Backyard-Brains-Heart-and-Brain-Spiker-Box-Experiments
Repository for experiments with BackyardBrains Hardware
https://github.com/mathworks/Backyard-Brains-Heart-and-Brain-Spiker-Box-Experiments
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Backyard Brains Heart and Brain Spiker Box Experiments
Interactive examples ('experiments') using the Heart & Brain Spiker Box hardware from Backyard Brains (BYB)
About the Hardware
The Heart and Brain Spiker Box from Backyard Brains enables scientists of all ages to conduct single-channel ECG (💓) and EEG (🧠) experiments.
About the Experiments
A fully grown adult working at MathWorks somehow received a Backyard Brains kit. Ever since, MathWorkers around the globe have begged their managers to spend some working hours with this educational hardware. Every now and then, one of the experiments works 😏. Those are the ones that go here!
List of Experiments
💓Heart (ECG)
🚧Coming soon!
🧠Brain (EEG)
| No. | Experiment | View | About |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | Classify Brain State using Machine Learning | 👀 | Apply machine learning to sample EEG data from BYB to accurately predict when the subject's eyes were open or closed. No hardware required! 
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| B1a | Explore Machine Learning Models | 👀 | Optional extension of Experiment B1 evaluating the use of various machine learning model types using the Classification Learner App. No hardware required! |
© 2023 The MathWorks, Inc.
Cite As
Thomas Kuenzel (2026). Backyard-Brains-Heart-and-Brain-Spiker-Box-Experiments (https://github.com/mathworks/Backyard-Brains-Heart-and-Brain-Spiker-Box-Experiments/releases/tag/2023.11.0), GitHub. Retrieved .
General Information
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
| Version | Published | Release Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023.11.0.0 | See release notes for this release on GitHub: https://github.com/mathworks/Backyard-Brains-Heart-and-Brain-Spiker-Box-Experiments/releases/tag/2023.11.0 |
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| 1.0.1 | See release notes for this release on GitHub: https://github.com/mathworks/Neuroscience-Examples-for-MATLAB-and-Backyard-Brains/releases/tag/v1.0.1 |
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| 1.0 |
