The Python software library designed to work with OpenBCI hardware.

Please direct any questions, suggestions and bug reports to the github repo at: https://github.com/OpenBCI/OpenBCI_Python

• Python 2.7 or later (https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/)
• Numpy 1.7 or later (http://www.numpy.org/)
• Yapsy -- if using pluging (http://yapsy.sourceforge.net/)
• librosa -- (https://librosa.github.io/librosa/)
• matplotlib -- (https://matplotlib.org/)

OpenBCI 8 and 32 bit board with 8 or 16 channels.

This library includes the main open_bci_v3 class definition that instantiates an OpenBCI Board object. This object will initialize communication with the board and get the environment ready for data streaming. This library is designed to work with iOS and Linux distributions. To use a Windows OS, change the init function in open_bci_v3.py to establish a serial connection in Windows.

For additional details on connecting your board visit: http://docs.openbci.com/tutorials/01-GettingStarted

The Ganglion board relies on Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity (BLE). You should also retrieve the bluepy submodule for a more up-to-date version than the version 1.0.5 available at that time through pip. To do so, clone this repo with the --recursive flag then type make inside bluepy/bluepy. Note that you may need to run the script with root privileges to for some functionality, e.g. auto-detect MAC address.

You may also need to alter the settings of your bluetooth adapter in order to reduce latency and avoid packet drops -- e.g. if the terminal spams "Warning: Dropped 1 packets" several times a seconds, DO THAT.

On linux, assuming hci0 is the name of your bluetooth adapter:

sudo echo 9 > /sys/kernel/debug/bluetooth/hci0/conn_min_interval

sudo echo 10 > /sys/kernel/debug/bluetooth/hci0/conn_max_interval

you can visit http://openbci.com/downloads and browse other OpenBCI software that will fit your needs.

The startStreaming function of the Board object takes a callback function and begins streaming data from the board. Each packet it receives is then parsed as an OpenBCISample which is passed to the callback function as an argument.

OpenBCISample members: -id: int from 0-255. Used to tell if packets were skipped.

-channel_data: 8 int array with current voltage value of each channel (1-8)

-aux_data: 3 int array with current auxiliary data. (0s by default)

This is the newly created plugin which does a few things in a row: collect data from the openbci board and save it to csv, collect data from Kinect device over UDP and marge with openbci unprocessed data and create a stream that will be published to processing unit.

Then simply run the code given as an argument the port your board is connected to Ex Linux:

$python csv_collect_and_publish.py -p /dev/ttyUSB0

The program should establish a serial connection and reset the board to default settings. When a '-->' appears, you can type a character (character map http://docs.openbci.com/software/01-OpenBCI_SDK) that will be sent to the board using ser.write. This allows you to change the settings on the board.