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April 2026 Open Hardware Certification Roundup

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. Whenever you see the certification logo, you know that the certified hardware meets this standard.

Currently the Certification database lists 3,310 individual certifications! In April we added 18 new certifications, from to and everything in between. We were happy to have new and recurring names show up!

HackRF Pro IUD US002820

(📷: Great Scott Gadgets)

Great Scott Gadgets has released and certified their HackRF Pro with some hefty updates! This Software Defined Radio peripheral is capable of transmission or reception radio signals from 100kHz to 6GHz, and can be used to test and develop modern and next gen radio tech. It’s packed full of amazing features and brings a massive amount of power to the HackRF line.

trunkCAM UID US002819

(📷: Seacell)

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* US civilian federal agencies must immediately remove DeepSeek from government systems * Federal departments can no longer purchase DeepSeek products or affiliated services * Military and intelligence organizations remain excluded The US government has directed civilian federal departments to immediately eliminate DeepSeek artificial intelligence software and related services from their technology systems.