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Open source optics

2009-09-13T10:57:36Z

117.193.233.241: /* Other open source optics projects */

'''Open source optics''' refers to [[optics]] / [[opto-electronics]] / [[fiber optic]] designs that is designed in the same fashion as [[free and open source software]] (FOSS). Open source optics is part of the [[open source culture]] that takes the open source ideas to fields other than software.

The term has primarily been used to reflect the free release of [[information]] about the optical design, such as construction or integration of the active and passive optical components in order to make a complete optical system. The designs sometimes include hardware and software which would typically be a [[open source hardware]] and [[open source software]] resspectively.

== Licenses ==
Rather than creating a new license, some open optics projects simply use existing, open source software licenses.<ref>From [http://opencollector.org/hardlicense/licenses.html OpenCollector's "License Zone"]: [[GPL]] used by [[Free Model Foundry]] and [[ESA Sparc]]; other licenses used by [[Free-IP Project]], [[LART]] (defunct), [[GNUBook]] (defunct).</ref>

== Open projects ==
* [[RONJA]] - Open source Free Space Optic system, DIY in a garage, 10 Mbit/s full duplex/1.4 km
* [[LED Throwies]] - Non-destructive graffiti and light displays.

== Other open source optics projects ==
* '''Open source fiber optics communication testbench''' - It is an open source optics project aimed at developing a complete testbench to understand the principles of fiber optic communication. The design includes almost all passive and active optical components, analog front-end amplifiers, digitally controlled lasers etc., that are required to perform [[Wavelength Division Multiplexing]] (WDM) link experiments including Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifer ([[EDFA]]) and Optical Add Drop Multiplexer ([[OADM]])

== See also ==
{{portal|Free software|Free Software Portal Logo.svg}}
*[[Amateur radio]] and [[Amateur television]]
*[[DIY]]
*[[Electronic design automation]]
*[[Engineers Without Borders]]
*[[FreeCAD (software)]]
*[[Free content]]
*[[Free software]]
*[[Homebrew Computer Club]]
*[[Graphics hardware and FOSS]]
*[[Open CASCADE]] - [[software development platform]] freely available in open source.
*[[Open content]]
*[[Open design]] - Open-source physical design with a wider focus
*[[Open source]]
*[[Open source software]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bentham.org/open/tooptsj/index.htm]
===Communities===
*[http://opensource.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Open Hardware (Wikia)]
*[http://wiki.debian.org/open_hardware DebianWiki]
*[http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design P2P Foundations]
*[http://open-innovation-projects.org Open Innovation Projects]
*[http://www.harkopen.com Harkopen] (News, Projects, Tutorials)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit
===Projects===
*{{dmoz.org|Computers/Hardware/Open_Source}}
*OpenHardware
**[http://www.tapr.org/OHL TAPR (License)]
**[http://www.openhardware.de Kernel Accelerator Device]
*[http://www.srisc.com/ Simply RISC S1 Core] ([http://www.eetimes.eu/193000635 EETimes article])
*[http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Daily-Planet-Book-Cool-Ideas-Jay-Ingram/9780143169352-item.html Daily Planet Books of Cool Ideas] (Books)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects List of open hardware projects] compiled as part of the [http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit

Open source optics

2009-09-13T10:55:19Z

117.193.233.241: /* Other open source optics projects */

'''Open source optics''' refers to [[optics]] / [[opto-electronics]] / [[fiber optic]] designs that is designed in the same fashion as [[free and open source software]] (FOSS). Open source optics is part of the [[open source culture]] that takes the open source ideas to fields other than software.

The term has primarily been used to reflect the free release of [[information]] about the optical design, such as construction or integration of the active and passive optical components in order to make a complete optical system. The designs sometimes include hardware and software which would typically be a [[open source hardware]] and [[open source software]] resspectively.

== Licenses ==
Rather than creating a new license, some open optics projects simply use existing, open source software licenses.<ref>From [http://opencollector.org/hardlicense/licenses.html OpenCollector's "License Zone"]: [[GPL]] used by [[Free Model Foundry]] and [[ESA Sparc]]; other licenses used by [[Free-IP Project]], [[LART]] (defunct), [[GNUBook]] (defunct).</ref>

== Open projects ==
* [[RONJA]] - Open source Free Space Optic system, DIY in a garage, 10 Mbit/s full duplex/1.4 km
* [[LED Throwies]] - Non-destructive graffiti and light displays.

