We are excited to announce that we'll be cross stocking Seeed's gadgeteer modules. This will help expand our current list of offerings. GHI will also be including all needed Seeed module drivers right inside the GHI package installer, found at http://www.tinyclr.com/support/

In our continued commitment to the open source community, GHI Electronics is proud to announce we're open sourcing our Glide GUI library under GPL License. The project has been placed on CodePlex so we can begin to work together to further its features and performance. We're also offering a non-GPL License with four consulting hours for the low price of $249.95.

http://netmfglide.codeplex.com

GHI Electronics is proudly contributing to the open-source-hardware community and .NET Gadgeteer community. We have released the complete sources for numerous Gadgeteer modules and for FEZ Hydra, which is the first 100% open-source .NET Gadgeteer mainboard. Armed with a 240Mhz ARM9 processor, FEZ Hydra is a powerful solution that's even capable of running Linux.

What's special about the NETMF/Gadgeteer board is that its firmware is compiled with open-source GCC compiler. Which means the community is able to modify and contribute easily. The board is also designed in EAGLE, a low-cost professional PCB design software commonly used with open-source hardware.

At only $79.95 for the mainboard and $99.95 for the starter kit, FEZ Hydra is a compelling solution at an affordable price.

A $500 coupon for running Linux on FEZ Hydra: http://tinyclr.com/forum/21/4930
A $250 coupon + free FEZ Hydra contest: http://tinyclr.com/forum/21/4680/
FEZ Hydra product page: http://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog/product/328
For more information about .NET Gadgeteer visit: http://www.netmf.com/gadgeteer/
Design sources and porting info: http://wiki.tinyclr.com/index.php?title=FEZ_Hydra_Developer