ARM MCU-Based Experimental EEG Signal Generator Using Internal DAC and PWM Outputs

Abstract

Electrophysiological signal generators are widely used in biomedical engineering research, biomedical education and the testing of devices in hospitals. Such signal generators are also available commercially. The EEG (Electroencephalography) signal is an electrophysiological signal which is emitted from the brain. In this study, a signal generator that produces experimental EEG signals taken from databases is proposed. The proposed signal generator reads the experimental data from an SD card with SDIO serial protocol. In addition, the PWM and DAC outputs of the microcontroller are used and examined separately to generate the signal. It has been shown that the experimental signals taken from the database can be generated by using cheap and easily accessible electronic devices.