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"kitsPage": "https://theconsciousness.ai/hardware/kits/",
"guidePage": "https://theconsciousness.ai/thermodynamic-computing/hardware/",
"agentInstructions": "https://theconsciousness.ai/.well-known/agent-skills/find-hardware/SKILL.md",
"selling": false,
"note": "This site does not sell these items yet. Every part links to its maker, the maker's official store, or Amazon. Prices are the vendor's own text on the checked date, and the vendor page is the authority.",
"testLevels": {
  "software": "The kit's code runs and passes its tests without the board.",
  "simulated": "The circuit passes in a simulator, not on the board.",
  "none": "Not tested by this project. The guide is the maker's own."
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"id":"thermo-noise-entry",
"url":"https://theconsciousness.ai/hardware/kits/#kit-thermo-noise-entry",
"topic":"thermodynamic",
"tier":"entry",
"title":"Physical noise for p-bits",
"summary":"A USB true random number generator as the noise source for the p-bit sampler in thermospike, in place of the software generator.",
"parts":["truerng-v3"],
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"id":"thermo-pbit-full",
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"topic":"thermodynamic",
"tier":"full",
"title":"p-bit Ising sampler on an FPGA",
"summary":"A lattice of p-bits updated in colour blocks on a Tang Nano 20K, the same chromatic block Gibbs scheme that thermospike runs in software.",
"parts":["sipeed-tang-nano-20k"],
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"seller":"Sipeed official store",
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"id":"neuro-lif-entry",
"url":"https://theconsciousness.ai/hardware/kits/#kit-neuro-lif-entry",
"topic":"neuromorphic",
"tier":"entry",
"title":"Spiking neurons on an FPGA",
"summary":"Leaky integrate and fire neurons as small circuits on a Tang Nano 9K, each neuron updating in the same clock cycle.",
"parts":["sipeed-tang-nano-9k"],
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"id":"neuro-akida-full",
"url":"https://theconsciousness.ai/hardware/kits/#kit-neuro-akida-full",
"topic":"neuromorphic",
"tier":"full",
"title":"Neuromorphic processor in a desktop PC",
"summary":"A BrainChip Akida AKD1500 card that runs spiking networks in hardware. The maker's MetaTF tools run the same network on a CPU first.",
"parts":["brainchip-akd1500-pcie"],
"alsoFits":["brainchip-akd1500-m2"],
"seller":"BrainChip",
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"id":"sat-ground-entry",
"url":"https://theconsciousness.ai/hardware/kits/#kit-sat-ground-entry",
"topic":"satellite",
"tier":"entry",
"title":"Satellite ground station receiver",
"summary":"A USB software defined radio and a dipole antenna, both from RTL-SDR Blog. With the SatNOGS software it receives the ISS and weather satellites, and it can join the open SatNOGS network of ground stations.",
"parts":["rtl-sdr-blog-v4l","rtl-sdr-blog-dipole-kit"],
"alsoFits":["rtl-sdr-blog-lna-v2"],
"seller":"RTL-SDR Blog",
"tutorialStatus":"live",
"tutorialUrl":"https://wiki.satnogs.org/Build",
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"id":"sat-weather-dish",
"url":"https://theconsciousness.ai/hardware/kits/#kit-sat-weather-dish",
"topic":"satellite",
"tier":"full",
"title":"Weather satellite dish station",
"summary":"A small dish with an L-band feed and the V4L receiver. It receives images from GOES weather satellites in geostationary orbit. The patch antenna is a lighter way to receive Inmarsat and Iridium without a dish.",
"parts":["krakenrf-discovery-dish","rtl-sdr-blog-v4l"],
"alsoFits":["rtl-sdr-blog-lband-patch"],
"seller":"KrakenRF and RTL-SDR Blog",
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"id":"sat-desk-cubesat",
"url":"https://theconsciousness.ai/hardware/kits/#kit-sat-desk-cubesat",
"topic":"satellite",
"tier":"full",
"title":"CubeSat on a desk",
"summary":"A working model of a 1U CubeSat with solar panels, sensors and a radio beacon. The receiver kit above picks up its telemetry. Flight parts for a real launch are listed as a reference.",
"parts":["amsat-cubesatsim"],
"alsoFits":["cubesatshop"],
"seller":"AMSAT",
"tutorialStatus":"live",
"tutorialUrl":"https://cubesatsim.org/kit",
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"id":"brain-eeg-entry",
"url":"https://theconsciousness.ai/hardware/kits/#kit-brain-eeg-entry",
"topic":"brain",