== Other open source optics projects ==
* '''Open source fiber optics communication testbench''' - It is an open source optics project aimed at developing a complete testbench to understand the principles of basic to advanced fiber optic communication. The design includes almost all passive and active optical components, analog front-end amplifier, digitally controlled lasers etc., that are required to perform [[Wavelength Division Multiplexing]] (WDM) link experiments including Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifer ([[EDFA]]) and Optical Add Drop Multiplexer ([[OADM]])

== See also ==
{{portal|Free software|Free Software Portal Logo.svg}}
*[[Amateur radio]] and [[Amateur television]]
*[[DIY]]
*[[Electronic design automation]]
*[[Engineers Without Borders]]
*[[FreeCAD (software)]]
*[[Free content]]
*[[Free software]]
*[[Homebrew Computer Club]]
*[[Graphics hardware and FOSS]]
*[[Open CASCADE]] - [[software development platform]] freely available in open source.
*[[Open content]]
*[[Open design]] - Open-source physical design with a wider focus
*[[Open source]]
*[[Open source software]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bentham.org/open/tooptsj/index.htm]
===Communities===
*[http://opensource.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Open Hardware (Wikia)]
*[http://wiki.debian.org/open_hardware DebianWiki]
*[http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design P2P Foundations]
*[http://open-innovation-projects.org Open Innovation Projects]
*[http://www.harkopen.com Harkopen] (News, Projects, Tutorials)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit
===Projects===
*{{dmoz.org|Computers/Hardware/Open_Source}}
*OpenHardware
**[http://www.tapr.org/OHL TAPR (License)]
**[http://www.openhardware.de Kernel Accelerator Device]
*[http://www.srisc.com/ Simply RISC S1 Core] ([http://www.eetimes.eu/193000635 EETimes article])
*[http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Daily-Planet-Book-Cool-Ideas-Jay-Ingram/9780143169352-item.html Daily Planet Books of Cool Ideas] (Books)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects List of open hardware projects] compiled as part of the [http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit

Open source optics

2009-09-13T10:54:57Z

117.193.233.241: /* Other open source optics projects */

'''Open source optics''' refers to [[optics]] / [[opto-electronics]] / [[fiber optic]] designs that is designed in the same fashion as [[free and open source software]] (FOSS). Open source optics is part of the [[open source culture]] that takes the open source ideas to fields other than software.

The term has primarily been used to reflect the free release of [[information]] about the optical design, such as construction or integration of the active and passive optical components in order to make a complete optical system. The designs sometimes include hardware and software which would typically be a [[open source hardware]] and [[open source software]] resspectively.

== Licenses ==
Rather than creating a new license, some open optics projects simply use existing, open source software licenses.<ref>From [http://opencollector.org/hardlicense/licenses.html OpenCollector's "License Zone"]: [[GPL]] used by [[Free Model Foundry]] and [[ESA Sparc]]; other licenses used by [[Free-IP Project]], [[LART]] (defunct), [[GNUBook]] (defunct).</ref>

== Open projects ==
* [[RONJA]] - Open source Free Space Optic system, DIY in a garage, 10 Mbit/s full duplex/1.4 km
* [[LED Throwies]] - Non-destructive graffiti and light displays.

== Other open source optics projects ==
* Open source fiber optics communication testbench - It is an open source optics project aimed at developing a complete testbench to understand the principles of basic to advanced fiber optic communication. The design includes almost all passive and active optical components, analog front-end amplifier, digitally controlled lasers etc., that are required to perform [[Wavelength Division Multiplexing]] (WDM) link experiments including Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifer ([[EDFA]]) and Optical Add Drop Multiplexer ([[OADM]])

