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Your talking potentially "unsafe" vs somewhat likely hazard. Most of the "danger" comes from poor isolation. The skin resistance is too high for EEG to cause m
by neurotech1 13y ago
Your talking potentially "unsafe" vs somewhat likely hazard.
Most of the "danger" comes from poor isolation. The skin resistance is too high for EEG to cause major problems. I realize the actual standards have requirements that are detailed and somewhat strict.
The difference is that ECG has sensors that can directly put current through the path to the heart so the risk is higher if there is a worse-case ESD latchup. 5mA is enough to stop a heart in certain conditions.
EEG isn't ECG or EMG and have different characteristics even though they seem vaguely similar.
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- cybp 13y agoSkin resistance is quite low. You are thinking skin-electrode impedance. That is generally high enough to be safe, but with modern electrodes and luck, it can get somewhat low too. 5v 1k 5mA would not be unreasonable.