At the FabLab München we had a wonderful Open Hardware Meetup. It took place on May 17, the original event announcement can be found here.
We had 35 people listening to 4 talks about 3 open hardware projects started at our fablab, live demonstrations of all these projects and very interesting discussions.
The projects were:
Laser4DIY is an open-hardware device for prototyping PCBs through the direct ablation of copper using a laser. It consists of several parts: a microchip-based DPSS laser source, driver electronics for the pump laser diode, a cooling system including a 4-channel TEC controller, a motorized XY table, and a safety housing.
For more information visit: laser4diy.org
FabMX is an open-hardware project for the development of a cost-effective 3D printing system for metal objects. At its core is a granulate extruder for the additive processing of metal injection molding material. These 3D-printed parts are then sintered in an oven and transformed into genuine metal parts, e.g., stainless steel.
For more information visit: fabmx.org
StereoNinja is a digital stereo microscope. This open-hardware device combines the benefits of (optical) stereo microscopes and affordable USB microscopes. A typical application is the inspection and soldering of electronic boards.
For more information visit: stereo.ninja
The talks were in German:
- Laser4DIY: Platinen selbst mit einem Laser herstellen (Tobias Gutmann)
- StereoNinja: Ein digitales Stereo-Mikroskop (Alex Lennartz)
- StereoNinjaFPGA: Eine FPGA-Implementierung von StereoNinja (Michael Feldmeier)
- FabMX: Ein Open-Hardware 3D-Drucker für Metall (Andreas Kahler)
The talks were recorded, we will publish the videos soon on this page:
https://wiki.fablab-muenchen.de/display/WIKI/Open+Hardware+Meetup
Thanks GOSH and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for supporting this event!