A kit on this page is a short parts list and the code that runs on it. Each one builds a piece of the hardware tracks of this project on a desk: thermodynamic computing with p-bits, neuromorphic chips that compute with spikes, recordings of the human brain, and the satellites that may one day carry this kind of hardware to orbit.
What this page isA list of kits. The Consciousness AI does not sell them yet. Every part links to its maker, the maker's official store, or Amazon.
"I want this kit"The button counts how many people want each kit. When enough people ask for one, we offer it as one order from one seller, with the guide and the code. When that happens, it is announced in the weekly newsletter. Brain kits stay parts lists from their makers, and their count decides which guide is written first.
What we testedEach kit says it plainly. "Code tested in software" means the kit's code runs and passes its tests without the board. "Simulated" means the circuit passes in a simulator, not on the board. "Not tested by us" means the guide is the maker's own. "Guide in progress" means the guide and code are not published yet, so nothing is claimed.
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A p-bit is a binary unit that flips at random, with a bias set by its inputs. These kits take the p-bit sampler of the open-source thermospike library from software noise to physical noise, and from one spin at a time to a whole lattice in one clock cycle. The hardware guide lists every board and noise source in more detail.
A USB true random number generator as the noise source for the p-bit sampler in thermospike, in place of the software generator.
Parts
Not open hardware.
Also fits
Pre-order on the checked date, with shipping stated for January 2027.
Sold through the maker's own shop, linked from this page.
The build guide and code for this kit are being written.
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
No gateware from this project runs on it yet.
Also fits
Open toolchain support exists for Gowin parts. No gateware from this project runs on it yet.
Listed as out of stock on the checked date.
The build guide and code for this kit are being written.
A neuromorphic chip computes with spikes, short events in time, as neurons do. The entry kit builds spiking neurons as circuits on a small FPGA. The full kit is a commercial neuromorphic processor. The brain emulation page covers the research on running a brain on another substrate.
Leaky integrate and fire neurons as small circuits on a Tang Nano 9K, each neuron updating in the same clock cycle.
Parts
Open toolchain support exists for Gowin parts. No gateware from this project runs on it yet.
The build guide and code for this kit are being written.
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
Shipping regions are not stated on the product page.
Also fits
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.
The build guide and code for this kit are being written.
These kits record the electrical rhythms of your own brain with electrodes on the scalp (EEG). They only record. No kit on this page sends current into the body, and none is a medical device. Follow each maker’s power rule, which for most boards is battery power only. The States of Consciousness console and the Sleep and Dreams console run the same kind of analysis on released recordings.
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
Recording only. Not a medical device. Shipping regions are not stated on the product page.
The build guide and code for this kit are being written.
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
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.
Also fits
Electrodes or a headset are sold separately. Not a medical device.
The build guide and code for this kit are being written.
A CubeSat is a satellite built from 10 cm cubes. The entry kit is a ground station that receives satellites already in orbit. The full kits are a dish that receives weather satellites in geostationary orbit, and a CubeSat on a desk. Parts for a satellite that flies are listed as a reference only. The CubeSat guide follows a real CubeSat from the first idea to orbit under US rules. The consciousness to orbit page covers why computing in orbit is part of this project.
The film below explains both weather satellite kits: the dipole antenna for the low satellites, and the dish for GOES.
The second film follows a CubeSat from the desk to orbit. It shows the ground station kit and AMSAT’s CubeSat Simulator, the base of the desk CubeSat kit.
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
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.
The maker's own store lists it at $17.95 on the checked date.
Next step
The maker's own store lists it at $19.95 on the checked date.
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
Price as listed by RTL-SDR Blog on the checked date. Sold through Crowd Supply, which ships worldwide.
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.
Next step
The maker's own store lists it at $59.95 on the checked date.
The build guide and code for this kit are being written.
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 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.
Next step
Reference only. Flight radios and some space parts fall under export rules, so they are bought from the maker, not resold here.
A kit is added when its parts are sold to the public and its code is open. A kit is offered for sale only when one seller ships every part in one package, so an order arrives complete. Radios and other parts for satellites that fly fall under export rules, so they are bought from their makers and are never resold here. Brain recording devices are also bought from their makers only, because the maker answers for the safety of a device worn on the body. Prices and stock change, so the vendor page is the authority. Each part shows the date it was checked.
The same list, in a format for software and AI agents, is at /hardware.json. A kit can be suggested as an issue on the project repository.