Farmers are hacking their tractors because of a repair ban (2018) [video]
Are there any open source or open source hardware efforts to create or replace tractor software and electronics? I know of the Global Village Construction Set [1] but are there any others that exist that are gaining any sort of traction?<p>Are there any forums, GitHub (or other) repositories or other resources for folks to see what's going on and/or to help out? I'd love to see what's available and, if possible, help out myself but I don't even know where to start (I'm not a farmer and live in an "urban/city" environment).<p>It seems like this industry is "ripe for disruption" but I'm woefully ignorant. What stops farmers from slapping a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino with an array of sensors, GPS, modems and other electronics to "DIY" their tractors and other electronic/automated farm equipment?<p>I also know of FarmBot [2] but that project looks to be targeted at a different market. I also see OpenFarm [3] but that seems like it's more about knowledge sharing of crop growing rather than the mechanics/electronics/software aspect of farming.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.opensourceecology.org/gvcs/" rel="nofollow">https://www.opensourceecology.org/gvcs/</a><p>[2] <a href="https://farm.bot/" rel="nofollow">https://farm.bot/</a><p>[3] <a href="https://openfarm.cc/" rel="nofollow">https://openfarm.cc/</a>