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but it would be fantastic if something like the simple 4-port switch design could be spun out as an open source project that people could iterate on. You can j
by userbinator 1y ago
but it would be fantastic if something like the simple 4-port switch design could be spun out as an open source project that people could iterate on.
You can just get something like a Realtek single-chip switch IC and put it on a PCB. Low-port-count unmanaged switches are cheap commodity products already.
- superb_dev 1y agoBut not a cheap open source commodity
- azonenberg 1y agoThis is not going to be cheap. That was never the goal. In low volume when you combine several custom multilayer boards, custom powder-coated sheet metal work, etc even if you allow for the practically-free recycled FPGA this is going to probably end up being a $5-10K project. The last custom one-off 1U I did from ProtoCase was like $800ish just for the enclosure, and that was before the recent tariff hikes.
- superb_dev 1y agoOh fair, maybe just “open source commodity”
- ajb 1y agoYou can actually now get realtek rtl838x based ones that run openWRT. That's open firmware not open hardware, but good for most purposes.