Ask HN : Open source hardware rising up What do you think?

#1

Post by madaerodog » Mon, May 18, 2009, 7:11 AM UTC

Just written this article http://harkopen.com/open-source-hardware, there are a lot of very interesting projects lately in this direction, you can see some in here http://harkopen.com/projects

What do you think? Can be open source hardware viable same as the big brother software?

Re: Ask HN : Open source hardware rising up What do you think?

#2

Post by SingAlong » Mon, May 18, 2009, 10:56 AM UTC

IMHO, prototying a product with OpenSource hardware isn't the scene right now.

Opensource hardware currently attracts hobbyists on mass.

I haven't seen any real market-ready product done with something like Beagleboard or Arduino.

Re: Ask HN : Open source hardware rising up What do you think?

#3

Post by madaerodog » Mon, May 18, 2009, 10:58 AM UTC

SingAlong wrote: post #2

IMHO, prototying a product with OpenSource hardware isn't the scene right now. Opensource hardware currently attracts hobbyists on mass. I haven't seen any real market-ready product done with something like Beagleboard or Arduino.

What about http://www.buglabs.net or http://www.adafruit.com they are really turning open source hardware to profit and the community keeps growing ..

Re: Ask HN : Open source hardware rising up What do you think?

#4

Post by wmf » Mon, May 18, 2009, 6:18 PM UTC

Open source hardware can't become mainstream like OSS. The hardware isn't (remotely) competitive with proprietary hardware and it's too hard to scratch your own itch.

Re: Ask HN : Open source hardware rising up What do you think?

#5

Post by madaerodog » Mon, May 25, 2009, 10:22 AM UTC

maybe it's time .. same was saying for software a few years before but that didn't stop it ..