New Arduino UNO Q and Arduino App Lab will empower millions of developers with the power of Qualcomm Dragonwing processors
Highlights:
• Acquisition will combine Qualcomm’s cutting-edge products and technologies with Arduino’s vast ecosystem and community to empower businesses, students,
entrepreneurs, technology professionals, educators, and enthusiasts to bring ideas to life quickly and easily.
• The new Arduino UNO Q, the first dual-brain Arduino board powered by the Qualcomm Dragonwing™ platform, unites high-performance computing with real-time control to enable “AI in the blink of an eye.”
• Arduino App Lab is a new, integrated development environment that unifies the Arduino journey across real-time OS, Linux, Python, and AI workflows, simplifying building, testing, and deployment.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced its agreement to acquire Arduino, a leading open-source hardware and software company. The transaction accelerates Qualcomm Technologies' strategy of empowering developers by facilitating access to its unparalleled portfolio of cutting-edge technologies and products. This acquisition builds on the company's recent integrations of Edge Impulse and Foundries.io, reinforcing its commitment to providing a full-stack edge platform spanning hardware, software, and cloud services. The closing of this transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.
By combining Qualcomm Technologies' cutting-edge processing, graphics, computer vision, and AI with the simplicity, accessibility, and community of Arduino, the company is poised to boost developer productivity across all industries. Arduino will maintain its open approach and community spirit while unlocking a full-stack platform for modern development—with the Arduino UNO Q as the first step.
Arduino will maintain its independent brand, tools, and mission while continuing to support a wide range of microcontrollers and microprocessors from various semiconductor suppliers as it enters this next chapter within the Qualcomm family. Following this acquisition, the more than 33 million active users in the Arduino community will have access to Qualcomm Technologies' powerful technology stack and global reach.
Entrepreneurs, businesses, technology professionals, students, educators, and hobbyists will be empowered to rapidly prototype and test new solutions, with a clear path to commercialization supported by Qualcomm Technologies' advanced technologies and extensive partner ecosystem.
The new Arduino UNO Q is a next-generation single-board computer with a dual-brain architecture—a Debian Linux-compatible microprocessor and a real-time microcontroller—to bridge high-performance computing with real-time control. Powered by the Qualcomm Dragonwing™ QRB2210 processor running a full Linux environment, the UNO Q is designed to enable AI-powered vision and sound solutions that react to the environment, from sophisticated smart home solutions to industrial automation systems. The UNO Q is designed to be the ideal tool for all developers—affordable, versatile, and ready for lifelong learning and innovation.
In addition to maintaining compatibility with the Arduino IDE and the iconic UNO ecosystem, the UNO Q is the first Arduino board to work with Arduino App Lab, a new integrated development environment designed to unify the Arduino development journey across real-time operating system workflows, Linux, Python, and AI to make development faster and easier. App Lab provides developers with an open-source platform designed to quickly ideate, prototype, and scale AI-based solutions to production. App Lab's seamless integration with the Edge Impulse platform also helps simplify and accelerate the process of building, fine-tuning, and optimizing AI models using real-world data for a wide range of capabilities, such as object/human detection, anomaly detection, image classification, ambient sound recognition, and keyword identification.
“With our acquisitions of Foundries.io, Edge Impulse, and now Arduino, we are accelerating our vision of democratizing access to our AI and edge computing products for the global developer community,” said Nakul Duggal, group general manager, automotive, industrial, and embedded IoT, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “Arduino has built a vibrant global community of developers and makers. By combining its open-source ethos with Qualcomm Technologies’ portfolio of cutting-edge products and technologies, we are helping empower millions of developers to create smart solutions faster and more efficiently, including a path to global commercialization by leveraging the scale of our ecosystem.”
“Joining forces with Qualcomm Technologies allows us to turbocharge our commitment to accessibility and innovation,” said Fabio Violante, CEO of Arduino. “The launch of UNO Q is just the beginning—we’re excited to empower our global community with powerful tools that make AI development intuitive, scalable, and open to everyone.”
“Our passion for simplicity, accessibility, and community has sparked a movement that has changed technology,” said Massimo Banzi, co-founder of Arduino. “By joining Qualcomm Technologies, we will bring cutting-edge AI tools to our community while staying true to what has always been most important to us.”
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm relentlessly innovates to deliver intelligent computing everywhere, helping the world address some of its most important challenges. Building on our 40 years of technology leadership in creating era-defining breakthroughs, we offer a broad portfolio of solutions built with our cutting-edge AI, low-power, high-performance computing, and unparalleled connectivity. Our Snapdragon® platforms deliver extraordinary consumer experiences, and our Qualcomm Dragonwing™ products empower businesses and industries to scale to new heights. Together with our ecosystem partners, we enable next-generation digital transformation to enrich lives, improve businesses, and advance societies. At Qualcomm, we are engineering human progress.
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About Arduino
Arduino, a leading open-source hardware and software company, provides an accessible platform for creating interactive projects. With approximately 33 million active users, the Arduino community has expanded to meet new demands and challenges, offering products for IoT, wearables, 3D printing, and embedded environments.
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