# Arduino

> Arduino is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-09-05.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: No Response
- Company: [Arduino](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/arduino.md)
- Categories: Hardware & Embedded, Developer Communities, IDEs & Code Editors, Retail & Brand Stores, Smart Home & IoT
- Official site: https://www.arduino.cc
- Community votes: 14
- Last updated: 2026-09-05
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/arduino

## About

Open-source electronics platform with programmable microcontroller boards, the Arduino IDE, and cloud tools for building hardware and IoT projects

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. A community volunteer wrote to Arduino's legal team in August 2026, arguing that blocking open source downloads for Syria is no longer required under current sanctions rules, and no reply has been recorded.

## Community reports

- 2026-08-03 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer wrote to Arduino's legal and privacy teams, arguing that geoblocking Syrian access to GPL-licensed downloads, the Web Editor and Arduino Cloud conflicts with open-source principles and is no longer required by current sanctions frameworks.
- 2026-07-23 — Investigated. A community member reported Arduino blocked in Syria, with a screenshot of a Cloudflare block page for arduino.cc from a Syrian mobile connection.

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/arduino?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/arduino/timeline-entries?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/arduino
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/arduino.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/arduino.md