Hardware Podcasts

388: Brains Generate EMF

Embedded.fm · 30 Sept 2021 · 1h 01m · Episode 388

What this episode covers

Alan Cohen, author of 'Prototype to Product' and medical device consultant, discusses the development of VolksEEG, an open-source electroencephalogram (EEG) designed for research and eventual clinical use. He details the hardware architecture, including the Texas Instruments ADS1299 chip and the Adafruit Feather nRF52840 Sense, and explains the regulatory strategy of targeting an Institutional Review Board (IRB) clearance before pursuing FDA certification. Cohen also addresses the challenges of open-source licensing, supply chain shortages, and the specific engineering constraints of building safe, low-amplitude signal acquisition systems.

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Companies
Texas Instruments, Adafruit, Helpful Engineering, RespiraWorks, Mass General Brigham
Products
VolksEEG, Feather nRF52840 Sense
Chips
ADS1299
Tools
Arduino, MicroPython, C#

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