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Re: Hardware Freedom Day

by LM

Wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Hardware Freedom Day. If you're on any social media accounts or have a blog or web site, please help us celebrate Hardware Freedom Day by posting about the topic. You can use #HFD2025 to mark your posts. The DFF will be posting to Mastodon and Bluesky so please feel free to join in on the conversation there as well. Also, please share information on how you're engaging in Hardware Freedom Day on this mailing list. Have any favorite Open Hardware projects? Let us know more about it and share a link to it.

April 19, 2025

Re: Hardware Freedom Day

by Zack Fosdyck

Wow! That is a fantastic list of resources! Thanks for sharing. I dig the off-grid projects. I just ordered some ESP32 S3 dev boards to work with this project: https://www.picokeys.com/ Good mesh of freedom & security! Zac On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 00:12 LM <lmemsm(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM, Zac wrote: > > Is anyone privy to any easy open hardware projects we could use that > teach > > about the importance of open and free hardware? > > Was going to wait until the 19th to post links, but maybe this will > inspire some ideas for celebrating Hardware Freedom Day. > > This is a list I put together a while back on Open Hardware and > Software for smart watches: https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/26300.html > This is my list of off-grid hardware and Open Hardware for > emergencies: https://codeberg.org/lmemsm/delightful-off-grid-open-tech > I'd love to get together on Saturday virtually and have a short open > discussion on Open Hardware technology and what's useful for emergency > situations. If anyone would be interested in participating, let me > know and we can try to set something up. > > This is a list of Open Hardware resources by Paul Sutton: > https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/hfd > > Looks like archive.org has several resources (journals, videos, etc.) > on Open Hardware. > > Another interesting link on Open Hardware: > https://www.beagleboard.org/blog/category/open-hardware > > I've also done some research on personal assistants. I was mostly > looking at software, but it would be nice to use Open Hardware for a > project like that and there may be some projects out there doing that. > > Here's my list of CAD and 3D printing resources: > https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/13927.html > Some public libraries have 3D printers and some users' groups have > members with 3D printers. There are groups online that share 3D > printing designs using CC and other open licensing. Maybe creating a > simple project using a 3D printer would be an entertaining way to > celebrate Open Hardware Day. > > Anyone have other Open Hardware resources to share? > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com >

April 14, 2025

Re: Hardware Freedom Day

by LM

On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM, Zac wrote: > Is anyone privy to any easy open hardware projects we could use that teach > about the importance of open and free hardware? Was going to wait until the 19th to post links, but maybe this will inspire some ideas for celebrating Hardware Freedom Day. This is a list I put together a while back on Open Hardware and Software for smart watches: https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/26300.html This is my list of off-grid hardware and Open Hardware for emergencies: https://codeberg.org/lmemsm/delightful-off-grid-open-tech I'd love to get together on Saturday virtually and have a short open discussion on Open Hardware technology and what's useful for emergency situations. If anyone would be interested in participating, let me know and we can try to set something up. This is a list of Open Hardware resources by Paul Sutton: https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/hfd Looks like archive.org has several resources (journals, videos, etc.) on Open Hardware. Another interesting link on Open Hardware: https://www.beagleboard.org/blog/category/open-hardware I've also done some research on personal assistants. I was mostly looking at software, but it would be nice to use Open Hardware for a project like that and there may be some projects out there doing that. Here's my list of CAD and 3D printing resources: https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/13927.html Some public libraries have 3D printers and some users' groups have members with 3D printers. There are groups online that share 3D printing designs using CC and other open licensing. Maybe creating a simple project using a 3D printer would be an entertaining way to celebrate Open Hardware Day. Anyone have other Open Hardware resources to share?

April 14, 2025

Re: Hardware Freedom Day

by Zack Fosdyck

Hiya! Thanks for the reminder. I was just researching what we could do here in Central Illinois for HFD. I was hoping to do something at the college I’m attending but it’s getting a bit late. Is anyone privy to any easy open hardware projects we could use that teach about the importance of open and free hardware? One I found was a flashlight made from an old lip balm/chap stick tube. Unfortunately, I’m late to the game, and would need to source parts. Not to mention I’d like to build it at least once before helping others. Thanks & Take Care Now, Zac On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 15:08 LM <lmemsm(a)gmail.com> wrote: > It's hard to believe that Hardware Freedom Day ( > https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/hfd ) is less than a week away on April > 19th, 2025. Will you be attending a Hardware Freedom Day event this > year, either in person or online? What are some of your favorite Open > Hardware projects? We'll be sharing some of our favorites on April > 19th, 2025. Please help us celebrate Hardware Freedom Day 2025 by > sharing posts and articles about Open Hardware and #HFD2025 via social > media, personal web sites and blogs. Thank you and have a wonderful > Hardware Freedom Day 2025. > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com >

April 13, 2025

Hardware Freedom Day

by LM

It's hard to believe that Hardware Freedom Day ( https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/hfd ) is less than a week away on April 19th, 2025. Will you be attending a Hardware Freedom Day event this year, either in person or online? What are some of your favorite Open Hardware projects? We'll be sharing some of our favorites on April 19th, 2025. Please help us celebrate Hardware Freedom Day 2025 by sharing posts and articles about Open Hardware and #HFD2025 via social media, personal web sites and blogs. Thank you and have a wonderful Hardware Freedom Day 2025.

April 13, 2025