This category is for computer hardware or hardware-related projects developed and licensed openly and freely.
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- Opencores.org Seeks to design and publish core designs under a license for hardware modelled on the Lesser General Public License (LGPL) for software.
- OpenCollector Database Site has a searchable index of many designs, tools and manufacturers.
- Ethernut Several open source reference designs, based on 8-bit AVR, ARM7 and ARM9. All schematics and the CAD data are published as open source hardware.
- ARM Developments Embedded system based on ATMEL AT91M40800 processor and Network Card based on Crystal CS8900A.
- Ronja (Reasonable Optical Near Joint Access) Optical point-to-point data link.
- DAISY: Dynamically Architected Instruction Set from Yorktown Goals: make VLIW and other novel ILP architectures fully compatible with common extant architectures such as PowerPC, x86, S/390, and Java Virtual Machine.
- Bug Labs 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.
- Elphel, Inc. A project working on cameras and imaging solutions with Free software and open hardware. Contains a list of products along with their prices and documentation.
- Open Programmer 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.
- Arduino Open-source electronic prototyping platform allowing to create interactive electronic objects.
- Open Compute Project Specifications and design documents for the custom-built servers, racks, and other equipment used in Facebook's data centers.
- OSC and MIDI Foot Controllers Open hardware design of OSC (Open Sound Control) and MIDI foot controllers, primarily targeted for use with SooperLooper.
- Open Source PIC Open source projects and software stacks for Microchip PIC microcontrollers.
- LPC4350-DB1 Development Board LPC4350 based development board with open source schematics and software examples.
- Olimex Produces and sells various development boards and publishes all the source code and design sheets under free licenses.
- Computer-on-Module COM-SPEAR1340 Development platform for the ST SPEAR 1340 MPU. It consists of Computer-on-Module (COM) and Single Board Computer (SBC). Schematics, documentation and Linux distribution is available for download.
- USB PIC Bootloader PIC-BOOT A resident open source bootloader for PIC18 microcontrollers. It allows you to program a new firmware application image into the chip using the standard USB connectivity of your device.
- I2C Interface Applications Website contains the theoretical information on I2C interface, practical designs and open source examples.
- USB I2C Adapters USB I2C Interface Adapters with open source schematics and GUI applications.