Open Source Hardware
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The Open Source Hardware Association needs your help
www.oshwa.org OSHWA needs your helpOSHWA is in a pickle! In the US where our not for profit is registered there is a law stating that one third of all income must be from the public, while we have been extremely lucky to have receiv…
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What about the MilkV Vega network switch?
Has anyone tried it? https://milkv.io/vega
I was looking for an open hardware switch and this seems like the best bet. Unfortunately, only the controlling OS seems to be open, the core chip/the networking chip is a common proprietary chip.
Still, has anyone tried it? How difficult is it to setup?
Looks pretty straightforward to setup and seems to have any kind of feature you'd need from a switch in a homelab environment, but what do you think? Should I wait for a more open option or go with the Vega for now?
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Introducing the RP2350
dmitry.gr Introducing the RP2350 - Dmitry.GRDmitry.GR: Everything you ever dreamed the RP2040 would be is here - fall in love with the RP2350
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Talk about The Beijing institute of Open-Source Chip , details work about open source RISC-V cores for phones and servers (xiangshan), work on open source EDA , enabling verification of chips using pr
yewtu.be Open-Source at BOSC: Achievements and Challenges - Y. Bao, Beijing Institute of Open Source ChipThe Beijing institute of Open-Source Chip (BOSC), founded in 2021, develops strong ties with academia and industry. In addition to the successful development of industry’s open source and high-performance RISC-V CPU core XiangShan, a core mission of BOSC is to promote and contribute to the open-sour...
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OpenHW Group (A non profit that develops open source hardware, including a Linux capable RISC-V core) Appoints new CEO, Reports exponential growth
www.openhwgroup.org OpenHW Group Appoints Florian 'Flo' Wohlrab as New CEO to Spearhead Open-Source Ecosystem Advancement | OpenHW GroupOpenHW Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Florian 'Flo' Wohlrab as its new CEO.
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BusKill Dead Man Switch now available in a brick-and-mortar in Germany 🧱🛡️
www.buskill.in BusKill available in-store (Leipzig ProxySto.re) - BusKillOur USB Dead Man Switch can now be purchased in-person at ProxyStore's brick-and-mortar location in Leipzig, Germany.
We're happy to announce that, for the first time ever, BusKill cables can be purchased in-person in Leipzig, Germany.
[![BusKill] Our Dead Man Switch Magnetic USB Breakaway cables are Now Available in-person in Leipzig, Germany at ProxyStore](https://www.buskill.in/leipzig-proxystore/)
The BusKill project has partnered with ProxyStore to make BusKill laptop kill cords finally available from a brick-and-mortar location. You can now go to the following location and purchase a BusKill cable with cash or cryptocurrency.
> Bernhard-Göring-Straße 162 > 04277 Leipzig > Germany
About BusKill
BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.
| [!What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)](https://www.buskill.in/#demo) | |:--:| | Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4 |
If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device
About ProxyStore
ProxyStore has, among other things, a proxy ordering service where you can:
- order items from the Internet anonymously,
- pay anonymously, and
- get the goods forwarded to you (by mail) or pick them up (in-store)
ProxyStore accepts cash in-store or anonymously via-mail (20 fiat currencies accepted), cryptocurrencies (Monero and Bitcoin), bank transfers, Paypal and more. In addition to their ordering services, ProxyStore offers key community services at its physical location in Leipzig, including high-security paper shredding (P-7/F-3), MIC-free printing, and a cabinet with TAILS for anonymous Internet surfing.
Resellers welcome!
If you operate a shop selling open-source security hardware and you'd like to sell BusKill cables, please contact us about our wholesale pricing :)
Buy BusKill in-person in Germany
Order at shop.proxysto.re or stop by in-store to purchase a BusKill cable.
Bitcoin, monero, and fiat (cash) are all accepted payment methods at ProxyStore.
Stay safe, The BusKill Team https://www.buskill.in/ http://www.buskillvampfih2iucxhit3qp36i2zzql3u6pmkeafvlxs3tlmot5yad.onion
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3D-Printed USB Dead Man Switch (Proof-of-Concept Demo)
www.buskill.in 3D Printable BusKill Proof-of-Concept - BusKillWe're happy to announce that we were successfully able to initiate a BusKill lockscreen trigger using a 3D-printed BusKill prototype! While we do what we can to allow at-risk folks to purchase BusKill cables anonymously, there is always the risk of interdiction. We don’t consider hologram stickers o...
We're happy to announce that we were successfully able to initiate a BusKill lockscreen trigger using a 3D-printed BusKill prototype!
| [!3D Printable BusKill (Proof-of-Concept Demo)](https://www.buskill.in/3d-print-2023-08/) | |:--:| | Watch the 3D Printable BusKill Proof-of-Concept Demo for more info youtube.com/v/Q-QjHelRvvk |
What is BusKill?
BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.
| [!What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)](https://www.buskill.in/#demo) | |:--:| | Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4 |
If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.
Why?
While we do what we can to allow at-risk folks to purchase BusKill cables anonymously, there is always the risk of interdiction.
We don't consider hologram stickers or tamper-evident tape/crisps/glitter to be sufficient solutions to supply-chain security. Rather, the solution to these attacks is to build open-source, disassembleable, and easily inspectable hardware whose integrity can be validated without damaging the device and without sophisticated technology.
Actually, the best way to confirm the integrity of your hardware is to build it yourself. Fortunately, printing your own circuit boards, microcontroller, or silicon has a steeper learning curve than a BusKill cable -- which is essentially just a USB extension cable with a magnetic breakaway in the middle.
Mitigating interdiction via 3D printing is one of many reasons that Melanie Allen has been diligently working on prototyping a 3D-printable BusKill cable this year. In our latest update, we hope to showcase her progress and provide you some OpenSCAD and
.stl
files so you can experiment with building your own and help test and improve our designs.Print BusKill
[!Photo of the 3D-Printed BusKill Prototype](https://www.buskill.in/3d-print-2023-08)
If you'd like to reproduce our experiment and print your own BusKill cable prototype, you can download the stl files and read our instructions here:
Iterate with us!
If you have access to a 3D Printer, you have basic EE experience, or you'd like to help us test our 3D printable BusKill prototype, please let us know. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and we're eager to finish-off this 3D printable BusKill prototype to help make this security-critical tool accessible to more people world-wide!
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Arduino
www.arduino.cc Arduino - HomeOpen-source electronic prototyping platform enabling users to create interactive electronic objects.
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Raspberry Pi
www.raspberrypi.org Teach, learn, and make with the Raspberry Pi FoundationWe are a charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies.
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PineTime
www.pine64.org PineTime | PINE64Open source smartwatch powered by the community. Notifications, Health features, and all-week battery life.
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Pinephone
www.pine64.org PINEPHONE | PINE64Quad-Core Allwinner A64 @ 1.152 GHz Up to 3GB LPDDR3 RAM Quectel EG25-G with worldwide bands Bootable microSD and 16GB/32GB eMMC Kill switches for LTE, Cameras, Wifi/BT, and Microphones Six pogo pins…