Getting Started#

Bonsai Learning Resources#

Resource	Description
Bonsai crash course	Quick video describing basic Bonsai concepts and use
Bonsai’s learn page	Videos and links for understanding how Bonsai can be used to process data streams ranging from beginner to advanced use.
Bonsai’s docs page	Installation, package management, use guide. These pages also contain an overview of the reactive architecture at the core of Bonsai, and why it’s useful and powerful. It concludes with a guide on how to use the editor to create Bonsai workflows.
Bonsai user group	Bonsai’s Q/A forum with lots of useful examples and solutions for various common (and uncommon) acquisition scenarios.
ReactiveX operator definitions	Detailed information on many of the reactive operators you will find in Bonsai’s Reactive library, especially in the “Combinators” grouping

If an ONIX node does not have a configuration GUI (e.g. like HeartbeatDevice), then double clicking the node will bring open its documentation page in your default browser.
If an ONIX node has a configuration GUI (e.g. NeuropixelsV1Device), then there will be a Documentation link on that will open the node’s reference page in your default browser.

Have a look at the following video shows how to use ONIX hardware with Bonsai.