Predicting Reliability of Open Source Hardware Platform 
Nikhil S Damle1, Gauri Damle2, Rushikesh Deshmukh3
1Nikhil S Damle, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering, RCOEM, Nagpur (Maharashtra), India.
2Gauri Damle, Research Engineer, RIVA LABS CVIN-VNIT Nagpur (Maharashtra), India.
3Rushikesh A Deshmukh, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering, RCOEM, Nagpur (Maharashtra), India.
Manuscript received on 27 August 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 03 September 2019 | Manuscript Published on 14 September 2019 | PP: 418-422 | Volume-8 Issue-5S3, July 2019 | Retrieval Number: E10890785S319/19©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijeat.E1089.0785S319
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Abstract: Embedded system today are influencing every sphere of life and all application domains. These systems were initially designed according to the application requirement as special hardware. This approach of embedded system design was influenced by particular family of processor. The new approach of embedded system design envisages the use of general purpose on the shelf hardware modules to be incorporated. These on the shelf hardware modules are also referred open source hardware platforms as their entire hardware module design in available in public domain. Thus populating such hardware platforms by different individuals becomes easy. At instances these open source modules are not as good as the original ones. This is because calculating and predicting the successes achieved or failure caused by the copy is not tested. This can be verified by the performance of the module designed in terms of reliability.
Keywords: Open Source, Firmware Software Reliability, Reliability Testing, Module.
Scope of the Article: Open Source: Challenges and Opportunities