Ask HN: Any Hardware Startups Here?

1. image-gallery

   1 9 22 5.4 Python

   A functional demo app for the Invisible Screen. Use this as a reference to build your own apps.

   

   Here is the API description:

   https://github.com/Invisible-Computers/image-gallery/blob/ma...

   And here is the sample app:

   https://github.com/Invisible-Computers/image-gallery

   Admittedly, I am not the greatest technical writer, but I compensate by being pretty responsive. :)

2. InfluxDB

   www.influxdata.com featured

   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

3. tokay-lite-pcb

   2 5 96 4.2 Shell

   Tokay AI Camera - ESP32 camera development board

   

4. pibox-os

   3 34 57 7.2 Shell

   📦💻 The Official PiBox Operating System

   

   We make tiny Linux servers packed with real devops tools (but also sporting a somewhat-easy-ish-to-use UI) for home-hosting and self-teaching: https://pibox.io - works great with Jellyfin!

5. tinypilot

   4 111 3,194 7.0 Python

   Use your Raspberry Pi as a browser-based KVM.

   

   Took me awhile to remember what it was called, but TinyPilot [^0] by mtlynch is pretty cool. Michael sometimes writes about running a hardware business on his blog [^1].

   [^0]: https://tinypilotkvm.com

   [^1]: https://mtlynch.io/posts/

6. osdr-q10

   5 1 0 10.0 SystemVerilog

   Discontinued Orion anchor design files, firmware, and FPGA code.

   My startup does indoor localization (essentially GPS for indoor spaces). We started off building our own hardware and during the prototyping phase, we built a quad-channel software defined radio: https://github.com/fzliu/osdr-q10

   My 2¢: don't do a hardware startup. Iteration cycles are long and expensive, funding is minimal, and if you're successful you'll be squeezed out of the market by giants such as Intel.

7. blossom-public

   6 3 44 0.0 JavaScript

   Public Repo for the Cornell Blossom Robot

   

   Not an official startup, but I developed an open-source laser cut and crocheted social robot platform during grad school. We ran a few workshops for ~middle schoolers to build it and there are a few built by other researchers and roboticists out in the wild.

   https://github.com/hrc2/blossom-public

8. tock

   7 34 5,785 9.9 Rust

   A secure embedded operating system for microcontrollers

   

9. SaaSHub

   www.saashub.com featured

   SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

   

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