# Command: pulsepacket_generator

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Name:

    pulsepacket_generator - Generate sequence of Gaussian pulse packets.

Description:

      The pulsepacket_generator produces a spike train contains Gaussian pulse
      packets centered about given  times.  A Gaussian pulse packet is
      a given number of spikes with normal distributed random displacements
      from the center time of the pulse.
      It resembles the output of synfire groups of neurons.

Parameters:

      pulse_times  double	- Times of the centers of pulses in ms
      activity	 int  	- Number of spikes per pulse
      sdev	 double	- Standard deviation of spike times in each pulse in ms

Sends:

    SpikeEvent

Remarks:

     	- All targets receive identical spike trains.
     	- New pulse packets are generated when activity or sdev are changed.
     	- Gaussian pulse are independently generated for each given
      pulse-center time.
     	- Both standard deviation and number of spikes may be set at any time.
      Pulses are then re-generated with the new values.

SeeAlso:

- spike_generator
- StimulatingDevice

Source:

    /opt/conda/conda-bld/nest_1512418773968/work/nest-2.14.0/models/pulsepacket_generator.h

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