Listening for MindWave headsets to be attached and connecting automatically

listen.py

import json, serial, threading, time
import mindwave

headsets = [
    {
        'name': 'red',
        'headset': mindwave.Headset('/dev/tty.MindWaveMobile-DevA', open_serial=False),
    },
    {
        'name': 'green',
        'headset': mindwave.Headset('/dev/tty.MindWaveMobile-DevA-1', open_serial=False),
    },
]


class HeadsetDetector(threading.Thread):
    def run(self):
        while True:
            for headset in headsets:
                if not headset['headset'].dongle or not headset['headset'].dongle.isOpen():
                    try:
                        headset['headset'].serial_open()
                    except serial.SerialException:
                        continue
                time.sleep(5.0)


headset_detector = HeadsetDetector()
headset_detector.daemon = True
headset_detector.start()

while True:
    time.sleep(0.1)