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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.^[1]

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)

References

↑ From OpenCollector's "License Zone": GPL used by Free Model Foundry and ESA Sparc; other licenses used by Free-IP Project, LART (defunct), GNUBook (defunct).

External links

bentham.org/open/tooptsj

Communities

Open Hardware (Wikia)
DebianWiki
P2P Foundations
Open Innovation Projects
Harkopen (News, Projects, Tutorials)
2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!) summit

Projects

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OpenHardware
- TAPR (License)
- Kernel Accelerator Device
Simply RISC S1 Core (EETimes article)
Daily Planet Books of Cool Ideas (Books)
List of open hardware projects compiled as part of the 2009 Grounding Open Source Hardware (GOSH!) summit

[1] From OpenCollector's "License Zone": GPL used by Free Model Foundry and ESA Sparc; other licenses used by Free-IP Project, LART (defunct), GNUBook (defunct).

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-'''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.
+'''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.
+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 ==
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 *[[Open source]]
 *[[Open source software]]
 ==References==
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+==See also==
+* [[Open design]]
+* [[Open design electronics]]
 == External links ==
-*[http://www.bentham.org/open/tooptsj/index.htm]
+*[http://www.bentham.org/open/tooptsj/index.htm bentham.org/open/tooptsj]
 ===Communities===
 *[http://opensource.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Open Hardware (Wikia)]
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 *[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
+[[Category:Open design]]
+[[Category:Optics]]

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