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Open Hardware at CERN in practice: electronics

9 May 2025
CERN
Europe/Zurich timezone
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CERN OSPO

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  1. 1. Welcome and introduction
    Javier Serrano (CERN)
    09/05/2025, 14:00

    This quick presentation will provide an introduction to the event, whose main purpose is to take designers on a journey from design idea to commercial Open Source Hardware (OSHW) in the CERN context. We start with the importance of Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) tools for Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design, and a presentation of KiCad, which now benefits from commercial support at CERN....

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  2. 2. KiCad: a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tool for Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design
    Roberto Fernandez Bautista (CERN)
    09/05/2025, 14:10

    This presentation introduces KiCad, a powerful, free and open-source software suite for Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design. With robust features, active development, and growing community support, KiCad is a viable alternative to proprietary tools. We'll highlight key capabilities, recent improvements, and examples of successful designs to show why it's well-suited for use at CERN.

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  3. 3. The CERN Electronics Design Office
    Raphael Berberat (CERN)
    09/05/2025, 14:25

    This presentation will highlight the experience and the way the Design Office of the BE-CEM-EPR Electronics Service handles Open Hardware projects. How Open Hardware projects are identified and how the storage is done on EDMS. What is important to take care when working on an Open Hardware project.

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  4. 4. IT support for Electronics Design Automation (EDA) tools
    Christos Gentsos (CERN (IT-CA-GES))
    09/05/2025, 14:40

    This presentation highlights the current level of IT support for KiCad users. We will outline the contract we have established with KSC to provide efficient technical support to our engineers; the scripts that convert our Altium parts library to KiCad; and a new CMF package for KiCad that will help automate software installation and library setup for Windows users.

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  5. 5. The Open Hardware Repository
    Dimitris Lampridis (CERN)
    09/05/2025, 14:55

    This presentation introduces the [Open Hardware Repository][1] (OHWR) - a curated, easy-to-browse catalogue of open-source hardware designs. We'll explore together its history and key features, with a focus on how hardware designers can leverage OHWR to showcase their work, foster design reuse, get feedback and contribute to a growing community of open-source hardware for physics experiments...

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  6. 6. Knowledge Transfer (KT) at CERN and Open Hardware
    Benjamin Frisch (CERN)
    09/05/2025, 15:30

    The Knowledge Transfer (KT) group engages with experts at CERN and outside our Organization, in science, technology and industry, to create opportunities for the transfer of CERN’s technologies and know-how. The goal is to accelerate innovation and maximise the global positive impact of CERN on society, and KT supports scientists in the definition of the best dissemination pathway.
    Open...

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  7. 7. The CERN Open Hardware Licence
    Dane Tacchini (CERN)
    09/05/2025, 15:40

    The CERN Open Hardware Licence (“CERN OHL”) was developed in 2011 to promote collaboration among hardware designers and to provide a legal tool which supports the freedom to use, study, modify, share and distribute hardware designs and products based on those designs. The second version of CERN OHL released in 2020 provides additional flexibility by introducing three CERN OHL variants – the...

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  8. 8. Support for Open Hardware in CERN's Open Source Program Office (OSPO)
    Hamza Boukabache (CERN)
    09/05/2025, 15:50

    The CERN OSPO provides support for designers willing to open-source their hardware and gateware designs. This is in addition to the more traditional support offered by OSPOs in the context of software.
    The OSPO is not involved in the decision to open-source a given design. Its role is guiding and facilitating the open-sourcing process once that decision has been made. The support...

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  9. 9. Procurement of Open Hardware
    Josh Davison (CERN)
    09/05/2025, 16:00

    This presentation takes a look at open hardware from the point of view of a procurement officer. It draws on real-life examples to examine the supposed advantages and disadvantages of going open source for hardware we have to procure. It will also touch on the issues of using procured proprietary software for designing open-source hardware.

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  10. 10. Putting it all together: radiation-tolerant lighting in CERN's Proton Synchrotron (PS)
    James Devine (CERN)
    09/05/2025, 16:15

    This talk will present the full lifecycle of an open hardware project from initial design to repeat procurement, and share the most important lessons learned.

    One of the most ambitious projects for LS2 was the electrical refurbishment of the PS accelerator. A huge part of this project was the design, development, procurement and installation of the first generation of radiation tolerant LED...

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  11. 11. Putting it all together: White Rabbit
    Adam Artur Wujek
    09/05/2025, 16:30

    [White Rabbit][1] (WR) is an open-source (hardware, gateware, firmware, software, documentation) synchronisation technology developed at CERN in collaboration with several institutes and companies. This talk will focus on the hardware side of the project. In particular:

    • A quick survey of WR designs and the role of KiCad in the latest generation of WR Event Node ([WREN][2]) designs.
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  12. 12. Discussion session
    Evangelia Gousiou (CERN)
    09/05/2025, 16:45