== See also ==
{{portal|Free software|Free Software Portal Logo.svg}}
*[[Amateur radio]] and [[Amateur television]]
*[[DIY]]
*[[Electronic design automation]]
*[[Engineers Without Borders]]
*[[FreeCAD (software)]]
*[[Free content]]
*[[Free software]]
*[[Homebrew Computer Club]]
*[[Graphics hardware and FOSS]]
*[[Open CASCADE]] - [[software development platform]] freely available in open source.
*[[Open content]]
*[[Open design]] - Open-source physical design with a wider focus
*[[Open source]]
*[[Open source software]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bentham.org/open/tooptsj/index.htm]
===Communities===
*[http://opensource.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Open Hardware (Wikia)]
*[http://wiki.debian.org/open_hardware DebianWiki]
*[http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design P2P Foundations]
*[http://open-innovation-projects.org Open Innovation Projects]
*[http://www.harkopen.com Harkopen] (News, Projects, Tutorials)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit
===Projects===
*{{dmoz.org|Computers/Hardware/Open_Source}}
*OpenHardware
**[http://www.tapr.org/OHL TAPR (License)]
**[http://www.openhardware.de Kernel Accelerator Device]
*[http://www.srisc.com/ Simply RISC S1 Core] ([http://www.eetimes.eu/193000635 EETimes article])
*[http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Daily-Planet-Book-Cool-Ideas-Jay-Ingram/9780143169352-item.html Daily Planet Books of Cool Ideas] (Books)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects List of open hardware projects] compiled as part of the [http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit

Open source optics

2009-09-13T10:46:39Z

117.193.233.241: /* Other open source optics projects */

'''Open source optics''' refers to [[optics]] / [[opto-electronics]] / [[fiber optic]] designs that is designed in the same fashion as [[free and open source software]] (FOSS). Open source optics is part of the [[open source culture]] that takes the open source ideas to fields other than software.

The term has primarily been used to reflect the free release of [[information]] about the optical design, such as construction or integration of the active and passive optical components in order to make a complete optical system. The designs sometimes include hardware and software which would typically be a [[open source hardware]] and [[open source software]] resspectively.

== Licenses ==
Rather than creating a new license, some open optics projects simply use existing, open source software licenses.<ref>From [http://opencollector.org/hardlicense/licenses.html OpenCollector's "License Zone"]: [[GPL]] used by [[Free Model Foundry]] and [[ESA Sparc]]; other licenses used by [[Free-IP Project]], [[LART]] (defunct), [[GNUBook]] (defunct).</ref>

== Open projects ==
* [[RONJA]] - Open source Free Space Optic system, DIY in a garage, 10 Mbit/s full duplex/1.4 km
* [[LED Throwies]] - Non-destructive graffiti and light displays.

== Other open source optics projects ==
* Open source fiber optics communication workbench - Open source [[Wavelength Division Multiplexing]] (WDM) link with Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifer ([[EDFA]]) and Optical Add Drop Multiplexer ([[OADM]]) - The design includes most of the passive and active optical components, analog front-end amplifiers that are required to understand the principles of basic fiber optic communication.

== See also ==
{{portal|Free software|Free Software Portal Logo.svg}}
*[[Amateur radio]] and [[Amateur television]]
*[[DIY]]
*[[Electronic design automation]]
*[[Engineers Without Borders]]
*[[FreeCAD (software)]]
*[[Free content]]
*[[Free software]]
*[[Homebrew Computer Club]]
*[[Graphics hardware and FOSS]]
*[[Open CASCADE]] - [[software development platform]] freely available in open source.
*[[Open content]]
*[[Open design]] - Open-source physical design with a wider focus
*[[Open source]]
*[[Open source software]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bentham.org/open/tooptsj/index.htm]
===Communities===
*[http://opensource.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Open Hardware (Wikia)]
*[http://wiki.debian.org/open_hardware DebianWiki]
*[http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design P2P Foundations]
*[http://open-innovation-projects.org Open Innovation Projects]
*[http://www.harkopen.com Harkopen] (News, Projects, Tutorials)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit
===Projects===
*{{dmoz.org|Computers/Hardware/Open_Source}}
*OpenHardware
**[http://www.tapr.org/OHL TAPR (License)]
**[http://www.openhardware.de Kernel Accelerator Device]
*[http://www.srisc.com/ Simply RISC S1 Core] ([http://www.eetimes.eu/193000635 EETimes article])
*[http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Daily-Planet-Book-Cool-Ideas-Jay-Ingram/9780143169352-item.html Daily Planet Books of Cool Ideas] (Books)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects List of open hardware projects] compiled as part of the [http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit

Open source optics

2009-09-13T10:43:08Z

117.193.233.241: /* Other open source optics projects */

'''Open source optics''' refers to [[optics]] / [[opto-electronics]] / [[fiber optic]] designs that is designed in the same fashion as [[free and open source software]] (FOSS). Open source optics is part of the [[open source culture]] that takes the open source ideas to fields other than software.

