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Ask HN : Open source hardware rising up What do you think?
Just written this article http://harkopen.com/open-source-hardware, there are a lot of very interesting projects lately in this direction, you can see some in here http://harkopen.com/projects
What do you think? Can be open source hardware viable same as the big brother software?
- SingAlong 17y agoIMHO, prototying a product with OpenSource hardware isn't the scene right now. Opensource hardware currently attracts hobbyists on mass. I haven't seen any real market-ready product done with something like Beagleboard or Arduino.
- madaerodog 17y agoWhat about http://www.buglabs.net http://www.buglabs.net or http://www.adafruit.com http://www.adafruit.com they are really turning open source hardware to profit and the community keeps growing ..
- wmf 17y agoOpen source hardware can't become mainstream like OSS. The hardware isn't (remotely) competitive with proprietary hardware and it's too hard to scratch your own itch.
- madaerodog 17y agomaybe it's time .. same was saying for software a few years before but that didn't stop it ..