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	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==

	*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Smith \|first=Matthew \|date=2025-10-18 \|title=Qualcomm Buys Arduino, and the Open-Source Community Is Skeptical \|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/qualcomm-arduino-acquisition-open-source \|access-date=2026-05-05 \|work=IEEE Spectrum}}</ref>, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]		*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Smith \|first=Matthew \|date=2025-10-18 \|title=Qualcomm Buys Arduino, and the Open-Source Community Is Skeptical \|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/qualcomm-arduino-acquisition-open-source \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251020120810/https://spectrum.ieee.org/qualcomm-arduino-acquisition-open-source \|archive-date=2025-10-20 \|access-date=2026-05-05 \|work=IEEE Spectrum}}</ref>, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]
	*User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed Qualcomm holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2025-11-21 \|title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204170410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|archive-date=4 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-10-29 \|title=Terms and Conditions \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222001450/https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=Arduino}}</ref>		*User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed Qualcomm holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2025-11-21 \|title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204170410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|archive-date=4 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-10-29 \|title=Terms and Conditions \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222001450/https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=Arduino}}</ref>
	*Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.		*Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.
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	*Global data integration of all user data (including minors' data) into Qualcomm's ecosystem		*Global data integration of all user data (including minors' data) into Qualcomm's ecosystem
	*User shall not translate, decompile or reverse-engineer the Platform, or engage in any other activity designed to identify the algorithms and logic of the Platform’s operation<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harding \|first=Scharon \|date=2025-11-24 \|title=Arduino’s new terms of service worries hobbyists ahead of Qualcomm acquisition \|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition/ \|url-status=live \|website=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref>		*User shall not translate, decompile or reverse-engineer the Platform, or engage in any other activity designed to identify the algorithms and logic of the Platform’s operation<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harding \|first=Scharon \|date=2025-11-24 \|title=Arduino’s new terms of service worries hobbyists ahead of Qualcomm acquisition \|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251201034429/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition/ \|archive-date=2025-12-01 \|website=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref>

	==Products<!-- Copied from: https://store.arduino.cc/ -->==		==Products<!-- Copied from: https://store.arduino.cc/ -->==

1jeremy: /* Consumer-impact summary */ Added source

2026-05-06T05:51:38Z

Consumer-impact summary: Added source

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	*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]		*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Smith \|first=Matthew \|date=2025-10-18 \|title=Qualcomm Buys Arduino, and the Open-Source Community Is Skeptical \|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/qualcomm-arduino-acquisition-open-source \|access-date=2026-05-05 \|work=IEEE Spectrum}}</ref>, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]
	*User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed Qualcomm holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2025-11-21 \|title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204170410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|archive-date=4 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-10-29 \|title=Terms and Conditions \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222001450/https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=Arduino}}</ref>		*User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed Qualcomm holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2025-11-21 \|title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204170410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|archive-date=4 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-10-29 \|title=Terms and Conditions \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222001450/https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=Arduino}}</ref>
	*Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.		*Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.

Andrew V: /* Terms of Use/Privacy Policy change (Nov 2025) */

2026-04-14T15:37:02Z

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	*Global data integration of all user data (including minors' data) into Qualcomm's ecosystem		*Global data integration of all user data (including minors' data) into Qualcomm's ecosystem
			*User shall not translate, decompile or reverse-engineer the Platform, or engage in any other activity designed to identify the algorithms and logic of the Platform’s operation<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harding \|first=Scharon \|date=2025-11-24 \|title=Arduino’s new terms of service worries hobbyists ahead of Qualcomm acquisition \|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition/ \|url-status=live \|website=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref>

	==Products<!-- Copied from: https://store.arduino.cc/ -->==		==Products<!-- Copied from: https://store.arduino.cc/ -->==

Andrew V: /* References */

2026-04-14T15:32:59Z

References

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	\|ParentCompany=Qualcomm\|Type=Subsidiary\|Website=https://www.arduino.cc/\|Description=Arduino is an Italian open-source hardware and software company owned by Qualcomm, project, and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices.}}		\|ParentCompany=Qualcomm\|Type=Subsidiary\|Website=https://www.arduino.cc/\|Description=Arduino is an Italian open-source hardware and software company owned by Qualcomm, project, and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices.}}

