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SparkFun Electronics

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Defining open hardware - LWN.net lwn.net LWN.net Oct 18, 2023 5 facts

measurementAdafruit has almost 700 certified products and SparkFun has almost 600 certified products listed on the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) website.

accountThe Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) revoked the certification of the SparkFun DataLogger IoT – 9DoF at the request of SparkFun because the project's firmware was not open-source, which was an accidental filing error.

claimCompanies such as Adafruit, SparkFun, and Olimex make a significant effort to certify their hardware with the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA).

claimAdafruit, SparkFun, and Olimex host hardware schematics in different locations on their respective websites: Adafruit lists them under the 'Technical Details' header, SparkFun lists them under the 'Documents' tab, and Olimex lists them under the 'Hardware' heading.

quoteSparkFun CTO Kirk Benell stated regarding the SparkFun DataLogger IoT – 9DoF certification error: "The OSHWA logo/cert was a mistake made by our system when we build [sic] the board -- everything ran on automatic and it wasn't checked before the release."

Open-source hardware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia smoothieware.github.io Smoothieware Apr 15, 2016 2 facts

claimCompanies such as Sparkfun and Adafruit provide large varieties of open-source electronics.

accountOpen-source hardware activity experienced a resurgence in the mid-2000s due to the emergence of projects and companies such as OpenCores, RepRap (3D printing), Arduino, Adafruit, and SparkFun.

Brief History of Open Source Hardware Organizations and ... oshwa.org Open Source Hardware Association 1 fact

accountIn December 2010, Nathan Seidle proposed the adoption of an open source hardware logo created by a SparkFun designer to indicate that SparkFun products were open source.

What's the definition of "Open Source Hardware?" - WIRED wired.com Wired Jul 16, 2010 1 fact

accountOSHW Draft Definition 0.3 is endorsed by a group of individuals and organizations including David A. Mellis (MIT Media Lab and Arduino), Limor Fried (Adafruit Industries), Phillip Torrone (Make and Adafruit Industries), Leah Buechley (MIT Media Lab), Chris Anderson (Wired and DIY Drones), Nathan Seidle (SparkFun Electronics), Alicia Gibb (Bug Labs), Massimo Banzi (Arduino), Tom Igoe (Arduino, ITP/NYU), Zach Smith (MakerBot Industries), Bre Pettis (MakerBot Industries), Andrew "bunnie" Huang (bunniestudios), Becky Stern (MAKE), Windell Oskay (Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories), John Wilbanks (Creative Commons), Jonathan Kuniholm (Open Prosthetics Project/Shared Design Alliance), Ayah Bdeir (littleBits.cc/Eyebeam/Creative Commons), David Ford (Blue Labs), Vitorino Ramos (LaSEEB - Evolutionary Systems and Biomedical Engineering Lab, IST, Technical University of Lisbon), Charles Gantt (The Makers Workbench), Dave Hrynkiw (Solarbotics Ltd. / HVW Technologies), Raúl C Oviedo (Ayuda Electronica Company), Stephen Eaton (Strobotics), Brent Picasso (Autosport Labs), Will Pickering (FunGizmos), Ronen Kadushin (Open Design), and Aaron Nielsen (.:oomlout:).

Open Source Hardware - Devopedia devopedia.org Devopedia Jun 3, 2019 1 fact

claimAdafruit and SparkFun promote Open Source Hardware while also selling proprietary products.

Open-source hardware - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 1 fact

claimCompanies such as Sparkfun, Adafruit, and Seeed provide a large variety of open-source electronics, while organizations like the Arduino project provide specific open-source electronic prototyping platforms.

Seven observations and research questions about Open Design ... cambridge.org Cambridge University Press Oct 19, 2021 1 fact

claimCompanies such as Sparkfun and Adafruit Industries are highly represented in the Open Source Hardware Association's self-certification programme and successfully market open source electronic products.

What is open hardware? | Opensource.com opensource.com Opensource.com 1 fact

claimSparkFun, Adafruit, and Lulzbot are companies that supply parts and equipment used in hardware prototyping.