| What is Open Hardware?
Open Source Hardware is hardware whose design is made publicly available so that anyone can study, modify, distribute, make and sell the design or hardware based on that design. The hardware’s source is available in the preferred format for making modifications to it. extracted from OSHW Definition V1.0

| WIZnet Colum about Open Hardware
Evolving IT Ecosystem seen at Maker Faire
Last week I went to New York in my role as representative to the Open Hardware Summit of which WIZnet is a co-sponsor. While there I dropped by the Maker Faire held at the Hall of Science in Queens New York. With support from the leading online and retail suppliers for electronic components such as Digikey and Radio Shack, the Maker Faire is the place to be for DIY and UCA 'Prosumers'. In contrast to a traditional 'grown-up' electronics exhibition, it seemed nearly every other booth was filled with youngsters showing off their homebrew gadgets. For more, click here

| WIZnet in Open Hardware
Arduino Ethernet Shield & Clones

Arduino (www.arduino.cc) is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. WIZnet’ chip and module are being used in the Arduino’s Ethernet Shield, and adopted in its clones.

Design Contest with Circuit Cellar

Design Contest with Parallax

The Spinneret Web Server design contest served to promote the emerging open-source hardware community by encouraging the use of good open-source design practices, cooperation, and proactive sharing of new designs. Click here to view the contest winners.

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