ThinkGearService

Uses the ThinkGear NeuroSky API to access MindWave EEG data.

Generated events

• Service type: Brain
• Event types: Update
• Event data fields: extra data (float array) for EEG values described below.

Extra Data Fields

Signal strength ranges from 0-200 while attention/meditation from 0-100. All other values can vary from 0 to over 100,000,000 depending on the wave. Signal strength of 200 typically means the headset is not current worn, values 50-25 indicates one of the contacts (forehead or ear) is not properly set.

• ExtraDataFloat 0: Signal strength
• No signal: 200
• Partial signal: 50 to 25
• Full signal: 0
• ExtraDataFloat 1: Attention
• Strongly lowered: 0 to 20
• Reduced: 20-40
• Neutral: 40-60
• Slightly elevated: 60 to 80
• Elevated: 80 to 100
• ExtraDataFloat 2: Meditation
• Same scale as Attention
• ExtraDataFloat 3: Delta waves
• ExtraDataFloat 4: Theta waves
• ExtraDataFloat 5: Low alpha waves
• ExtraDataFloat 6: High alpha waves
• ExtraDataFloat 7: Low beta waves
• ExtraDataFloat 8: High beta waves
• ExtraDataFloat 9: Low gamma waves
• ExtraDataFloat 10: High gamma waves
• ExtraDataFloat 11: Blink strength
• Blinks typically register around values of 100 or greater

Configuration parameters

• comPortName (string): com port the MindWave Wireless USB Adapter is connected to (default: "\\.\COM10")
• enableStreamLog (bool): enable stream logging to streamLog.txt (default: false)
• enableDataLog (bool): enable data logging to dataLog.txt (default: false)
• baudRate (int): sets the connection baud rate (1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 57600, or 115200) (default: 4800)