Hardware¶

Reference links for physical hardware relevant to BNI projects. Per the Sustainability directive: reuse over new manufacture, solar and low-power operation as design defaults, and carbon cost as a first-class design axis.

Solar & Off-Grid¶

GoSun Solar Cargo E-Trike¶

URL: https://gosun.co/products/solar-trike

GoSun's solar-powered cargo e-trike. Reference design for the real-world Toaster Chef Trike — the physical vehicle counterpart to the in-game Trike + Pilot mechanic in the Toaster Chef simulation. GoSun is also the reference design pattern for BNI's solar-thermal work more broadly: passive solar concentration + efficient thermal mass. See toasterchef/docs/real-world-trike.md for the trike design document. [HYPOTHESIS] — the real-world trike is not yet committed or funded.

Privacy-Respecting Hardware¶

Librem Mini v2 — Purism¶

URL: https://shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-mini/

Purism's privacy-focused mini PC with hardware kill switches, coreboot firmware, and PureOS (Debian-based). Reference for Second Boot device selection — evaluated as a potential refurb-track target for participants who need a privacy-hardened desktop. Purism hardware is manufactured to be repairable and long-lived, aligning with the reuse-over-new-manufacture directive.

Note

Second Boot's primary device track is donated/refurbished laptops rebuilt on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The Librem Mini is a reference for evaluating purpose-built privacy hardware for specific tracks (e.g., a reentry participant who needs hardware kill-switch assurance for safety reasons). [HYPOTHESIS] — not a committed curriculum track.