	'''{{wplink\|Arduino\|Arduino}}''', now a subsidiary of [[Qualcomm]], is an Italian open-source hardware and software, project, and user community that designs and manufactures [[wikipedia:Single-board_microcontroller\|single-board microcontrollers]] and [[wikipedia:Microcontroller\|microcontroller]] kits for building digital devices. Its hardware products are licensed under a [[wikipedia:Creative_Commons_license\|CC BY-SA license]], while the software is licensed under the [[wikipedia:GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License\|GNU Lesser General Public License]] (LGPL) or the [[wikipedia:GNU_General_Public_License\|GNU General Public License]] (GPL),<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Getting Started: FOUNDATION > Introduction \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/guide/introduction \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829015201/https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Introduction \|archive-date=2017-08-29 \|access-date=2026-01-13 \|website=~~arduino.cc~~}}</ref> permitting the manufacture of Arduino boards and software distribution by anyone. Arduino boards are available commercially from the official website or through authorized distributors.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Arduino - Home \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/ ~~\|access-date=2026-01-13 \|website=www.arduino.cc~~ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260213164019/https://www.arduino.cc/ \|archive-date=13 Feb 2026}}</ref>		'''{{wplink\|Arduino\|Arduino}}''', now a subsidiary of [[Qualcomm]], is an Italian open-source hardware and software, project, and user community that designs and manufactures [[wikipedia:Single-board_microcontroller\|single-board microcontrollers]] and [[wikipedia:Microcontroller\|microcontroller]] kits for building digital devices. Its hardware products are licensed under a [[wikipedia:Creative_Commons_license\|CC BY-SA license]], while the software is licensed under the [[wikipedia:GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License\|GNU Lesser General Public License]] (LGPL) or the [[wikipedia:GNU_General_Public_License\|GNU General Public License]] (GPL),<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Getting Started: FOUNDATION > Introduction \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/guide/introduction \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829015201/https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Introduction \|archive-date=2017-08-29 \|access-date=2026-01-13 \|website=Arduino}}</ref> permitting the manufacture of Arduino boards and software distribution by anyone. Arduino boards are available commercially from the official website or through authorized distributors.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Arduino - Home \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260213164019/https://www.arduino.cc/ \|archive-date=13 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2026-01-13 \|website=Arduino}}</ref>

	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==

	*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]		*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]
	*User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed Qualcomm holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2025-11-21 \|title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|url-status=live ~~\|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=YouTube~~ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204170410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|archive-date=4 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-10-29 \|title=Terms and Conditions \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222001450/https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=Arduino}}</ref>		*User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed Qualcomm holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2025-11-21 \|title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204170410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|archive-date=4 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-10-29 \|title=Terms and Conditions \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222001450/https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=Arduino}}</ref>
	*Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.		*Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.
	*Market Control: Significantly used within industries, however is competing with other microcontroller/processor manufacturers such as ''Raspberry Pi'', [[Intel]], and [[Panasonic]].		*Market Control: Significantly used within industries, however is competing with other microcontroller/processor manufacturers such as ''Raspberry Pi'', [[Intel]], and [[Panasonic]].

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	*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]		*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]
	*User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed Qualcomm holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2025-11-21 \|title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=YouTube \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204170410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|archive-date=4 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-10-29 \|title=Terms and Conditions \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~AnRQL~~ \|archive-date=~~18 Nov 2025~~ \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=Arduino}}</ref>		*User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed Qualcomm holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2025-11-21 \|title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=YouTube \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204170410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|archive-date=4 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-10-29 \|title=Terms and Conditions \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222001450/https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=Arduino}}</ref>
	*Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.		*Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.
	*Market Control: Significantly used within industries, however is competing with other microcontroller/processor manufacturers such as ''Raspberry Pi'', [[Intel]], and [[Panasonic]].		*Market Control: Significantly used within industries, however is competing with other microcontroller/processor manufacturers such as ''Raspberry Pi'', [[Intel]], and [[Panasonic]].

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	*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]		*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]
	*User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed Qualcomm holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2025-11-21 \|title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=YouTube ~~\|url-status=live~~ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204170410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|archive-date=4 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-10-29 \|title=Terms and Conditions \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/AnRQL \|archive-date=18 Nov 2025 \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=Arduino}}</ref>		*User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed Qualcomm holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2025-11-21 \|title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=YouTube \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204170410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|archive-date=4 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-10-29 \|title=Terms and Conditions \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/AnRQL \|archive-date=18 Nov 2025 \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=Arduino}}</ref>
	*Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.		*Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.
	*Market Control: Significantly used within industries, however is competing with other microcontroller/processor manufacturers such as ''Raspberry Pi'', [[Intel]], and [[Panasonic]].		*Market Control: Significantly used within industries, however is competing with other microcontroller/processor manufacturers such as ''Raspberry Pi'', [[Intel]], and [[Panasonic]].

