Salman Faris of OSHWA write about the latest ceritied Open Source Hardware in Make:

Open Source Hardware Certifications for May 2021

In May 2021 the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) certified a wide variety of hardware as open source.  we will have a certified variety collection of Open Source Hardwares, Let’s take a look! (And remember, certification is a free and easy way to show that your hardware complies with the open source hardware definition.)

First, many makers are interested in space and astronomy. The Astrohat is a Raspberry Pi 4 compatible hat for all your astronomy equipment. It comes with six 12V controllable outputs @3A each with current monitoring (2 PWM controllable for dew heaters), a temperature, humidity and pressure sensor port (external module), one adjustable 6-12 V output, and one port for serial communication and power to external device like a GPS. It’s the 5th piece of certified hardware from Greece. You can find the details here.

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Michael Oellermann asks:

Wonder how Open Electronics can help scientist to make lab life easier, help institutions to reduce costs and aid science to become more reproducible, innovative, and collaborative?

Find out in this paper:

Harnessing the Benefits of Open Electronics in Science

Freely and openly shared low-cost electronic applications, known as open electronics, have sparked a new open-source movement, with much un-tapped potential to advance scientific research. Initially designed to appeal to electronic hobbyists, open electronics have formed a global community of “makers” and inventors and are increasingly used in science and industry. Here, we review the current benefits of open electronics for scientific research and guide academics to enter this emerging field. We discuss how electronic applications, from the experimental to the theoretical sciences, can help (I) individual researchers by increasing the customization, efficiency, and scalability of experiments, while improving data quantity and quality; (II) scientific institutions by improving access and maintenance of high-end technologies, visibility and interdisciplinary collaboration potential; and (III) the scientific community by improving transparency and reproducibility, helping decouple research capacity from funding, increasing innovation, and improving collaboration potential among researchers and the public. Open electronics are powerful tools to increase creativity, democratization, and reproducibility of research and thus offer practical solutions to overcome significant barriers in science.

Wonder how Open Electronics can help scientist to make lab life easier, help institutions to reduce costs and aid science to become more reproducible, innovative, and collaborative?

Learn more in our latest preprint on @arxiv.https://t.co/00L6lb1cF2 pic.twitter.com/p5PejVuPik

— Michael Oellermann (@M_Oellermann) July 1, 2021