Computer systems

• Beagle Board
  Beagle Board
  The BeagleBoard is a low-power, low-cost open source hardware single-board computer produced by Texas Instruments in association with Digi-Key. The BeagleBoard was also designed with open source software development in mind, and as a way of demonstrating the Texas Instrument's OMAP3530...
  
   - a single-board computer based on low-power Texas Instruments processors, using the ARM Cortex-A8 core, running Angstrom Linux.
• RHINO Board - a software defined radio intended board with Spartan-6 FPGA and the ARM Cortex-A8 core, running BORPH Linux.
• Bug Labs
  Bug Labs
  Bug Labs is a technology company headquartered in New York City that develops and sells open-source hardware peripherals for rapid prototyping of electronic devices. The company developed a Lego-like hardware platform that technology enthusiasts, hobbyists and engineers can use to create their own...
  
   - a handheld prototyping system based on the Texas Instruments OMAP3530 processor with ARM Cortex A-8 (600 MHz) Angstrom Linux.
• ECB AT91 - Single-board computer
  Single-board computer
  A single-board computer is a complete computer built on a single circuit board, with microprocessor, memory, input/output and other features required of a functional computer. Unlike a typical personal computer, an SBC may not include slots into which accessory cards may be plugged...
  
   based on the Atmel AT91RM9200 ARM9 processor (180 MHz).
• ECB ATmega32/644 - Single-board computer
  Single-board computer
  A single-board computer is a complete computer built on a single circuit board, with microprocessor, memory, input/output and other features required of a functional computer. Unlike a typical personal computer, an SBC may not include slots into which accessory cards may be plugged...
  
   based on the Atmel
  Atmel
  Atmel Corporation is a manufacturer of semiconductors, founded in 1984. Its focus is on system-level solutions built around flash microcontrollers...
  
   ATmega32/644 (20 MHz) with webserver-capability and less than 100 mA power consumption.
• Milkymist One
  Milkymist
  The Milkymist project is an informal organization of people and companies who develop, manufacture and sell a comprehensive open source solution for the live synthesis of interactive visual effects for VJs...
  
   - Single-board computer
  Single-board computer
  A single-board computer is a complete computer built on a single circuit board, with microprocessor, memory, input/output and other features required of a functional computer. Unlike a typical personal computer, an SBC may not include slots into which accessory cards may be plugged...
  
   implementing all the core logic with open source Verilog
  Verilog
  In the semiconductor and electronic design industry, Verilog is a hardware description language used to model electronic systems. Verilog HDL, not to be confused with VHDL , is most commonly used in the design, verification, and implementation of digital logic chips at the register-transfer level...
  
   HDL design files, which is confidential
  Trade secret
  A trade secret is a formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not generally known or reasonably ascertainable, by which a business can obtain an economic advantage over competitors or customers...
  
   and proprietary in most other open source hardware computers.
• PC532
  PC532
  The PC532 was a "home-brew" microcomputer design created by George Scolaro and Dave Rand in 1989-90, based around the National Semiconductor NS32532 microprocessor...
  
   - a personal computer
  Personal computer
  A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
  
   design based on the NS32532
  NS320xx
  The 320xx or NS32000 was a series of microprocessors from National Semiconductor . They were likely the first 32-bit general-purpose microprocessors on the market, but due to a number of factors never managed to become a major player...
  
   microprocessor, released in 1990.
• SIE : XBurst+FPGA hardware hacking/development board
• ECBOT: Robotic platform based on Atmel's AT91RM9200 SoC
• ECB_BF532: DSP development platform
• AndroidStamp: iMX233 based development board
• Simputer
  Simputer
  The Simputer is a self-contained, open hardware Linux-based handheld computer, first released in 2002. Developed in, and primarily distributed within India, the product was envisioned as a low-cost alternative to personal computers...
  
   - handheld computer aimed at developing countries
• Pandora
  Pandora (console)
  The Pandora is a handheld game console designed to take advantage of existing open source software and to be a target for homebrew development...
  
   - The Pandora is a handheld game console
• GP32
  GP32
  The GP32 is a handheld game console developed by the Korean company Game Park. It was released on November 23, 2001, in South Korea only.- Overview :The GP32 is based on a 133 MHz ARM CPU and 8 MB of RAM...
  
