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Hey all, I'll be at #FOSDEM this year with my colleague Daniel representing the Flow Battery Research Collective! Our talk is called "Scaling up open-source batteries: what's worth pursuing?"

It's at 12:30 on Saturday, livestream and recorded talk also available. Details here: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/3EEZZB-open-source-batteries/

#chemistry #batteries #OpenSourceHardware #EnergyStorage #energy #electrochemistry #OpenScience

Bastl’s Kastle 2 and Citadel Eurorack are now DIY kits, #opensource platforms: (plus a tasty new synth module)

https://cdm.link/bastls-kastle-2-and-citadel-eurorack-now-are-diy-kits-open-source-platforms/ @raspberrypi #opensourcehardware

Kastl 2 kit components from above -- faceplate, jumpers, board, enclosure, battery compartment, buttons, pots.

@jpmens #TLDR: relying on it is a horrible idea, when GSO-based SATCOM with high elevation is way less prone to it.

#WhatsMissing are #LowCost & #OpenSourceHardware #SatelliteModems & cheap #BUCs for #OpenStandards like #DVBRCS…

I got the part I needed to fix my Watchy! Now I need to think about what I want to make to run on it. #opensource #opensourcehardware #sqfmi #Watchy #epaper

Watchy by SQFMI, an open source epaper ESP32 wearable

Pues resulta que también existe el open source hardware y consiste en planos e instrucciones para construir maquinaria, distribuidos libremente.
Tienen tractores, impresoras 3D, coches...
https://www.opensourceecology.org/

#opensource #opensourcehardware

The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) is a modular, DIY, low-cost, high-performance platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small, sustainable civilization with modern comforts.

This is fully open‑source, libre hardware including enterprise blueprints and open business models.

https://www.opensourceecology.org

#OpenSourceEcology #LibreHardware #OpenSourceHardware #SustainableTech #RegenerativeEconomy #OpenEnterprise

Picture of several Global Village Construction set machines

@bloor @flangey @vfrmedia @emf granted, all #tech is #political and that goes for #SurveillanceTech like #ring and #flock just as much as for #DIY & #FLOSH like #MNTreform and #tiny486.

https://github.com/OS-1337/tiny486

But yes, there needs to be more #OpenSourceHardware-#Events...

@0xIO32 @AquaFan @mook @glitzersachen @theintercept good question.

AFAICT no, and the only ones that don't do MIC are very few consumer devices and professional production machines (coincidentially those most likely able to make good forgeries!)…

Granted #Inkjets and even "#Laser" (or rather #LED) printers could be developed as #OpenSourceHardware (espechally when you think of modest 600dpi resolution prints), but there is no incentive and only cost trying to do so.

And yes, #Inkjet Printers are a #Scam!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHX6tHdQGiQ

@DaAnda @heiseonline Bei Laptops eher sowas wie #OpenSourceHardware mit richtig Usability, so dass auch DAUs damit zurecht kommen. Die Tendenzen gibt es ja, z.B. Purism (https://puri.sm/), ist aber halt leider eine Nische, viel zu unbekannt und wird viel zu wenig gepusht.

One ROM Fire 28: A Smarter Way to Swap Retro ROMs in 2026
#OneROM #RetroComputing #Commodore64 #HardwareHacking #ROMReplacement #ElectronicsRepair #OpenSourceHardware #RP2350 #STM32 #VintageComputers
https://theoasisbbs.com/one-rom-fire-28-a-smarter-way-to-swap-retro-roms-in-2026/?fsp_sid=305

What’s new in the DIY world of the Music Thing Modular Workshop System, from browser simulators to granular cards to live ensembles.

https://cdm.link/diy-world-of-music-thing-workshop-system/ #opensource #opensourcehardware

Workshop system with knobs and patch points, patched up, in its hard case, surrounded by music objects: tape player, instruments, tuning fork, hammered dulcimer, fader box, music box, guitar pedal, cymbal, more

@Tutanota @volla @Fairphone @murena They're essentially all the same design, which is to say multiple camera having, GPS, AIs in the form of digital assistants embedded in them & none have physical keyboards, only Volla is military grade durable in said hardware, but it doesn't work in my country. So for my long-term needs in any smartphone I'd pay for, as they'd work for me year-round, which include having a physical keyboard, no AI and durability, none of these are real options.

Diversity in hardware is needed in the open source sphere, for widespread adoption to be possible. #DisabilityAccessibility #OpenSourceHardware #deGoogled

*I know what amounts to an open source version of a blackberry smartphone does exist, as I believe sliders (with full keyboards & bigger screens than blackberry) do, both being durable but I've yet to see any #deGoogled phones in those different design categories.

MiniMig RTG Progress: AmiCube FPGA Roadmap Gets Clearer
#AmiCube #MiniMig #FPGA #Amiga #RTG #Spartan7 #Vivado #RetroComputing #OpenSourceHardware #PiStorm
https://theoasisbbs.com/minimig-rtg-progress-amicube-fpga-roadmap-gets-clearer/?feed_id=7369&_unique_id=69553d540c10f

Open Source Hardware Konferenz in Chemnitz – Ein Kurzbericht

Am 24. und 25. November 2025 war es soweit: Das OSHOP-Netzwerk veranstaltete die zweite Konferenz rund um das Thema "Open Source Hardware". Als Ort wurde dafür Chemnitz, die Kulturhauptstadt 2025, gewählt. Wir waren mit zahlreichen Menschen vor Ort. Nach der positiven Erfahrung aus 2024 waren wir in diesem Jahr besonders gut vor Ort vertreten, durch ein Dutzend Vereinsmitglieder - teils als Gäste, teils als Beitragende, und selbst als Teil des OSHOP Orga-Teams. Die Konferenz war eine […]

https://blog.opensourceecology.de/de/2025/12/open-source-hardware-konferenz-in-chemnitz-ein-kurzbericht/