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Welcome to OpenBCI

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Getting Started

  • Getting Started
  • Boards

    • Cyton Getting Started Guide
    • Daisy Getting Started Guide
    • Ganglion Getting Started Guide
    • WiFi Shield Getting Started Guide

    Biosensing Setups

    • Setting up for EEG
    • Setting up for ECG
    • Setting up for EMG

    Community

    • Welcome to the OpenBCI Community

Cyton Board

  • Cyton Board
  • Cyton Specs
  • Cyton Data Format
  • Cyton Board SDK
  • Cyton Board Programming Tutorial
  • Cyton Radios Programming Tutorial
  • External Trigger on OpenBCI Cyton Board
  • Using SD Card with OpenBCI

Ganglion Board

  • Ganglion Board
  • Ganglion Specs
  • Ganglion Data Format
  • Ganglion SDK
  • Ganglion Programming Tutorial

Headwear & Electrodes

  • Add Ons
  • Headwear

    • Ultracortex Mark IV
    • Ultracortex Mark III
    • OpenBCI EEG Headband Kit Guide
    • Electrode Cap Getting Started Guide

    Electrodes

    • Electrode Guide

Third-Party Hardware

  • Third-Party Hardware
  • EmotiBit

    • EmotiBit Guide

    HEGduino Kit

    • HEGduino How-to

    IDUN Dryode

    • IDUN Dryode™

    Myoware

    • MyoWare OpenBCI Integration (Cyton Board)
    • MyoWare OpenBCI Integration (Ganglion Board)

    Pulse Sensor

    • Pulse Sensor Guide

    ThinkPulse

    • ThinkPulse™ Getting Started Guide

    WiFi Shield

    • OpenBCI WiFi
    • Wifi Shield Programming Tutorial
    • OpenBCI WiFi Shield API
    • OpenBCI Wifi SDK

Software

  • Compatible Software
  • Developed By OpenBCI

    • The OpenBCI GUI
    • GUI Widget Guide

    Compatible Third Party Software

    • MATLAB
    • Neuromore
    • OpenViBE
    • Lab Streaming Layer (LSL)
    • BrainBay
    • BioEra
    • VirtualBox Windows Guide

For Developers

  • For Developers
  • Software Development
  • Firmware Development
  • Hardware Development

Deprecated Documents

  • Deprecated Docs
  • Spiderclaw V1 & V2 (deprecated)
  • OpenBCI 8bit Board (no longer in production)
  • Ultracortex Mark 1
  • Ultracortex Mark 2
  • Ultracortex Mark III "Nova" & "Supernova" (REVISED)
  • Python and OpenBCI
  • OpenBCI Hub

Troubleshooting

  • Troubleshooting Landing
  • Minimizing Noise
  • GUI Troubleshooting
  • FTDI Buffer Fix on Linux
  • FTDI Buffer Fix on OS X
  • FTDI Buffer Fix on Windows

Example Projects

  • Example Projects
  • Arduino Focus Example

    • Send Focus Data from GUI to Arduino

    Experiments

    • Puppies and Kittens Experiment

    Community Page Projects

    • Community Page Projects

    EMG Projects and Tutorials

    • EMG Scrolling
    • EMG-controlled Stop/Start Music
    • EMG-controlled Slideshow
    • EMG-controlled LED
    • EMG Chrome Dino Game

FAQ

    FAQ

    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • General Frequently Asked Questions
    • How OpenBCI products go together?
    • Hardware & Software
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OpenBCI Cookie Policy

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As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality. For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.

How We Use Cookies

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We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

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In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site. This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; Facebook, Twitter, Google+, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

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More Information

Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site. However if you are still looking for more information you can contact us at contact@openbci.com

Last updated on 8/10/2020
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