   - The GP32 (GamePark 32) is a handheld console built by the Korean company Game Park.
• Qi - Qi's mission is to promote and encourage the development of copyleft hardware,its projects includes Ben NanoNote.
• Twibright I2C2P - optically insulated bidirectional I2C interface for parallel port, whose PC side is powered from the parallel port

Cameras

• Elphel
  Elphel
  Elphel is an open hardware and open source camera designed by Elphel Inc. primarily for scientific applications, though due to its both open hardware and open source camera software, FLOSS it can easily be customised for many different applications. Elphel Inc...
  
  , Inc. - cameras based on free software and hardware designs.
• Xué
  Xue
  Xue is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 薛 , Hsueh in the Wade-Giles system, and Sit in the Cantonese system. In Korean, the hanja corresponds to Seol and in Japanese the kanji corresponds to Setsu. According to a study published in 2006, it is the 76th most common Chinese surname...
  
   - reconfigurable network camera based on the Milkymist
  Milkymist
  The Milkymist project is an informal organization of people and companies who develop, manufacture and sell a comprehensive open source solution for the live synthesis of interactive visual effects for VJs...
  
   system-on-chip.
• The Franken camera and open source camera with open source logic and hardware circuits made by Stanford University.

Amateur radio

• Homebrew D-STAR Radio
• ClockTamer - configurable clock generator for the use with USRP and other radio equipment.
• CB PLL Board - Prototype microprocessor tuning for CB & 10 Meter Radios.

CPU

• Amber
  Amber (processor core)
  The Amber processor core is an Open-source ARM-compatible 32-bit RISC processor. It is hosted on the OpenCores website and is part of a movement to develop a library of open source hardware intellectual property. The Amber core is fully compatible with the ARMv2 instruction set and is therefore...
  
   is an ARM
  ARM architecture
  ARM is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by ARM Holdings. It was named the Advanced RISC Machine, and before that, the Acorn RISC Machine. The ARM architecture is the most widely used 32-bit ISA in numbers produced...
  
  -compatible 32-bit RISC processor. Amber implements the ARMv2 instruction set
  Instruction set
  An instruction set, or instruction set architecture , is the part of the computer architecture related to programming, including the native data types, instructions, registers, addressing modes, memory architecture, interrupt and exception handling, and external I/O...
  
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• LEON
  LEON
  LEON is a 32-bit CPU microprocessor core, based on the SPARC-V8 RISC architecture and instruction set. It was originally designed by the European Space Research and Technology Centre , part of the European Space Agency , and after that by Gaisler Research. It is described in synthesizable VHDL...
  
   is an open source 32-bit SPARC-like CPU created by the ESA. It's the standard CPU for the European Space Industry.
• Milkymist SoC
  Milkymist
  The Milkymist project is an informal organization of people and companies who develop, manufacture and sell a comprehensive open source solution for the live synthesis of interactive visual effects for VJs...
  
  , featuring the LatticeMico32
  LatticeMico32
  LatticeMico32 is a 32-bit microprocessor soft core from Lattice Semiconductor optimized for field-programmable gate arrays . It uses a Harvard architecture, which means the instruction and data buses are separate. Bus arbitration logic can be used to combine the two buses, if desired.LatticeMico32...
  
   microprocessor core, has a complete set of independently developed open source system-on-chip cores such as a SDRAM
  SDRAM
  Synchronous dynamic random access memory is dynamic random access memory that is synchronized with the system bus. Classic DRAM has an asynchronous interface, which means that it responds as quickly as possible to changes in control inputs...
  
   controller, bus components, graphics accelerators and a variety of I/O devices.
• MyCPU is a "central processing unit" that is completely build with discrete logic gates.
• OpenCores
  OpenCores
  OpenCores is the world's largest open source hardware community developing digital open source hardware through electronic design automation, with a similar ethos to the free software movement. OpenCores hopes to eliminate redundant design work and slash development costs. A number of companies...
  
   is a loose community of designers that supports open-source cores (logic designs) for CPUs, peripherals and other devices. OpenCores maintains an open-source on-chip interconnection bus specification called Wishbone
  Wishbone (computer bus)
  The Wishbone Bus is an open source hardware computer bus intended to let the parts of an integrated circuit communicate with each other. The aim is to allow the connection of differing cores to each other inside of a chip...
  
