Maverick-603: The first commercially available RF device with an open-source chip
https://www.electronics-lab.com/maverick-603-the-first-commercially-available-rf-device-with-an-open-source-chip/
Maverick-603 is a radio-focused device with an open-source radio frequency chip featuring an ATmega 1608 microcontroller. This is one of the first commercially available RF devices that has an open-source design for engineers and hobbyists to contribute. To serve the growing demand in the RF community and open-source ecosystem, the team developed an RF device […]
CLEAR is Customizable and Programmable ASIC by ChipIgnite
https://www.electronics-lab.com/clear-is-customizable-and-programmable-asic-by-chipignite/
Efabless has launched a 100% open-source FPGA chip CLEAR, built on Caravel – an open-source ASIC platform provided as a base (SoC) and offering an end-to-end open design, right down to the CPU core. The explanation of the product is simple and quite relatable to the maker’s community – “create your own ASIC.” The process […]
Efabless Launches chipIgnite with SkyWater to Bring Chip Creation to the Masses
https://www.electronics-lab.com/efabless-launches-chipignite-with-skywater-to-bring-chip-creation-to-the-masses/
Program includes a pre-designed carrier chip and automated open source design flow from Efabless SkyWater’s open source SKY130 process is the first node to be used to fabricate chips for the program Initiative removes access barriers by significantly reducing cost and the need for deep semiconductor experience to design chips Efabless, a community chip creation […]
X-FAB Silicon Foundries tapes-out open-source RISC-V MCU
https://www.electronics-lab.com/x-fab-efabless-announce-successful-first-silicon-raven-open-source-risc-v-microcontroller/
X-FAB Silicon Foundries, the leading analog/mixed-signal and specialty foundry, together with crowd-sourcing IC platform partner Efabless Corporation, today announced the successful first-silicon availability of the Efabless RISC-V System on Chip (SoC) reference design. This open-source semiconductor project went from design start to tape-out in less than three months using the Efabless design flow based on […]