Hardware Registry
Summary
An open registry of electronic parts and products, including infomation about which parts are in which products, and which products contain which parts.
Applications
- Potentially useful for anyone interested in re-using electronic components - whether in the context of recycling/salvage for repairing familiar electronic products, or for creating new things.
- Could contain information on specific components - e.g. specifications, different manufacturers - as well as information on extracting components from specific products (where they are located, how to remove, etc).
- Could be linked to further information about products, e.g. as in barcode wikipedia.
- Could be linked to recipes/instructions involving parts.