21. BUILDING STUFF IS EASY!
OPEN SOURCE HARDWARE IS ALL
AROUND
CHEAP AND ACCESSIBLE
CONNECTIVITY IS EASY
22. WHAT WILL YOU DO?
You can build almost anything you can imagine yourself
Notes de l'éditeur
Last year I saw an inspirational ted talk about open-source ecology…
Open source hardware is everywhere. You see it in electronics, but also in music and agriculture.
This image is the LifeTrac 2 open source Tractor, you can find this on opensourceecology.org. An organization dedicated to open source hardware and villages, so you can build your own farm and your own equipment. With the coming of new technology, such as the 3d printer, online communities and the open source dogma, you as an individual are empowered to create anything.
Why people use this?
You can build it yourself
Cheaper than commercial manufacturing
You can improve designs, and contribute to the community
Cool. I want to build something and play with these toys. I always wanted to do something with electronics, so I bought an arduino and a netduino.
Both are open source hardware, created for prototyping electronics. So what is this stuff:
Microcontrollers, with Digital and analog IO…
Last year me and some friends started brewing beer (and some mead). When this is fermenting a constant temperature is desired…
I’ve got the stuff, played with it a bit. What to do, what to do, so many options..
Let’s start easy, I got a temperature sensor in the starter kit. So how hard can it be to show the temperature…. (and later maybe other data, or maybe i can control some heater or cooler based on the current temperature)
Let’s start easy, I got a temperature sensor in the starter kit. So how hard can it be to show the temperature…. (and later maybe other data, or maybe i can control some heater or cooler based on the current temperature)
