The simple pricing stragedy of the hobby business scientist who sell EEG devices

Last Updated on February 27, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

We can see this calculation is: the more EEG channels, the more expensive the device is. But all of this is much too simple and a sign that hobby business scientists who calculated these prices who unterstand nothing about EEG devices.

	EEG device	architecture	Shop	availability	EEG channels	costs (USD)
1	Biosemi Active 2	Device which was developed before the Texas Instruments ADS1299 chip has been released	Neurospec Switzerland	yes	8	10 000
2	ADInstruments PowerLab amplifiers	Device which was developed before the Texas Instruments ADS1299 chip has been released	Adinstruments seller located in Germany (for Swiss)	yes	8 -16	up to 20 000 (1*)
3	OpenBCI Cyton + Daisy Biosensing Boards	Texas Instruments ADS1299	www.openbci.com	yes	16	1800
	OpenBCI Galea	Texas Instruments ADS1299	www.openbci.com	yes	16	25 000
	g.tec medical multi-purpose EEG heatset	Device which was developed before the Texas Instruments ADS1299 chip has been released	g.tec	yes	32	50 000
4	EEG device built by Hugo Plácido da Silva	TGAM & Influxdb	PLUX Biosignals	not yet available	16	estimated 500
5	EEG device built by Hugo Plácido da Silva	TGAM & Influxdb	PLUX Biosignals	not yet available	32	estimated 1 000
6	OpenBCI made in China	Cyton cable version	eBay & Aliexprss	available	8	200

(1*) We did not check the latest prices of Adinstruments channel recorders. These are the latest prizes which we know for these.