Last Updated on February 22, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org
- Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org cannot answer this question.
- It has not been proofen nor disproofen, it is difficult to proof or disproof, we just don’t know if they work or not.
- Another question is can they be sold or not?
- Yes, they can.
- And they are not sold out or pulled from the market because of user complaints.
- We think sales rates for these modules are low, since only view are interested in EEG modules.
- OpenBCI sellers on Aliexpress & eBay are reacting onto the statements of Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org.
- It seems like the evaluation process of OpenBCI made in China has not stopped yet. For the sellers as well as for Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org.
- OpenBCI made in China can be sold on eBay and Aliexpress, else they would be not offered there in shops.
- If they would be completely faulty, would they not have been stopped producing this product?
- We suppose they slowly increase in quality, but sell very slowly.
- We also observed that if Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org says something negative about 16 channel OpenBCI modules, these are not available anymore on eBay.ch but only on eBay.com.
- William Croft from www.OpenBCI.com answered to Mathias Andersen about OpenBCI made in China:
- «They have multiple hardware bugs. These have been reported by users both here on the Forum and in customer support.
- But has William Croft any proof for this statements. No.
- William Croft wants to sell us products from www.openBCI.com,
- William Croft from www.openBCI.com about issues of OpenBCI made in China:
«A primary reason is that these boards lack the RFduino radio modules, and instead use a modified Wifi Shield. Wifi Shield has been temporarily withdrawn from the OpenBCI Shop, because it needs engineering changes. The Chinese clones have not solved those issues.»
https://openbci.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/19681#Comment_19681
- Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org answeres to this.
- There are also OpenBCI made in China modules which offers Bluetooth transmission. William Crofts:
«A primary reason is that these boards lack the RFduino radio modules, and instead use a modified Wifi Shield.»
- Has no proof for this statement. Why sould we belive him? Does he not just want to sell us products from www.openBCI.com?
- William Croft from www.openBCI.com
- The Chinese clones have not solved the issues of the WIFI shield»
- Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org
- But sellers from eBay and Aliexpress claim the opposite.
- The hypothesis from Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org is that if he would spend as much time in trying to sell OpenBCI made in China as William Croft spends for selling products from www.OpenBCI.com , OpenBCI made in China would be as good as products from www.OpenBCI.com.
- Peter thinks sales rates of OpenBCI from China are low, and these sellers sell them as long as they can. Currently it is still possible to sell those. And if they are all faulty, they would have stop selling those.
- Sellers on eBay and Aliexpress for OpenBCI modules made in China react on statements of Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org.
- They updated the documentation according to his requests.
- And they updated the issues of the WIFI shield according to his request, which he highly appreciates, too.
- New and updated products are also available from OpenBCI made in China every now and then.
- Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org is still interested in OpenBCI made in China which is sold on eBay and Aliexpress.
Therfore sellers who sell OpenBCI made in China in eBay and Aliexpress, please bring the 16 channel version with WIFI shield back also for Swiss costumers. Peter Gamma from Switzerland is still interested in those.