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Open Electronics is the brainchild of a world leader in hobby electronics Futura Group srl.

Open Electronics is devoted to support development, hacking and playing with electronics: we share exciting open projects and create amazing products!

Open Electronics is not just a container of ideas: it is also a web site that is led by a team of engineers and geeks who will take part in the discussions and give support.

Our mission is to become a reference in Open Source Hacking with ideas and feedbacks aimed to enrich the community.

OpenSource Products

Controlling our simple CNC Miling Machine via USB
Let’s print the PCBs by means of our CNC...
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RandA & Raspberry Pi 3: what’s new
RandA has been updated to be compatible with the...
- Posted 2 weeks ago
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Presenting a robust and simple CNC Milling Machine
Supplied with a robust chassis (made of plastics) and...
- Posted 2 weeks ago
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Control all your IR appliances through Bluetooth (or internet)
A Bluetooth enabled remote that will help you...
- Posted 3 weeks ago
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Tutorials

Discovering OpenSCAD – part 2: advanced functions
Here we complete the overview of the free 3D...
- Posted 12 months ago
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Discovering OpenSCAD – part 1: basic functions
Who prints 3D objects needs a 3D modeling and editing software to create and edit files; a good example is OpenSCAD,...
- Posted 1 year ago
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How to evaluate a Stereo Lithographic 3D Printers
Introduction In this short document by RobotFactory, we will...
- Posted 1 year ago
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Fishino: let’s look inside the features
In this second “episode” (here the first one), we will...
- Posted 1 year ago
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Mods and Hacks

Here are the Winners from the 3Drag 3d printing contest
Here we are, eventually the contest has come to an...
- Posted 3 years ago
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Updates from the 3Drag 3dprinting contest: Roland Hoffert’s Hacks
Roland Hoffert, from www.eytec.de, submitted us this 3Drag (Velleman K8200...
- Posted 3 years ago
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Updates from the 3Drag 3dprinting contest: Karl Seiss’s Hack
Karl Seiss from Austria made a very clever hack to...
- Posted 3 years ago
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Updates from the 3Drag 3dprinting contest: Fa)(a from Giacomo Falaschi
Giacomo Falaschi sent us his Falla3D new printer project: you...
- Posted 3 years ago
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Opinions

Which is the best (open source) 3D printer?
3D printing is being part of our lives and we’re...
- Posted 1 year ago
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Happy Open Year! Top 10 OpenSource projects
A new year started, leving behind a 2015 rich in...
- Posted 1 year ago
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What is “open source”? What’s “open hardware”? What does it mean to be open, and above all, why so?
It is undeniable that the 4th industrial revolution is sweeping...
- Posted 2 years ago
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Ways to Conserve Energy at Home
Being “Energy Efficient” at home isn’t just for granola-eating...
- Posted 2 years ago
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Arduino GSM shield
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- Posted 6 years ago
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Arduino ISP (In System Programming) and stand-alone circuits
We use an Arduino to program other ATmega without...
- Posted 5 years ago
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Localizer with SIM908 module
The device is based on a GSM/GPRS module with...
- Posted 5 years ago
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GSM GPS shield for Arduino
Shield for Arduino designed and based on the module...
- Posted 5 years ago
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Small Breakout for SIM900 GSM Module
Some post ago we presented a PCB to mount...
- Posted 6 years ago
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