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+# Copyright (c) 2020 HAW Hamburg
+#
+# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+# General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+# directory for more details.
+
+config BOARD
+    default "sodaq-explorer" if BOARD_SODAQ_EXPLORER
+
+config BOARD_SODAQ_EXPLORER
+    bool
+    default y
+    select BOARD_COMMON_SODAQ
+    select CPU_MODEL_SAMD21J18A
+
+source "$(RIOTBOARD)/common/sodaq/Kconfig"