fix spike rate physical units from Hz to spks/s

nest · Dec 9, 2024 · db41c5d · db41c5d
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diff --git a/pynest/examples/brunel_delta_nest.py b/pynest/examples/brunel_delta_nest.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 # Definition of threshold rate, which is the external rate needed to fix the
 # membrane potential around its threshold, the external firing rate and the
 # rate of the poisson generator which is multiplied by the in-degree CE and
-# converted to Hz by multiplication by 1000.
+# converted to spks/s by multiplication by 1000.
 
 nu_th = theta / (J * CE * tauMem)
 nu_ex = eta * nu_th

diff --git a/pynest/examples/sudoku/sudoku_net.py b/pynest/examples/sudoku/sudoku_net.py
@@ -232,6 +232,6 @@ def set_noise_rate(self, rate):
         Parameters
         ----------
         rate : float
-            average spike frequency in Hz
+            average spike rate in spks/s
         """
         self.noise.rate = rate
diff --git a/testsuite/pytests/test_poisson_generator_campbell_alpha.py b/testsuite/pytests/test_poisson_generator_campbell_alpha.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def test_poisson_generator_alpha():
     tolerance = 0.05
     V_m_target = 20.0
     J = 0.01
-    # solve for rate, convert to Hz, drop C_m as it is 1.
+    # solve for rate, convert to spks/s, drop C_m as it is 1.
     rate = 1000.0 * V_m_target / (J * neuron_params["tau_m"] * np.exp(1) * neuron_params["tau_syn_ex"])
 
     poisson = nest.Create("poisson_generator")