open hardware News and Articles
From Prototype to Product
The Trials and Tribulations of an Open Hardware Startup
The Keyboardio project had a prototype and consumer interest, but finding a small-run manufacturer was more difficult.
SiFive
Creating the Free-Licensed Semiconductor Market
As many would-be open hardware manufacturers have discovered, free-licensed computer chips are nearly non-existent. However, SiFive, a recently announced startup in San Francisco, is hoping to change that with its custom chip designs.
Pi-Top: The Missing Manual
Pop the Top
Follow along as we assemble, customize, and accessorize a Pi-Top kit – the do-it-yourself laptop for the Raspberry Pi.
Crowd Supply Boosts Open Hardware
Crowd Supply
A small crowdfunding site is helping to boost the growth of open hardware businesses.
Keyboardio
Open Hardware Comes to the Keyboard
Keyboardio is not only one of the first open keyboards, it looks poised for modest profitability as well.
Pi-Top Prepares to Revolutionize Open Hardware
Do-It-Yourself Laptop Kit
Riding the popularity of the Raspberry Pi, a new company is producing a modular laptop kit to house small-board computers.
Gluglug – The Free Software ThinkPad
Purely Open Source
A laptop with no proprietary BIOS and 100 percent open source software may sound too good to be true, but that’s exactly what Gluglug delivers. Is it a good deal? Read on to find out.
KDE Open Hardware
Dot-Org Mobile Hardware
KDE starts a crowdfunding campaign for open hardware.
