[CREATE] LGM is about libre software & libre graphics; what about libre hardware?

Jan Claeys lists at janc.be
Mon Jun 7 14:36:29 PDT 2010


When I was at LGM, (almost?) all talks concentrated on free or open
source software, using it, and/or the creation of free/libre graphics,
fonts, movies, etc.  And there was a lot of stuff to discover there,
both from well-known and from new projects.  And of course the diversity
of software developers vs. users was great...

But what about the hardware parts?
There are some people working on actual "libre graphics hardware" too!

I list a couple of hardware(-related) projects below, but I'm sure they
aren't the only ones, and it might be great to invite some of these
projects to future LGMs?

http://www.elphel.com/
A company providing camera hardware based on "off-the-shelf" hardware
components connected by open source wiring diagrams & FPGA programs.

http://cinema.elphel.com/
A community project to create an "open source" digital movie camera good
enough to create cinema quality movies.

http://chdk.wikia.com/
Open source firmwares for "Canon PowerShot" photo cameras that give you
more control over your camera than the official firmwares.

Does anybody know about other similar interesting hardware(-related)
projects?


-- 
Jan Claeys



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