Open source hardware

Still_Learning · Post by **Still_Learning** » 05 Jan 2009, 14:22

Anyone heard about this stuff yet? its like linux but for hardware, you buy small parts at a time with a basic board you hook them all into and build stuff.. if you build an original peice of electronic equipment then you can sell it and make money. Sounds pretty cool to me, i think a group in Italy started it but could be wrong

Post by **bad_brain** » 05 Jan 2009, 14:39

yeup, the classic is Gumstix, I got one from maboroshi some years ago...

http://gumstix.com/

I have also read about BUG in a Linux mag, sweet design and there seems to be a pretty active developing community:
http://buglabs.net/products

Still_Learning · Post by **Still_Learning** » 05 Jan 2009, 15:39

those are expensive

The article i was refering to / read is

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http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/magazine/16-11/ff_openmanufacturing?currentPage=all

is like 35$ to start, the "Arduino" multi chip.

Post by **bad_brain** » 06 Jan 2009, 10:31

oh, interesting.....

but of course you can't compare it with the Gumstix or the BUG, because those are fully functional and independent Linux systems...and this explains the price difference....