explorepy is an open-source Python API designed to collect and process ExG data using Mentalab's Explore device. Amongst other things, explorepy provides the following features:
- Real-time streaming of ExG, orientation and environmental data.
- Real-time visualization of ExG, orientation and environmental data.
- Data recording in CSV and BDF+ formats.
- Integration with LabStreaming Layer.
- Electrode impedance measurements.
- Explore device configuration.
For Windows users, the best way to install explorepy is to download the latest explorepy version from the release page. Please note that dependencies will install automatically from the release page.
For other operating systems, or to build the package manually on Windows, please refer to the information below.
- Python 3.10 to Python 3.12.
- Visual Studio 2015 community edition (Windows only. For package building).
- Bluetooth header files (Linux only. Use:
sudo apt-get install libbluetooth-dev).
Detailed installation instructions can be found on the installation page.
To install explorepy from PyPI run:
pip install explorepy
To install the latest development version (git must be installed before running this command):
pip install git+https://github.com/Mentalab-hub/explorepy
To check explorepy is running use:
explorepy acquire -n Explore_XXXX
For help, use:
explorepy -h
In Python you can connect to the Explore device and print data using:
import explorepy explorer = explorepy.Explore() explorer.connect(device_name="Explore_XXXX") # Put your device Bluetooth name explorer.acquire()
You can also visualize the data in real-time.
import explorepy explorer = explorepy.Explore() explorer.connect(device_name="Explore_XXXX") # Put your device Bluetooth name
For full API documentation, visit: https://explorepy.readthedocs.io/.
If you are having problems, please check the troubleshooting section of the documentation.
If you are still having problems, send us your error log via Sentry (note: Explorepy will send the log automatically once you have provided permission), or send us the log file via email to [email protected]. The log file is usually found under:
- Windows:
<Windows Drive>:\Users\<USER_NAME>\AppData\Local\mentalab\explorepy\Logs\explorepy.log - Ubuntu:
/home/<USER_NAME>/.cache/explorepy/log/explorepy.log - Mac OS:
/Users/<USER_NAME>/Library/Logs/explorepy/explorepy.log
You can also create a new issue in the GitHub repository.
- Mohamad Atayi
- Salman Rahman
- Andrea Escartin
- Sonja Stefani
- Alex Platt
- Andreas Gutsche
- Masooma Fazelian
- Philipp Jakovleski
- Florian Sesser
- Sebastian Herberger
This project is licensed under the MIT license. You can reach us at [email protected].