The term has primarily been used to reflect the free release of [[information]] about the optical design, such as construction or integration of the active and passive optical components in order to make a complete optical system. The designs sometimes include hardware and software which would typically be a [[open source hardware]] and [[open source software]] resspectively.

== Licenses ==
Rather than creating a new license, some open optics projects simply use existing, open source software licenses.<ref>From [http://opencollector.org/hardlicense/licenses.html OpenCollector's "License Zone"]: [[GPL]] used by [[Free Model Foundry]] and [[ESA Sparc]]; other licenses used by [[Free-IP Project]], [[LART]] (defunct), [[GNUBook]] (defunct).</ref>

== Open Projects ==
* [[RONJA]] - Open source Free Space Optic system, DIY in a garage, 10 Mbit/s full duplex/1.4 km
* [[LED Throwies]] - Non-destructive graffiti and light displays.

== Other open source optics projects ==
* Open source fiber optics communication testbench - Open source [[Wavelength Division Multiplexing]] (WDM) link with Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifer ([[EDFA]]) and Optical Add Drop Multiplexer ([[OADM]]) - The design includes most of the passive and active optical components, analog front-end amplifiers that are required to understand the principles of basic fiber optic communication.

== See also ==
{{portal|Free software|Free Software Portal Logo.svg}}
*[[Amateur radio]] and [[Amateur television]]
*[[DIY]]
*[[Electronic design automation]]
*[[Engineers Without Borders]]
*[[FreeCAD (software)]]
*[[Free content]]
*[[Free software]]
*[[Homebrew Computer Club]]
*[[Graphics hardware and FOSS]]
*[[Open CASCADE]] - [[software development platform]] freely available in open source.
*[[Open content]]
*[[Open design]] - Open-source physical design with a wider focus
*[[Open source]]
*[[Open source software]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bentham.org/open/tooptsj/index.htm]
===Communities===
*[http://opensource.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Open Hardware (Wikia)]
*[http://wiki.debian.org/open_hardware DebianWiki]
*[http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design P2P Foundations]
*[http://open-innovation-projects.org Open Innovation Projects]
*[http://www.harkopen.com Harkopen] (News, Projects, Tutorials)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit
===Projects===
*{{dmoz.org|Computers/Hardware/Open_Source}}
*OpenHardware
**[http://www.tapr.org/OHL TAPR (License)]
**[http://www.openhardware.de Kernel Accelerator Device]
*[http://www.srisc.com/ Simply RISC S1 Core] ([http://www.eetimes.eu/193000635 EETimes article])
*[http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Daily-Planet-Book-Cool-Ideas-Jay-Ingram/9780143169352-item.html Daily Planet Books of Cool Ideas] (Books)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects List of open hardware projects] compiled as part of the [http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit

Open source optics

2009-09-13T10:42:25Z

117.193.233.241: /* Other open source optics projects */

'''Open source optics''' refers to [[optics]] / [[opto-electronics]] / [[fiber optic]] designs that is designed in the same fashion as [[free and open source software]] (FOSS). Open source optics is part of the [[open source culture]] that takes the open source ideas to fields other than software.

The term has primarily been used to reflect the free release of [[information]] about the optical design, such as construction or integration of the active and passive optical components in order to make a complete optical system. The designs sometimes include hardware and software which would typically be a [[open source hardware]] and [[open source software]] resspectively.

== Licenses ==
Rather than creating a new license, some open optics projects simply use existing, open source software licenses.<ref>From [http://opencollector.org/hardlicense/licenses.html OpenCollector's "License Zone"]: [[GPL]] used by [[Free Model Foundry]] and [[ESA Sparc]]; other licenses used by [[Free-IP Project]], [[LART]] (defunct), [[GNUBook]] (defunct).</ref>

== Open Projects ==
* [[RONJA]] - Open source Free Space Optic system, DIY in a garage, 10 Mbit/s full duplex/1.4 km
* [[LED Throwies]] - Non-destructive graffiti and light displays.

