Hardware

Goals

Availability

Hardware used should be easily collected from existing online retailers (e.g. Adafruit, Seeed, Sparkfun).

Cost

Total cost of hardware involved should stay below a $200 USD limit.

Openness

All hardware used should be under an open hardware license. New hardware developed should be released under the CERN OHL.

TODO

Pick an open hardware platform. Currently looking at:

• Cubieboard 2 ** PROS: Native audio ports ** CONS: Not as open hardware as imagined. :/

• BeagleBone Black ** PROS: Open hardware, made in Amurrrica (fuck yeah), small ** CONS: Only one USB port, no native audio; USB would have to be split for wifi and USB audio

• Raspberry Pi ** PROS: Two USB ports, hella open, magnet for SEO ** CONS: No native audio, CPU not as powerful as other platforms

Build a mic and speaker

Might need to build a USB speaker/mic or use an adapter if there's not native audio ports on the board.