John writes – The Firefly is a tube-based guitar amplifier popularized on ax84.com (a tube amp community and forum). The Firefly PCB was created so even the beginner to tube amps can succeed. The PCB is “open hardware” meaning that the PCB file is free to download and modify as well. Otherwise the PCB’s are […]
Here’s a great HOW TO on controlling an iPod with the Arduino, Jonas writes – This tutorial will describe a way of controlling an iPod remote, and thus, an easy way of getting some music and sound out of your Arduino project. The remote we used was an unofficial remote I found on the worldwide […]
France based CrowdSpirit is in beta mode, you can put your ideas for electronics/gadget and they can be voted on or developed. If it gets developed you can also get a share of the revenue. Interesting idea, not sure how/if it will work out – I wonder what the first product will be from this […]
Bug Labs, a start up that’s attempting to bring some open source hardware action to more developers out there just updated their site with a bit about their dev environment. They’re still looking for beta testers too so sign up if that’s your thing… – BUGbase is the foundation of your BUG device. It’s a […]
Do you make hardware? Dabble with designing electronics? Open source hardware licenses considerations and thought starters… What is not Open Source Hardware Why “non-commercial” is a “non-good” idea for your project “I’m afraid that it will get copied by a large conglomerate and sold cheaply to people! “I’m afraid my project will be used by […]
OpenFM’s Open source radio transmitter – When Adapted Consulting’s co-Founder, Frederic Renet couldn’t find a commercial radio that was energy efficient, easy to repair and affordable, he decided to build his own. These requirements were crucial for where he was installing radios in rural Africa. Based on that first model, Fred has designed a new […]
David writes in with his latest open source telephony project – The IP04 is an IP-PBX that runs Asterisk on a Blackfin processor in a tiny embedded form factor. It has been designed by an international team of telephony/DSP hackers using the “open hardware” philosophy. The IP04 has now gone into production – one of […]
