Open Source, Forced Innovation, and Making Good Products

Art of 3D printer in the middle of printing a Hackaday Jolly Wrencher logo

The open-source hardware business landscape is no doubt a tough one, but is it actually tougher than for closed-source hardware? That question has been on our minds since the announcement …read more Continue reading Open Source, Forced Innovation, and Making Good Products

With Core ONE, Prusa’s Open Source Hardware Dream Quietly Dies

Yesterday, Prusa Research officially unveiled their next printer, the Core ONE. Going over the features and capabilities of this new machine, it’s clear that Prusa has kept a close eye …read more Continue reading With Core ONE, Prusa’s Open Source Hardware Dream Quietly Dies

Internet of Production Alliance Wants You to Think Globally, Make Locally

A map of the world with continents in light grey and countries outlined in dark grey. A nuber of yellow and grey circles with cartoon factories on them are connected with curved lines reminiscent of airplane flight paths. The lines have seemingly-arbitrary binary ones and zeros next to them. All of the grey factories are in the Americas, likely since IoP is currently focused on Africa and Europe.

With the proliferation of digital fabrication tools, many feel the future of manufacturing is distributed. It would certainly be welcome after the pandemic-induced supply chain kerfuffles from toilet paper to …read more Continue reading Internet of Production Alliance Wants You to Think Globally, Make Locally

Take a Ride Through the Development of a Custom BLDC Motor Controller

Photograph of a BLDC motor controller circuit board

The folks over at the [Barkhausen Institut] are doing research into controlling autonomous fleets of RC cars and had been using off the shelf electronic speed controllers (ESCs) to control …read more Continue reading Take a Ride Through the Development of a Custom BLDC Motor Controller