Last Updated on February 18, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org
The hardware costs of such a device is estimated a bit more than 500 USD. A while ago such a device was offered on Aliexpress for this price which was based on the architecture of the ADS1299 chip from Texas Instruments. Shorly after that, the device was double the price, and costed the same was the Emotiv Epoc Flex 32. There are also other devices out there as for instance the devices from mBrainTrain. And then finally we have the g.Nautilus Multi-Purpose EEG Headset with 32 EEG channels for 50 000 USD.
We suppose we are able to build such a device for a bit more than 500 USD by ourselves. We suppose this was the calculation which was made for the initial price of the 32 channel EEG board sold on Aliexpress. If we build such a devices by ourselves today, it will not have the quality of the g.Nautilus Multi-Purpose EEG Headset with 32 EEG channels at the beginning. But since we are physiolgists, we have to potential to build a device which can compete with a g.Nautilus Multi-Purpose EEG Headset. And then we can offer it for 50 000 USD as well. But will we be able to find buyers for our device? We doubt about this. g.tec medical is in the business for 20 years, but not www.petergamma.org. But if we just want to build a device for our own specialized application, to build our own device is the most interesting option. We can do whatever we want with it, and no one is able to dictate what we can do with it and how much it costs.