Terms of Service

Terms governing your use of the SiliconRig service

Effective: 15 June 2026

1. Provider

SiliconRig is operated by RAWS Consulting e.U., Koglerweg 64, 4040 Linz, Austria (the "Provider", "we", "us"). Full company details are in the Imprint. These terms govern your use of the service at siliconrig.dev and its API (the "Service").

2. The Service

The Service provides remote access to microcontroller development hardware: flashing firmware, interacting with a serial console, power-cycling boards, and related functions, through a browser, command-line tool, or API. The Service is currently provided as an early-stage offering and is under active development.

3. Accounts

You need an account to use the Service. You must provide a valid email address, keep your credentials confidential, and are responsible for activity under your account. You must be legally able to enter into a contract. One person or organisation may not operate multiple accounts to circumvent usage limits.

4. Acceptable Use

When using the Service you must not:

  • upload or run firmware that is unlawful, malicious, or designed to attack, damage, or gain unauthorised access to the hardware, other users' sessions, or our infrastructure;
  • attempt to escape the isolation of your session or reach other boards, systems, or networks;
  • use the Service for cryptocurrency mining or other workloads unrelated to firmware development and testing;
  • run firmware that violates applicable radio-frequency, electromagnetic-compatibility, or other regulations — including exceeding permitted transmission power on wireless-capable boards;
  • resell, share, or sublicense access without our written permission;
  • use automated means to abuse, overload, or circumvent the limits of the Service.

You are responsible for the firmware and data you upload and for ensuring you have the rights to use them.

5. Credits, Pricing, and Payment

Usage of the Service is metered in credits. You may obtain credits through a free allowance, one-time top-ups, or a subscription, as shown on the pricing page. Prices are stated on that page; statutory VAT is applied where applicable. Subscriptions renew for successive periods until cancelled and can be cancelled with effect from the end of the current period. Credits already consumed are not refundable. This does not affect your mandatory statutory rights as a consumer.

6. Right of Withdrawal (Consumers)

If you are a consumer within the meaning of the Austrian Consumer Protection Act (KSchG), you have a right to withdraw from a distance contract within fourteen days without giving reasons, under the Fern- und Auswärtsgeschäfte-Gesetz (FAGG). Full withdrawal instructions, the consequences of withdrawal including the proportionate payment for services already provided, the conditions under which the right expires, and the model withdrawal form are set out on our Right of Withdrawal page. For paid credits you confirm at checkout, by two separate acknowledgments, that performance begins immediately and that you thereby lose your right of withdrawal once the credits are fully used.

7. Availability

The Service is provided on a best-effort basis without a guaranteed level of availability. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue features, perform maintenance, or limit access, and we may end the early-stage offering. We will give reasonable notice of material changes where practicable.

8. Hardware and No Fitness Warranty

The hardware made available is shared development hardware and may behave differently from a dedicated local setup. To the extent legally permitted, the Service is provided "as is" and we do not warrant that it is fit for a particular purpose or that results obtained on it will match other environments. Mandatory statutory warranty rights remain unaffected.

9. Your Firmware and Content

You retain all rights to the firmware and content you upload. You grant us only the limited rights necessary to store, load, and execute it on the hardware in order to provide the Service to you. We do not claim ownership of your content.

10. Liability

We are liable without limitation for damages caused intentionally or by gross negligence, and for personal injury. For slight negligence we are liable only for breach of an essential contractual obligation and only up to the foreseeable, contract-typical damage. Any further liability is excluded to the extent permitted by law. Mandatory statutory liability, including under consumer-protection and product-liability law, remains unaffected.

11. Suspension and Termination

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate access if you breach these terms, misuse the Service, or where required by law. We may retain and delete data as described in the Privacy Policy.

12. Changes to These Terms

We may amend these terms as the Service develops. We will notify you of material changes by a reasonable means and, where your continued use requires it, ask for your agreement. The current version, with its effective date, is always available here.

13. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These terms are governed by Austrian law, excluding its conflict-of-law rules and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. For consumers, this choice of law does not deprive you of the protection of mandatory provisions of the law of your country of residence, and the statutory rules on jurisdiction apply. For contracts with businesses, the exclusive place of jurisdiction is the court competent for Linz, Austria.

14. Severability

If any provision of these terms is or becomes invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions is unaffected.

15. Contact

Questions about these terms: contact@raws.at.