title: Developing wearable bio-feedback systems: a general-purpose platform.
abstract: Microprocessors, even those in PocketPCs, have adequate power for many real-time biofeedback applications for disabled people. This power allows design of portable or wearable devices that are smaller and lighter, and that have longer battery life compared to notebook-based systems. In this paper, we discuss a general-purpose hardware/software solution based on industrial or consumer devices and a C++ framework. Its flexibility and modularity make it adaptable to a wide range of situations. Moreover, its design minimizes system requirements and programming effort, thus allowing efficient systems to be built quickly and easily. Our design has been used to build two brain computer interface systems that were easily ported from the Win32 platform.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Department, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy, theboss@luigibianchi.com
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Babiloni
authors.forename: Febo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cincotti
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arrivas
authors.forename: Patrizio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bollero
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Marciani
mesh_terms: D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D003199:Computer Systems; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D004581:Electronics; D004867:Equipment Design; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008904:Miniaturization; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D014584:User-Computer Interface