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• OpenSPARC
  OpenSPARC
  OpenSPARC is an open-source hardware project started in December 2005. The initial contribution to the project was Sun Microsystems' register-transfer level Verilog code for a full 64-bit, 32-thread microprocessor, the UltraSPARC T1 processor. On 21 March 2006, Sun released the source code to the...
  
   is an open-source processor project to which Sun Microsystems
  Sun Microsystems
  Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
  
   have contributed the UltraSPARC T1
  UltraSPARC T1
  |right|262px|UltraSPARC T1 processorSun Microsystems' UltraSPARC T1 microprocessor, known until its 14 November 2005 announcement by its development codename "Niagara", is a multithreading, multicore CPU...
  
   and UltraSPARC T2
  UltraSPARC T2
  Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC T2 microprocessor is a multithreading, multi-core CPU. It is a member of the SPARC family, and the successor to the UltraSPARC T1. The chip is sometimes referred to by its codename, Niagara 2...
  
   multicore processor designs.
• OpenRISC
  OpenRISC
  OpenRISC is the original flagship project of the OpenCores community. This project aims to develop a series of general purpose open source RISC CPU architectures...
  
   is a group of developers working to produce a very high performance open source
  Open source
  The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
  
   RISC CPU
  Central processing unit
  The central processing unit is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, to perform the basic arithmetical, logical, and input/output operations of the system. The CPU plays a role somewhat analogous to the brain in the computer. The term has been in...
  
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• Arduino
  Arduino
  Arduino is an open-source single-board microcontroller, descendant of the open-source Wiring platform, designed to make the process of using electronics in multidisciplinary projects more accessible. The hardware consists of a simple open hardware design for the Arduino board with an Atmel AVR...
  
  , an open-source physical computing
  Physical computing
  Physical computing, in the broadest sense, means building interactive physical systems by the use of software and hardware that can sense and respond to the analog world. While this definition is broad enough to encompass things such as smart automotive traffic control systems or factory automation...
  
   platform based on a simple I/O board and a development environment that implements the open source Processing
  Processing (programming language)
  Processing is an open source programming language and integrated development environment built for the electronic arts and visual design communities with the purpose of teaching the basics of computer programming in a visual context, and to serve as the foundation for electronic sketchbooks...
  
   / Wiring language. Also clones of this platform including Freeduino.
• Ethernut
  Ethernut
  Ethernut is an open source hardware and software project for use as an embedded-Ethernet-system.- Hardware :Currently three different reference designs exist which are available as ready to use boards...
  
   - open-source electronics prototyping platform for building tiny Embedded Ethernet Devices.
• Maple - open-source Arduino-compatible development hardware based on an ARM Cortex-M3
  ARM Cortex-M3
  The ARM Cortex-M3 is an ARM processor core licensed by ARM Holdings. The core is intended for microcontroller applications.-Features:Key features of the Cortex-M3 core are:* ARMv7-M architecture* Support for Thumb and Thumb-2 instruction encodings...
  
   microprocessor designed by LeafLabs, a company focused on open-source hardware.
• Milkymist One
  Milkymist
  The Milkymist project is an informal organization of people and companies who develop, manufacture and sell a comprehensive open source solution for the live synthesis of interactive visual effects for VJs...
  
   is an interactive VJ
  VJ (video performance artist)
  VJing is a broad designation for realtime visual performance. Characteristics of VJing are the creation or manipulation of imagery in realtime through technological mediation and for an audience, in synchronization to music. VJing often takes place at events such as concerts, nightclubs, music...
  
   station featuring the open source Milkymist SoC
  Milkymist
  The Milkymist project is an informal organization of people and companies who develop, manufacture and sell a comprehensive open source solution for the live synthesis of interactive visual effects for VJs...
  
   as CPU.
• Pinguino - open-source electronics prototyping platform based on PIC (Microchip). A alternative is the Jaluino board supported by the JAL compiler (JAL). There is support for both hardware and software.
• PLAICE
  PLAICE
  The PLAICE, or FLASH-PLAICE, is a powerful open source hardware device, combining a flash memory programmer, in-circuit emulation, and a high-speed multi-channel logic analyzer. It is built around a 32-bit RISC Microblaze processor, realized on a Xilinx Spartan-3E starter kit development board...
  
