Repository for open source hardware and source code? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: glentek
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2022, 09:07:38 pm
content: HiIs there a repository for open source pcb designs and microprocessor source code that individuals can contribute their designs to? Something more refined than hackaday. I know of a small manufacturer of addon boards for the raspberry pi that has ceased production and want to makes his design files free to the public. I myself have some designs that I think others might find useful, or could build on.

author: retiredfeline
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2022, 09:43:58 pm
content: Github and Gitlab are general purpose repositories used for sharing projects.

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2022, 09:44:25 pm
content: THere is quite a bit of stuff on github, and that is where I usually go for such stuff. But finding it is a bit like finding a needle in a haystack and hit or miss.. and when you find a design, Githubs mechanisms for evaluating wherther the design is a good one could certainly be better. Still, I have found some useful stuff there, for sure.I would love to be able to see your friends hardware designs just so that If I make any more hats I can take full advantage of the rich RPI ecosystem, which seems particularly well suited for innovation.Speaking of which.. some (long) time ago I made my own add on board for raspberry pi using a blank PCB thats sold as the template to make a hat. It has pads on it for n EPROM and some other traces that I don't understand, but I just left them empty and it still works.. It implements a add on GPS board that uses a GPIO pin to carry the 1PPS signal, etc. Its a well trod path.Well, recently Ive become aware of a "Time Hat" for the Raspberry Pi that implements both a GPS and RTC properly for Raspberry Pi and I now want to redo my board to meld both the GPS timekeeping function and fall back to the RTC if power is lost, instead of the fake-hwclock. When I do this, I want to do it right, if its within my expertise, which means follow the RPI spec. Also, properly handle the case of when the two sources of time clash with one another.So I guess my question is similar to yours. Is the raspberry pi org forum the best place to read RPI addon products discussions and ask questions? Or are there some other important RPI forums? Would it serve the function of a sort of incubator for RPI creativity.. (Something that I think would be super helpful) Maybe somebody should set one up. All thats really required is a web application and an RPI in some closet somewhere to host it. Perhaps the machine should use software RAID for its disk. I love RPI but sometimes, not frequently, I lose whats on those microSD cards when they just stop working. I wish the RPI used the older, bigger SD cards which at least for me seem more robust. I should do that mod so they can use regular USBconnected spinning disks.. so I dont worry about writes.. Better reliability? I wonder what the most reliable RPI filesystem setup would be? (perhaps one not using flash memory)Quote from: glentek on January 10, 2022, 09:07:38 pm