Hey everyone! There has been a LOT of talk in the HexNail thread about having a community-lead project for making a DIY enail that can be controlled remotely. There are a few members in the thread who already have experience with repairing or rebuilding their official unit, and there are also a couple people who are making DIY units based on similar hardware. Rather than bogging down the HexNail thread further, I think we should move discussion of this project to this thread.
I want to clarify that this is a community project, and any help, input, or criticism will be welcomed and appreciated. There is not yet a repository for collaborative development, but that will be coming in the future (feel free to make one if you want to get to work). This is not intended to be a commercial endeavor itself, however, people have expressed a desire to have this developed in a way where individuals or businesses would be able to create commercial products based on this project. For example, I'm sure there are vendors here who would be interested in selling completed units, custom units, or a DIY kit of the essential parts. I'm equally sure that there are members here who are interested in buying such products. We need to keep this in mind while working on this project, to ensure that vendors can go down this path without facing legal trouble. If anyone disagrees with this, please let us know why! That type of discussion is exactly what this thread is for
This weekend (hopefully) I will be assembling a DIY unit with hardware which is similar to that which is in the HN-02, and I will be testing it with the HN-02 software. Once complete, I will post a wiring diagram, a parts list, and perhaps a schematic. I will not be posting any software at this time, but once we are certain we have a software base which does not infringe on others' intellectual property, that will be made public.
There are many things that we should discuss as a group to determine how to proceed with this project. Rather than listing a bunch of stuff in this post, I think I'll leave it to others to start a discussion, to ensure that people are talking about what THEY want, and to avoid influencing the discussion/project more than I already have. The more original thoughts we can gather, the better this project will become.
There is one specific topic I would like to discuss, though: What should we name this project? Let's discuss this for a bit and then we can make a poll!
My suggestion: FuckCombustion Community ENail - FCENail
I want to clarify that this is a community project, and any help, input, or criticism will be welcomed and appreciated. There is not yet a repository for collaborative development, but that will be coming in the future (feel free to make one if you want to get to work). This is not intended to be a commercial endeavor itself, however, people have expressed a desire to have this developed in a way where individuals or businesses would be able to create commercial products based on this project. For example, I'm sure there are vendors here who would be interested in selling completed units, custom units, or a DIY kit of the essential parts. I'm equally sure that there are members here who are interested in buying such products. We need to keep this in mind while working on this project, to ensure that vendors can go down this path without facing legal trouble. If anyone disagrees with this, please let us know why! That type of discussion is exactly what this thread is for
This weekend (hopefully) I will be assembling a DIY unit with hardware which is similar to that which is in the HN-02, and I will be testing it with the HN-02 software. Once complete, I will post a wiring diagram, a parts list, and perhaps a schematic. I will not be posting any software at this time, but once we are certain we have a software base which does not infringe on others' intellectual property, that will be made public.
There are many things that we should discuss as a group to determine how to proceed with this project. Rather than listing a bunch of stuff in this post, I think I'll leave it to others to start a discussion, to ensure that people are talking about what THEY want, and to avoid influencing the discussion/project more than I already have. The more original thoughts we can gather, the better this project will become.
There is one specific topic I would like to discuss, though: What should we name this project? Let's discuss this for a bit and then we can make a poll!
My suggestion: FuckCombustion Community ENail - FCENail