== Other open source optics projects ==
* Fiber Optics communication open testbench - Open source [[Wavelength Division Multiplexing]] (WDM) link with Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifer ([[EDFA]]) and Optical Add Drop Multiplexer ([[OADM]]) - The design includes most of the passive and active optical components, analog front-end amplifiers that are required to understand the principles of basic fiber optic communication.

== See also ==
{{portal|Free software|Free Software Portal Logo.svg}}
*[[Amateur radio]] and [[Amateur television]]
*[[DIY]]
*[[Electronic design automation]]
*[[Engineers Without Borders]]
*[[FreeCAD (software)]]
*[[Free content]]
*[[Free software]]
*[[Homebrew Computer Club]]
*[[Graphics hardware and FOSS]]
*[[Open CASCADE]] - [[software development platform]] freely available in open source.
*[[Open content]]
*[[Open design]] - Open-source physical design with a wider focus
*[[Open source]]
*[[Open source software]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bentham.org/open/tooptsj/index.htm]
===Communities===
*[http://opensource.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Open Hardware (Wikia)]
*[http://wiki.debian.org/open_hardware DebianWiki]
*[http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design P2P Foundations]
*[http://open-innovation-projects.org Open Innovation Projects]
*[http://www.harkopen.com Harkopen] (News, Projects, Tutorials)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit
===Projects===
*{{dmoz.org|Computers/Hardware/Open_Source}}
*OpenHardware
**[http://www.tapr.org/OHL TAPR (License)]
**[http://www.openhardware.de Kernel Accelerator Device]
*[http://www.srisc.com/ Simply RISC S1 Core] ([http://www.eetimes.eu/193000635 EETimes article])
*[http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Daily-Planet-Book-Cool-Ideas-Jay-Ingram/9780143169352-item.html Daily Planet Books of Cool Ideas] (Books)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects List of open hardware projects] compiled as part of the [http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit

Open source optics

2009-09-13T10:41:31Z

117.193.233.241: /* Other projects */

'''Open source optics''' refers to [[optics]] / [[opto-electronics]] / [[fiber optic]] designs that is designed in the same fashion as [[free and open source software]] (FOSS). Open source optics is part of the [[open source culture]] that takes the open source ideas to fields other than software.

The term has primarily been used to reflect the free release of [[information]] about the optical design, such as construction or integration of the active and passive optical components in order to make a complete optical system. The designs sometimes include hardware and software which would typically be a [[open source hardware]] and [[open source software]] resspectively.

== Licenses ==
Rather than creating a new license, some open optics projects simply use existing, open source software licenses.<ref>From [http://opencollector.org/hardlicense/licenses.html OpenCollector's "License Zone"]: [[GPL]] used by [[Free Model Foundry]] and [[ESA Sparc]]; other licenses used by [[Free-IP Project]], [[LART]] (defunct), [[GNUBook]] (defunct).</ref>

== Open Projects ==
* [[RONJA]] - Open source Free Space Optic system, DIY in a garage, 10 Mbit/s full duplex/1.4 km
* [[LED Throwies]] - Non-destructive graffiti and light displays.

== Other open source optics projects ==
* Fiber Optics Test bench - Open source [[Wavelength Division Multiplexing]] (WDM) link with Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifer ([[EDFA]]) and Optical Add Drop Multiplexer ([[OADM]]) - The design includes most of the passive and active optical components, analog front-end amplifiers that are required to understand the principles of basic fiber optic communication.