"tier":"entry",
"title":"See your own brain rhythm",
"summary":"A battery powered recorder for EEG. Close your eyes and the alpha rhythm appears. The guide computes alpha power with the same method the States of Consciousness console uses on released anaesthesia EEG.",
"parts":["backyardbrains-human-spikerbox"],
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"seller":"Backyard Brains",
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"id":"brain-eeg-full",
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"topic":"brain",
"tier":"full",
"title":"Open EEG in Python",
"summary":"Raw EEG channels into Python on a Raspberry Pi or a laptop, for your own analysis of sleep, attention and resting rhythms. Recording only.",
"parts":["pieeg-16"],
"alsoFits":["openbci-ganglion"],
"seller":"PiEEG",
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"id":"sipeed-tang-nano-9k",
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"name":"Sipeed Tang Nano 9K",
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"url":"https://wiki.sipeed.com/hardware/en/tang/Tang-Nano-9K/Nano-9K.html",
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"spec":"Gowin GW1NR-9 FPGA, 8,640 LUT4",
"fit":"Large enough for a small Ising lattice updated by chromatic block Gibbs sampling, the scheme in the Ising view of the console.",
"note":"Open toolchain support exists for Gowin parts. No gateware from this project runs on it yet."
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"spec":"Gowin GW2AR-18 FPGA, 20,736 LUT4",
"fit":"About twice the logic of the 9K, room for a larger lattice or for many p-bits with their own random sources.",
"note":"No gateware from this project runs on it yet."
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"id":"icebreaker-fpga",
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"name":"iCEBreaker FPGA",
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"spec":"Lattice iCE40 FPGA, open hardware, fully open-source toolchain (Yosys, nextpnr)",
"fit":"A common teaching board for open FPGA tools. A good first board for p-bit and Ising designs written from scratch.",
"note":"Listed as out of stock on the checked date."
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"id":"alchitry-au-kit",
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"name":"Alchitry Au FPGA Kit",
"maker":"Alchitry, sold by SparkFun",
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"status":"check",
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"spec":"AMD Artix-7 FPGA, with Io and Br add-on boards",
"fit":"Much more logic than the Gowin and iCE40 boards. Room for a lattice of hundreds of p-bits.",
"note":"Needs the vendor toolchain for Artix-7, which is free but not open source."
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"id":"infinite-noise-trng",
"category":"rng",
"name":"Infinite Noise TRNG",
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"price":"$39",
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"spec":"USB true random number generator, OSHWA certified (DE000006)",
"fit":"Its entropy comes from the thermal noise of resistors, the same physical source a room-temperature p-bit uses. It is a physical stand-in for the software random numbers in the project's p-bit emulator.",
"note":"Pre-order on the checked date, with shipping stated for January 2027."
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"id":"onerng",
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"name":"OneRNG",
"maker":"Moonbase Otago",
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"price":"",
"status":"in_stock",
"shipsTo":["us","eu","uk"],
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"spec":"USB true random number generator, OSHWA certified (NZ000001)",
"fit":"Uses avalanche noise in a diode as its physical randomness. Open hardware and open firmware, so the noise path can be read end to end.",
"note":"Sold through the maker's own shop, linked from this page."
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"id":"truerng-v3",
"category":"rng",
"name":"TrueRNG v3",
"maker":"ubld.it",
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"price":"",
"status":"check",
"shipsTo":["us","eu","uk"],
"checked":"2026-10-28",
"spec":"USB hardware random number generator, avalanche noise in a semiconductor junction",
"fit":"A plug-in source of physical randomness that shows up as a serial device on the computer.",
"note":"Not open hardware."
