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Theme
Event
14:00
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14:30
Day 1
What’s Next with Open Hardware at FOSSASIA and Beyond
CDC Triangle
Mario Behling
English
Recording
Assembly-Event
This session looks at where open hardware is heading, starting from recent ground up developments at FOSSASIA and extending to global trends across the open hardware community. With perspectives from FOSSASIA developers and open hardware experts, it explores decentralised collaboration, open silicon and firmware stacks, manufacturing realities, and how openness can be sustained at scale.

In 2025, teams at FOSSASIA initiated several open hardware projects developed entirely from the ground up, including a new ARM based Pocket Science Lab, an updated LED Badge platform, and an NFC powered ePaper badge enabling energy independent content transfer. However, this session goes beyond a project update. It situates these developments within a wider global movement of open hardware initiatives across Asia, Europe, and other regions. Drawing on experiences from FOSSASIA as well as broader perspectives from the international open hardware community, the talk examines where open hardware is heading as a decentralised, collaborative practice. With input from international experts and community contributors, the session will explore trends emerging, including evolving manufacturing models, open silicon and firmware stacks, supply chain resilience, and the realities of sustaining openness at scale.