New Delhi-based Upside Down Labs has opened crowdfunding for its Neuro PlayGround Lite, a Feather-format improvement board concentrating on electrocardiography (ECG), electromyography (EMG), electrooculography (EOG), and electroencephalography (EEG) human-machine interface initiatives.
Upside Down Labs unveiled the Neuro PlayGround Gentle again in April as a successor to its BioAMP EXG Tablet, promising the identical ECG, EMG, EOG, and EEG — grouped collectively as “EXG” — sensing in a Feather type issue powered by an Espressif ESP32-C6 microcontroller with single-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Power (BLE), and IEEE 802.15.4 Thread- and Zigbee-compatible radio connectivity. An on-board three-channel amplifier handles the tiny electrical variances picked up by the stick-on probes, whereas there are a number of add-on boards, dubbed “Playmates,” to supply vibration, buzzer, and even electrode haptic suggestions.
Since its authentic announcement, Upside Down Labs has been engaged on placing collectively extra pattern apps for the gadget: along with the browser-based coronary heart monitor, blink-trigger for gaming, and a bubble-popping mind laptop interface by which the participant wants to take care of a targeted state, the corporate has now detailed extra demos together with the management of a remote-controlled automobile with muscle and brainwave indicators over a Bluetooth Low Power connection, thoughts management of residence automation good plugs, infrared signalling of different home equipment, an app that mixes EEG intent and EMG motion affirmation for help in taking medicine, a cardiac well being monitor with ailment detection, multi-channel EMG gesture recognition, and an instance of utilizing single-channel EXG sensing for blink detection, focus, and jaw-clenching detection.
The corporate has been engaged on a spread of demos and assist software program, together with a Python-based GUI. (📷: Upside Down Labs)
The corporate has additionally been sharpening its supporting software program, displaying off a Rust-based graphical person interface for flashing new firmware to the Neuro PlayGround Lite board, a NextJS-based information visualisation, processing, and recording bundle known as Chords-Net plus a stndalone Python model sensibly dubbed Chords-Python, a Rust-based connector for streaming information, and an information stream visualizer. There has, nonetheless, been a shift within the board’s specs: what was initially 8MB of flash reminiscence has been dropped to 4MB on the ultimate {hardware} revision.
Upside Down Labs has launched crowdfunding for the Neuro PlayGround Lite on Crowd Provide with rewards beginning at $99 for the bottom “Explorer” model, $149 for the “Ninja” with extra electrodes and cables plus a bundled VibZ Playmate, battery, and 3D-printed case, and topping out at $199 for the “Beast” bundle that will increase the channel rely from three to 6 with a VibZ+ Playmate board. All {hardware} is anticipated to ship on the finish of November, the corporate has stated.
