Arduino Celebrates 21st Anniversary
Arduino celebrated its 21st anniversary with the VENTUNO Q, a Qualcomm-powered single-board computer designed for advanced robotics and edge intelligence Arduino Celebrates Turning 21 with the VENTUNO Q, a High-Performance SBC for Robotics and More - Hackster.io.
Arduino was founded in 2005 at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea (IDII) in Italy by Massimo Banzi, David Cuartielles, Tom Igoe, Gianluca Martino, and David Mellis. It emerged from Hernando Barragán's Wiring project, aiming to provide an accessible, low-cost microcontroller platform for students and designers. The name "Arduino" comes from a bar in Ivrea, Italy, where the founders often met. The VENTUNO Q incorporates a Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ8 series processor, featuring an octa-core Arm CPU, Adreno GPU/VPU, and a Hexagon Tensor AI processor capable of up to 40 TOPS. It also includes an STM32H5F5 microcontroller with an Arm Cortex-M33 core running at 250 MHz. This dual-brain architecture allows for both AI processing and real-time control. The board boasts 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 64 GB of eMMC storage, expandable via an M.2 connector for NVMe Gen4 SSDs. Connectivity options include tri-band Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, and a 2.5 GbE Ethernet port. It also supports multiple camera interfaces with three MIPI-CSI connectors. The VENTUNO Q runs Ubuntu or Debian Linux on the application processor and an Arduino core based on Zephyr on the STM32 microcontroller. Arduino provides a development environment called Arduino App Lab, which allows developers to build applications combining embedded code, Linux software, and machine learning models. The global Arduino compatible market is projected to reach $804.97 million by 2033.
