Arduino and Open Hardware

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Arduino and Open Source Hardware Daniel Soltis Interaction Designer Tinker.it! www.tinker.it

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Brief talk for Open Hardware Camp about Arduino and open source hardware

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Arduino and Open Source Hardware

Daniel SoltisInteraction DesignerTinker.it!www.tinker.it

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Designed in academia in 2005Manufactured in ItalyDistributed in 28 countries>60,000 units sold

The Arduino TeamMassimo BanziDavid CuartiellesTom IgoeGianluca MartinoDavid Mellis

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detail from The Prototyping Toolbox by Gillian Crampton Smith

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Policyhttp://arduino.cc/en/Main/Policy• Source code for Java environment: GPL• C/C++ microcontroller libraries: LGPL• Schematics and CAD files: Creative Commons

Attribution Share-Alike• “Arduino” is trademarked, and official third-party

Arduino products are licensed.

Culture• Active forums, wiki, etc.• Culture of shared code and schematics, peer support. • Companies/designers that use Arduino often (but not

always) create open source products.• Boards or projects based on Arduino usually have

names that refer to Arduino (Boarduino, Stickduino, Sanguino, etc.)

How is Arduino Open Source?

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Arduino Lilypad,Leah Buechley &

Sparkfun Electronics

Arduino Mega,Arduino

Arduino Nano,Gravitech

Arduino Single-SidedSerial Board, v. 3

Adilson Akashi

Arduino Pro and Pro Mini,Sparkfun Electronics

Arduino Duemilanove,Arduino

Some Official Arduino Products

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What and WhoCommercial and Non-Commercial

Arduino

Shields&

peripherals

Project&

productdev

Education&

publishing

Consulting

Softwareand IDEdesign &support

Boards

Arduino team

Manufacturers anddistributors

Universities and schools

R&D departments

Consultancies

Artists, designers, engineers, inventors

Hobbyists and students

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Thanks!

Daniel [email protected]