The array to fill with the integer range.

start : int

The start value for the integer range

dtype : dtype

The data type to use for the array.

init_with_zeros(var, dtype)

Initialize an array with zeros.

Parameters

var : ArrayVariable

The array to initialize with zeros.

dtype : dtype

The data type to use for the array.

insert_code(slot, code)

Insert code directly into a given slot in the device. By default does nothing.

insert_device_code(slot, code)

reinit()

Reinitialize the device. For standalone devices, clears all the internal state of the device.

resize(var, new_size)

Resize a DynamicArrayVariable.

Parameters

var : DynamicArrayVariable

The variable that should be resized.

new_size : int

The new size of the variable

resize_along_first(var, new_size)

seed(seed=None)

Set the seed for the random number generator.

Parameters

seed : int, optional

The seed value for the random number generator, or None (the default) to set a random seed.

set_random_state(state)

Reset the random number generator state to a previously stored state (see Device.get_random_state).

Parameters

state :

A random number generator state as provided by Device.get_random_state.

spike_queue(source_start, source_end)

Create and return a new SpikeQueue for this Device.

Parameters

source_start : int

The start index of the source group (necessary for subgroups)

source_end : int

The end index of the source group (necessary for subgroups)