The Knob measures 56 x 17mm (about 2.2″ x 0.6″) and weighs just 31 grams (1.1 ounces). It’s powered by a Raspberry Pi RP204 microcontroller and features an AS5600 magnetic sensor with 12-bit position ...

Yes, Open Source Hardware brought us affordable technology like 3D printers. With the long term effect, that the original inventors largely either went out of business (RepRapPro, others) or went ...

Limor Fried, an engineer who operates Adafruit Industries, and who is involved in the open-source-hardware movement, says that the Linux computer running the Bug is the key to the device’s ...

When you think of open-source hardware, you probably think of electronics and maker tools– RepRap, Arduino, Adafruit, et cetera. Yet open source is an ethos and license, and is in no way limited ...

What does open source hardware actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia. Skip to Main Content. Menu. #AppleWWDC2025; #Top100BudgetBuys; ...

Proponents of open hardware — named by analogy to ‘open software’ in computer science — have already created free online designs for dozens of pieces of labware, taking advantage of ...

Yet the rise in China of open-source, which relies on transparency and decentralisation, is awkward for an authoritarian ...

Hardware has always lagged behind software in the open source movement. But one website is beginning to change that. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and ...

Since open-source hardware roots of trusts are a new technology – OpenTitan being the first – it is important to transparently create confidence in their correctness. Due to its open availability, ...

Open Quantum Design (OQD), a Waterloo-based non-profit organization, has unveiled the world’s first open-source, full-stack, ...