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Open-source hardware

Open-source hardware (OSH, OSHW) is hardware whose design source files — schematics, CAD files, bill of materials — are made publicly available, allowing anyone to study, modify, make and distribute the hardware. Both free and open-source software (FOSS) and open-source hardware are created by this open-source culture movement and apply a similar concept…

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Open-source hardware

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has impact · 16
Open-source hardware → Also, Alternative, Build Your Own Hardware, Elsevier, HardwareX, How, In, It, Open-Source Lab, Other, Pearce, Professor Joshua Pearce, Reduce Research Costs, Richard Stallman, Stallman, Wired Magazine
related to Electronics · 13
Open-source hardware → Adafruit, Alternatively, Arduino, CAD, Electronics, GMAW, In, NPOs, Open-source, PCB, Seeed, Sparkfun, There
related to Development · 10
Open-source hardware → As, Bank, Establishing, Given, In, Internet, One, Open Source Hardware Central, The, While
related to Forms of open-source hardware · 10
Open-source hardware → Definition, Hovalin, However, In, OpenBeam, OSHW, That, The, The Open Source Hardware, WikiHouse
related to Business models · 9
Open-source hardware → Another, Arduino, CERN Open Hardware License, For, In, Open, There, This, Version
related to Licenses · 9
Open-source hardware → BSD, GPL, In, Later, LGPL, New, OSS, Rather, These
see also · 7
Open-source hardware → CNC, Computer, Fab, Free, NVIDIA Deep Learning Accelerator, Open-source, Source EcologyRapid
related to Other · 4
Open-source hardware → Defense Distributed, Examples, Kit Zéro Kilomètres, Wikihouse

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hardware open-source open software source design free designs license community licenses also project osh development product electronics used use hdl

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Donutinstance ofThe designs gained some notoriety due to Martin's naming scheme in which each free hardware project was given the name of a breakfast food0.80text
Flapjackinstance ofThe designs gained some notoriety due to Martin's naming scheme in which each free hardware project was given the name of a breakfast food0.80text
Toastinstance ofThe designs gained some notoriety due to Martin's naming scheme in which each free hardware project was given the name of a breakfast food0.80text
etcinstance ofThe designs gained some notoriety due to Martin's naming scheme in which each free hardware project was given the name of a breakfast food0.80text
TAPRinstance ofwhile cooperating with other entities0.80text
CERNinstance ofwhile cooperating with other entities0.80text
and OSIinstance ofwhile cooperating with other entities0.80text
machine toolsinstance ofThe field of open-source hardware has been shown to go beyond electronic hardware and to cover a larger range of product categories0.80text
vehiclesinstance ofThe field of open-source hardware has been shown to go beyond electronic hardware and to cover a larger range of product categories0.80text
medical equipmentinstance ofThe field of open-source hardware has been shown to go beyond electronic hardware and to cover a larger range of product categories0.80text
Sparkfuninstance ofusers can obtain components and solder them together themselves.There are many companies that provide large varieties of open-source electronics0.80text
Adafruitinstance ofusers can obtain components and solder them together themselves.There are many companies that provide large varieties of open-source electronics0.80text

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