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A feasibility study of a complete low-cost consumer-grade brain-computer interface system.

Victoria Peterson^1,2, Catalina Galván², Hugo Hernández²

¹Instituto de Matemática Aplicada del Litoral, IMAL, CONICET-UNL, Santa Fe, Argentina.

|March 11, 2020

Summary

Low-cost consumer-grade brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) using OpenBCI and open-source software can achieve performance comparable to clinical-grade systems for motor imagery (MI) tasks. This demonstrates the viability of affordable BCI systems for communication and rehabilitation.

Keywords:

Biomedical engineering Brain-computer interfaces Consumer-grade EEG Motor imagery Open-source software

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Assessment and Communication for People with Disorders of Consciousness

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) offer alternative communication pathways by translating brain activity into commands.
Motor imagery (MI) is a BCI paradigm aiding motor recovery, but high equipment costs limit accessibility.
Emerging low-cost, consumer-grade devices show signal quality competitive with clinical-grade systems.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the integration and practical application of consumer-grade technologies for motor imagery BCIs.
To detail the advantages and disadvantages of using OpenBCI, low-cost sensors, and open-source software for a complete MI-BCI system.
To analyze signal quality and MI detection capabilities of an entirely consumer-grade BCI.

Main Methods:

Construction of an entirely consumer-grade MI-BCI system utilizing OpenBCI boards, low-cost sensors, and open-source software.
Acquisition and analysis of brain signals (EEG) during motor imagery tasks.
Evaluation of signal quality, susceptibility to ambient noise, and communication stability.
Application of a filter-bank based method for MI classification.

Main Results:

Despite challenges with communication stability and ambient noise, the consumer-grade BCI demonstrated competitive MI detection performance.
Classification accuracy using the low-cost system was comparable to that achieved with clinical-grade BCI systems.
A filter-bank based method proved effective in achieving robust MI classification with the acquired signals.

Conclusions:

An entirely low-cost MI-BCI system can be successfully built using consumer-grade hardware and open-source software.
These affordable technologies present a viable alternative to expensive clinical-grade devices for BCI applications.
Future improvements in communication stability and artifact rejection could further enhance the value of these emerging BCI technologies.