The Open Souce Hardware Association have been a driving force in certifying and promoting open-source hardware. This year, they’re having a fundraising drive and will be doing a live stream on October 2nd to kick off October, which is Open Hardware Month! Part of this stream is about sharing and discussing open hardware projects, talking about how to get projects certified, and also trying to get 100 new OSHWA members.
Supporting OSHWA is a great way to help promote open hardware in general and OSHWA certification in particular! It also helps them organize and put on the annual Open Hardware Summit, which this year was in Montreal, Canada if you missed it. It was an awesome event with tons of great talks and workshops, and the 2025 event promises to be just as amazing. It will be taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland this coming May 30th and 31st, 2025!
I (Tindie Blog editor Alexander Rowsell) will be on the Show & Tell stream at 9:20PM Eastern Time to talk about Tindie’s relationship with Open Hardware and how we promote Certified Open Hardware on the website! Drop by if you have any questions for me, and be sure to tune in and catch all the fabulous people that will be talking about all sorts of cool projects.
