Using an EEG Electrode with an Arduino

[Guest]

I'm trying to get my own brainwaves from an eeg electrode. I found this blog of someone converting an electrode connector to an arduino connector (what are they called?) My question is instead of the OpenBCI board that he made this for, could I use it with an Arduino board? 

 

blog post: http://eeghacker.blogspot.com/2013/11/making-eeg-electrode-adapter.html

openbci: http://openbci.com/

[kasugatei]

Technically you would be able to do it. You would have to use ADC and connect electrodes to the ADC input and connect ADC's digital output to Arduino. You can even use the same ADC as the openbci guys - ADS1299 with desired amount of input channels.  

[bob345]

Id say you could, but you wont be able to simply just plug the electrodes into the arduino.You will need circuitry to amplify and clean any signal or all you will get will basically just be white noise.