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Potential new board any available PID under Arduino's VID

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### USB PID allocation for a potential third-party ArduinoCore-renesas board

Hello,

We are exploring Arduino support for the Vekatech's [VK-RA4M2-NANO](https://vekatech.com/products/vk-ra4m2-nano) development board, based on the Renesas RA4M2 MCU.

The proposed support would be maintained as an open-source project under the Vekatech GitHub organization and would be based on `ArduinoCore-renesas`. It is expected to include the board variant, the required RA4M2 adaptations, and an open-source USB bootloader.

Before requesting a third-party VID/PID allocation, such as one from [pid.codes](https://pid.codes/), we would like to ask about the preferred Arduino policy:

- Does Arduino allocate USB PIDs under an Arduino VID for supported third-party boards?
- If so, what are the technical, licensing, and maintenance requirements?

We wanted to confirm the preferred approach, before assigning identifiers in the core and bootloader.

Thank you.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the ArduinoCore-renesas project context and the linked pid.codes and Vekatech board information. Clarify whether Arduino provides a VID/PID allocation and document the technical, licensing, and maintenance requirements before any board variant or bootloader work begins.

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Tech stack
c
Domain
embedded-iot
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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