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IRIS standard in computer hardware security

An IRIS (Infrared In-situ) microprocessor, running a FOSH (Free Open
Source Hardware) design can be visually inspected to have the expected
transistor layout by the end user with an inexpensive microscope.

https://www.crowdsupply.com/baochip/dabao […]

1.03" Micro OLEDoS Display 2560×2560 90Hz 1800nits - MIPI Ultra-high definition with our 1.03" Micro OLED display featuring 2560×2560 resolution, 1800nits brightness, and 90Hz refresh rate. Perfect for AR/VR applications, medical imaging, and industrial equipment. MIPI interface support with low power consumption.

Just did a brief search for micro OLED displays, and it looks like SeeYa displays might be good for prototyping a headset for low vision.

www.displaymodule.com/products/1-03-inch-micro...

#lowvision #fosh #foss #maker

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Just found IADIY.COM as a source for embedded camera lens systems. I've been looking for how to use a surface mount CMOS camera sensor, and it looks like an M5 or M7 lens system from IADIY might work. Just ordered 8 of these super small lens systems, which should each fit within an 8mm by 8mm […]

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Just spent the day setting up some devops scripts for bringing up a branded and secured self-hosted Jitsi Meet server droplet on digitalocean for business meetings for the FOSH accessibility non-profit, @bce .

#foss #fosh #freesoftware #boycottgoogle $boycottapple #boycottmicrosoft […]

Copyleft Won't Solve All Problems, Just Some of Them Toward a Broad Ethical Software Licensing CoalitionWe are passionate about and dedicated to the cause of software freedom and rights because proprietary software harmfully takes control of and agency in software away from users. In 2014, we started talking about FOSS as fundamental to “ethical software” (and, more broadly “ethical technology”) — which contrasts FOSS with the unethical behavior that Big Tech carries out with proprietary software. Some FOSS critics (circa 2018) coined the phrase “ethical source” — which outlined a new approach to these issues — based on the assumption that software freedom activists were inherently complicit in the bad behavior of Big Tech and other bad actors since the inception of FOSS. These folks argue that copyleft — the only form of software licensing that makes any effort to place ethical and moral requirements on FOSS redistributors/reusers — has fundamentally ignored the larger problems of society such as human rights abuses and unbridled capitalism. They propose new copyleft-like licenses, which, rather than focusing on the requirement of disclosure of source code, they instead use the mechanisms of copyleft to mandate behaviors in areas of ethics generally unrelated to software. For example, the Hippocratic License molds a copyleft clause into a generalized mechanism for imposing a more comprehensive moral code on software redistributors/re-users. In essence, they argue that copylefted software (such as software under the GPL) is unethical software. This criticism of copyleft reached crescendo in the last three weeks as pundits began to criticize FOSS licenses for failing to prohibit Putin from potentially using FOSS in his Ukrainian invasion or other bad acts.

@gedankenstuecke

This is a long read, but I think it has a much more coherent take on the idea of creating ethical, or political, and anti-capitalistic software licenses:

sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/mar/17/copylef...

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Handling credit card payment processing for the @bce website is a major milestone completed.

There are still lots of accessibility workflow issues to work through on the webpage, but I can work through those concurrently.

After spending some time with my family next week, I should be able to […]

I want to make the electrical engineering maker community accessible to blind people.

#blind #maker #ee #electricalengineering #fosh #foss

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I've submitted my resignation letter to Apple. My last day will be this Friday, October 31st.

I'm starting a nonprofit company to create FOSH (Free Open Source Hardware) assistive consumer electronics, focused initially on assistive consumer electronics for blind people. I plan to release many […]

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If I manufacture an accessibility consumer electronics device, it is illegal for me to ship it to hundreds of millions of people that live in countries that are enemies of my country, such as Russians. This reminds me why FOSH is so important to share online, so that Russians and others that […]

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I'm looking for a CMOS camera sensor for a FOSH project. I'm just looking for a surface mount chip without the lens.

It looks like two big brands are onsemi and omnivision. I'm facing NDA issues, where datasheets are not available, and I'm wondering if there are good options with open specs? […]

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@adafruit

Could someone please ping @ladyada for me? I sent her a message, but I'm not sure she checks her Mastodon account.

LinkedIn wanted to take a picture of my face to allow me to log in, so I'd prefer to not use LinkedIn to connect.

I'm planning to start a FOSS / FOSH nonprofit company […]

My worker-owned coop just received non-profit status from the IRS. I'm so happy.

Watch out world, here comes "Brain Computer Enterprises, Cooperative Inc." 😄

#foss #fosh #blind #accessibility #bce #bcecoop #bcecoopinc

Finished a redesign of my first PCB assembly order ever. I'm using JLCPCB and I've ordered the one part in this test design.

This is a 2 layer board to breakout an 8x8 mm DRAM chip with 56 pins so that I can play with it on my breadboard.

#foss #fosh #pcb […]

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A jpretty rendering of the top view of a green breadboard with 24 breadboard holes on the left and right (total 48). One 6 by 8 mm chip footprint is in the middle and labelled "RAM1". The top of the chip has the label "BCE Coop Inc".

I'm planning to order my first custom PCB from JLCPCB. On my breadboard, I've gotten the following working:

- ICE40 FPGA (Architry Cu)
- ESP32-C3 MCU (RISC-V + Wifi/BT)
- OV7670 Camera (640x480 30 FPS)

I'd like to use the FPGA to read the camera data and […]

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Cool. I can see my ESP32-S3 microcontroller advertised as a bluetooth device on my PC and phone.

#foss #fosh #maker #mcu #bluetooth #esp32 #esp32s3

A large breadboard with two prototyping PCBs on the board and one PCB with a camera wired to the board and held up in the air by its wiring and resting on a solder roll prop with camera aiming to the right off screen. In the background in a plastic shelving organizer with small drawers and a mess of paperwork.

This is my first microcontroller project has 3 parts:
1. ESP32-S3 MCU
2. OV7670 Camera
3. BNO085 IMU
I've gotten everything working together on a breadboard at a very slow rate. I'm now working on a new design, but this represents a lot of learning […]

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Abundance of elements in Earth's crust - Wikipedia

Aluminum is the third most abundant element in the Earth's crust, after Oxygen and Silicon as first and second. Aluminum is over 8% of the Earth's crust.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundance_of_elemen...

#aluminum #cnc #cncrouting #maker #recycling #recycle #fosh

@fsfe

Good to read a success story about Free Software license enforcement. A new term I learned today: CCS (Complete Corresponding Source).

#foss #fosh #freesoftware #copyleft #legal #licensing #license #copyright

@Stilling To improve rigidity, just finished attaching a new second spindle holder to my SainSmart Genmitsu 4030 ProxerXL CNC aluminum router. Also replaced my clogged MQL (Minimum Quantity Lubrication) sprayer with a new dual sprayer.

#cnc #aluminum […]

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My first RISC-V program, running on an ESP32-S3 Arduino Nano, driven through a haptic piezoelectric motor, playing a Bo Diddley beat at 140 BPM with a 30 Hz vibration. Need to listen closely... It's a haptic motor after all, not a speaker.

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@paul

I've been loosely following FreeCAD as a potential future design tool for my FOSS/FOSH manufacturing. Today, I noticed they added a CNC documentation tutorial. Also, I noticed there is a FOSH CNC maker that seems to be helping to drive the software development […]