Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Open Source Electronics

Andrew Greenberg

Open source electronics are an amazing thing. Let’s cultivate that by doing it right. Just publishing your CAD files isn’t going to cut it: let’s actually go through all the files you need to have a successful open source project that doesn’t make your users hate you. We’ll discuss readmes, short-but-kickass requirements documentation, schematics, board layouts, bill of materials, and ideas for documenting the project’s outcome and current state.

A party for hacking, discovering, and sharing hardware

Teardown is an event put on by Crowd Supply in association with Make+Think+Code @ PNCA. You can think of Teardown as live-action Crowd Supply, but with fewer cardboard boxes and packing peanuts. We’ll be bringing together hardware aficionados from around the world to celebrate, inspect, create, and, of course, tear down hardware. There will be long-time Crowd Supply creators and backers, as well as people we’re meeting for the first time. There will be hardware, art, food, drink, puzzles, workshops, tutorials, talks, music, field trips, and friends. Most of all, there will be ideas and projects to explore and inspire. We hope you’ll be there too!

Teardown is about the practice of hardware: prototyping, manufacturing, testing, disassembling, and circumventing, all while having fun. Leave the marketing glitz and talk of venture capital at the door and come prepared to learn and teach.

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