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Seeks to design and publish core designs under a license for hardware modelled on the Lesser General Public License (LGPL) for software.
http://www.opencores.org/

Industry analysis paper for a college course proposing a business to apply the Open Source model to hardware.
http://web.dodds.net/~hozer/opensource.html

Provides a collection of free, public-domain or shareware, VHDL documentation, models, and tools.
http://tech-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/vhdl/

Richard Stallman's thoughts on free hardware.
http://features.linuxtoday.com/stories/6993.html

Aims to make VLIW and other novel ILP architectures hundred percent compatible with popular existing architectures such as PowerPC, x86, and S/390, as well as the Java Virtual Machine.
http://www.research.ibm.com/daisy/

Broadly supported C++ open source language and simulation kernel for modeling and implementing electronic systems.
http://www.systemc.org/

Site has a searchable index of many designs, tools and manufacturers.
http://opencollector.org/

A collection of links to writings on themes related to Open Source Hardware like definitions, libraries, talks and conferences.
http://opencollector.org/Whyfree/

The Art Interface Device (AID) is a microprocessor platform for building electronic installation art. It can also be used as an interface between such artworks and computers. It will enable the artworks to respond to people and the physical environment.
http://www.interaccess.org/aid/schedule.html

Non-profit initiative that supports open source development and hosts a public repository of engineering design innovations in critical problem domains, such as low-power devices and portable health-care solutions for rural settings.
site exerpt
ThinkCycle: Open Collaborative Design  Cycle seeks to create a culture of open source design innovation, with ongoing collaboration among individuals, communities and organizations around the world. Health|Education|Energy|Environment Community|GlobalAction|SustainableLiving|General ThinkCycle provides a shared online space...
http://www.thinkcycle.org

Provides a database of links to Palm based open source hardware projects, such as memory cards and sensors.
http://www.palmopensource.com/index.php3?category=23

Smart Card Library with documentation on hardware modifications to run that cards on a palm.
http://www.franken.de/crypt/scez.html

A site that documents what you need to build your Palm based robot.
http://www.mbhs.edu/~josborn/palmbot/intro.html

Open Source embedded Ethernet Board combining and ATmega 128 with Realteks RTL8019AS.
http://www.ethernut.de/

Advancing standard modeling practices within the electrical engineering community. Supporting the use of VHDL, Verilog, and IBIS modeling languages.
site exerpt
FMF Home Page  You are being redirected to the new FMF website at: www.FreeModelFoundry.com Updated: 2005 August 21 Richard Munden: rick.munden@eda.org Copyright (C) 2005 Free Model Foundry, 324 N Murphy Av, Sunnyvale, CA...
http://www.eda.org/fmf/wwwpages/

Formerly called "The HULK", Manticore is an open source hardware design for a 3D graphics accelerator. It is written entirely in VHDL.
http://icculus.org/manticore/

How to build a midi interface for the palm pilot.
http://www.flatfeetpete.com/~physicalbits/Pilot/PilotMidi.htm