Peter Gamma (Physiologist & Director) Meditation Research Institute Switzerland (MRIS)

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Why is PiEEG better than OpenBCI made in China?

Posted bypg@petergamma.org

Last Updated on March 1, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

OpenBCI made in China is currently a bit more affordable than OpenBCI made in China, and PiEEG currently not available anymore and needs to be ordered eventually by ourselves. But PiEEG has not many of the issues OpenBCI made in China was, which we decribed on www.petergamma.org:

099d. OpenBCI made in China – what do we know about it?

Two users reported about issues of OpenBCI made in China in the www.openbci.com forum, and these where

  • issues with the OpenBCI WIFI shield
  • communication problems between OpenBCI Cyton and the WIFI shield. PiEEG has the simpler architecture than OpenBCI Cyton. PiEEG hat does not require a WIFI shield for WIFI transmission, and PiEEG is more reliable than a WIFI shield as far the connector is concerned. The connector is bigger and the Raspberry Pi hat connector is more widely used than the OpenBCI Cyton WIFI connector, which is a special OpenBCI Cyton design.