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"id":"the-analog-thing",
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"name":"THE ANALOG THING",
"maker":"anabrid",
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"buyUrl2":null,
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"affiliate":false,
"price":"EUR 499 (EUR 450 academic)",
"status":"batch",
"shipsTo":["us","eu","uk"],
"checked":"2026-10-28",
"spec":"Portable open-source analog computer with integrators, multipliers and patch cables",
"fit":"Solves differential equations by continuous electrical relaxation, as in the console's descent view. Five integrators make up to two linearly coupled harmonic oscillators. Kuramoto's sine coupling needs function blocks it does not have.",
"note":"Made in batches, so delivery can take weeks to months."
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"id":"brainchip-akd1500-m2",
"category":"neuromorphic",
"name":"BrainChip Akida AKD1500 M.2 card",
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"spec":"Akida AKD1500 neuromorphic processor on an M.2 B+M key card",
"fit":"Runs event-based spiking networks in hardware. BrainChip's MetaTF Python tools also run the same networks on a normal CPU, so code can be written and checked before the card arrives.",
"note":"Needs a host with an M.2 slot, for example a Raspberry Pi 5 with an M.2 board. Shipping regions are not stated on the product page."
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"id":"brainchip-akd1500-pcie",
"category":"neuromorphic",
"name":"BrainChip Akida AKD1500 PCIe card",
"maker":"BrainChip",
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"affiliate":false,
"price":"$149.00",
"status":"in_stock",
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"checked":"2026-11-05",
"spec":"Akida AKD1500 neuromorphic processor on a PCIe development card",
"fit":"The same processor as the M.2 card, for a desktop PC with a free PCIe slot.",
"note":"Shipping regions are not stated on the product page."
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"id":"rtl-sdr-blog-v4-kit",
"category":"sdr",
"name":"RTL-SDR Blog V4 with dipole antenna kit",
"maker":"RTL-SDR Blog",
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"affiliate":false,
"price":"$54.95",
"status":"out_of_stock",
"shipsTo":["us","uk"],
"checked":"2026-11-05",
"spec":"USB software defined radio (RTL2832U, R828D tuner, 1 PPM TCXO) with a dipole antenna, two sets of telescopic elements, a 3 m cable and mounts",
"fit":"The receiver that the SatNOGS network names as its reference radio. With a fixed antenna it receives the ISS and weather satellites.",
"note":"End of line. The maker stopped production because the tuner chip went out of production, and replaced it with the V4L (Lite), confirmed by the maker on 2026-11-05."
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"id":"amsat-cubesatsim",
"category":"satellite",
"name":"AMSAT CubeSat Simulator kit",
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"affiliate":false,
"price":"$550 including US shipping",
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"shipsTo":["us"],
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"spec":"Desk model of a 1U CubeSat (v2.3) with solar panels, sensors and a UHF radio beacon. Boards come assembled and tested, no soldering, about 90 minutes to build",
"fit":"A full satellite on a desk: power, sensors and telemetry that a ground station receives. The design is open, so it can also be built from parts.",
"note":"AMSAT ships the kit to US addresses only. Outside the US, the open design can be built from the blank board set and the bill of materials on cubesatsim.org."
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"id":"cubesatshop",
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"buyUrl2":null,
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"affiliate":false,
"price":"",
"status":"check",
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"spec":"Structures, radios, solar panels and other subsystems for CubeSats that fly",
"fit":"The step after a desk model: parts qualified for launch.",
"note":"Reference only. Flight radios and some space parts fall under export rules, so they are bought from the maker, not resold here."
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"id":"backyardbrains-human-spikerbox",
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"name":"Human SpikerBox",
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"affiliate":false,
"price":"$299.99",
"status":"in_stock",
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"spec":"Records EEG (brain), EMG (muscle), ECG (heart) and EOG (eye movement). Battery powered, connects by USB-C to a laptop, phone or tablet",
"fit":"The simplest way to see your own brain rhythm, for example the alpha wave that appears when the eyes close, the rhythm the States of Consciousness console tracks under anaesthesia.",
"note":"Recording only. Not a medical device. Shipping regions are not stated on the product page."
