Open Source Hardware: A Quick, Visual Intro

[scottycrystal]

http://replicatorinc.com/blog/2008/11/open-source-hardware/

[krschultz]

This is the most complete list of open source hardware I've seen in one place.

[replicatorblog → krschultz]

Krschultz, Thanks for the kind words, I hope you find them useful. Please let me know if there are any other topics you would like to see covered or if there are other aspects of open source hardware you would like more info on.

[krschultz → replicatorblog]

There are a few others out there that I know of.

http://www.littlebits.cc/

OpenMoko is conspicuously absent

Open Motor Controller - perhaps the most valuable FOSS hardware to date: http://www.dmillard.com/osmc/

Monome http://monome.org/

It strikes me as odd there are so few FOSS robotics HARDWARE platforms out there, or am I just missing something?

[kqr2 → replicatorblog]

http://beagleboard.org/

The Beagle Board is a low-cost, fan-less single-board computer based on Texas Instruments OMAP35x processors featuring the ARM Cortex-A8 core with all of the expandability of today's desktop machines, but without the bulk, expense, or noise.

This looks like a good alternative in situations where the arduino is not sufficient.