Each Biopac Student Lab includes a Biopac Systems MP30 Hardware Unit. The MP30 is a high performance data acquisition system that is rugged, lightweight and easy to use. Electrode leads and transducers plug into the front of the MP30 unit and four auto-sensing amplifiers detect which type of electrode or transducer is being plugged into which channel. The MP30 gets power via a low-voltage wall transformer. Optical isolation circuits protect the input channels to provide a high degree of electrical safety when connecting electrodes and transducers to subjects.
All factors related to data acquisition are under software control.
To collect data, just plug the MP30 serial cable into the back of your Macintosh or PC and open the Biopac Student Lab program. A Laboratory Manual is provided with the Biopac Student Lab and includes lessons which determine how the MP30 unit is configured. When you plug an electrode lead set or transducer into a channel during a lesson, the channel automatically sets the gain, baseline and filtering range for that particular measurement. You can customize the MP30 Hardware Unit configuration using the Biopac Student Lab Pro Software.