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"id":"pieeg-16",
"category":"brain",
"name":"PiEEG-16",
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"buyUrl2Regions":null,
"affiliate":false,
"price":"$390",
"status":"check",
"shipsTo":[],
"checked":"2026-11-05",
"spec":"16 channel EEG, EMG and ECG shield for a Raspberry Pi 4 or 5, open source code",
"fit":"Raw EEG straight into Python on a Raspberry Pi, the same language as the project's analysis code.",
"note":"The maker's rule is battery power only, from a 5 V power bank, never a wall adapter, because the board has no isolation circuit. Not a medical device. Raspberry Pi, electrodes and cap are not included."
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"id":"openbci-ganglion",
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"buyUrl2":null,
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"affiliate":false,
"price":"$624.99",
"status":"check",
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"checked":"2026-11-06",
"spec":"4 channel open-source biosensing board for EEG, EMG and ECG",
"fit":"An open board that Python reads through the BrainFlow library.",
"note":"Electrodes or a headset are sold separately. Not a medical device."
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"id":"rtl-sdr-blog-v4l",
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"name":"RTL-SDR Blog V4L (Lite)",
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"affiliate":false,
"price":"$37.95",
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"shipsTo":["us","uk"],
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"spec":"USB software defined radio (RTL2832U, R828S tuner, 1 PPM TCXO), dongle only",
"fit":"The maker's replacement for the V4, and the receiver for a SatNOGS ground station. It needs an antenna, such as the dipole kit.",
"note":"In stock in the maker's worldwide warehouse (China) on the checked date, not yet on Amazon USA, and stock is limited. The maker's store does not ship to the EU and sends EU buyers to its AliExpress and eBay stores."
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"id":"rtl-sdr-blog-dipole-kit",
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"name":"RTL-SDR Blog multipurpose dipole antenna kit",
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"affiliate":true,
"price":"",
"status":"check",
"shipsTo":["us","uk"],
"checked":"2026-11-06",
"spec":"Dipole antenna base with telescopic elements, cables and mounts",
"fit":"An adjustable antenna for the V4L. Set as a V-dipole, it receives weather satellites and the ISS.",
"note":"The maker's own store lists it at $17.95 on the checked date."
},
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"id":"rtl-sdr-blog-lna-v2",
"category":"sdr",
"name":"RTL-SDR Blog Wideband LNA V2",
"maker":"RTL-SDR Blog",
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"price":"",
"status":"check",
"shipsTo":["us","uk"],
"checked":"2026-11-06",
"spec":"Low noise amplifier, 100 MHz to 6 GHz, noise figure under 1 dB, powered by the dongle's bias tee",
"fit":"Strengthens weak satellite signals before the receiver. SatNOGS advises an amplifier with an RTL-SDR.",
"note":"The maker's own store lists it at $19.95 on the checked date."
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"id":"rtl-sdr-blog-lband-patch",
"category":"satellite",
"name":"RTL-SDR Blog active L-band patch antenna set",
"maker":"RTL-SDR Blog",
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"affiliate":true,
"price":"",
"status":"check",
"shipsTo":["us","uk"],
"checked":"2026-11-06",
"spec":"Active patch antenna for 1525 to 1660 MHz",
"fit":"Receives L-band satellites such as Inmarsat, Iridium and GPS without a dish.",
"note":"The maker's own store lists it at $59.95 on the checked date."
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"id":"krakenrf-discovery-dish",
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"buyUrl2":null,
"buyUrl2Regions":null,
"affiliate":false,
"price":"$214 plus shipping",
"status":"check",
"shipsTo":["us","eu","uk"],
"checked":"2026-11-06",
"spec":"Small satellite dish with an L-band weather satellite feed",
"fit":"Receives L-band weather satellites such as GOES HRIT, with images from geostationary orbit.",
"note":"Price as listed by RTL-SDR Blog on the checked date. Sold through Crowd Supply, which ships worldwide."
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