Open Source Desktop Operating Systems Hardware Platforms
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Hardware Platforms for Desktop Operating Systems
Browse free open source Hardware platforms and projects for Desktop Operating Systems below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Hardware platforms by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Tools
Disk Inspection and Monitoring
smartmontools contains utility programs (smartctl, smartd) to control/monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI disks. It is derived from smartsuite. -
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libusb
A cross-platform library that gives apps easy access to USB devices
Library to enable user space application programs to communicate with USB devices -
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I/O performance Analysis Tool
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IPMI Management Utilities
Manage and interpret IPMI systems with common a software tool
ipmiutil is an easy to use set of IPMI server management utilities. It can get/set sensor readings & thresholds, automate SEL management, do SOL console, etc. Supports Linux, Windows, BSD, Solaris, MacOSX. The only IPMI project tool that runs natively on Windows. See ipmiutil.sf.net for rpms, etc. (formerly called panicsel). It can run driverless in Linux for use on boot media or embedded environments. -
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# OBSOLETE The project has moved to CodeBerg at https://codeberg.org/IPMITool/ipmitool IPMItool provides a simple command-line interface to IPMI-enabled devices through an IPMIv1.5 or IPMIv2.0 LAN interface or Linux/Solaris kernel driver.
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Arduino ASCOM Focuser Pro2 DIY
Version 2 of the myFocuser Project
myFocuserPro2 (myFP2) is an ASCOM - INDI - LINUX - WINDOWS telescope focuser with a large range of options. 309,000+ file downloads. The most popular focuser project. (c) Copyright Robert Brown 2014-2025. All Rights Reserved. Code or portions of code may not be copied or used without written permission from the author. Other Focuser Projects myFP2ESP32 WiFi - https://sourceforge.net/projects/myfocuserpro2-esp32/ [ESP32 Only] myFP2ESP8266 WiFi - https://sourceforge.net/projects/myfp2esp8266-focus-controller/ myFP2N - Nextion touch screen display - https://sourceforge.net/projects/arduinoascomfocuserpro2diy/files/myFocuserPro2N%20NEXTION%20TFT%20DISPLAY/ myFP2M - Ready made Controllers https://sourceforge.net/projects/arduinoascomfocuserpro2diy/files/myFocuserPro2M/ Please look in the Files-Documents folder for more information. https://sourceforge.net/projects/arduinoascomfocuserpro2diy/files/Documentation/ -
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IIDC Camera Control Library
Capture and control API for IIDC compliant cameras
libdc1394 is a library that provides a high level programming interface for application developers who wish to control and capture streams from IEEE 1394 based cameras that conform to the 1394-based Digital Camera Specifications (also known as the IIDC or DCAM Specifications). libdc1394 also supports some USB cameras that are IIDC compliant. Besides capture and control, libdc1394 provides a full set of colour space conversion functions (including RAW decoding), vendor specific functions and direct camera register access. Keywords: ieee1394, IIDC, DCAM, firewire, USB, machine vision, computer vision, video capture, library -
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BRL-CAD
Open Source Solid Modeling CAD
BRL-CAD is a powerful cross-platform constructive solid geometry solid modeling system that includes an interactive geometry editor, ray-tracing for rendering & geometric analyses, network distributed framebuffer support, image & signal-processing tools. -
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System Stability Tester is a multi platform open source clone of SuperPI and comes with a GUI and a CLI. It can be used for CPU and RAM burning, stressing and benchmarking.
