Creating a low cost open source operant box

我们的目标是创建一个低成本（< 150美元）的操作训练箱，使用开源工具和软件。操作性训练是一种非常有价值的行为测试形式，可以分析动机、冲动、焦虑、抑郁、成瘾和许多其他行为过程。不幸的是，大多数商业供应商提供的房间，每个房间的成本在5-1万美元之间，一旦所有的软件和硬件都计算在内。对于许多研究人员来说，这是非常昂贵的，所以我们希望开发一种低成本的解决方案，让我们自己，我们的合作者，以及任何其他感兴趣的研究人员都可以使用这种形式的行为测试。

We aim to create a low cost (<$150) operant training box, using open source tools and software. Operant training is a highly valuable form of behavioral testing that can assay motivation, impulsiveness, anxiety, depression, addiction, and many other behavioral processes. Unfortunately, most commerical suppliers provide chambers that cost on the order of $5-10K per chamber, once all software and hardware is accounted for. This is prohibitively expensive for many researchers, so we would like to develop a low cost solution that will allow our selves, our collaborators, and any other interested researchers access to this form of behavioral testing. In the past year, we have finalized design of our operant chamber, begun testing it for training mice on operant responding for food, and are currently writing up a methods paper detailing its construction.