== See also ==
{{portal|Free software|Free Software Portal Logo.svg}}
*[[Amateur radio]] and [[Amateur television]]
*[[DIY]]
*[[Electronic design automation]]
*[[Engineers Without Borders]]
*[[FreeCAD (software)]]
*[[Free content]]
*[[Free software]]
*[[Homebrew Computer Club]]
*[[Graphics hardware and FOSS]]
*[[Open CASCADE]] - [[software development platform]] freely available in open source.
*[[Open content]]
*[[Open design]] - Open-source physical design with a wider focus
*[[Open source]]
*[[Open source software]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bentham.org/open/tooptsj/index.htm]
===Communities===
*[http://opensource.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Open Hardware (Wikia)]
*[http://wiki.debian.org/open_hardware DebianWiki]
*[http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design P2P Foundations]
*[http://open-innovation-projects.org Open Innovation Projects]
*[http://www.harkopen.com Harkopen] (News, Projects, Tutorials)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit
===Projects===
*{{dmoz.org|Computers/Hardware/Open_Source}}
*OpenHardware
**[http://www.tapr.org/OHL TAPR (License)]
**[http://www.openhardware.de Kernel Accelerator Device]
*[http://www.srisc.com/ Simply RISC S1 Core] ([http://www.eetimes.eu/193000635 EETimes article])
*[http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Daily-Planet-Book-Cool-Ideas-Jay-Ingram/9780143169352-item.html Daily Planet Books of Cool Ideas] (Books)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects List of open hardware projects] compiled as part of the [http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit

Open source optics

2009-09-13T10:40:37Z

117.193.233.241: /* Optics projects */

'''Open source optics''' refers to [[optics]] / [[opto-electronics]] / [[fiber optic]] designs that is designed in the same fashion as [[free and open source software]] (FOSS). Open source optics is part of the [[open source culture]] that takes the open source ideas to fields other than software.

The term has primarily been used to reflect the free release of [[information]] about the optical design, such as construction or integration of the active and passive optical components in order to make a complete optical system. The designs sometimes include hardware and software which would typically be a [[open source hardware]] and [[open source software]] resspectively.

== Licenses ==
Rather than creating a new license, some open optics projects simply use existing, open source software licenses.<ref>From [http://opencollector.org/hardlicense/licenses.html OpenCollector's "License Zone"]: [[GPL]] used by [[Free Model Foundry]] and [[ESA Sparc]]; other licenses used by [[Free-IP Project]], [[LART]] (defunct), [[GNUBook]] (defunct).</ref>

== Open Projects ==
* [[RONJA]] - Open source Free Space Optic system, DIY in a garage, 10 Mbit/s full duplex/1.4 km
* [[LED Throwies]] - Non-destructive graffiti and light displays.

== Other projects ==
* Fiber Optics Test bench - Open source [[Wavelength Division Multiplexing]] (WDM) link with Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifer ([[EDFA]]) and Optical Add Drop Multiplexer ([[OADM]]) - The design includes most of the passive and active optical components, analog front-end amplifiers that are required to understand the principles of basic fiber optic communication.

== See also ==
{{portal|Free software|Free Software Portal Logo.svg}}
*[[Amateur radio]] and [[Amateur television]]
*[[DIY]]
*[[Electronic design automation]]
*[[Engineers Without Borders]]
*[[FreeCAD (software)]]
*[[Free content]]
*[[Free software]]
*[[Homebrew Computer Club]]
*[[Graphics hardware and FOSS]]
*[[Open CASCADE]] - [[software development platform]] freely available in open source.
*[[Open content]]
*[[Open design]] - Open-source physical design with a wider focus
*[[Open source]]
*[[Open source software]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bentham.org/open/tooptsj/index.htm]
===Communities===
*[http://opensource.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Open Hardware (Wikia)]
*[http://wiki.debian.org/open_hardware DebianWiki]
*[http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design P2P Foundations]
*[http://open-innovation-projects.org Open Innovation Projects]
*[http://www.harkopen.com Harkopen] (News, Projects, Tutorials)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit
===Projects===
*{{dmoz.org|Computers/Hardware/Open_Source}}
*OpenHardware
**[http://www.tapr.org/OHL TAPR (License)]
**[http://www.openhardware.de Kernel Accelerator Device]
*[http://www.srisc.com/ Simply RISC S1 Core] ([http://www.eetimes.eu/193000635 EETimes article])
*[http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Daily-Planet-Book-Cool-Ideas-Jay-Ingram/9780143169352-item.html Daily Planet Books of Cool Ideas] (Books)
*[http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects List of open hardware projects] compiled as part of the [http://www.gosh2009.ca/wiki/index.php/List_of_Open_Hardware_Projects 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!)] summit