ECG & EEG devices which currently fit’s best for our needs

Last Updated on December 14, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

Over the last 3 years we have evaluated on many of our 2,518 posts in our journal low-cost high-quality physiological sensor devices. The goal of the Meditation Research Institute Switzerland (MRIS) is to study the effect of practicing meditation on physiological parameters, and not to develop or sell physiological sensor devices. Out of the many devices which we evaluated the following currently fit’s best for our needs:

1. Low-cost high-quality ECG devices based on 3 channel OpenBCI:

Researchers from the University of Calgary found that a 3-lead ECG device based on the OpenBCI Cyton board can be used for HRV measurements instead of an industry-standard 3 lead ECG device from Adinstruments and costs only about 4%

2. Eventually combined with HeartPy:

Paul van Gent, Software Engineer at FreshMinds ICT Consultancy about the Python toolbox HeartPy

which we suppose should work with (1), but we haven’t tested this yet.

3. A Novel OpenBCI Framework for EEG-Based Neurophysiological Experiments: a Cyton 16 channel EEG headset & WIFI shield:

A Novel OpenBCI Framework for EEG-Based Neurophysiological Experiments: a Cyton 16 channel EEG headset & WIFI shield

Altough these ECG & EEG devices currently fit’s best for our needs we haven’t used and tested those. We did not even completely read the validation papers. To use these devices and to test what we can do with those takes time. These devices are more difficult to handle than an Apple watch or a Muse headband, but they offer many advantages these devices do not have.