A Wide-band and User-friendly EEG Recording System for Wearable Applications

Lorenzo Bisoni, Enzo Mastinu, Massimo Barbaro

2015

Abstract

A wireless, wearable and non-invasive EEG recording system is proposed. The system includes a low-power 8-channel acquisition module and a Bluetooth (BT) transceiver to transmit acquired data to a remote platform. It was designed with the aim of creating a cheap and user-friendly system that can be easily interfaced with the nowadays widely spread smartphones or tablets by means of a mobile-based application. The presented system, validated through in-vivo experiments, allows EEG signals recording at different sample rates and with a maximum bandwidth of 524 Hz. It was realized on a 19cm2 custom PCB with a maximum power consumption of 270mW.

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in Harvard Style

Bisoni L., Mastinu E. and Barbaro M. (2015). A Wide-band and User-friendly EEG Recording System for Wearable Applications . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-071-0, pages 29-36. DOI: 10.5220/0005200500290036


in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices15,
author={Lorenzo Bisoni and Enzo Mastinu and Massimo Barbaro},
title={A Wide-band and User-friendly EEG Recording System for Wearable Applications},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={29-36},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005200500290036},
isbn={978-989-758-071-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2015)
TI - A Wide-band and User-friendly EEG Recording System for Wearable Applications
SN - 978-989-758-071-0
AU - Bisoni L.
AU - Mastinu E.
AU - Barbaro M.
PY - 2015
SP - 29
EP - 36
DO - 10.5220/0005200500290036