   - The PLAICE is an open source hardware and software project developing a powerful in-circuit development tool that combines in one device the features of a FLASH Programmer, Memory Emulator, and High Speed Multi-Channel Logic Analyzer. It runs uClinux
  UClinux
  μClinux stands for "MicroController Linux," and is pronounced "you-see-Linux" as explained on the website, not the way the Greek letter mu is normally pronounced. It was a fork of the Linux kernel for microcontrollers without a memory management unit...
  
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Graphics cards

• Open Graphics Project
  Open Graphics Project
  The Open Graphics Project aims to design an open source hardware / open architecture and standard for graphics cards, primarily targeting free software / open source operating systems...
  
   aims to design an open architecture and standard for graphics cards.
• http://wacco.mveas.com/: Project VGA Home of the Low Budget, Open Source, VGA Compatible video card
• Milkymist SoC
  Milkymist
  The Milkymist project is an informal organization of people and companies who develop, manufacture and sell a comprehensive open source solution for the live synthesis of interactive visual effects for VJs...
  
   contains an open source Verilog
  Verilog
  In the semiconductor and electronic design industry, Verilog is a hardware description language used to model electronic systems. Verilog HDL, not to be confused with VHDL , is most commonly used in the design, verification, and implementation of digital logic chips at the register-transfer level...
  
   HDL design of an embedded high performance 2D texture mapping unit
  Texture mapping unit
  A texture mapping unit is a component in modern graphics processing units , historically it is a separate physical processor. A TMU is able to rotate and resize a bitmap to be placed onto an arbitrary plane of a given 3D object as a texture...
  
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Wireless hardware

• openPICUS - Open source platform for smart sensors and Internet of things
• OpenPattern
• RedBee open source/hardware 802.15.4 development system based on the Freescale MC13224V ARM7 radio.
• Sun SPOT
  Sun SPOT
  Sun SPOT is a wireless sensor network mote developed by Sun Microsystems. The device is built upon the IEEE 802.15.4 standard...
  
   is an open source hardware and software platform for sensor networks and battery powered, wireless, embedded development.
• USRP universal software radio peripheral is a mainboard with snap in modules providing software defined radio at different frequencies, it has a USB 2.0 link to its host computer.
• PowWow
  PowWow
  PowWow is a wireless sensor network mote developed by the Cairn team of IRISA/INRIA. The platform is currently based on IEEE 802.15.4 standard radio transceiver and on an MSP430 microprocessor...
  
   Power Optimized Hardware and Software FrameWork for Wireless Motes is an open source hardware and software platform for wireless sensor network
  Wireless sensor network
  A wireless sensor network consists of spatially distributed autonomous sensors to monitor physical or environmental conditions, such as temperature, sound, vibration, pressure, motion or pollutants and to cooperatively pass their data through the network to a main location. The more modern...
  
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• Twibright RONJA
  RONJA
  RONJA is a Free Space Optics device originating in the Czech Republic. It transmits data wirelessly using beams of light. Ronja can be used to create a 10 Mbit/s full duplex Ethernet point-to-point link....
  
   - Open source Free Space Optic system, DIY in a garage, 10 Mbit/s full duplex/1.4 km
• Ubertooth - an open source 2.4 GHz wireless development platform suitable for Bluetooth experimentation
• Carambola WiFi OEM module - Open source software (OpenWRT) and hardware WiFI 802.11/b/g/n OEM module

Audio electronics

• MIDIbox
  MIDIbox
  The MIDIbox project is an open source modular DIY framework MIDI platform built around the PIC family of microcontrollers and recently with STM32 32-bit ARM Cortex too...
  
   The MIDIbox project is an open source modular DIY hardware and software platform for MIDI devices like controllers, synthesizers, sequencers
• Monome
  Monome
  Monome is a family of interface devices for computers made by a Pennsylvania company of the same name. Despite being produced irregularly in small quantities since its introduction in 2006, the Monome button-grid controller has had a significant impact on electronic music...
  
