The Python Noise-Tagging Brain-Computer Interfacing (PyntBCI) library is a specialized Python toolbox developed for the noise-tagging brain-computer interfacing (BCI) project at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. PyntBCI offers a suite of signal processing tools and machine learning algorithms tailored for BCIs using evoked responses, such as those recorded by electroencephalography (EEG). It is particularly focused on supporting code-modulated responses like the code-modulated visual evoked potential (c-VEP).

For detailed documentation as wel as tutorials and examples, see:

• https://thijor.github.io/pyntbci/

For a constructive review of the c-VEP BCI field, see:

• Martínez-Cagigal, V., Thielen, J., Santamaría-Vázquez, E., Pérez-Velasco, S., Desain, P., & Hornero, R. (2021). Brain–computer interfaces based on code-modulated visual evoked potentials (c-VEP): a literature review. Journal of Neural Engineering. DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ac38cf

For an extensive literature overview, also see:

• https://github.com/thijor/cvep-literature.

For an example of an online BCI with PyntBCI, see our Dareplane implementation:

• https://github.com/thijor/dp-cvep
• https://github.com/thijor/dp-cvep-speller
• https://github.com/thijor/dp-cvep-decoder

To install PyntBCI, use:

pip install pyntbci

Various tutorials and example analysis pipelines are provided in the tutorials/ and examples/ folder, which operate on limited preprocessed data as provided with PyntBCI. Furthermore, please find various pipelines for several open-access datasets below in the pipelines/ folder.

When using PyntBCI, please reference at least one of the following:

• Thielen, J., van den Broek, P., Farquhar, J., & Desain, P. (2015). Broad-Band visually evoked potentials: re(con)volution in brain-computer interfacing. PLOS ONE, 10(7), e0133797. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133797
• Thielen, J., Marsman, P., Farquhar, J., & Desain, P. (2021). From full calibration to zero training for a code-modulated visual evoked potentials for brain–computer interface. Journal of Neural Engineering, 18(5), 056007. DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/abecef

• Jordy Thielen (jordy.thielen@donders.ru.nl)

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