REAL-TIME MICROCONTROLLER BASED BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE FOR MENTAL TASK CLASSIFICATIONS USING WIRELESS EEG SIGNALS FROM TWO CHANNELS

Rifai Chai, Gregory P. Hunter, Sai H. Ling and Hung T. Nguyen

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