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GlobalPlatform
Implementation of GlobalPlatform smart card specification
The GlobalPlatform card specification is a standard for the management of the contents on a smart card. Mainly this comprises the installation and the removal of applications. This project offers a C library and a command line shell. Find more information on https://kaoh.github.io/globalplatform/ -
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rkflashtool
Tools for flashing Rockchip devices
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owfs and owhttpd
Project moved to https://github.com/owfs/owfs/
Please note that OWFS source code, and all Issue/Tickets/merge requests have now been moved to https://github.com/owfs/owfs/. Developer mailing lists will still be kept at Sourceforge. ---- OWFS -- 1-Wire file system. Use the Dallas 1-Wire and iButton chips with standard filesystem commands. Create temperature loggers. Monitor everything. OWHTTPD -- same system, only used as a light weight web server. OWFS is also ported to embedded routers, Mac OSX and Windows. Basically you can use these inexpensive little sensors and other chips with very simple wiring to sense and control the physical environment. The interface is very flexible -- everything from a web browser, to read and writing directly to the chip's "file" to integrating with your programs -- even over the internet. There is a growing number of 1-wire sensors: temperature, voltage, humidity, light, ultraviolet, pressure, thermisters, thermocouples, programmable microcontrollers, relays, lights, LCD panels, etc -
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NB: Development has been moved to Github: https://github.com/avrdudes/avarice AVaRICE is a program for interfacing the Atmel JTAG ICE to GDB to allow users to debug their embedded AVR target.
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libmylcd is a frame & font rendering library and toolkit designed to provide low level access to 2D hardware via a video framebuffer. Supported devices include SED133x, T6963C, PCD8544, S1D15G10, USBD480, PCF8833, PCF8814, USB13700, S1D15G14.
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HimemX
The ultimate DOS XMS memory manager
This is HimemX - the open-source XMS memory manager of FreeDOS. Uses unreal mode when possible and has a very low conventional memory footprint. Got any patches? Noticed any bugs? Please report your findings on the FreeDOS mailing list: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net -
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These tools are used to view information about, and to control, Media Changer devices such as Tape and DVD/CD libraries.
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memconf - memory configuration on UNIX
Identify sizes of memory modules installed on most UNIX-based systems
Identify sizes of memory modules installed on a Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD or HP-UX workstation or server. memconf reports the size of each SIMM/DIMM memory module installed in a system. It also reports the system type and any empty memory sockets. In verbose mode, it also reports the following information if available: - banner name, model and CPU/system frequencies - address range and bank numbers for each module -
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CuteMouse is a DOS based mouse driver, fully written in assembly language. It's optimized for size (and speed) to allocate as small as possible amount of your precious 640KB RAM. It currently supports serial and PS/2 mice and, if BIOS support present an
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Parallel Events and Asynchronous tasKing Library. Originally combining multi-threading with an efficient I/O event model, it's now more a lightweight object-oriented framework for event-based applications.
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FileSystem is an OPENSOURCE program for advanced disk management with built-in drivers for PATA IDE Hard Disks and DVD/CDROM Drives, USB Mass Storage Drivers. Implemented file systems : FAT32 / ISO9660 / EXT2. It can be compiled for DOS, LINUX, WIN32
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AVRDUDE is software for programming Atmel AVR Microcontrollers. This package is a modified version of AVRDUDE 5.3.1. The original AVRDUDE was modified to retry syncing with the device/programmer 10 times instead of 1 (as it was in original version).
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GXSM
Scanning Probe Microscopy Controller and Data Visualization Software
GXSM -- Gnome X Scanning Microscopy: A multi-channel image and vector-probe data acquisition and visualization system designed for SPM techniques (STM,AFM..), but also SPA-LEED/LEED/LEEM data analysis. A plug-in interface allows any user add-on data-processing and special hardware and instrument support. Latest: NC-AFM and related explorative methods as SQDM can be configured. High-Speed external PAC-PLL hardware option with digital DSP link. Based on several hardware options it supports a commercially available DSP hardware and provided also Open Source Code for all the low level signal processing tasks and instrument controls in a most flexible and adaptable manner. All latest software is available via SVN only or Live Demo/Install CD: http://www.ventiotec.de/linux/GXSM-Linux.iso -
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Modeline calculator implementing the Coordinated Video Timing and the General Timing Formula standards put forth by VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association).
