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Emotiv SDK Community Edition

Emotiv SDK - Community Edition

Here is the repository of the Emotiv SDK Community Edition, along with code examples and other development tools.

• Supports EPOC (over Emotiv USB dongle)
• Supports Insight and EPOC+ (over BTLE and Emotiv USB dongle)
• Supports Win32/64, Mac, iOS, Android, iOS, Ubuntu and Debian (armhf)

If you have questions or have knowledge to share, please visit our forum which is the hub for our developer community.

To get the SDK you can either:

• Clone this repository with git command line tool or a GUI client like SourceTree; or
• Click on the "Download ZIP" button (above, on the right) to get the zip archive of the latest version; or
• Go to releases and download the archive of a particular release

This repo contains SDK for Win32/64, Mac, iOS, Ubuntu and Debian (armhf).

Android SDK will be updated on jcenter separately.

Table of Contents

1. Changelog
2. Supported Platforms
3. Connecting with BTLE
4. API Documentation
5. Apps and Tools
6. Support

Changelog

See changelog

Supported Platforms

• Insight with Bluetooth SMART (Bluetooth 4.0 or Bluetooth Low Energy) connection currently works with the SDK under:

  • Windows 8 or above
  • Windows 7, only with Bluetooth adaptor that uses Broadcom BCM20702 chipset (recommended one: Plugable USB 2.0 Bluetooth Adapter, http://plugable.com/products/usb-bt4le)
  • Mac OS X 10.10 or above (check if Bluetooth LMP Version is 0x6 from System Report)
  • iOS 8.0 or above (excluding iOS 8.3 and 8.4)
  • Android 4.4.3 or above (excluding Android 5.0)
  • Ubuntu 14.04 / 15.10 64-bit (see [Connecting on Ubuntu and Debian](doc/Connecting on Ubuntu and Debian.md))
  • Debian 8.3 Jessie (armhf) (see [Connecting on Ubuntu and Debian](doc/Connecting on Ubuntu and Debian.md))

• Insight with Emotiv Universal USB Receiver currently works with the SDK under:

  • Windows 7 or above
  • Mac OS X 10.8 or above
  • Android 4.4.3 or above
  • Ubuntu 14.04 / 15.10 64-bit
  • Debian 8.3 Jessie (armhf)

Connecting with BTLE

• Windows: Turn on Bluetooth on both Insight and PC, then pair your Insight with Windows built-in Bluetooth service first
• Mac, Android and iOS: Turn on Bluetooth on both Insight and Mac/Android device, then start Emotiv app to use (without first pairing)
• Ubuntu and Debian: See [Connecting on Ubuntu and Debian](doc/Connecting on Ubuntu and Debian.md)

API Documentation

http://emotiv.github.io/community-sdk/

Apps and Tools

Xavier EmoComposer

• Xavier Composer allows you to send user-defined EmoStates to Emotiv SDK, Xavier EmoKey, or any other application that makes use of the Emotiv API, and simulate the events that could be sent from Emotiv SDK with a real device.
• Available for Windows 7 or above and Mac OS X 10.8 or above

Xavier EmoKey

• Xavier EmoKey translates Emotiv detection results to predefined sequences of keystrokes according to logical rules defined by the user.
• Available for Windows 7 or above and Mac OS X 10.8 or above

CPanel

A web-based Emotiv Control Panel:

https://cpanel.emotivinsight.com

Compatible with Insight / EPOC / EPOC+ via:

• BTLE:
  • Windows 8 or above, with Firefox 43.0
  • Mac OS X 10.10 or above, with Safari 9.0 / Firefox 43.0 / Opera 34.0
• Emotiv USB Universal Receiver:
  • Windows 7 or above, with Firefox 43.0
  • Mac OS X 10.8 or above, with Safari 9.0 / Firefox 43.0 / Opera 34.0

Please follow the instructions to install the Emotiv browser plugin before using the CPanel.

Insight App for Android

Requires Android 4.4.3 or later

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emotiv.insightapp

Insight App for iOS

Requires iOS 8.0 or later, excluding iOS 8.3/8.4 due to BTLE data transmission limitation in those versions

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/emotiv-insight/id1031805596

Support

Please check out the topic Insight on Emotiv Help Centre:

https://emotiv.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/200100495-Insight

Our knowledge base is a good source for further reading:

https://emotiv.zendesk.com/hc/en-us

Please also visit our forum for bug reports and feature requests.

Happy coding!

The Emotiv Team