Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Open-Source Hardware
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>| A reconfigurable handheld device could foster a community of hardware
>| hackers.
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> http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19581/?nlid=604&a=f
This is a fantastically cool device - it will be incredibly popular with
hobbiests, secondary schools, research labs (for making custom devices),
and perhaps even commercial usage for 1-off hardware combinations for
particular functions.
I can see this being as important as Veroboard was in the 1970s/80s in
terms of making electronics construction to a commercial standard
available to anyone with a soldering iron and a few quid.
>
> Expanded open source support for FPGAs
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>| Lattice Semiconductor recently announced expanded support for its
>| LatticeMico32 32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor, an open source, soft IP
>| core optimised for Lattice field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
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> http://dataweek.co.za/news.aspx?pklNewsId=26763&pklCategoryID=35
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>
> Related:
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> The Future of Hardware is Open Source
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>| Open Hardware is the future of technology, and all we need to kick off this
>| next great revolution in technology is to have the right tools in the right
>| place at the right time. After that, the sky?s the limit!
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> http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=315
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> Open Source Hardware: Birth Of A Long Tail Market?
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>| And when there is unrestricted collaboration, nearly anything is possible.
>| Buglabs, the open source hardware movement and other yet-to-be discovered
>| frontiers have the same opportunity here.
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> http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3700366
>
>
> Do we need an open hardware license?
>
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>| Still, Hicks says that it's possible to use open source hardware designs with
>| field-programmable gate arrays, "which are quite affordable," and points to
>| OpenSPARC and the OPENCORES community of open hardware designers as examples
>| of real-world usage of open hardware.
>|
>| Phipps says that he sees open hardware following in the footsteps of FOSS,
>| though he says mainstreaming of open hardware "will take much longer ... to
>| get a foothold."
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> http://www.linux.com/feature/118198
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>
> Perens set to tackle open-source hardware
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>| On Monday, Perens plans to announce the TAPR Open Hardware
>| License, a document written by John Ackerman designed
>| specifically to govern hardware designs that can be
>| modified and redistrubuted. Perens plans to submit the
>| license to the Open Source Initiative for its as an
>| open-source license.
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> http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6156093.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
> http://tinyurl.com/2noydh
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>
> Boot Linux Faster With An Open BIOS
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>| Another interesting approach involves using Linux itself to initialize the
>| hardware. The LinuxBIOS takes the approach of loading a small Linux kernel
>| directly into the boot ROM. This approach is increasingly practical now that
>| boards have 1-2MB of flash ROM onboard, according to Seebach.
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> http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/knitter/2007/10/08/boot-linux-faster-with-an-open-bios
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> First desktop motherboard supported by LinuxBIOS: GIGABYTE M57SLI-S4
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>| The GIGABYTE M57SLI-S4 [1] is the first-ever desktop motherboard
>| supported by a Free & Open Source BIOS, thanks to AMD engineer
>| Yinghai Lu who released GPL-licensed code last month.
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> http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0702.2/2347.html
>
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> LinuxBIOS: The Forgotten Hero
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>| This begs the question: is anyone currently using LinuxBIOS on
>| their machines? You bet they are. According to one recent report,
>| LinuxBIOS was installed on about one million machines and that
>| existing number is expected to rise significantly, assuming the
>| rate of growth remains constant.
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> http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=7694
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>
> Google Sponsors the LinuxBIOS project
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>| The LinuxBIOS project aims to take down the last barrier in Open
>| Source systems by providing a free firmware (BIOS) implementation.
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> http://addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&type=news&ID=31343
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> LinuxBIOS ready to go mainstream
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| LinuxBIOS is intended to provide a philosophically free replacement
>| for proprietary firmware in chipsets.
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> http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/30/199208&from=rss
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