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Vision Meet - Trends, Opportunities & Roadmap
24 Jan 2015
Suniel Kumar G

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Agenda
• What is Open Source hardware (OSH/ OSHW) ?
• How OSH is changing the world of product design & innovation.
• Impact on Business- Creative Disruption- will we see OSH shut some traditional biz?
• What Opportunities OSH brings to Individuals, Designers, DIY’ers, Entrepreneurs.
• Creating a Open Source Hardware Ecosystem in India -Building OSH Success
• Roadmap for “Bangalore Open Source Hardware Association”

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Source : http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you
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Open Source Software - OSS
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Open Source Hardware (OSHW) Statement of Principles 1.0
Open source hardware is hardware whose design is made publicly available so that anyone can study, modify, distribute,
make, and sell the design or hardware based on that design. The hardware’s source, the design from which it is made, is
available in the preferred format for making modifications to it. Ideally, open source hardware uses readily-available
components and materials, standard processes, open infrastructure, unrestricted content, and open-source design tools to
maximize the ability of individuals to make and use hardware. Open source hardware gives people the freedom to control
their technology while sharing knowledge and encouraging commerce through the open exchange of designs.
Open Source Hardware (OSHW) Definition 1.0
The Open Source Hardware (OSHW) Definition 1.0 is based on the Open Source Definition for Open Source Software. That
definition was created by Bruce Perens and the Debian developers as the Debian Free Software Guidelines.
Open Source Hardware (OSHW) is a term for tangible artifacts — machines, devices, or other physical things — whose design
has been released to the public in such a way that anyone can make, modify, distribute, and use those things. This definition is
intended to help provide guidelines for the development and evaluation of licenses for Open Source Hardware.
Wikipedia :
Open-source hardware consists of physical artifacts of technology designed and offered by the open design
movement. Both free and open-source software (FOSS) as well as open-source hardware is created by this open-
source culture movement and applies a like concept to a variety of components. The term usually means that
information about the hardware is easily discerned. Hardware design (i.e. mechanical drawings, schematics, bills of
material, PCB layout data, HDL source code and integrated circuit layout data), in addition to the software that
drives the hardware, are all released with the FOSS approach.
OSH Definition
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Other Definitions :
Edy Ferreira & Stoyan Tanev :
"There is no consensus on the definition of OSH.
•With Open Sparc, Sun Microsystems defines OSH from a development perspective as "a collaborative process around developing new chips."
•Jeffrey Rowe defines OSH as "hardware for which all the design information is made available to the general public".
• Open Collector points out that in addition to design information, information on how to use the hardware, including documentation about its interfaces and
the tools used to create the design, must be freely available.
•Jamil Khatib of Open Cores suggests that: "All design files should be available for free. This includes schematic, Hardware Description Language (HDL) code, and
layout files. Software and firmware interfaces such as drivers, compilers, instruction set, and registers interfaces should be available and open source. All
information and documentation, like application notes and interfacing information, should be also openly available".
•Gregory Pomerantz provides another OSH definition with more emphasis on license characteristics.
He points out that OSH licenses must:
i) grant permission to freely distribute the source code and any hardware device design based on it; and
ii) grant permission to create derivative works based on the source code and distribute them under the same license.
•Phillip Torrone explains that OSH must use a license that permits users to study, change, and improve the design, and to redistribute it in modified or
unmodified form."
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OSH examples:
• Linux - OSS
• Arduino/ Beaglebone/ Launchpad
• RepRap
• Chumby
• DIY Drones
• OSVehicle Tabby
• OpenDesk
• DaisyMP3
• OpenRoV
• OpenSource Ecology
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More OSH examples..
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More OSH examples..
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New ways of design…Impact .
• Build on Innovation – No reinventing
• Easy of Access
• Faster Innovation - Prototyping
• Reduced Costs
• Customized solution
• Enable Customer Say in design- Personalize
• Faster Problem Solving
• Power of Community – Increased intelligence
• Knowledge Sharing
• Increased Reach
• Focus on Value Add
• Greater talent pool
• Positive to Humanity – Community

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Impact on Biz
• New/Expanding Markets- Existing Markets
• New companies – Easy to adopt
• More companies will adopt Open Source Approach
• Patent Versus Open Source
• Faster expansion of markets
• Sharing of benefits
• Increased Customer confidence
• Social Effects

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Opportunities & Business avenues
• Making products – open source – brand and sell
• Customized solutions
• New products using OSH solutions
• Consultancy
• Service Selling
• Education- Promotion
• New /Existing Markets

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Ideas, Suggestions, More points, Future plans,
Ecosystem building, Next Meetup ……….

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Ideas, Suggestions, More points, Future plans,
Ecosystem building, Next Meetup ……….

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Thank You!