Bug Labs is making the blog rounds (my RSS reader has lots of “open source hardware” mentions today)… We haven’t met with them and I’m not sure what they’re doing or shipping yet, but if/when we do we’ll post up a full report, here’s a snippet from their blog about what they’re up to (open […]
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Brian posted up the video from the OSCON (open source convention) on open source hardware so here are the slides too – Link (ZIP, Keynote slides, HTML and PDF).http://cachefly.oreilly.com/make/osh/osh.zip or just the PDF here – Link.
Continue ReadingClick To Play Last week, Phillip Torrone and Limor Fried presented the closing keynote, “Open Source Hardware: A Start…” at O’Reilly Media’s Open Source Convention. Open source hardware is a term slowly working its way into many new projects and efforts, but what is it? There are a few definitions, some of which come from […]
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Here is a truly barebones Arduino setup. Just the Arduino chip and a few support parts. This has to be close to the simplest and lowest cost way to play with microcontrollers. The only special parts are the resonator and the Mega168 programmed with the Arduino boot loader. Everything else you should already have as […]
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This is interesting, an open source software/hareware autopilot project… – Paparazzi is a free and open-source hardware and software project intended to create an exceptionally powerful and versatile autopilot system by allowing and encouraging input from the community. The project includes not only the airborne hardware and software, from voltage regulators and GPS receivers to […]
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The site is in German, but it looks like there’s enough to make your own LED dimmer, source and schematic included… Link.
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Update to the open source AVR Butterfly MP3 player – A basic MP3 player using a NOKIA 3310 LCD and AVR Butterfly. Currently supports both graphical display and the original butterfly screen. Basic FAT16 support on MMC cards. This is an open source project so contributions are most welcome. Hardware designs in Protel 2004, Protel […]
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