# Hardware at Square

DevFeed: [Hardware at Square](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/hardware-at-square-15671.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/hardware-at-square>)

Author: Square Engineering

Published: 2013-10-09T16:04:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [Embedded Software Dev](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/embedded-software-dev.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [careers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/careers.md>), [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [firmware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firmware.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>)

## AI overview

Square describes its philosophy of designing and producing hardware in-house, using the Square Reader and Square Stand as examples of iterative product development, cross-team collaboration, and engineering trade-offs.

## Source excerpt

Our philosophy of hardware design and production.