Supported Devices and Tools¶
For device applications and tools hosted on GitHub, please make sure to read the respective repository’s README and to check the release page for downloads.
The lab streaming layer was originally developed to facilitate human-subject experiments that involve multi-modal data acquisition, including both brain dynamics (primarily EEG), physiology (EOG, EMG, heart rate, respiration, skin conductance, etc.), as well as behavioral data (motion capture, eye tracking, touch interaction, facial expressions, etc.) and finally environmental and program state (for example, event markers).
Supported Biosignal Hardware¶
The majority of EEG systems on the market are currently compatible with LSL.
- The following systems are supported by programs included in the LSL distribution (untested systems marked with a (u)):
- ABM B-Alert X4/X10/X24 wireless (u)
- BioSemi Active II Mk1 and Mk2
- Blackrock Cerebus/NSP (timestamps only)
- Cognionics dry/wireless
- EGI AmpServer
- Enobio dry/wireless (u) (please use vendor-provided section)
- g.Tec g.USBamp (buggy at high sampling rates)
- g.Tec g.NEEDaccess (including g.USBamp, g.HIamp, g.Nautilus)
- MINDO dry/wireless
- Neuroscan Synamp II and Synamp Wireless (u)
- The following devices support LSL via vendor-provided software:
- ANT eego sports
- Brain Products actiCHamp/actiCHamp Plus
- Brain Products BrainAmp series
- Brain Products LiveAmp
- BrainVision RDA client
- Cognionics (all headsets)
- EB Neuro BE Plus LTM
- mBrainTrain SMARTING
- neuroelectrics (Enobio, StarStim) via NIC2.
- OpenBCI (all headsets)
- Bittium NeurOne Tesla
- Starcat HackEEG Shield for Arduino
- The following are some of the devices we know about that support LSL natively through thirdparty software, but there are many others we don’t know about:
- The following devices support LSL natively without any additional software:
- The following systems are also supported by a separate program, the OpenViBE acquisition server (unstable systems marked with a (u)):
- ANT Neuro ASALAB EEG
- Brain Products QuickAmp, V-Amp, and BrainAmp series
- CTF/VSM (u)
- EGI NetAmp (u)
- g.USBamp
- Emotiv EPOC
- Micromed SD LTM
- MindMedia NeXus32
- Mitsar EEG 202 (u)
- OpenEEG ModularEEG and MonolithEEG
- TMSi Porti32 and Refa32
Supported fNIRS Hardware¶
- The following devices support LSL natively without any additional software:
Supported Eye Tracking Hardware¶
- Several eye tracking systems are currently supported by LSL and included in the distribution (untested systems marked with a (u)):
- Eye Tribe Tracker Pro
- SMI iViewX
- SMI Eye Tracking Glasses
- SR Research Eyelink (very basic)
- Tobii Eye trackers
- Custom 2-camera eye trackers (with some hacking)
- Pupil-Labs
Supported Human Interface Hardware¶
- A wide range of Windows-compatible input hardware is supported by LSL and included with the distribution:
Supported Motion Capture Hardware¶
- Several motion-capture systems are currently supported by LSL and included in the distribution. These are:
Supported Multimedia Hardware¶
- Support for standard Windows-compatible multimedia hardware is included:
- DirectShow-compatible video hardware
- Qt-compatible audio input
Supported Stimulation Hardware¶
- The following stimulation devices (TMS, TDCS / TACS) have LSL support:
Supported Stimulus Presentation Software¶
- The following stimulus presentations systems are usable out of the box with LSL:
- Neurobehavioral Systems Presentation
- iMotions
- Psychopy (using LSL for Python)
- PsychToolbox (using LSL for MATLAB)
- Unity (using LSL for C#)
- Simulation and Neuroscience Application Platform (SNAP)
- Reiz
Miscellaneous Hardware¶
- The following miscellaneous hardware is supported: