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An Engineer's Options & Futures: Arduino - Open Source Initiative of 2009
posted by http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/ 69 days, 14 hours, 37 minutes ago
Thursday, December 31, 2009 3:52:21 PM GMT
An Engineer's Options & Futures: Arduino - Open Source Initiative of 2009
For those who do not know, Arduino is an open-source, embedded prototyping platform. The single board microcontroller hardware with a bunch of sensors and embedded I/O controls. Hardware components contains an Atmel ATmega328 AVR microcontroller, a thermister, a crystal oscillator, etc, although it varies from board to board. It is an advanced RISC microcontroller with 32 x 8 registers and a 2-cycle multiplier. The Arduino programming language is an extension of C++ - easily learnable. The source code of... (more)
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tags: Arduino, open source
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Welcome - Fritzing
published 88 days, 15 hours, 41 minutes ago posted by http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/ 95 days, 6 hours, 23 minutes ago
Saturday, December 12, 2009 2:48:07 PM GMT Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:05:52 AM GMT
Welcome - Fritzing
Fritzing is an open-source initiative to support designers, artists, researchers and hobbyists to take the step from physical prototyping to actual product. We are creating this software in the spirit of Processing and Arduino, developing a tool that allows users to document their Arduino and other electronic-based prototypes, ... (more)
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Taking an Open-Source Approach to Hardware - WSJ.com
published 88 days, 15 hours, 41 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 103 days, 12 hours, 33 minutes ago
Saturday, December 12, 2009 2:48:07 PM GMT Friday, November 27, 2009 5:55:30 PM GMT
Taking an Open-Source Approach to Hardware - WSJ.com
By JUSTIN LAHART The palm-sized Arduino serves as an electronic brain running everything from high schoolers' robots to high-end art installations. But perhaps the oddest thing about the device is the business model behind it. Plans for the Arduino, a simple microcontroller board, are available online, and anybody may legally use them to build and sell knockoffs. The Arduino represents an early entrant in the emerging open-source hardware movement, which like Linux and other open-source softwar... (more)
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tags: Arduino, open source
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GPS Tracking: Open-Source GPS Tracking System - OpenGTS
published 103 days, 12 hours, 18 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 104 days, 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
Friday, November 27, 2009 6:11:17 PM GMT Friday, November 27, 2009 4:03:04 AM GMT
GPS Tracking: Open-Source GPS Tracking System - OpenGTS
Now in use in over 70 countries, the "Open GPS Tracking System" (OpenGTS™) is the first available open source project designed specifically to provide web-based GPS tracking services for a "fleet" of vehicles. OpenGTS™, a companion project to OpenDMTP™ (http://www.opendmtp.org), was developed from the need for a simple web-based ... (more)
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tags: GPS, open source
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GPS systems (PDAs software and applications) | Your Electronics Open Source
published 103 days, 12 hours, 18 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 104 days, 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
Friday, November 27, 2009 6:11:17 PM GMT Friday, November 27, 2009 3:42:09 AM GMT
GPS systems (PDAs software and applications) | Your Electronics Open Source
GPS tracking is entering most of the popular mobile platforms, including mobile phones, PDAs, media players, and game consoles. The attached figure is a PSP with new released GPS module. It is a good reason that kids can use to convince parents to buy a PSP for them. It is difficult to mention all of the amazing GPS applications in the world. Here we summary the hottest GPS applications in the following list. And we try to offer some open source projects so anyone can use them as starting point. (more)
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tags: GPS, open source
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DIY Real Time GPS Receiver with Incredible Accuracy | Hack N Mod
published 93 days, 17 hours, 37 minutes ago posted by http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/ 104 days, 2 hours, 57 minutes ago
Monday, December 07, 2009 12:51:49 PM GMT Friday, November 27, 2009 3:32:08 AM GMT
DIY Real Time GPS Receiver with Incredible Accuracy | Hack N Mod
DIY Real Time GPS Receiver with Incredible Accuracy We’ve all heard of commercial GPS devices like the Garmin or Tom Tom and even handheld devices used for Geo-Caching.  But…Did you know you can build your own?  A Kinematic GPS Receiver is a specialized GPS device used by engineers, topographers and land surveyors. Why? Because it’s a super precise instrument which is accurate to within 1 cm. Traditional GPS receivers have a significant delay when they receive signals from a satellite.  This delay ... (more)
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tags: GPS, hacking, open source
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open-data-kit - Project Hosting on Google Code
published 104 days, 3 hours, 14 minutes ago posted by http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/ 104 days, 4 hours, 20 minutes ago
Friday, November 27, 2009 3:15:17 AM GMT Friday, November 27, 2009 2:08:47 AM GMT
open-data-kit - Project Hosting on Google Code
