cytonjs

cyton.js

This tool lets you handle OpenBCI Cyton data streams in the browser via USB.

npm i cytonjs

let cyton = new cyton(
    onDecodedCallback(newLinesInt),
    onConnectedCallback,
    onDisconnectedCallback,
    mode
    CustomDecoder,
    baudrate,
); 

//create an OpenBCI Cyton streaming device. Specify 'daisy' mode for the 16 channel stream configuration. Can specify baudrate.

// customize the onDecodedCallback, which returns a count for the number of new lines

cyton.getLatestData(channel,count) 

// get the latest chunk of data for a selected channel, use this with the 
// onDecodedCallback to continuously pull the new data,
// which does not show up in uniform chunks to prevent issues around periodic browser 
// slowdowns in high demand applications.

cyton.setupSerialAsync(baudrate); 
//this runs the USB connect command, it will pop up a browser menu.

cyton.closePort(); //disconnect

The decoder runs at a throttled rate which you can change in the code as this.readRate.

This keeps it from eating up browser time as the device streams at 250sps and will lock everything up otherwise. Generally, setting this to a minimum framerate is best for actual applications (e.g. 60fps).

The decoder uses something called a boyerMoore search so as data comes in and builds the buffer up, the search will identify each line of code by special identifier bytes which the decoder then chunks through to build the dataset.

Timestamps assume zero dropped samples and are incremented linearly, no issues so far there so sample pacing is kept perfect and timed by when the first line of data comes in.

By: Joshua Brewster License: AGPL v3.0