Building a recording chamber
What is a recording chamber?
A recording chamber, also referred here as Monitor, is a device required to house and record a fix number of flies. Each recording chamber is composed of essentially three separate parts:
- a recording arena, where flies are housed
- a single usb camera connected to the computer
- a “box” putting things together and isolating flies from external conditions (e.g.: light) if needed
In this chapter we are going to describe how to create and assemble a recording camera covering those three different elements independently