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Open Source HardWare
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About This Course
The course focuses on the following:
- The definition of Open Source and its basic terms
- The rise of the open-source hardware revolution and how it impacts science
- The identification and exploration of the advantages of joining the open-source scientific community for both research in general, and, most importantly, equipment and instrumentation development
- The evaluation of free and open-source licenses
- The encouragement of sharing and bolstering the intellectual commons
- How to use, design, and troubleshoot scientific tools using open-source microcontrollers through hands-on experience by executing corresponding online experiments
What you'll learn
- Identify value and importance of open source in the industry sector
- Exploring in detail open-source environment with minimum previous electronics experience and be able to understand the basics of open-source microcontrollers
- Access to sophisticated instrumentation with the benefits of sharing designs helping further accelerate research
- Get well into a project of your own either in precision agriculture, or smart energy buildings, or smart city domains
- Engage in promoting open-source best practices
Syllabus
Modules
- Module 1: Online open source hardware platforms
- Module 2: Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE)