open hardware for desk focus

One signal.
No interruption.

A small ESP32-C6 touchscreen that makes focus, meetings and free moments clear before someone taps your shoulder.

Join the build list See how it works

Local-first. Printable. Firmware you can inspect.

Open Busy Sign showing FOCUS beside a monitor in a shared workspace
FOCUSvisible before the interruption

try the object

Try the signal.

One state at a time. Pick what the room should understand.

Six Open Busy Sign designs showing Free, Focus, In Call, BRB, Do Not Poke and Recording states

Current signal

FREE

Open for a quick question.

screen
green
room reads
available

one workday

Set it once. Let it speak all day.

A signal that reads clearly, changes locally and stays open to modification.

Busy Sign states changing across a workday

Read from across the room

Color, text and side glow resolve into one unmistakable state.

Local web interface next to the Open Busy Sign

Change it locally

Use touch or the local web page on the same network.

Open Busy Sign prototype parts on a workbench

Remix the behavior

Fork the firmware, status modes and enclosure for your own desk.

Exploded view of the Open Busy Sign case, touchscreen and electronics
01 printed shell
02 touchscreen
03 USB-C power

open hardware

Open enough to make it yours.

Inside: an ESP32-C6 touchscreen, diffuser frame, backplate, USB-C power and a printable shell. No sealed box.

board
ESP32-C6 touchscreen base
case
3D-printable and remixable
firmware
Local, inspectable, forkable

local controls

Local control, without another desktop app.

Change the status on the sign itself, or open its local page from the same network. No desktop app is required.

Phone showing the local Open Busy Sign controls beside the physical device
Touch the sign Adjust on the local page Optional local integrations

build notes

Build the reference object.

Start with the ESP32-C6 touchscreen, print the enclosure and flash the firmware. The build notes cover each step and leave every part open to change.

  1. 01 Order the core hardware and print the case.
  2. 02 Flash the firmware and configure local states.
  3. 03 Remix the shell, modes and integrations.
Prototype board, cable, printed case and Open Busy Sign on a workbench

first release

Want the first release files?

We’ll email you when the first BOM, firmware notes and 3D-print files are ready.