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MindMirrorEeg
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-Portable 2 channel EEG with Cade/Blundell bandpass filters
+Portable 2 channel EEG with Cade/Blundell bandpass filters.
+
Designed to run on an Intel 80C196 single chip device in 1992.
+
+The challanges
+
1) implementing the digital band pass filters
+and getting them to run on a processor not designed for Digital Signal Processing.
+
2) Keeping the power manageable to use replaceable batteries
+
3) Using an LCD module to provide visual information of the output of 14 channels.
+
4) Communicating safely with a windows PC to show the details on a low cost PC display (circa 1992)
+