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There is so much potential in open source hardware design I wish, but no, there isn't. The problem is that even if you could create an amazing design, there is
by alain94040 12y ago
There is so much potential in open source hardware design
I wish, but no, there isn't. The problem is that even if you could create an amazing design, there is nowhere to run it. FPGA? Expensive and slow. ASICs? Out of the question.
There is a reason why software is eating the world. Everyone has a cpu handy. And even if everyone also had an FPGA attached, it wouldn't matter. Show me a killer [hw] app.
- cottonseed 12y agoNot all hardware is designing digital integrated logic. Manufacturing medium-complexity PCB boards (6+ layers, BGAs, etc.) is within hobbyist budgets (and certainly Kickstarters, thrifty startups, etc.) but the open and low-end design tools are not up to to the task. For example, I'm not aware of an open design with Eagle or free tools that has a fast, modern DRAM interface. Professional tools are extremely expensive (10-100K), but certainly not more complex than, say, a modern C++ compiler like gcc or LLVM/clang.