Since our team's goal is to simply design one aspect of the EEG, the PCB that interprets the sensor values from the electrode, we needed a way to simulate or create the electrical values that the PCB would typically receive. 

During her research, Claire discovered a tool box for a software called MATLAB. After further researching this source, it was clear that it would be a perfect way to simulate the electrical values as opposed to creating a whole system to generate small electrical values. 

Once the values are generated in MATLAB, how do we turn them into physical values? An Arduino would serve as a gateway between the computer with MATLAB and our PCB. The specific type we are using: the Arduino UNO R4 Minima has a built in component called a DAC (digital to analog converter) which is like Google Translate.