🎙 OSHWA Certification ft lee wilkins // Open Hardware Month

It’s Open Hardware Month – and spooky season! Hackster’s Alex Glow and OSHWA’s lee wilkins join forces for Alex’s first open-source hardware certifications: the wearable Ouija 8266 programmer PCB, and the skeletal Companion Core PCB (which enables you to break out small microcontrollers for use in companion bots). We’ll also cover some FAQs you can use, plus the latest OSHW news, including Open Hardware Summit 2025.

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Links:
// OSHW certification info page: https://certification.oshwa.org
// Alex's Ouija 8266 programmer PCB/earring tutorial: https://www.hackster.io/glowascii/ouija-esp8266-programmer-planchette-d2c033
// Open Hardware Summit 2025: https://2025.oshwa.org
// Last year's certification chat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXs-nZ3JXy8&list=PLsRBa4uXjihZwcYrwwuPhsYxWtFwMBqDF&index=23
// “iPad to KiCad”: Hand-drawn PCB art tutorial: https://www.hackster.io/glowascii/ipad-to-kicad-pcb-art-with-procreate-91edc9
// Companion Core ribcage PCB tutorial: https://www.hackster.io/glowascii/companion-core-robot-heart-c79f52
// Joule Thief PCB tutorial: https://www.hackster.io/glowascii/joule-thief-pcb-power-from-dead-batteries-651d67
// Lee's zines (and other cool things): https://leecyb.org/?page_id=383
// OSHWA fundraising tee (available through Oct. 31): https://www.customink.com/fundraising/open-hardware-month-fundraiser