OpenBCI GUI added to Homebrew Drivers
Greetings all,
I recently reinstalled my system and noticed that the FTDI USB dongle driver was available on Homebrew Drivers while the OpenBCI GUI wasn't – so I went ahead and added it.
MacOS users can now install the release version (currently v3.3.2) of OpenBCI GUI with Homebrew:
I recently reinstalled my system and noticed that the FTDI USB dongle driver was available on Homebrew Drivers while the OpenBCI GUI wasn't – so I went ahead and added it.
MacOS users can now install the release version (currently v3.3.2) of OpenBCI GUI with Homebrew:
- Install Homebrew (https://brew.sh)
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" - Tap Homebrew Drivers Cask
brew tap homebrew/cask-drivers - Install the FTDI USB dongle driver
brew cask install ftdi-vcp-driver
(Bypass MacOS security to enable kernel extension: System Preferences → Security & Privacy → General. Restart if required.) - Install OpenBCI GUI
brew cask install openbci-gui
Peace and happy biosensing,
Corey
Corey
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v4.0.2 has been released a pull request to update Homebrew's driver cask has been merged:
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask-drivers/pull/629
MacOS Homebrew users can now brew cask upgrade openbci-gui to update to v4.0.2. The instructions above remain unchanged for a clean install.
Peace,
Corey