   40h - A reconfigurable grid of sixty-four backlit buttons, used via USB. A limited batch of 500 monome 40h has been produced. All the design process, design specifications, firmware and PCB schematics are available online
• Neuros Digital Audio Computer an open source portable digital audio player
• The Stribe A programmable array of illuminated touch-strips that interfaces to music software via USB
• Hackme Rockit - An 8 Bit Digital Analog Hybrid Synthesizer
• OMFootCtrl - Open source project for designing inexpensive OSC and MIDI foot controllers
• Shruthi-1 http://mutable-instruments.net/ The Shruthi-1 is a hybrid monosynth, combining the warmth of real analogue filters with the edginess and synthesis possibilities (FM, wavetable oscillators, modulation matrix, sequencing, full MIDI implementation) of digital synthesizers. Its hardware design is deceptively simple — optimized for DIY assembly, not for large-scale manufacturing — but don’t be fooled, its sonic range is wide! Sometimes grungily digital like a PPG-Wave, fat and funky like a SH-101, videogame-y like a Commodore 64, weird and warm like an ESQ-1 ; but more often than not, truly original.

Video electronics

• Milkymist One
  Milkymist
  The Milkymist project is an informal organization of people and companies who develop, manufacture and sell a comprehensive open source solution for the live synthesis of interactive visual effects for VJs...
  
   - a video synthesizer for interactive and dance-directed VJing
  VJ (video performance artist)
  VJing is a broad designation for realtime visual performance. Characteristics of VJing are the creation or manipulation of imagery in realtime through technological mediation and for an audience, in synchronization to music. VJing often takes place at events such as concerts, nightclubs, music...
  
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• Neuros OSD an open source digital video recorder

Other

• Chumby
  Chumby
  The Chumby is a consumer electronics product made by Chumby Industries, Inc.. It is an embedded computer which provides Internet and LAN access via a Wi-Fi connection. Through this connection, the Chumby runs various software widgets....
  
   - "ambient" information device
• Ben NanoNote
  Ben NanoNote
  The Ben NanoNote is a small cheap pocket computer that runs Linux. OpenWrt is the software platform and the Ben Nanonote is the physical development platform for the Qi Hardware project.From the Ben Nanonote website:- History :...
  
   - handheld notebook computer based on a MIPS
  MIPS
  MIPS may refer to:* Maharana Institute of Professional Studies, an institution in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India* Mansehra International Public School and College, in Mansehra, Pakistan* Material input per unit of service, an economic efficiency indicator...
  
   processor running Linux
  Linux
  Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
  
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• Microingenia Electronics Trainers and development boards http://www.microingenia.com/
• The Talking Breathalyzer An open source Breathalyzer that talks and tells you how much you’ve had to drink. http://www.talkingbreathalyzer.com/
• Tinkerforge Bricks and Bricklets A collection of open source hardware modules that can control motors and sense the environment.
• ColorHug display colorimeter

Telephony

• Openmoko
  Openmoko
  Openmoko is a project to create a family of open source mobile phones, including the hardware specification and the operating system. The project was sponsored by Openmoko Inc....
  
   - open phone framework (first use case: FIC
  First International Computer
  First International Computer, Inc. is a Taiwanese computer and components manufacturer, that designs and manufactures computer products and electronic components for other electronics equipment manufacturers worldwide. The company's products include motherboards, embedded computing systems,...
  
   Neo FreeRunner
  Neo FreeRunner
  The Neo FreeRunner is an open source smartphone that is developed by the Openmoko project and manufactured by FIC...
  
  , Released as of mid 2008)
• IP04 IP04 -The IP04 is a 4 port IP-PBX that runs Asterisk and uClinux on a powerful embedded Blackfin processor.
• XiVO - Small appliance with 4 T0 and 2 analog ports IP-PBX that runs Asterisk on a Intel Tolapai with TDM Bus processor.
• TuxPhone http://www.opencellphone.org - Is a project to develop open source (hardware and software) GSM/GPRS cellphone.

Machines and tools

• Global Village Construction Set
  Global Village Construction Set
  Global Village Construction Set is a project created in 2004 by Marcin Jakubowski built around a list 50 industrial machines that can be built by individuals to create and sustain a small technologically advanced farming and manufacturing community with modern comforts...
  
