Overview
During this time, we encountered a problem concerning the ordering of a Mindflex headsets essential to our project. Upon encountering this problem, we researched alternative ways to implement the same functionality of the headset.
Alternatives
- Purchasing or recreating the TGAM1 Module.
The TGAM1 Module is the chip within the Mindflex Headset that interprets the data received by the two dry electrodes in comparison to the ground electrode. It then outputs two states: Meditative and Attentive. Our goal would be to simply the process of simply reading the data from the electrodes and then simply setting a threshold to replace the Meditative and Attentive states. This would simplify the process by not implementing an algorithm to parse the data into Meditative and Attentive. We can just take the filtered data (taking out the noise) as our input for the circuit to turn on a light bulb. - Purchasing a different headset.
Another alternative would be purchasing a different headset. However, after research from various suppliers, many commercial headsets are out of the price range provided. However, by just purchasing the components needed: electrodes, cables, and perhaps a chip, we begin to work more on that physical implementation of the system.