NESTML 7.0.2

NESTML 7.0.2 contains a fix for NEST Simulator 3.7 compatibility (#1021).

NESTML 7.0.1

NESTML 7.0.1 contains improvements in documentation and support for the extension modules unloading system introduced in NEST 3.7 (nest/nest-simulator#3103).

NESTML 7.0.1-rc1

NESTML 7.0.1-rc1 contains improvements in documentation and support for the extension modules unloading system introduced in NEST 3.7 (nest/nest-simulator#3103).

It is currently in release candidate status, which means that

• this is the version we recommend you to use;
• we invite feedback, reports and feature requests on the GitHub issue tracker and the NEST-user mailing list;
• for citing this version, we already reserved a DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10853850
• documentation corresponds to the "7.0.1-rc1" tag on nestml.readthedocs.org

NESTML 7.0.0

NESTML 7.0.0 contains many fixes, improvements in language syntax, enhancements in user experience, and documentation updates.

• Add support for compartmental neurons (#872)
• Add gap junction support (#907)

NESTML 6.0.0

NESTML 6.0.0 contains many fixes, improvements in language syntax, enhancements in user experience, and documentation updates.

• Add support for the SpiNNaker neuromorphic simulation platform (#925)
• Clarify semantics of internal parameters and inline expressions (#953)
• Fix STDP synapse bug (#843)
• Remove units from spiking input ports (#882)
• Add support for forward Euler integrator (#940)
• Add new "ignore and fire" model (#934)
• Add ceil, floor and round functions (#929)

NESTML 5.3.0

NESTML 5.3.0 contains many fixes, improvements in language syntax, enhancements in user experience, and documentation updates.

• Remove end keyword from NESTML models (#866, #893)
• Add erf() and erfc() to predefined maths functions (#889)
• Redirect stdout and stderr in the building phase (#741)

NESTML 5.2.0

NESTML 5.2.0 contains many fixes, enhancements in user experience, and documentation updates.

• Add support for NEST 3.4
• Support vector input ports in differential equations
• Made input ports more consistent in formulation and easier to use
• Allow solver selection of numeric vs. analytic solver in NEST code generator
• Compile NESTML generated code multithreaded
• Allow Node parameters and state variables to be assigned NEST probability distributions
• Add spike-frequency adaptation tutorial to the documentation

NESTML 5.1.0

NESTML 5.1.0 contains many fixes, enhancements in user experience, and documentation updates.

• A tutorial on the STDP-dopamine synapse was added.
• Facilities for automatic NEST version detection were added, improving compatibility between NESTML and different versions of NEST Simulator.
• The NESTML internal processing was improved to add a model transformers stage.
• Support was added for delay differential equations.

NESTML 5.0.0

NESTML 5.0.0 contains several fixes and improvements in user experience compared to 5.0.0-rc2.

NESTML 5.0.0-rc2

NESTML 5.0.0-rc2 contains several fixes and enhancements compared to rc1.

• It increases the versatility in generating code from different target platforms, by making it easier to use a different set of code generation templates, and extensive internal refactoring of the "printer" classes for elements of the abstract syntax tree.
• It makes the definitions of "inhibitory" and "excitatory" spiking input ports more clear in neuron models.
• Support for running NESTML in Docker was added.
• Fixes running multithreaded in NEST.
• Issues fixed with updated software dependencies (Antlr 4.10), many small bug fixes and documentation updates.

It is currently in release candidate status, which means that

• this is the version we recommend you to use;
• we invite feedback, reports and feature requests on the GitHub issue tracker and the NEST-user mailing list;
• for citing this version, we already reserved a DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5784175
• documentation corresponds to the "5.0.0-rc2" tag on nestml.readthedocs.org