Open Source Hardware

Open source Chumby… coming to your TV set

Open source Chumby… coming to your TV set via Engadget. Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) and chumby(R) today announced the integration of the chumby rich media Internet platform into Broadcom’s latest digital television (DTV), set-top box (STB) and Blu-ray Disc(R) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions delivering cost effective, high quality and personalized user experiences to Internet-connected TVs. The […]

BUGsound available

BUGsound available

Mehrshad writes in– Today, we’re excited to announce the availability of BUGsound, BUGsoundthe first of the five BUGmodules we announced last month at CES. With a speaker, microphone, hardware stereo codecs and four 3.5-mm stereo jacks, you can use BUG to build your own portable music player, speakerphone, audio server and more. Priced at $99 […]

Open source hardware club ships Gumstix-based handheld

Open source hardware club ships Gumstix-based handheld

Open source hardware club ships Gumstix-based handheld – huh, sort of a build to order BugLabs… An open source hacker community has launched an online store to sell home-made gizmos, including a GPS-equipped baseboard (pictured) for the Linux-ready Gumstix Verdex processor module. GizmoForYou builds custom gadgets according to members suggestions, and sells the open-spec devices […]