Open Source

» Opencores.org
   Seeks to design and publish core designs under a license for hardware modelled on the Lesser General Public License (LGPL) for software.
   http://www.opencores.org/

» ARM Developments
   Embedded system based on ATMEL AT91M40800 processor and Network Card based on Crystal CS8900A.

   
   http://www.ap-systems.co.uk/

» Art Interface Device
   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

   
   http://www.interaccess.org/aid/schedule.html

» Bootloader for Microchip PIC USB Microcontroller
   Bootloader updates firmware through HID interface – use of generic Windows drivers. XTEA encryption for firmware protection.

   
   http://www.diolan.com/pic/bootloader.html

» 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.

   
   http://www.buglabs.net/

» 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.

   
   http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/daisy/

» Ethernut
   Embedded Ethernet board equipped with an Atmel ATmega128 CPU and a Realtek RTL8019AS or LAN91C111 Ethernet controller.

   
   http://www.ethernut.de/

» Manticore
   Was "The HULK"; hardware design for a 3D graphics accelerator, written fully in VHDL. Open source.

   
   http://icculus.org/manticore/

» Midi for the Pilot
   How to build a midi interface for the palm pilot.

   
   http://www.physicalbits.com/Pilot/PilotMidi.htm

» Open Graphics Project: OGP
   Goals: design an open source hardware, architecture and standard for graphics cards, mainly for open source software and operating systems.

   
   http://wiki.opengraphics.org/

» Open Source Hardware: Birth of a Long Tail Market?
   Asks what if creating computer hardware became as individualized, as free from corporate control, as open source software, with future scenario where this occurs.

   
   http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3700366

» OpenCollector Database
   Site has a searchable index of many designs, tools and manufacturers.

   
   http://opencollector.org/

» Richard Stallman: On Free Hardware
   Stallman's views, definition, problems. Linux Today.

   
   http://features.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-06-22-005-05-NW-LF

» Ronja (Reasonable Optical Near Joint Access)
   Optical point-to-point data link.

   
   http://ronja.twibright.com/

» SystemC
   Broadly supported C++ open source language and simulation kernel for modeling and implementing electronic systems.

   
   http://www.systemc.org/

» The Future of Hardware is Open Source
   Brief analysis of some benefits, problems, and means. Raiden's Realm.

   
   http://www.raiden.net/?aid=315

» USB Audio Streamer
   Microchip PIC based USB sound card, driven by interrupts instead of polling. Open source.

   
   http://www.raccoonrezcats.com/soundcard.html

» Writings on Open Source Hardware
   A collection of links to writings on themes related to Open Source Hardware like definitions, libraries, talks and conferences.

   
   http://opencollector.org/Whyfree/