Welcome to ODK Open Data Kit (ODK) is a suite of tools to help organizations collect, aggregate and visualize their data. Our goals are to make open-source and standards-based tools which are easy to try, easy to use, easy to modify and easy to scale. To this end, we are proud members of the OpenMobile Consortium, the OpenRosa Consortium, and active participants in the JavaRosa project. ODK tools used all over the world and ODK Collect is our most popular. Below is a demo video that demonstrates s... (more)
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tags: GIS, mobile, open source
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Build a DIY 3-Axis CNC Mill | Hack N Mod
published 102 days, 8 hours, 23 minutes ago posted by http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/ 105 days, 6 hours, 12 minutes ago
Saturday, November 28, 2009 10:06:13 PM GMT Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:16:33 AM GMT
Build a DIY 3-Axis CNC Mill | Hack N Mod
Build a DIY 3-Axis CNC Mill A precision plotting and cutting instrument like a CNC machine is a dream for any DIYer. It’s perfect for any fabrication jobs – For example, you can etch a plaque or make a PCB by cuting along the traces of a schematic. While a store bought CNC mill will set you back by a few thousand dollars, you can build a simple CNC mill for as low as $100, but the one above is $700. The DIY ‘LIL’ CNC project is a heavy duty piece of hardware. This is a 3-axis CNC mill that has a gant... (more)
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tags: machining, open source
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Open Source GPS Projects: Join, Learn and Contribute | Free GPS Software
published 102 days, 8 hours, 23 minutes ago posted by http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/ 105 days, 6 hours, 17 minutes ago
Saturday, November 28, 2009 10:06:13 PM GMT Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:11:35 AM GMT
Open Source GPS Projects: Join, Learn and Contribute | Free GPS Software
Open Source GPS Projects: I am posting a comprehensive list of open source GPS projects and hope this helps many of you who don’t have time to gather info by searching on the internet. Please post a comment if you know about other open source GPS projects that I missed out and I will include that in this index. Open Source GPS HOW TOUsing a Garmin Edge to Plot Cycle Routes with Google Maps on Linux, Mac... (more)
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tags: GPS, open source
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GENIVI Alliance
published 157 days, 10 hours, 6 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 183 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes ago
Sunday, October 04, 2009 8:22:48 PM GMT Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:26:15 PM GMT
GENIVI Alliance
GENIVI is a non-profit industry alliance committed to driving the broad adoption of an In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform. GENIVI will accomplish this by aligning requirements, delivering reference implementations, offering certification programs and fostering a vibrant open source IVI community. Our work will result in shortened development cycles, quicker time-to-market, and reduced costs for companies developing IVI equipment and software.GENIVI Reference Platf... (more)
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tags: open source
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CeBIT 2009: BMW and Partners Found GENIVI Open Source Platform - Linux Magazine Online
published 157 days, 10 hours, 6 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 183 days, 12 hours, 15 minutes ago
Sunday, October 04, 2009 8:22:48 PM GMT Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:14:03 PM GMT
CeBIT 2009: BMW and Partners Found GENIVI Open Source Platform - Linux Magazine Online
CeBIT 2009: BMW and Partners Found GENIVI Open Source Platform Mar 03, 2009 In a keynote at the Open Source Forum of CeBIT 2009, Graham Smethurst, general manager of infotainment and communication systems at BMW, will present a new Open Source development platform for the auto industry. Under the name GENIVI, founding partners BMW, Delphi, General Motors, Intel, Magneti Marelli, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Visteon and Wind River will jointly develop Linux-based infotainment software The "IVI" part of t... (more)
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BMW makes push for open-source in-vehicle electronics
published 161 days, 18 hours, 32 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 183 days, 12 hours, 17 minutes ago
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:57:19 AM GMT Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:11:51 PM GMT
BMW makes push for open-source in-vehicle electronics
At an electronics panel held yesterday in Detroit, BMW said it is developing an open-source platform for electronics that would allow third-party suppliers to develop plug-and-play applications for its vehicles. This revolutionary move would allow the software industry to contribute code for in-vehicle infotainment systems, opening up a whole new world of possibilities, BMW says. BMW was the only automaker involved in the panel – which included Chrysler, Ford, General Motors and Honda – that said they... (more)
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BMW wants to pimp your ride with open source | The Open Road - CNET News
published 168 days, 15 hours, 51 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 183 days, 12 hours, 19 minutes ago
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2:38:25 PM GMT Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:09:55 PM GMT
BMW wants to pimp your ride with open source | The Open Road - CNET News
October 23, 2008 9:07 AM PDT BMW wants to pimp your ride with open source by Matt Asay Open-source software is being used just about everywhere to power everything from ERP systems to email. BMW, however, has even better plans for open source: It wants The Ultimate Driving Machine to be powered by The Ultimate Software Development Methodology. In other words, we may... (more)
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tags: open source
