Show HN: OpenC6 BIOS – A PC-like bare-metal bootloader and OS for ESP32-C6

Category: infrastructure

Tags: bios, esp32-c6, embedded, bootloader, risc-v

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 8, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

OpenC6 BIOS transforms the ESP32-C6 into a PC-like host platform with a bootloader, LP-Core management engine, network boot, and a standardized ABI for hot-swappable bare-metal payloads. It is interesting because it brings PC/server architecture concepts to a low-cost microcontroller, enabling modular firmware development and out-of-band management.

Target audience: embedded developers

Repository: https://github.com/Rompass/openc6-bios · C · MIT · 3 stars

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