A welcoming space where anyone can learn, tinker, and build with open hardware. No experience required — just curiosity.
Open-source hardware is a vital but still underrepresented part of the FOSS ecosystem. While open-source software has gone mainstream, open hardware faces unique challenges around cost, manufacturing, sourcing, documentation, licensing, and distribution.
But open hardware in India is at an exciting point. More students are designing their first PCBs, more indie makers are shipping kits, more collectives are forming around building things, and more ambitious open hardware products are reaching global audiences.
This year, we want to shift the focus toward the next generation of builders. The goal is simple: make the devroom a place where people leave thinking, “I can build something too.”
Showcase real-world open hardware projects being built in India and beyond.
Give makers, students, and first-time builders a platform to present their work.
Discuss the practical challenges of building and shipping hardware openly.
Share knowledge around PCB design, embedded systems, fabrication, manufacturing, licensing, and documentation.
Strengthen the Indian open hardware community through collaboration and networking.
Help the next open hardware project find its first users, collaborators, or contributors.
Share your hardware journey. No matter where you are on it.
Personal and community-driven builds — kits, gadgets, wearables, tools, art installations, robotics, assistive devices, or experimental electronics.
Talks from students, young hackers, and first-time speakers about their first PCB, first kit, first hardware project, first failure, or first shipped build.
Workflows, lessons, tips, and war stories using KiCad, EasyEDA, LibrePCB, and other PCB design tools.
Projects and learnings around Arduino, ESP32, STM32, RP2040, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, CircuitPython, MicroPython, and other embedded platforms.
RISC-V, open ASICs, FPGA toolchains, HDL workflows, verification, and open silicon development.
The journey from breadboard to PCB, from prototype to kit, and from small-batch manufacturing to Kickstarter or commercial hardware.
Transparency, verifiability, secure design, supply-chain trust, and security practices in open hardware.
How to build and sustain maker communities, hardware collectives, student groups, hackerspaces, and guilds.
Lessons from sourcing parts, working with manufacturers, writing documentation, testing boards, managing revisions, and supporting users.
Open hardware applied to education, agriculture, accessibility, sustainability, art, music, science, civic tech, environmental monitoring, or any other domain.
| Format | Duration |
|---|---|
| Lightning Talk | 10 min + 5 min Q&A |
| Standard Session | 20 min + 5 min Q&A |
| Fireside Chat / Demo | 30 min + 5 min Q&A |
Select “Open Hardware” as the track when submitting.
Highlight reel from the IndiaFOSS 2025 Open Hardware Devroom.
All talks from the IndiaFOSS 2025 Open Hardware Devroom.
This devroom is organized with involvement from communities across the Indian open hardware and FOSS ecosystem.
Absurd Industries
PCB Cupid
ampere.works
Vader
Makerville
FOSS United