  : A project to design open source versions of 50 different sustainability related machines.
• The RepRap Project
  RepRap Project
  The RepRap project is an initiative to develop a 3D printer that can print most of its own components...
  
  , an open source, 3D printer/fabber
• The Maker Bot, an open source, 3D printer/fabber
• The Lasersaur, an open-source laser cutter
• The LAOS Laser, another open-source laser cutter
• The Multimachine
  Multimachine
  The multimachine is an all-purpose open source machine tool that can be built inexpensively by a semi-skilled mechanic with common hand tools, from discarded car and truck parts, using only commonly available hand tools and no electricity. Its size can range from being small enough to fit in a...
  
  , an open source machine tool
  Machine tool
  A machine tool is a machine, typically powered other than by human muscle , used to make manufactured parts in various ways that include cutting or certain other kinds of deformation...
  
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• The CubeSpawn Project, an open source, Flexible Manufacturing System
• LifeTrac, a tractor
• OSLOOM, an open source thread controlled loom
• Contraptor is a DIY open source construction set for experimental personal fabrication, desktop manufacturing, prototyping and bootstrapping.
• PERVADO - OSMIlling, an open hardware milling machine project
• Ultimaker, an open hardware 3D printer
• The MakerSlide, linear bearing system.

Renewable energy

• Wind turbines: To assist people in the developing countries, and hobbyists alike, several projects have been open-sourced, e.g. the Jua Kali wind turbine, Hugh Piggot's wind turbine, ForceField Wind Turbine, et cetera
• OpenEnergyMonitor project: a project to develop and build open source energy monitoring and analysis tools for energy efficiency and distributed renewable microgeneration.
• Free Charge Controller project: an open source charge controller using MPPT to maximize power delivery from alternative energy sources. In its current state, it is designed to interface a 60 watt solar panel to charge a battery, but alternative input sources and loads are planned.
• CleanInventors Solar Tracker:Solar Tracker using Arduino.
• AlgaeFarm project: an open source hardware project to design and build an automated small-scale photobioreactor for the cultivation of microalgae. The project aims "to create a safe, affordable, and multi-feature reactor that increases the viability of small-scale photobioreactors for school research and science fair projects, biofuel research and development, growing your own fish food, etc."
• SolarFire project: An open source linear reflecting fresnel solar concentrator. It is intended to be used by small industries and agricultural purposes, replacing use of coal and wood fires.It is also being deployed by Open Source Ecology
  Open Source Ecology (project)
  Open Source Ecology is a network of farmers, engineers and other supporters. The main goal of OSE is the eventual manufacturing of the Global Village Construction Set...
  
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• Twibright Exciter pedal-poweder Self-Excited Induction Generator (SEIG) giving directly mains voltage based on cheap 3-phase induction motor
  Induction motor
  An induction or asynchronous motor is a type of AC motor where power is supplied to the rotor by means of electromagnetic induction. These motors are widely used in industrial drives, particularly polyphase induction motors, because they are robust and have no brushes...
  
  

Robotics

• e-puck mobile robot
  E-puck mobile robot
  The e-puck is a small differential wheeled mobile robot. It was originally designed for micro-engineering education by Michael Bonani and Francesco Mondada at the ASL laboratory of Prof...
  
  , an open-hardware, education oriented, mobile robot.
• RobotCub
• OpenRAVE
  OpenRAVE
  Open Robotics Automation Virtual Environment provides an environment for testing, developing, and deploying motion planning algorithms in real-world robotics applications. The main focus is on simulation and analysis of kinematic and geometric information related to motion planning. OpenRAVE’s...
  
  
• The Humanoid Project
  The Humanoid Project
  The Humanoid Project, a project based in Sweden, has accomplished its initial objective of producing a full-size humanoid robot. Although the project generated a variety of software created for a variety of purposes, the most notable contributions have been in the area of robot learning,...
  
  
• Arduino Controlled Servo Robot (SERB)http://oomlout.com/serb.html
• Spykee
  Spykee
  Spykee is a robotic toy made by Erector/Meccano. It contains a USB webcam, microphone and speakers. Controlled by computer locally or over the internet, the owner can move the robot to various locations within range of the local router, take pictures and video, listen to surroundings with the...
  
