Final Year Research based Project's Abstract

Mind-Machine Interface

Yusra Kaleem, Syed Hassan Ahmed, Sana Asad, Hassan Mannan
Telecommunication Engineering Department, Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology
Karachi, Pakistan
yusra.kaleem13@gmail.com
syedhassaanahmed94@gmail.com
sanaasad20@gmail.com
hasanmannan7727@gmail.com

Project Supervisor: Muhammad Umar Khan
Telecommunication Engineering Department, Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology
Karachi, Pakistan
m_umar_k@hotmail.com


ABSTRACT



The idea behind this project is to build a communication bridge between human brain and the physical devices, decoding the silent thoughts and messages from human brain where a person can experience the power of thoughts to control devices without requiring any physical input from the user. Brainwaves are produced by synchronized electrical pulses from masses of neurons communicating with each other which can be utilized to drive distinctive machines. BCI can be useful in providing direct communication and control between the human brain and physical devices and overall improvement of human thought concentration. The framework involves various EEG gold cup electrodes positioned according to 10/20 placement to sense numerous signs from scalp. Data from frontal, occipital and central lobe is captured in the range of alpha and beta waves. The circuit comprise of 8 differential, high gain, low noise input channels, instrumentation amplifier ADS1299 ADC and accelerometer data that removes offsets created via movement of body, electrodes or muscles. The data is transferred via RFDuino to processing units i.e. PC where Openbci GUI, Processing 2.2.1, OpenVibe and MATLAB are used to analyze and translate signals into helpful commands to trigger a machine. Filters are implemented to make signal more accurate and readable some of them are band pass, temporal, spatial, butterworth and notch filters. It can be modified by including more electrodes/channels so that a better and finer raw EEG is obtained that classifies brain activity in a more comprehensive manner. It’s an effort to enter in a world of Internet of Everything (IoE) to achieve hands free work which can be very helpful for disabled and physically handicapped people just with the use of their brains.



Keywords— Brain-computer interface, OpenBCI, Brain waves, Electroencephalogram (EEG), Electrodes, Signal processing.




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