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Open Source Hardware, For Fun and For Profit

Posted by timothy on from the make-it-so dept.

ptorrone writes "Lots of open source hardware articles making the rounds this week, first up — Wired has an excellent piece on the Arduino project, an open source electronics prototyping platform, its founders and business model (they have sold over 50,000 units). And next up MIT's Tech Review has a profile on a few open source hardware businesses including NYC based Adafruit Industries best known for projects like the open source synth (x0x0b0x) and 'fun' projects like the Wave Bubble, the open source cell phone/wifi/GPS/RF jammer."

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  1. Links by RAMMS+EIN · · Score: 4, Informative

    I felt these links should be in this thread:

    OPENCORES.ORG
    Open Hardware
    OpenSPARC
    The Wikipedia article on Open-Source Hardware, with many more links

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    Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
  2. Don't forget Arduino! by YA_Python_dev · · Score: 4, Informative

    Don't forget the Arduino official homepage.

    It's simple, very hackable, Mac- and Linux-compatible and it's a true free/open source design, so they don't have a monopoly on it and you can buy compatible boards from other sources or DIY!

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    There's a hidden treasure in Python 3.x: __prepare__()
  3. Re:Arduino EAGLE/Gerber files and name are NOT fre by ptorrone · · Score: 4, Informative

    hey superbanana - i'm phil from MAKE i submitted the story and what you're saying is not accurate. i'll do my best to address your comments.

    1. Arduinio is open source, anyone can make them and they released all the files. just check the site you'll see all the downloads, if you can't find them email me.

    2. the *name* is trademarked, this is likely the confusion. you can make Arduino clones all you want in china, you just can't call them Arduino. just like you can make other versions of Firefox but you can't call yours Firefox.

    3. as far as ladyada goes, the art project you're referring to at MIT never got her punished or "in trouble with the law".

    4. lastly, the tv-b-gone is also used to turn TVs on, that's how it works.