Why is PiEEG better than the Muse Headband?

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

You can find that out by comparing PiEEG:

https://petergamma.org/tag/pi-eeg/

to Muse Headband:

https://petergamma.org/tag/muse-headband/

  • One of the main reasons of Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org to retreat from the Muse headband was, that:
  • The Muse SDK is not available for private users anymore:

https://github.com/sccn/labstreaminglayer/issues/30

  • The Muse Headband offer only Bluetooth transmission, which is an issues for instance to study fast gamma waves in the brain.
  • The Muse headband offers only 4 EEG channels, which is view compared to PiEEG with up to 8 channels, and OpenBCI with up to 16 channels.
    -But PiEEG offers the option to overcome the 16 channel limitation of OpenBCI with a software solution. This cannot to done with OpenBCI in a way so that it is also a solution for professional developers.
  • After all Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org knows, it should be possible to build up for instance a 32 channel EEG device from 4 PiEEGs. But the software for it first needs to be developed.
  • But the features described here make PiEEG a device which is more interesting for developers than OpenBCI or the Muse headband.