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KI-Hype OpenClaw: OpenAI nimmt österreichischen Entwickler unter Vertrag
Peter Steinberger hat OpenClaw entwickelt, einen mächtigen KI-Agenten für die eigene Hardware. Nun arbeitet er für OpenAI. OpenClaw bleibt Open Source.

GLM-5 is een krachtig model, open weights en volledig getraind op Huawei Ascend-chips, zonder gebruik te maken van NVIDIA-hardware. Onderstreept het belang van Europese investeringen in AI.
https://www.trendingtopics.eu/glm-5-the-wo

GLM-5: The World’s Strongest Open-Source LLM Solely Trained on Chinese Huawei Chips
The listed Chinese AI company Zhipu AI has introduced GLM-5, the fifth generation of its large language model. The model comprises 745 billion parameters

I'm currently looking for one or more volunteers to maintain the Openmoko USB PID OUI service at https://github.com/openmoko/openmoko-usb-oui as the existing maintainer is no longer available. This is a service providing free USB Product IDs and Ethernet MAC addresses for the

The joys of working on an open source project that interfaces to obscure, sometimes obsolete hardware: regression testing is almost impossible.
Sure, we can catch regressions in the GUI easily. But if a big fix to a driver breaks things for a different scope supported by that driver, there's no way to test without having one of those scopes around to validate things against.
And there's way too many models of instrument out there for building any kind of CI cluster to be …

We’re still meeting tonight, like we usually do. Visit the Luma link for details! https://luma.com/l4fe2xvh

Open-Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve (OpenTRV) - OpenTRV retrofit open-source reference mechanical/hardware/software design for zoned heating to save carbon and money. #OpenTRV #TRV #heating

Open-Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve (OpenTRV)
OpenTRV retrofit open-source reference mechanical/hardware/software design for zoned heating to save carbon and money. #OpenTRV #TRV #heating #cutCarbon

Welcome to Open Source Gardens, where openness is sown and freedom is grown!
Open Source Gardens connects people via Open Source (philosophy, seeds, software & hardware) in a horticultural and creative way. Read about who we are and why we are doing this on this page.
🌱 https://opensourcegardens.info

Heute ist der vierte Teil der Artikelserie zu Open-Source-Lizenzen von Frank Hofmann (@…) und mir im Linux-Magazin (@…) erschienen:

Lizenzen für Dokumente, Bilder, Audio/Video, Fonts und Hardware
Open-Source-Lizenzen sind für Software gedacht. Für Dokumente, Bilder, Audio/Video, Schriftarten und Hardware gibt es eigene, passgenau zugeschnittene Lizenzen. Wir verbinden häufig freie Lizenzen lediglich mit Open-Source-Software. Mit der zunehmenden Popularität freier Software übertrug sich diese Idee jedoch auch auf andere Bereiche. FOSS-Lizenzen eignen sich jedoch nur bedingt, um Dokumente, Bilder, Audio, Video, Schriftarten oder Hardware zu lizenzieren. Daher entstanden schnell spezi…

We’re still meeting tonight, like we usually do. Visit the Luma link for details! https://luma.com/l4fe2xvh

I love that these legacy adaptor projects exist, even if I don't have a personal need for them.
https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/29/open-source-hardware-usb-to-gpib-adapter-connects-legacy-gpi…

Open-source hardware USB to GPIB adapter connects legacy GPIB/IEEE-488 instruments to modern hosts
XyphroLabs's UsbGpib is an open-source hardware, inexpensive, and portable USB to GPIB adapter aiming to provide "access to legacy GPIB/IEEE-488 instruments using contemporary hardware and software, with a focus on accessibility, openness, and ease of integration into current workflows". Initially developed by Hewlett-Packard in the late 1960s/early 1970s, GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus), also known as IEEE-488 or initially HP-IB (Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus), is a short-range digital co…

It's not even annoying anymore. As usual, the open-source gods have stepped in and support these abandoned hardware products. The difference this time is one of the lines of abandoned hardware products launched a little over 3 years ago, and the other isn't obsolete within the scope of the usecase.
I'm Annoyed At AMD's Latest Radeon Blunder - Hardware Unboxed

⚡ Project Patchouli - Open-source electromagnetic drawing tablet hardware
#hardware

That looks nice https://www.hackster.io/news/a-kvm-that-fits-on-your-keychain-e2adb39f7a2b

A KVM That Fits on Your Keychain
Openterface’s KVM-GO is a pocket-sized, open source tool for hardware-level access to headless computers.

The Open Hardware Summit (@…) is looking for people to do talks, workshops and tabling for their open hardware projects in Berlin this year! Maybe one year it’ll be in Toronto? https://2026.oshwa.org

Open-Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve (OpenTRV) - OpenTRV retrofit open-source reference mechanical/hardware/software design for zoned heating to save carbon and money. #OpenTRV #TRV #heating

Open-Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve (OpenTRV)
OpenTRV retrofit open-source reference mechanical/hardware/software design for zoned heating to save carbon and money. #OpenTRV #TRV #heating #cutCarbon

Ich habe bereits einen Projektstand zu @…, zwei Workshops (#Emacs und #Orgmode) und einen Vortrag (#Markdown

"Qualcomm’s acquisition of Arduino and the company’s new Terms of Service sparks major concerns in the open source community over privacy and terms of service. What will happen to the Arduino open hardware and how does this effect Linux users?"
#Enshittification

Did some note taking at a Wikimedia event this weekend. The #mntpocketreform is such a conversation piece… "Oooh, what is that, it’s so cute, can I touch it?" - "Sure! Have you heard about Open Hardware?“

my definition of "an UI bug" is basically "any design or implementation choice that makes users miserable". i do not think many in open source hardware|software share this definition and i won't be satisfied until it's a new norm

Wie zu erwarten war, geht #Arduino durch den Verkauf an #Qualcomm nun den Bach runter. Der neue Besitzer hat AGB und Datenschutz geändert. Die Arduino-Plattform ist somit wohl nicht mehr unter freier Lizenz. Auch erhält Qualcomm eine Nutzungsgenehmigung für alle hochgeladenen Materialien …

Open-Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve (OpenTRV) - OpenTRV retrofit open-source reference mechanical/hardware/software design for zoned heating to save carbon and money. #OpenTRV #TRV #heating

ESP32-Powered PPG Signal Acquisition: Open-Source Hardware and Software for Research and Education
#computing

I am thrilled to be back at FOSDEM. It is a fantastic opportunity to meet with the open source community and connect with fellow developers at such a great conference!
Please join me this Saturday in the FOSS on Mobile devroom. I will be presenting the technical evolution of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, demonstrating how we achieved full mainline support—from power management to the Adreno GPU—running on actual product hardware.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Saturday, 18:30…

My general experience from looking at a lot of RTL between work and open hardware stuff is that ASIC people seem to be more heavy users of advanced systemverilog features (structs, interfaces, etc) than FPGA people.
I know a lot of FPGA tools historically didn't have great support for these things but unless you're still using ISE or Vivado 2017 there's no excuse.
Anyone else see this trend too?

Tech Pizza Monday is on, as usual, tomorrow starting at 6 PM, at the usual place, Victory Cafe at 440 Bloor St. W. #techmeetup https://luma.com/h9neb30z