  
• ICub
  ICub
  An iCub is a 1 metre high humanoid robot testbed for research into human cognition and artificial intelligence.It was designed by the RobotCub Consortium, of several European universities and is now supported by other projects such as ITALK. The robot is open-source, with the hardware design,...
  
  
• Orb swarm
  Orb swarm
  Orb Swarm is a kinetic art work consisting of six semi-autonomous spherical robots. It was created in 2007 by a group of engineers and artists including Michael Prados, Jon Foote, Lee Sonko, and many others....
  
   (http://wiki.orbswarm.com/)

Home automation

• DIY Magic Mirror - An Arduino, open source based interactive Magic Mirror with home automation and Halloween features.
• Freebus - Open source home automation system
• openPICUS - Open source platform for smart sensors and Internet of things

Medical devices & Biotech

• OpenEEG - a DIY eeg measurement device which can be built for about 150$.
• openECGproject - tries to develop an open source hardware and software solution for electrocardiography.
• OpenPCR - an open hardware PCR machine for duplicating DNA

Automotive

• eCorolla - Finnish electric car project
• Local Motors
  Local Motors
  Local Motors is an open source automobile company founded by John "Jay" Rogers and Jeff Jones, bi-located in both Wareham, Massachusetts and Chandler, Arizona . They co-create vehicles with their community of auto designers, engineers, enthusiasts and customers...
  
   (Rally Fighter
  Rally Fighter
  The Rally Fighter is the first automobile manufactured by Local Motors. The car is designed under CC-BY-NC-SA license. It was featured in an episode of the American version of the television show Top Gear.-External links:*...
  
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• Riversimple Urban Car
  Riversimple Urban Car
  The Riversimple Urban Car is an open source hydrogen fuel cell vehicle that is to be built by Hugo Spowers' company, Riversimple. A working demonstrator vehicle was unveiled at the Somerset House in London on 16 June 2009, and production is planned to begin by 2013.-Design:The Riversimple Urban Car...
  
  
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• OScar
  OScar (open source car)
  OScar is the first attempt to design an entire automobile using open source principles. The aim of the project is mainly to produce blueprints, using essentially open source CAD. The project is still far from producing a real car, but the progress has been continuous for some years...
  
  
• Open Moto X - electric TTXGP
  TTXGP
  The TTXGP, first conceived by Azhar Hussain in 2008, was a new event for the 2009 Isle of Man TT races. It was a one-lap, race for racing motorcycles "powered without the use of carbon based fuels and have zero toxic/noxious emissions." For 2010 the event was replaced by TT Zero, also created...
  
   motorcycle

CNC (Computer Numerically Controlled)

• Open Source CNC Community A community dedicated to the spread of open source CNC knowledge.

Other projects

• MintyTime - A binary clock made with LEDs
• LED Throwies - Non-destructive graffiti and light displays.
• CUBIT (multi-touch)
  CUBIT (multi-touch)
  CUBIT is an open source multi-touch system designed by Stefan Hechenberger and Addie Wagenknecht for NOR_/D. It was developed to "demystify multitouch" technology through making its software and hardware open source and is a direct competitor of Microsoft Surface.- Purchasing :As of May 2, 2008...
  
   System - Open source multitouch system.
• The Bus pirate
  The Bus Pirate
  The Bus Pirate is a universal electronic open hardware tool to program and interface with communication buses and program various chips, such as AVRs from Atmel and PICs from Microchip Technology....
  
   - Universal bus interface and programmer.
• Butterfly MP3 - An open source MP3 player based on the AVR Butterfly
  AVR Butterfly
  The AVR Butterfly , about the size of a credit card, is the cheapest self-contained, battery-powered single board microcontroller available. It runs the ATMEL AVR ATmega169PV Microcontroller IC. The board includes a liquid crystal display , joystick, speaker, serial port, real-time clock , internal...
  
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• S2PROTO, an FPGA Prototype Board with SPARTAN2 made with KICAD.
• marsohod.org, an Altera CPLD Prototype Board for educational purposes.

External links

• Open Hardware Directory at the P2P Foundation
• Kernel Accelerator Device
• Simply RISC S1 Core (EETimes article)
• Vyatta Open Networking - The Open-Source Alternative to Cisco
• List of open hardware projects compiled as part of the 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!) summit