Developers of "free iron", who earned more than $ 1 million
The open hardware market (OSHW) is only getting on its feet: experimental business models are being run in, looking for the most effective ways to make money. The first firms and developer communities have already emerged that were able to earn more than a million dollars on the creation and sale of open "hardware". There are only a dozen of such in the world, but a real boom is expected in this area: according to the forecast of Adafruit Industries ( presentation, PDF ), the market for “free iron” will grow to as much as $ 1 billion by 2015.
The business model for the development of open hardware is to create a design of a certain device and put in open access files with drawings and diagrams in a format that is as easy to edit as possible. At the same time, any modification of files is allowed, as well as the free production, sale, distribution and use of devices by any third party. A license may require mandatory attribution of the original work (attribution) or mandatory release under an open license of all equipment based on the original model. In general, the standard open source license options.
The company must also publish free documentation and software firmware for the normal functioning of the device.
Only five years ago, only a couple of projects in the field of OSHW were known, now there are already more than 200. Here is a list of 15 companies that conduct successful business in this area (the presentation was shown at the Foo Camp East hacker conference this year). Each of them has already earned more than a million dollars, or came close to this figure. Most of the listed projects will probably soon reach the $ 5 million mark.
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Adafruit Industries (USA). Electronic devices for educational purposes, Arduino products, study guides and event organization.
Arduino (Italy, everywhere). Free platform for physical equipment. Open development, documentation, hardware standards. Sold more than 150,000 devices.
BeagleBoard (everywhere). Low-cost motherboards that do not require coolers, expandable, with the support of third-party manufacturers, are sold in the largest US electronics stores Digi-Key.
Bug Labs (USA). Lego-style computers. A modular system for constructing devices ready for operation without further customization. The company received venture financing.
Chumby (US). A free platform for “ambient” computers integrated into the environment. An Internet connection is maintained, licenses are issued to third-party firms for production. The trademark is protected by a patent, the company received venture financing.
Dangerous Prototypes (Niederdandy). An open-source reverse engineering tool, recently joined the OSHW movement, launched as a community project at a recent Hack-a-day conference.
DIY Drones (USA). Small-sized civilian unmanned aerial vehicles for aerial photography and educational purposes. Supported by a large community, the co-founder of the project is the chief editor of Wired magazine.
Evil Mad Scientist Labs (USA). Open educational projects in various fields, maximum use of OSS tools.
Liquidware (USA). Accessories for Arduino, various electronics, sensors, gadgets for banks (not skimmers), various funny things. Financed by the grant.
MakerBot Industries (USA). A 3D printer based on RepRap uses a Thingaverse 3D object repository . The company received venture financing.
Maker Shed (USA). He is engaged in propaganda in the mass culture of OSHW ideas and self-made production, publishes Make magazine, makes a television show, holds the Maker Faire exhibition.
Parallax (USA). Various electronic devices, including BASIC Stamp microcontrollers. Educational robots and other educational materials, reference books and manuals.
Seeed Studios (China). Products on the Arduino platform, sensors and printed circuit boards. The advantage of the Chinese company is the proximity of production capacity of unlimited size and proximity to distribution chains.
Solarbotics (Canada). Electronics for educational purposes, kits for self-assembly of robots, kits with solar panels, devices based on Arduino.
SparkFun Electronics (USA). Electronics for educational purposes, printed circuit boards. Very large range of products. Unlike all the above companies, this company earns not a million, but ten million dollars a year.
You can add successful developer communities to this list, such as Willow Garage , ROS , OpenWetWare , Pearl Biotech , Pranav Mistry ( Sixth Sense Augmented Reality System), and others.
via Singularity Hub
The business model for the development of open hardware is to create a design of a certain device and put in open access files with drawings and diagrams in a format that is as easy to edit as possible. At the same time, any modification of files is allowed, as well as the free production, sale, distribution and use of devices by any third party. A license may require mandatory attribution of the original work (attribution) or mandatory release under an open license of all equipment based on the original model. In general, the standard open source license options.
The company must also publish free documentation and software firmware for the normal functioning of the device.
Only five years ago, only a couple of projects in the field of OSHW were known, now there are already more than 200. Here is a list of 15 companies that conduct successful business in this area (the presentation was shown at the Foo Camp East hacker conference this year). Each of them has already earned more than a million dollars, or came close to this figure. Most of the listed projects will probably soon reach the $ 5 million mark.
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Adafruit Industries (USA). Electronic devices for educational purposes, Arduino products, study guides and event organization.
Arduino (Italy, everywhere). Free platform for physical equipment. Open development, documentation, hardware standards. Sold more than 150,000 devices.
BeagleBoard (everywhere). Low-cost motherboards that do not require coolers, expandable, with the support of third-party manufacturers, are sold in the largest US electronics stores Digi-Key.
Bug Labs (USA). Lego-style computers. A modular system for constructing devices ready for operation without further customization. The company received venture financing.
Chumby (US). A free platform for “ambient” computers integrated into the environment. An Internet connection is maintained, licenses are issued to third-party firms for production. The trademark is protected by a patent, the company received venture financing.
Dangerous Prototypes (Niederdandy). An open-source reverse engineering tool, recently joined the OSHW movement, launched as a community project at a recent Hack-a-day conference.
DIY Drones (USA). Small-sized civilian unmanned aerial vehicles for aerial photography and educational purposes. Supported by a large community, the co-founder of the project is the chief editor of Wired magazine.
Evil Mad Scientist Labs (USA). Open educational projects in various fields, maximum use of OSS tools.
Liquidware (USA). Accessories for Arduino, various electronics, sensors, gadgets for banks (not skimmers), various funny things. Financed by the grant.
MakerBot Industries (USA). A 3D printer based on RepRap uses a Thingaverse 3D object repository . The company received venture financing.
Maker Shed (USA). He is engaged in propaganda in the mass culture of OSHW ideas and self-made production, publishes Make magazine, makes a television show, holds the Maker Faire exhibition.
Parallax (USA). Various electronic devices, including BASIC Stamp microcontrollers. Educational robots and other educational materials, reference books and manuals.
Seeed Studios (China). Products on the Arduino platform, sensors and printed circuit boards. The advantage of the Chinese company is the proximity of production capacity of unlimited size and proximity to distribution chains.
Solarbotics (Canada). Electronics for educational purposes, kits for self-assembly of robots, kits with solar panels, devices based on Arduino.
SparkFun Electronics (USA). Electronics for educational purposes, printed circuit boards. Very large range of products. Unlike all the above companies, this company earns not a million, but ten million dollars a year.
You can add successful developer communities to this list, such as Willow Garage , ROS , OpenWetWare , Pearl Biotech , Pranav Mistry ( Sixth Sense Augmented Reality System), and others.
via Singularity Hub
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/93347/
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