blinken, to Electronics
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Here's a project I've been working on recently: a Pi relay hat. Why does the world need another relay hat?

It's for my brother's project, the Open Weed Locator, an open-hardware green-on-green weed detection system for spot spraying crops.

https://github.com/geezacoleman/OpenWeedLocator

He's created a kit that a farmer can fit to their existing spray boom; spray heads are only activated when the system sees a weed, which cuts herbicide use and costs dramatically.

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A photo of a circuit board (a hat for a raspberry pi) on a wooden table. The board has green screw terminal connectors and black silkscreen, white text.
A photo of a circuit board (a hat for a raspberry pi) on a wooden table. The rear side of the board is black, densely packed with components.

blinken, (edited )
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For farm use, the hat is hard to destroy and easy to repair: inputs are clamped, it handles reverse polarity everything and ESD everywhere. It aims to be self-documenting and easy to understand.

It includes a PCA9685 PWM controller for PWM up to 2A/channel, because I figured this might be good for LED control. I don't recommend trying to PWM a spray solenoid; you will be having a bad day.

Feedback & comments on GitHub: https://github.com/geezacoleman/owl-driver-board

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kevinmoerman, to random
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The Journal of Open Hardware is back and is now #DiamondOpenaccess! So no more publishing fees! We are now fully free to read and publish!

https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/openhardware/announcement/view/226

Yeah, the URL still needs shortening though...

#openhardware #openaccess #openscience

chiefgyk3d, to random
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Had to order a new iPod classic as my current one seems to have the hold button broken on the motherboard after replacing it several times to try to fix it. Hopefully this will be the last iPod I have to buy since I ordered the Tangara. Between @mntmn and Tangara I can really start shifting to using open hardware in my daily life and this is a change I am so ready to embrace. wish I could use the Tangara before @defcon 🤷‍♂️

GrapheneOS, to random
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Linux kernel becoming their own CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) is wasting resources they'd have previously put towards higher quantity and quality backporting. We've noticed a drop in both for the stable/longterm branches and particularly Android Generic Kernel Image LTS branches.

fiery,
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@GrapheneOS we need #mobile devices that are #OpenHardware so that we have more choice than merely #android or #ios

Then we would be able to run something like #openbsd on our phones with some open source mobile interface on the top.

unfa, to Wyze
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CinePI is an open hardware/software project aiming to create a cheap cinema camera that uses a Raspberry Pi at its core.

Here's a stunning demonstration of what images can be captured with CinePi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la9qsRzG12A

They are also looking for software developers :)
#CinePi #Camera #Video #OpenHardware #OpenSource #Filmmaking #Cinematography #FOSS

bornach, to modularsynth
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makerspace, to RaspberryPi
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AminiAllight, to vr
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My finished custom VR headset board!
#vr #virtualreality #opensource #openhardware

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