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Hacking Hardware using Free Software & GNU/Linux | Abhas Abhinav | IndiaFOSS 2.0

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The goal of this talk is to offer a starting point for those who want to experiment with hardware - using free software and self-hosted services.

  • Why play with hardware?

  • What sort of play is (easily) possible?

  • Is it costly / tough to get access to hackable hardware?

  • Other challenges in hardware hacking and experimentation

  • What sort of hardware is there to play with?

    • lights
    • led panels
    • switches
    • sensors
    • routers
    • emulators
    • single-board computers
    • laptops
    • keyboards
    • serial consoles
    • entertainment centers
    • mobile phones
    • cars
    • 3d printers and engravers

    • Building hardware like a sysadmin!

    • (libre) Software backends and (self-hosted) services that hardware can talk to and rely on

    • The community around hackable hardware

      • how large is this community?
      • how to build your own?
      • why is this community important to build and sustain?

      • Licenses for hardware designs and the software which runs on them

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