Bluetooth Expanding The Role Of Open Source Hardware Applications
Open source Android, Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and VLC Media player are just the tip of the iceberg as far as open source applications are concerned. The Internet is also open source as most of its fundamental functions are built using open source resources. Open source is a type of licensing agreement whereby users are allowed to modify the original work (either software or hardware), use it in other ways, integrate it with other products or come up with a new type of work based on the blueprints of the original. It is the success of open source software that drove Arduino into pioneering the open source hardware (OSHW) model. OSHW model embodies the principles of the open source initiative, hence, it encourages amateurs and accomplished engineers alike to study, make, distribute, or modify hardware whose design is available in the public domain. The role and functionality of open source hardware have been improved by the incorporation of wireles...