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Open Graphics Project: OGP - http://wiki.opengraphics.org/
Goals: design an open source hardware, architecture and standard for graphics cards, mainly for open source software and operating systems. |
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http://www.systemc.org/ - http://www.systemc.org/
Broadly supported C++ open source language and simulation kernel for modeling and implementing electronic systems. |
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Opencores.org - http://www.opencores.org/
Seeks to design and publish core designs under a license for hardware modelled on the Lesser General Public License (LGPL) for software. |
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Bug Labs - http://www.buglabs.net/
Develops BUG: modular software and hardware platform, web-enabled, set of pre-matched components: color screen, camera (video enabled), GPS, accelerometer; snap together, no soldering. Open source. |
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OpenCollector Database - http://opencollector.org/
Site has a searchable index of many designs, tools and manufacturers. |
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DAISY: Dynamically Architected Instruction Set from Yorktown - http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/daisy/
Goals: make VLIW and other novel ILP architectures fully compatible with common extant architectures such as PowerPC, x86, S/390, and Java Virtual Machine. |
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USB Audio Streamer - http://www.raccoonrezcats.com/soundcard.html
Microchip PIC based USB sound card, driven by interrupts instead of polling. Open source. |
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The Future of Hardware is Open Source - http://www.raiden.net/?aid=315
Brief analysis of some benefits, problems, and means. Raiden's Realm. |
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Bootloader for Microchip PIC USB Microcontroller - http://www.diolan.com/pic/bootloader.html
Bootloader updates firmware through HID interface – use of generic Windows drivers. XTEA encryption for firmware protection. |
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ARM Developments - http://www.ap-systems.co.uk/
Embedded system based on ATMEL AT91M40800 processor and Network Card based on Crystal CS8900A. |
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Art Interface Device - http://www.interaccess.org/aid/schedule.html
The Art Interface Device (AID) is a microprocessor platform for building electronic installation art. It can also be used as an interface between such artworks and computers. It will enable the artworks to respond to people and the physical environment. |
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Richard Stallman: On Free Hardware - http://features.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-06-22-005-05-NW-LF
Stallman's views, definition, problems. Linux Today. |
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Open Source Hardware: Birth of a Long Tail Market? - http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3700366
Asks what if creating computer hardware became as individualized, as free from corporate control, as open source software, with future scenario where this occurs. |
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Open Programmer - http://openprog.altervista.org/
Free USB programmer for PIC micros, I2C EEPROMs and other devices. Control applications for Windows and GNU/Linux are provided along with their source code. |
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Midi for the Pilot - http://www.physicalbits.com/Pilot/PilotMidi.htm
How to build a midi interface for the palm pilot. |