Today we are announcing the end of life (EOL) for the Emotiv SDK Community Edition. Version 3.5 will be the last major release. The planned final day will be 31st December 2018.
Developers should migrate their applications to work with our new Emotiv Cortex Service, which can be downloaded from our website at https://www.emotiv.com/developer/ .
More examples and platforms support for Cortex will be added over the next few months.
Cortex examples: https://github.com/Emotiv/cortex-example
Cortex API docs: https://github.com/Emotiv/cortex-docs
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
gitcommand 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.
- Changelog
- Supported Platforms
- Connecting with BTLE
- API Documentation
- API Code Example
- Apps and Tools
- Support
See changelog
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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 16.04 (see Connecting on Ubuntu and Debian)
- Debian 8.3 Jessie (armhf) (see Connecting on Ubuntu and Debian)
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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 16.04
- Debian 8.3 Jessie (armhf)
- 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
http://emotiv.github.io/community-sdk/
There are 2 groups of examples :
- Examples which could run without SDK license are placed inside folder examples_basic
- Examples which need to have SDK license to run are placed inside folder examples_extra_prime. In case you want to use these functionality in your development, please contact us for license
Table below describes examples in detail :
| Name | Could run without license | Available with language | Support Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| AverageBandPowers (FFTSample) | Yes | C++, C#, Java, Python, Objective-C, Matlab | Win, Mac, Ubuntu, Android, iOS |
| EmoStateLogger | Yes | C++, C#, Java, Python | Win, Mac, Ubuntu |
| FacialExpressionDemo | Yes | C++, Matlab | Win, Mac, Ubuntu |
| FacialExpression | Yes | Objective-C, Java, Matlab | Mac, iOS, Android |
| GyroData | Yes | C++ | Win, Mac, Ubuntu |
| HeadsetInformationLogger | Yes | C++, C#, Java, Python | Win, Mac, Ubuntu |
| MentalCommand | Yes | C++, Objective-C, Java | Win, Mac, Ubuntu, Android, iOS |
| MentalCommandWithCloudProfile | Yes | C++, C#, Java, Python | Win, Mac, Ubuntu |
| MentalCommandWithLocalProfile | Yes | C++, C# | Win, Mac |
| MotionDataLogger | Yes | C++, C#, Java, Python, Objective-C, Matlab | Win, Mac, Ubuntu, Android, iOS |
| MultiDongleConnection | Yes | C++, C#, Python | Win, Mac, Ubuntu |
| SavingAndLoadingProfileCloud | Yes | C++, C#, Java, Python | Win, Mac, Ubuntu |
| ProfileCloudExample | Yes | Objective-C, Java | Mac, Android, iOS |
| RollingBall | Yes | Unity | Win, Mac |
| ActivateLicense | No | C++, C#, Objective-C, Java, Python, Matlab | Win, Mac, Android |
| EEGLogger | No | C++, C#, Objective-C, Java, Python, Matlab | Win, Mac, Android |
| MultiDongleEEGLogger | No | C++ | Win, Mac |
| MultilChannelEEGLogger | No | C++ | Win, Mac |
| PerformanceMetricsDemo | Yes | C++, C#, Python, Matlab | Win, Mac |
| EmotionalState | No | Objective-C | iOS, Mac |
Doesn't support Python 64bit.
- 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 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
Requires Android 4.4.3 or later
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emotiv.insightapp
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
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