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EEG-SMT - Open Source Hardware Board
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Low cost open source EEG device completely assembled USB interface
Price99.00 EUR
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Many people are interested in what is called neurofeedback or EEG biofeedback training, a generic mental training method which makes the trainee consciously aware of the general activity in the brain. This method shows great potential at improving many mental capabilities and exploring consciousness. Other people want to do experiments with brain-computer interfaces or just want to have a look at their brain at work.

Commercial EEG devices are generally too expensive to become a hobbyist tool or toy.

The OpenEEG project is about making plans and software for do-it-yourself EEG devices available for free (as in GPL). It is aimed toward amateurs who would like to experiment with EEG. However, if you are a pro in any of the fields of electronics, neurofeedback, software development etc., you are of course welcome to join the mailing-list and share your wisdom.

For complete info on project please visit openEEG web site: http://openeeg.sourceforge.net

All you need is a USB cable with a type B connector (sold separately) and 5 electrodes: 5 passive electrodes or 4 active electrodes and 1 passive electrode for DRL (the electrodes are sold separately).

FEATURES

  • Follows the OpenEEG design recommendations
  • Protective box
  • Suitable for signals from 0.16Hz up to 59.00Hz
  • Cuts power line hum over 59.00Hz
  • Compatible with a range of visualisation tools (like BrainBay, OpenVibe, ElecGurum etc)
  • Ready-to-use, tested and calibrated
  • Electrodes are sold separately

DOCUMENTS

HARDWARE

SOFTWARE

FAQ

  • Which software tools are tested and working with Olimex EEG-SMT?
  • Electric Guru, BrainBay and OpenVibe - check for links to three of them in the software section. All others may or may be not supported. There is a very good chance the device would work with other software tools which officially support OpenEEG ModularEEG firmware P2
  • I'm using Windows and when I plug EEG-SMT my mouse goes crazy. What is the problem?
  • This is a well-known and documented problem with the Microsoft COM communication due to a bug in Windows. Check the user's manual above for two tested and working solutions.
  • What is the amplification gain out of the box and secondly , how can is amplifciation gain be changed?
  • This is a well-known and documented problem with the Microsoft COM communication due to a bug in Windows. Check the user's manual above for two tested and working solutions.
  • What is the amplification gain of EEG-SMT out of the box? Can it be changed? How can I change the amplificiation gain?
  • The amplification of the channels of EEG-SMT is set empirically by rotating the cap of a trimmer resistors. Each channel has such a rotating trimmer, and each channel might have own amplification (one channel consists of two electrodes CH- and CH+). There is no factory default amplification – the units are calibrated based on observations in the visualization software with the help of a 250µVpp +/-10%, 0.1 .. 100Hz square wave calibration signal (also generated by EEG-SMT for calibration purposes). This part of the filter usually has an amplification value of this part of the filter around 40 times but this might vary depending on the exact potentiometer that we have used between different revisions and batches. The typical gain amplification of the whole filter (with G=40 of the part of the filter with the pot) would be roughly:

    Gtypical = G1 * G2typ * G3 = 12.36 * 40 * 13 ~ 6427 times

    The maximum gain amplification, roughly speaking, is:

    Gmax = G1 * G2max * G3 = 12.36 * 101 * 13 ~ 16229 times

    If you are interested in the exact amplification at any point you can measure the current value of the trimmer and calculate the rest. This requires opening the box of EEG-SMT and a multimeter or ohmmeter tool. For example, for channel one of EEG-SMT - use the formula to get the amplification of this part of the filter is G=1 + R38/(TR1+R40); where R38 and R40 are known (R38 = 100k; R40 = 1k). Make sure that you measure the resistance of TR1 properly – the board should be unpowered and you measure resistance at both ends of TR1 (pins 1 and 2). Calculate and you would receive the exact G at this step.

    If you want to change the hardware amplification – open the box carefully and rotate the cap of the trimmer resistor (also known as potentiometer or simply pot). Simply said, this alters the resistance and changes the amplification. Typically, this is not hard to do, yet we found out that a lot of customers manage to damage their EEG-SMT units while opening them or while rotating the pots. That is why, please note, that opening the box voids the warranty.

    Note that the calculations here are also quite rough. To calculate everything very preceisly (take into acount the HF rejection, the error margins of the operational amplifiers, and so on) you would need to study the schematic.
  • I want to write own software to interprete the data from EEG-SMT. Can you give me a detailed description of the protocol used?
  • The data packet follows OpenEEG's firmware 2. The source of firmware 2 might be found in the firmware source files and also at the OpenEEG's web site. The device samples the analog signals and builds a 17-byte packet which is transmitted at 256Hz, using 1 start bit, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, 57600 bits per second. Minimial transmission speed is 256Hz * sizeof(modeeg_packet) * 10 = 43520 bps.