Last Updated on August 1, 2025 by pg@petergamma.org
Two users already tested those and had issues.
Stellarpower had issues with the Wifi shield.
- But these issues are known.
- One is a hardware issues, and can be resolved
- One is a software issue, which can be resolved.
Jenelson had issue with the connection between Cyton and Wifi shield
Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org
always has a struggle with products from www.openbci.com. They are expensive and are hardly further developed. The alternative are products based on InfluxDB. And here I am always in a crisis. To invest even more time in such devices? I guess the problem Jenelson had can be resolved by replacing the connectors between Cyton and Wifi shield. I guess this is the part where most probably most issues occurr. It is hard to believe that the electronic components which are soldered on these devices are faulty. Most of the users in the OpenBCI forum are beginners. And no one seems to want to go into more depth regarding this topic. But I think this can only be found out by trying once more. The OpenBCI architecture is complicated. But Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org has digested it in recent years. And I think it is worth once more to test if someone with in more depth knowledge can repair those.
It is another question if it is worth it to make money out of it. If you are a Swiss you can do the job, and sell those as:
repaired in Switzerland
And according to the logic of the OpenBCI sellers sell those modules for 25 000 USD. This is the same price as OpenBCI Galea has with 16 channels and Wifi transmission.
Another option is buy to buy OpenBCI Cyton and Daisy from www.openbci.com. And try only to bring the Wifi shield which can be bought on eBay and Aliexpress together with these www.openbci.com components to work. The modules from www.petergamma.org have only a slow Bluetooth transmission. The alternative are devices from mBrainTrain. The market for such devices seem to be very small. And these devices hardly develop further. So it seems that we have to live with what is available.