JP’s Product Pick of the Week 10/13/26 @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit #newproductpick
This week’s pick is the Adafruit Feather RP2040 with RFM95 LoRa Radio – 915MHz – RadioFruit and STEMMA QT ! Watch the video for a live demo and more.
Executive Summary
This week’s pick is the Adafruit Feather RP2040 with RFM95 LoRa Radio – 915MHz – RadioFruit and STEMMA QT ! Watch the video for a live demo and more. Tune in every Tuesday at 3pm ET and 12pm PT on Youtube LIVE , Twitch , Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook . LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat ! Catch previous editions on YouTube and don’t miss our gift guide !
Open Silicon & Gate-Level Hardware Inspection
From a silicon and hardware engineering viewpoint: - **Interface Neutrality:** Mitigates dependency on proprietary BSPs, empowering open toolchains to address hardware directly. - **Supply Chain Verification:** Schematics and open pinouts allow deterministic audits against silicon errata. - **Lifecycle Decoupling:** Decouples physical hardware utility from commercial vendor end-of-life obsolescence.
Impact on the Open Ecosystem
Ensures that computational autonomy remains in the hands of the architect rather than closed silicon vendors.