Everyone with an Arduino project has, starting as of NOW, six months to look for a replacement.
If you don't start right away, I can point out someone who will be in a lot of pain in a few months.
Believe me...
I know this will play merry hell with the 3d printer and mechanical keyboard scene. Innumerable hardware will die from this takeover.
@masek @mos_8502 I believe the broad strokes of your warning are accurate and reasonable, but even if Qualcomm goes completely feral after the Arduino acquisition closes, it won't have much effect on the mechanical keyboard community.
The two most common keeb firmware options are QMK and ZMK and they are not linked to the Arduino software stack. QMK can indeed run on Atmega MCUs, but these days ARM MCUs are far preferred for both QMK and ZMK: https://docs.qmk.fm/compatible_microcontrollers , https://zmk.dev/docs/hardware
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