In an interview with OSHdata, Founder Limor Fried takes us behind the scenes: We colloquially dubbed last month “Adafruit April” because of the sheer number of projects. Hundreds have already passed certification at the time of writing this. Open Hardware leader Adafruit has dedicated a massive amount of time and effort towards certifying their back catalog of products. The surge in April has far surpassed our expectations with a total of 269 total projects certified last month alone, nearly twice that of 2019 in just one month. After February, we predicted here on that the certification program was on track for its strongest year ever. The OSHW community had been off to a strong start in 2020 with 54 projects certified in Q1. Here is all of the hardware that was certified in April, which comes from the United States, Azerbaijan, India, Croatia, Germany, Poland, and Spain.
The certification site includes a full list of all of the certified open source hardware. Whenever you see the certification logo, you know that the certified hardware meets this standard.
The Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) runs a free program that allows creators to certify that their hardware complies with the community definition of open source hardware. Subscribe to the premier DIY magazine todayĬommunity access, print, and digital Magazine, and more
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