% EEG data grabber and plotter
% Tim Collins, 2010
N = 256;    % Required number of sample frames

% Read in a block of data from the OpenEEG board
hCom = serial('COM1','BaudRate',57600,'timeout',5);
fopen(hCom);
numBlocks = (ceil(17*N/256) + 1);
rawdata = zeros(numBlocks*256,1);
for n = 1:numBlocks
    rawdata((0:255) + n*256) = fread(hCom, 256, 'uchar');  % Read data
end
fclose(hCom);

% Convert raw data into a Matlab matrix
% First find the first frame start
startIndex = find(rawdata == 165);
while(rawdata(startIndex(1) + 1) ~= 90)
    startIndex = startIndex(2:end);
end
% Now extract the samples
frameStarts = (0:(N-1))'*17 + startIndex(1);
indices = 4 + repmat(frameStarts, 1, 6) + repmat(0:2:10, length(frameStarts), 1);
eegData = (rawdata(indices)*256 + rawdata(indices + 1)) - 512;
% eegData is now a N by 6 matrix, each column is a channel of sampled data

% Plot time-series data
figure(1)
subplot(2,1,1)
plot((0:255)/256,eegData(:,1:2))
xlabel('Time [s]');
ylabel('EEG data');
% Calculate FFT and plot spectra
subplot(2,1,2)
window = 0.5 - 0.5 * cos(2*pi*(0:255)/255); % Von-Hann Window
f = abs(fft(repmat(window',1,2) .* eegData(:,1:2)));
plot((0:127),f(1:128,:))
xlabel('Frequency [Hz]');
ylabel('EEG FFT');

Published with MATLAB® 7.4