Qi Hardware Explained

Qi Hardware Inc.
Type:Public
Location City:San Francisco, California
Location Country:U.S.
Locations:San Francisco, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei
Area Served:Worldwide
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Qi Hardware is an organization which produces copyleft hardware and software, in an attempt to apply the Free Software Foundation's GNU GPL concept of copylefting software to the hardware layer by using the CC BY-SA license for schematics, bill of materials and PCB layout data. The project has been both a community of popular open hardware websites and a company, founded by Steve Mosher, Jon Phillips, Wolfgang Spraul and Yi Zhang, that makes hardware products.[1] [2] [3] Formed from the now defunct Openmoko project, key members went on to form Qi Hardware Inc. and Sharism At Work Ltd. Thus far, the project has released the Ben Nanonote,[4] [5] [6] [7] the Milkymist One,[8] and the Ben WPAN wireless project[9] [10] to create a copyleft wireless platform. The examples of Qi hardware projects are the Ben NanoNote pocket computer, Elphel 353 video camera and Milkymist One video synthesizer.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hackable Linux clamshell goes on sale for $99 . Eric Brown . Mar 16, 2010 . Feb 17, 2022 . Linux Devices . February 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220218023649/https://linuxdevices.org/hackable-linux-clamshell-goes-on-sale-for-99/ . live .
  2. Web site: Openomoko Layoffs Lead to New Open Hardware Venture . linux.com . 2009-07-01 . Pam Derringer . 2022-02-17 . 2022-02-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220218023649/https://www.linux.com/news/openmoko-layoffs-lead-new-open-hardware-venture/ . live .
  3. Web site: Milkymist One video synthesizer shown at 6th Libre Graphics Meeting in Montreal . May 13, 2011 . May 19, 2023 . Qi Hardware. June 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110623154934/http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/News_Release:_Milkymist_One_video_synthesizer_shown_at_6th_Libre_Graphics_Meeting_in_Montreal . live .
  4. Web site: Gareth Halfacree. 2010-03-16. Qi Hardware launches NanoNote. live. 2011-07-18. Bit-tech. 2012-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20120320022408/http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2010/03/16/qi-hardware-launches-nanonote/1.
  5. Web site: Donald Melanson. 2010-03-15. Qi Hardware's tiny, hackable Ben NanoNote now shipping. live. 2011-07-18. Bit-tech. 2011-08-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20110822202248/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/qi-hardwares-tiny-hackable-ben-nanonote-now-shipping.
  6. Web site: David Murphy. 2010-06-05. Qi Hardware Launches Open-Source Computer. live. 2011-07-18. PCMag. 2011-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20110921153802/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2364710,00.asp.
  7. Web site: rg. 2010-03-17. Qi Hardware Ben NanoNote. live. 2011-07-18. linux.com. 2011-08-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20110830001642/http://www.linux-netbook.com/qi-hardware-ben-nanonote.
  8. Web site: Ray. Bill. Open-source hardware group puts out vid system-on-a-chip. live. 23 June 2017. The Register. 10 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170810172842/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/28/milkymist/.
  9. Web site: Terrence O'Brien. 2011-06-17. Qi-Hardware debuts free, open source wireless solution, not a threat to WiFi. live. 2011-07-18. Engadget. 2011-06-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20110620092539/http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/17/qi-hardware-debuts-free-open-source-wireless-solution-not-a-th.
  10. Web site: Jake. 2011-06-16. Phillips: Qi Hardware Releases Free Wireless Hardware. live. 2011-07-18. LWN.net. 2011-06-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20110621035906/http://lwn.net/Articles/448048/.

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