How to Use This Website

Welcome to the Documentation and Training Portal of the Neuroengineering & Brain–Computer Interfaces (BCI) Research Infrastructure at the University of Patras.

This website is designed as a living knowledge base for all researchers, students, and collaborators who wish to use the infrastructure’s equipment, understand its capabilities, and learn how to conduct experiments safely and effectively.

Purpose of This Portal

The goal of this website is to make advanced neurophysiological research accessible to everyone within the university community — even to those with no prior experience in EEG, fNIRS, or related sensing technologies.

Here you will find:

Official manufacturer manuals for all available devices.
Lab-authored quick-start guides tailored to our specific setup.
Core learning materials introducing EEG, fNIRS, and multimodal signals.
Tutorials and workflows that demonstrate how to record, process, and analyze data.
Personalized learning paths for users focusing on specific equipment or roles.

Structure Overview

This website is divided into several sections:

1. Core Knowledge

Essential information for everyone using the infrastructure — including lab safety, research workflow, basic signal principles, and good research practices.

2. Device Guides

Detailed guides for each EEG and fNIRS system available in the lab.
Includes setup instructions, calibration procedures, troubleshooting tips, and links to official documentation.

3. Experimentation & Analysis

Guidelines for designing, running, and analyzing experiments using one or more sensing modalities.

4. Tutorials

Step-by-step practical examples, from recording a single EEG signal to combining multimodal data using LabRecorder and analysis in Python.

5. Personalized Learning Paths

Personalized learning paths provide modular routes through the documentation, depending on your goals and the equipment you plan to use. Each path groups the material required to correctly operate a specific device and to collect data according to its proper and intended use.

The paths reuse content from the main documentation and present it in a clear and logical order, helping users focus only on the information needed for their selected setup.

6. Resources & Support

External learning materials, official device manuals, reference literature, and contact points for technical or ethical support.

How to Get Started

Start with the Core Knowledge section.
Learn the basic procedures, safety rules, and data workflow.
Identify your goal or role.
Are you planning to record EEG data?
Analyze existing datasets?
Combine multiple sensors?
Follow the relevant Learning Path.
Each path provides a sequence of modules designed for your role.
You can skip sections you already know.
Check Device Guides when using equipment.
Always consult the device-specific documentation before operation.
Return here often.
The portal evolves continuously as new equipment, software, and training materials are added.

Use the left sidebar to browse main sections.
The search bar at the top lets you find content quickly (by keyword or device name).
Breadcrumbs (top of each page) show where you are in the documentation.
Pages often contain cross-links to related guides — follow them for deeper context.
Some pages include callout boxes like this:

Tip

You can open device-specific pages in a new tab to keep your learning path open.

Contributing and Feedback

This portal is a collaborative effort. If you notice something missing, unclear, or outdated:

Report it to the infrastructure coordinator or your supervisor.
Or submit an edit suggestion through the GitHub repository (if you have contributor access).

Your feedback helps keep the documentation relevant and useful for everyone.