Open-source means the designs, code and schematics for our kits are published, so anyone can read them, change them and learn from them.
Why that matters for your kit:
You can see how it works. Not just follow the steps, but read the schematic and the firmware and understand why the board does what it does.
You can change it. Add features, rewrite the code, modify the hardware design. The source and the schematics are yours to work with.
Other people build on it. Makers around the world share their own projects and improvements, so there is a growing pool of ideas to borrow from.
Discontinued kits stay open. The schematics and code remain on GitHub after a kit leaves the shop, so an older device can still be studied and reprogrammed.
The code and schematics are on our GitHub, and the build and coding guides are on the Resources page.