Getting my OpenBCI headset to work with the Muse 2 took me a whole weekend

I was trying to set up a simple motor imagery experiment, but the data stream kept dropping. The issue was a mismatch in the sample rate between the two devices. I had to dig through the OpenBCI forums for about 12 hours before finding a user patch from someone in Berlin that fixed the sync. Has anyone else run into weird sample rate problems with different hardware?

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andrewt413d ago

Oh man, that "user patch from someone in Berlin" line is the whole hobbyist BCI experience in a nutshell. My own weekend was lost to a similar sync ghost, but mine was because I'd left an old Bluetooth dongle plugged in (from a different project, naturally). The software was trying to talk to that phantom device instead, and I only figured it out after reinstalling the driver three times. I felt so smart and so dumb at the same time.

phoenix_campbell883d ago

Ever have one of those fixes that feels obvious only after you've wasted hours? @andrewt41, that bluetooth dongle story is way too real. It's always the simple, physical thing you overlook while digging through software.