A technical paper titled “PEak: A Single Source of Truth for Hardware Design and Verification” was published by researchers at Stanford University. “Domain-specific languages for hardware can ...

The companies behind Google’s OpenTitan project recently announced the commercial availability of what they called the world’s first chip with open-source hardware security baked directly into it.

The world of custom mechanical keyboards is vibrant, with new designs emerging weekly. However, keyboards are just one way we interact with computers. Ploopy, an open-source hardware company, focuses ...

Rich was the editorial lead for CNET's Home and Wellness sections, based in Louisville, Kentucky. Before moving to Louisville in 2013, Rich ran CNET's desktop computer review section for 10 years in ...

For many years now, there has been a trend toward open source in the field of system development. It can be seen in software libraries for the product itself as well as in development tools. A clear ...

Arduino has become one of the key building blocks of the open hardware movement. Arduino, the platform, is designed to be modular, affordable, and easy for virtually anyone to use. The company behind ...

The open-source revolution is expanding beyond software into hardware design. New microcontrollers from Microchip Technology and Espressif incorporate processors based on RISC-V—an open-source ...

Reproducibility is a major issue in scientific research. It is often addressed by conducting the same experiment, independently, in more than one laboratory. Work developing cutting-edge ...

There is a chronic need for medical devices for the diagnosis and treatment of patients in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) 1. The current medical device market is not providing affordable ...

When you think of open-source hardware, you probably think of electronics and maker tools– RepRap, Arduino, Adafruit, et cetera. Yet open source is an ethos and license, and is in no way limited to ...