Working directly with hardware is hard. Each project brings with it mundane questions of which compiler to use, what communications protocols to work with, and how to load…
To celebrate the greatness that is open hardware, our team gathered once again, as we did last year, for a Staff Open Hardware Day at Red Hat Tower. Over burritos and queso…
The open hardware movement, much like the open source movement as a whole, is constantly growing and changing. To celebrate our open hardware series—and to help keep you in…
Anyone who has spent time with a microcomputer knows the importance of electrical power. The DC Motor Control Shield with XMC1202 for Arduino is a power controller for servos…
In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at Apple open sourcing Swift, ApacheCon splitting into two events, and more! Open source news: June 6 -…
This year has been big for apertusº and its AXIOM Beta camera, a new professional digital image capturing platform. The apertusº project focuses on creating open source and…
Free and open source software advocates have courageously blazed a trail that is now being followed by those interested in open source for physical objects. It's called free…
One of the most interesting features of computers like the Raspberry Pi is the ability to interact with the physical world via GPIO (general purpose input/output) pins. GPIO…
The famous festival SXSW is coming up in March in Austin, Texas and will hold a special event called SX Create, focused on cool gadgets and hardware projects. If you have a…
The Arduino is a truly powerful piece of electronics. Small, low power, flexible, and completely open source. Lots of makers and hackers have already figured out that giving…
After starting his own farm in Missouri, Marcin Jakubowski quickly discovered it's an expensive business. The tools he needed to start and maintain a sustainable farm didn't…
Doing good for the world is often the nature of an open source software or hardware project. Offering code and schematics to others free of charge and with a license that…