Last Updated on June 6, 2026 by pg@petergamma.org
Stock market speculation & scalping with OpenBCI modules sold on Aliexpress? First of all users reported that these devices are faulty. These sellers always offered demo devices which where free from issues. So we suppose that these sellers are looking for new costumers.
For us personally the OpenBCI architecure is at the end. We are not interested in special developments from Chinese developers. And modules which do not have stable prices are not very interesting as well.
For Swiss costumers like us, we prefer to buy products from Aliexpress instead of buying from the States. Since shipping costs and import taxes are lower. But it seems that these products based on the ADS1299 from Texas Instruments seem to be co-ordinated internationally.
We heared often complains that products from www.openbci.com are expensive. Maybe sooner or later Chinese developers break free from this international control and make themselves independent?
For Swiss costumers these ADS1299 products from Texas Instruments are not very competitive. In times of InfluxDB, it is only a question of time until those are replaced by products which are based on InfluxDB, were the hardware costs are very low.
So a market which is too controlled makes those ADS1299 products from Texas Instruments less interesting for Swiss costumers which are used to open markets. We are looking for alternatives all the time, without finding those. But a situation if we as physiologists want to build our own device and the most cost effective way is to buy products from www.openbci.com in the States and integrate these modules is not very the Swiss style.
Since we as Swiss usually buy electronic components from China. And now we should buy ADS1299 products from Texas Instruments in the States? This makes these products to products which will be replaced as soon as possible by other alternatives.