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Hardware Project Ideas (lemmy.zip)
 

Howdy Again Everyone,

Trying to gauge interest in projects, see my previous post on my profile to see some quick ideas.

The chat is pretty barren at the moment. If you're on the fence about joining, what would you like to learn in the group? What kind of involvement would you want to have?

-G

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Hardware Matrix Chat Created (lemmy.zip)
 

Hello All,

I finally got around to creating the chat and my Matrix account. If you’re interested in joining the hardware group, I plan on having us design something interesting involving a PCB and a use case.

Some projects included:

  1. Process control for soap making
  2. Bread Making
  3. Spectrometer design
  4. Gaming console design
  5. Engine control unit

Those are just some ideas off the top of my head. Fabricating silicon from Tiny Tapeout can cost upwards of $300 per chip.

Supposing we have a usecase that would make that worth it, we would not have many chances to place that chip onto our designed PCB.

The goal is to have all schematics, firmware, and software open sourced.

Comments are for questions and discussion. DM me for an invite to the server. I look forward to meeting all of you.

-G

Hardware Revisited in c/autism@lemmy.world
Hardware Revisited in c/autism@lemmy.world
[–] [S] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Closed my previous account about a year ago, but I had the same username and would occasionally post on this form.

I want the team to design a board together for a domain specific purpose. I’m thinking soap making or bread making are easy starting points. Computerizing some part of that process with a fully open hardware and software stack. PCB, chipset, common components, basic soldering…

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    [–] [S] 2 points 1 week ago

    Sent you a DM! For anyone else reading this, we will communicate on Matrix.

    Download a client and create an account on an instance similarly to how you did for Lemmy.

    I will DM anyone else interested the chat.

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    Hardware Revisited (lemmy.zip)
     

    Hello All,

    PCB design, RISC-V, and full open source hardware/software stack development was the previous topic, which despite this being a page for autism, had a fair amount of interest the last few times I posted this.

    You don't need to have much prior knowledge other than a willingness to learn and collaborate with the folks that join us in this endeavor.

    Some programs include: KiCAD (FOSS EDA software for PCB design) OpenFOAM (FOSS CFD software) Calculix (FOSS FEM software) FreeCAD (FOSS CAD)

    All chips and components on the board should have open schematics, widely accessible, and the boards can be sourced from one of several different suppliers.

    Firmware is another topic.

    Sincerely enjoyed the dialogues and friendships I met on here. If you're interested, just comment or send me a DM so that I can get you into the Matrix chat. Looking forward to what we build together.

    -G