SolderCore, a joint-venture between Rowley Associates and K & I, offers Open Source Hardware. SolderCore features Cortex-M3 from Texas, the Arcade Shield and the LCD Shield. The SolderCore family is a collection of development boards and software, designed to make embedded electronics fun and productive. At the heart of the SolderCore family is the SolderCore processor board. SolderCore comes with a built-in programming environment, CoreBASIC.