Open Source HardwareJamil KhatibBirzeit University 18.04.2007

Contents

1. Open Hardware concepts2. Barriers & Difficulties3. Business models4. Open Hardware for developing

countries5. Handasa Arabia organization6. Examples

Open Hardware Definition Availability of information needed to

reproduce the design/device

Design HDL Schematics PCB

Concept of operation Testing, verification & Models Interfaces and interconnections Software drivers Production and fabrication

Advantages for developing countries Knowledge transfer

Cost reduction of design process Cooperation & Cost distribution

Explore and encourage innovators

Different point of views (Market, developers, users, etc)

Barriers EDA design software

Open source EDA software Physical implementation

Simulation Modeling HDL languages Implementation on PLDs (Programmable chips(

Test and measurements Online test and measurement devices Shared (online) labs

Intellectual Property (Protection) Copyrights

HDLs & schematics (The description)

Patents Registration process

Problems in Arab world

Lack of technical expertise

Lack of industrial R&D activities

Lack of cooperation between the industry and the universities

Lack of cooperation between universities

Business Models

Design distribution OpenTech

Design support ASICS.ws

Design implementation Flextronics

OpenTech Package

10 CDs More than 300 Electronics design

software More than 350 Hardware designs More than 5 free books &

tutorials More than 650 sold CDROMs

Advantages to Local Unis

New source of learning Share the development Feedback & support Source of innovation Show the prodcuts/projects of

the university Free tools and Designs to build

upon (Complete system) Possible business models

Handasa Arabia

Handasa Arabia Organization Made in Palestine Competition

Arab Science & Technology Foundation

International Electronics Design contest for students (IEDCS) IEEE ICM & Waterloo Canada

Open Source hardware platform

Technology Transfer Support

Contribution to Technological Development International Contests

IEDCS04 , 05 , 06, 07 International Electronics Design Contest for

Students Winners’ Papers published at IEEE ICM

Proceedings

Local/International Conferences ASTF Technology meeting (Syria, 2006) ALECSO Open Source meeting (Tunis, 2005) Cairo ICT 2005 (Cairo, 2005) IEEE ICM'03,04, IEDCS04 contest (Tunis, 2004) Journalism Syndicate and Scientific Society of

Telecommunication Engineers (Cairo, 2004) The IEEE Egyptian Engineering Day (Cairo, 2004) Open source workshop (Syria, 2004)

Open Source EDA

Design Entry (Schematics) Layout Simulation Verification VHDL & Verilog

Icarus Verilog FreeHDL (VHDL) Alliance (VHDL)

Examples

gEDA

Kicad

KiCAD

gtkwave

Magic

Open Source Hardware

Board Designs Test boards, Processors boards

Systems Logic Analyzer

HDL Cores OpenCores

Models Free Model Foundry

OpenCores

OpenCores

Open Hardware resources www.handasarabia.org www.opencollector.org www.opencores.org

Thank you