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 ### Contributing
 
 Additions/corrections/updates to the list are welcome! Please submit a pull request or issue.
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+### Acknowledgements
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+Thanks to the open source community who contribute to this project and the software and resources it uses!
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+See the [**Acknowledgements page**](docs/acknowledgements) for details.

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+# Acknowledgements
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+## Contributors
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+Thanks to all who contribute to this project:
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+https://github.com/per1234/inoplatforms/graphs/contributors
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+And a special thanks to developers and maintainers of all the Arduino boards platforms in this catalog!
+
+## Dependencies
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+This project is based on many amazing open source software projects:
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+### Resources
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+- [**Arduino CLI**](https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli/latest/) - In addition to being the implementation of the boards platform framework, the Arduino CLI documentation website provides essential documentation about package indexes and platforms.
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+### Tools
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+- [**Task**](https://taskfile.dev/) - Task runner.
+- [**Git**](https://git-scm.com/) - Version control system.
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+### Programming Languages
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+- [**Go**](https://go.dev/)
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+### Misc
+
+- [**arduino/tooling-project-assets**](https://github.com/arduino/tooling-project-assets) - Collection of reusable project infrastructure assets.
+- [**Dependabot**](https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/about-dependabot-version-updates) - Dependency update service.
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+### GitHub Actions
+
+- [**actions/checkout**](https://github.com/actions/checkout)
+- [**actions/setup-go**](https://github.com/actions/setup-go)
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