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	\|ParentCompany=Qualcomm\|Type=Subsidiary\|Website=https://www.arduino.cc/\|Description=Arduino is an Italian open-source hardware and software company owned by Qualcomm, project, and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices.}}		\|ParentCompany=Qualcomm\|Type=Subsidiary\|Website=https://www.arduino.cc/\|Description=Arduino is an Italian open-source hardware and software company owned by Qualcomm, project, and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices.}}

	'''{{wplink\|Arduino\|Arduino}}''', now a subsidiary of [[Qualcomm]], is an Italian open-source hardware and software, project, and user community that designs and manufactures [[wikipedia:Single-board_microcontroller\|single-board microcontrollers]] and [[wikipedia:Microcontroller\|microcontroller]] kits for building digital devices. Its hardware products are licensed under a [[wikipedia:Creative_Commons_license\|CC BY-SA license]], while the software is licensed under the [[wikipedia:GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License\|GNU Lesser General Public License]] (LGPL) or the [[wikipedia:GNU_General_Public_License\|GNU General Public License]] (GPL),<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Getting Started: FOUNDATION > Introduction \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/guide/introduction \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829015201/https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Introduction \|archive-date=2017-08-29 \|access-date=2026-01-13 \|website=arduino.cc}}</ref> permitting the manufacture of Arduino boards and software distribution by anyone. Arduino boards are available commercially from the official website or through authorized distributors.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Arduino - Home \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/ \|access-date=2026-01-13 \|website=www.arduino.cc}}</ref>		'''{{wplink\|Arduino\|Arduino}}''', now a subsidiary of [[Qualcomm]], is an Italian open-source hardware and software, project, and user community that designs and manufactures [[wikipedia:Single-board_microcontroller\|single-board microcontrollers]] and [[wikipedia:Microcontroller\|microcontroller]] kits for building digital devices. Its hardware products are licensed under a [[wikipedia:Creative_Commons_license\|CC BY-SA license]], while the software is licensed under the [[wikipedia:GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License\|GNU Lesser General Public License]] (LGPL) or the [[wikipedia:GNU_General_Public_License\|GNU General Public License]] (GPL),<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Getting Started: FOUNDATION > Introduction \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/guide/introduction \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829015201/https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Introduction \|archive-date=2017-08-29 \|access-date=2026-01-13 \|website=arduino.cc}}</ref> permitting the manufacture of Arduino boards and software distribution by anyone. Arduino boards are available commercially from the official website or through authorized distributors.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Arduino - Home \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/ \|access-date=2026-01-13 \|website=www.arduino.cc \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260213164019/https://www.arduino.cc/ \|archive-date=13 Feb 2026}}</ref>

	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==

	*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]		*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]
	*User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed Qualcomm holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2025-11-21 \|title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=YouTube}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-10-29 \|title=Terms and Conditions \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/AnRQL \|archive-date=18 Nov 2025 \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=Arduino}}</ref>		*User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed Qualcomm holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2025-11-21 \|title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=YouTube \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204170410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|archive-date=4 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-10-29 \|title=Terms and Conditions \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/AnRQL \|archive-date=18 Nov 2025 \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=Arduino}}</ref>
	*Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.		*Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.
	*Market Control: Significantly used within industries, however is competing with other microcontroller/processor manufacturers such as ''Raspberry Pi'', [[Intel]], and [[Panasonic]].		*Market Control: Significantly used within industries, however is competing with other microcontroller/processor manufacturers such as ''Raspberry Pi'', [[Intel]], and [[Panasonic]].

Mr Pollo at 16:54, 23 January 2026

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Mr Pollo at 16:54, 23 January 2026

2026-01-23T16:54:06Z

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	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==

	*User Freedom: Before the [[Qualcomm]] buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After [[Qualcomm]] acquired the company... [Section to be finished]		*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]
	*User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed [[Qualcomm]] holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2025-11-21 \|title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=YouTube}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-10-29 \|title=Terms and Conditions \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/AnRQL \|archive-date=18 Nov 2025 \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=Arduino}}</ref>		*User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed Qualcomm holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2025-11-21 \|title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=YouTube}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-10-29 \|title=Terms and Conditions \|url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/AnRQL \|archive-date=18 Nov 2025 \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=Arduino}}</ref>
	*Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.		*Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.
	*Market Control: Significantly used within industries, however is competing with other microcontroller/processor manufacturers such as ''Raspberry Pi'', [[Intel]], and [[Panasonic]].		*Market Control: Significantly used within industries, however is competing with other microcontroller/processor manufacturers such as ''Raspberry Pi'', [[Intel]], and [[Panasonic]].
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	*Introduction of an irrevocable, perpetual license granted to [[Qualcomm]] over all user-uploaded content		*Introduction of an irrevocable, perpetual license granted to Qualcomm over all user-uploaded content

	*Surveillance-style monitoring implemented for AI features		*Surveillance-style monitoring implemented for AI features

SinexTitan: arranged the see also list in alphabetical order

2026-01-16T09:03:00Z

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	===Microprocessor/controller manufacturers===		===Microprocessor/controller manufacturers===

			*[[Intel]]
	*[[Panasonic]]		*[[Panasonic]]
	*[[Texas Instruments]]		*[[Texas Instruments]]
	*[[Intel]]

	==References==		==References==