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Google Opens Up Its EPUB Archive: Download 1 Million Books for Free
published 190 days, 9 hours, 10 minutes ago posted by http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/ 195 days, 13 hours, 13 minutes ago
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 9:18:48 PM GMT Thursday, August 27, 2009 5:16:07 PM GMT
Google Opens Up Its EPUB Archive: Download 1 Million Books for Free
by Frederic Lardinois / August 26, 2009 12:01 PM Google just announced that it will now allow users to download over 1 million public domain books in the EPUB format. Google had already made this arch... (more)
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tags: Google, open source
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The greatest open source software of all time
published 194 days, 18 hours, 30 minutes ago posted by http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/ 204 days, 16 hours, 26 minutes ago
Friday, August 28, 2009 11:59:06 AM GMT Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:03:23 PM GMT
The greatest open source software of all time
The greatest open source software of all time By Doug Dineley, High Mobley Created 2009-08-17 03:00AM Every year InfoWorld painstakingly selects its Bossie Award winners[1] -- the best open source software for business -- and every year we have shamefully neglected the very cream of the open source crop. While we've... (more)
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JavaScript and PHP increase and a decline in static languages such as C, C++ and Java -- Redmond Developer News
published 202 days, 10 hours, 39 minutes ago posted by http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/ 208 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes ago
Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:50:16 PM GMT Friday, August 14, 2009 4:37:51 PM GMT
JavaScript and PHP increase and a decline in static languages such as C, C++ and Java -- Redmond Developer News
New Stats Find Dynamic Languages on the Rise by Open Source Developers By Jeffrey Schwartz08/12/2009 Dynamic programming languages have started accounting for a greater percentage of code used by developers of open source projects over the past year, according to a survey released today. The increased usage of JavaScript and PHP in particular, suggests that static programming languages such as C, C++ and Java are being used less for open source projects. ... (more)
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tags: open source, programming
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Does GPL still matter?
published 202 days, 10 hours, 39 minutes ago posted by http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/ 208 days, 13 hours, 53 minutes ago
Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:50:16 PM GMT Friday, August 14, 2009 4:36:20 PM GMT
Does GPL still matter?
Published on InfoWorld (http://www.infoworld.com) Does GPL still matter?By John EdwardsCreated 2009-08-10 03:00AM Jeff Haynie reached a crossroads last summer. Haynie, CEO of Appcelerator, a firm that develops open source cross-platform application development software, made a decision filled with implications for his company's future. That decision: to toss away his upcoming product's Gnu General Public License (... (more)
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Yacht Electronics: General fixes for packetlogger
published 215 days, 17 hours, 41 minutes ago posted by http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/ 216 days, 10 hours, 50 minutes ago
Friday, August 07, 2009 12:48:20 PM GMT Thursday, August 06, 2009 7:39:18 PM GMT
Yacht Electronics: General fixes for packetlogger
Here is another release of the packetlogger suite. Bug fixes: - Better operation with fields that are stored in non-8-bit quantities. - Fixed long format reading -- e.g. all data generated by Airmar WeatherCaster and actisense-reader. This fixes the issues with PGN 129029 and others. - Fixed geographical positions on southern and western hemispheres. New features: - Allow explanation of understood PGNs in XML format (by request). - Allow insight into which bits and bytes are used for which fie... (more)
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tags: marine, open source
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Free Resources for Spiffy Documents, Marketing Materials and More
published 222 days, 15 hours, 36 minutes ago posted by http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/ 223 days, 15 hours, 48 minutes ago
Friday, July 31, 2009 2:53:10 PM GMT Thursday, July 30, 2009 2:40:43 PM GMT
Free Resources for Spiffy Documents, Marketing Materials and More
Free Resources for Spiffy Documents, Marketing Materials and More July 29th, 2009 (4:00pm) Samuel Dean One way to spruce up your professional image is to explore the world of pre-built business documents and web site templates. There are many good resources online where you can freely download templates for everything: brochures, newsletters, business cards, balance sheets income statements, and more. These are complemented by some good sites for getting attractively designed web site template... (more)
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tags: business, open source
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Eric Von Hippel's Homepage
published 222 days, 15 hours, 36 minutes ago posted by http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/ 223 days, 16 hours, 37 minutes ago
Friday, July 31, 2009 2:53:10 PM GMT Thursday, July 30, 2009 1:52:02 PM GMT
Eric Von Hippel's Homepage
Downloadable Books Democratizing Innovation (2005) Download a free PDF of the book (Creative Commons License) The Sources of Innovation (1988) Free download of the complete book. Permission granted by Oxford University Press (more)
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tags: book, open source
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