Adding Open Hardware to Open Software for a More Equitable IoT

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Covers MCQN Ltd’s experience becoming an indie manufacturer for open hardware IoT devices, describing the end-to-end process from circuit and enclosure design through batch manufacturing and shipping. Names open-source toolchains and the services and equipment needed to go from design files to produced hardware so others can replicate the workflow.

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