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ARM Developments http://www.ap-systems.co.uk/
Embedded system based on ATMEL AT91M40800 processor and Network Card based on Crystal CS8900A.
Bug Labs http://www.buglabs.net/
Develops BUG: modular software and hardware platform, web-enabled, set of pre-matched components: color screen, camera (video enabled), GPS, accelerometer; snap together, no soldering. Open source.
DAISY: Dynamically Architected Instruction Set from Yorktown http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/daisy/
Goals: make VLIW and other novel ILP architectures fully compatible with common extant architectures such as PowerPC, x86, S/390, and Java Virtual Machine.
Elphel, Inc. http://www3.elphel.com/
A project working on cameras and imaging solutions with Free software and open hardware. Contains a list of products along with their prices and documentation.
Ethernut http://www.ethernut.de/
Several open source reference designs, based on 8-bit AVR, ARM7 and ARM9. All schematics and the CAD data are published as open source hardware.
http://www.systemc.org/ http://www.systemc.org/
Broadly supported C++ open source language and simulation kernel for modeling and implementing electronic systems.
Manticore http://icculus.org/manticore/
Was "The HULK"; hardware design for a 3D graphics accelerator, written fully in VHDL. Open source.
Mike Zoran's Projects http://www.raccoonrezcats.com/
USB audio streamer, FCC legal frequency hopping spread spectrum RF modem, USB wireless Ethernet, scrolling display with RF connection to a PC.
Open Graphics Project: OGP http://wiki.opengraphics.org/
Goals: design an open source hardware, architecture and standard for graphics cards, mainly for open source software and operating systems.
Open Programmer http://openprog.altervista.org/
Free USB programmer for PIC micros, I2C EEPROMs and other devices. Control applications for Windows and GNU/Linux are provided along with their source code.
Open Source Hardware: Birth of a Long Tail Market? http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3700366
Asks what if creating computer hardware became as individualized, as free from corporate control, as open source software, with future scenario where this occurs.
OpenCollector Database http://opencollector.org/
Site has a searchable index of many designs, tools and manufacturers.
Opencores.org http://www.opencores.org/
Seeks to design and publish core designs under a license for hardware modelled on the Lesser General Public License (LGPL) for software.
PIC USB Prototype Development Board http://www.diolan.com/pic/demoboard.html
Prototype development boards based on PIC18LF4455 microcontroller with open source bootloader and schematics.
Richard Stallman: On Free Hardware http://features.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-06-22-005-05-NW-LF
Stallman's views, definition, problems. Linux Today.
Ronja (Reasonable Optical Near Joint Access) http://ronja.twibright.com/
Optical point-to-point data link.
The Future of Hardware is Open Source http://www.raiden.net/?aid=315
Brief analysis of some benefits, problems, and means. Raiden's Realm.
Writings on Open Source Hardware http://opencollector.org/Whyfree/
A collection of links to writings on themes related to Open Source Hardware like definitions, libraries, talks and conferences.

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