This is a list of open-source hardware projects, including computer systems and components, cameras, radio, telephony, science education, machines and tools, robotics, renewable energy, home automation, medical and biotech, automotive, prototyping, test equipment, and musical instruments.
Communications
Amateur radio
- Homebrew D-STAR Radio
Audio electronics
- Monome 40h â€" reconfigurable grid of 64 backlit buttons, used via USB; a limited batch of 500 was produced; all design process, specifications, firmware, and PCB schematics are available online
- Neuros Digital Audio Computer â€" portable digital audio player
- Arduinome
- MIDIbox â€" modular DIY hardwareâ€"software platform for MIDI devices including controllers, synthesizers, sequencers
Telephony
- Openmoko â€" phone framework (first use case: First International Computer (FIC) Neo FreeRunner, released as of mid-2008
- OpenBTS and OsmoBTS â€" software-based GSM base stations
- Project Ara â€" modular design, hot swapping plugable mobile phone; due to enter trial production in 2015, but was delayed
- Telecom Infra Project â€" Open Compute Project sister project headed by Facebook focusing on optical broadband networks and open cellular networks
Video electronics
- Milkymist One â€" video synthesizer for interactive and dance-directed VJing
- Neuros OSD â€" digital video recorder
Networking
- NetFPGA â€" hardware platform, software, community, and education material to enable research and education effort in a line-rate network environment
Wireless networking
- Openpicus â€" platform for smart sensors and Internet of things
- Sun SPOT â€" hardwareâ€"software platform for sensor networks and battery powered, wireless, embedded development
- USRP â€" universal software radio peripheral is a mainboard with snap in modules providing software defined radio at different frequencies, has USB 2.0 link to a host computer
- PowWow Power Optimized Hardware and Software FrameWork for Wireless Motes â€" hardwareâ€"software platform for wireless sensor networks
- Twibright RONJA â€" free-space optic system, DIY in a garage and maker culture, 10 Mbit/s full duplex/1.4 km
- SatNOGS â€" software-hardware project of a global low earth orbit satellite ground station, including for data and Internet
Electronics
- Nitrokey â€" USB key for data and email encryption and strong authentication
- NodeMCU â€" Wi-Fi microcontroller board
- The Bus pirate â€" universal bus interface and programmer
Cameras
- AXIOM â€" digital cinema camera built by apertus° community
- Elphel, Inc. â€" cameras based on free hardwareâ€"software designs
Computer systems
- Arduino, open-source microcontroller board
- Chumby â€" information ambient device
- CUBIT â€" multitouch surface-interaction system
- Netduino â€" microcontroller board, .NET Micro Framework based
- Parallax Propeller â€" a multi-core microcontroller with eight 32-bit RISC cores
- Parallella â€" single board computer with a manycore coprocessor and field-programmable gate array (FPGA)
Robotics
- ArduCopter â€" Arduino-based drone
- e-puck mobile robot â€" education oriented mobile robot
- ICub â€" 1 metre high humanoid robot
- IOIO, a board that allows Android applications to interface with external electronics
- Orb swarm â€" art spherical robots
- OpenRAVE
- RobotCub â€" predecessor of ICub
- Spykee
- The Humanoid Project
- multiplo
- OpenROV â€" telerobotic submarine
- Thymio â€" robot for education
- Tinkerforge, a platform comprising stackable microcontrollers for interfacing with sensors and other I/O devices
Environmental
- Air Quality Egg â€" platform and pollution-sensing devices for citizen crowdsource monitoring of air quality
- Open Source Ecology
Renewable energy
- Wind turbines
Lighting and LED
- LED Throwies â€" nondestructive graffiti and light displays
Housing
Architecture
- WikiHouse â€" project to design and build houses
Furniture
- Opendesk â€" furniture project
Domotics
See List of home automation software#Proprietary hardware
Machines and production tools
Automotive
Complete vehicles
- Rally Fighter â€" made by Local Motors
- Riversimple Urban Car
- OpenXC
- OScar â€" car
- Wikispeed
- OSVehicle Tabby
Engine control units
- SECU-3 â€" gasoline engine control unit
Electric vehicle chargers
- OpenEVSE â€" charger for electric cars
3D printers and scanners
- RepRap project â€" 3D printer-fabber; recyclebots, like the Lyman filament extruder, provide the filament for RepRaps
- LulzBot â€" 3D printer design by Aleph Objects; is Respects Your Freedom certified by the Free Software Foundation
Other hardware
- Lasersaur â€" laser cutter
- Multimachine â€" machine tool project
- Open Source Ecology's Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) â€" 50 different industrial machines needed to build a small civilization with modern comforts
- OpenStructures
Science
Medical devices
- Open Prosthetics Project â€" design of prosthetics
Scientific hardware
- Open-Source Lab (book) â€" documents dozens of scientific tools
- OpenBCI - EEG amplifier
Repositories
- Thingiverse â€" set of mostly 3-D printable open-source designs of objects
- Appropedia â€" appropriate technology sets, including the Open-Source Lab (book)
References
External links
- Open Source Hardware at DMOZ
- Open modular hardware