# Frequently Asked Questions

## Why the name ‘Opera Cake’?

Internally at Great Scott Gadgets, HackRF related boards are code named with a candy or confection name. The Opera Cake code name was fun enough that we didn’t change from it when we released the project.

## When was Opera Cake first for sale?

Great Scott Gadgets first released Opera Cake for sale in 2022. The open source project for Opera Cake has been available since 2016 from Great Scott Gadgets.