Qualcomm buys Arduino, unveils Arduino Uno Q and Arduino App Lab | Infinium-tech

Today Qualcomm has announced that it is purchasing Arduino, which will remain an independent brand that will “continue to support a large range of microcontrollers and microprocessors from multiple semiconductor providers”, Qualcomm said in its official press release.

Arduino’s 33 million active users will, as a result of the acquisition, gain access to Qualcomm’s “powerful technology stack and global reach.” The new Arduino Uno Q is a next-gen single board computer with a “dual brain” architecture, consisting of a Linux Debian enabled microprocessor and a real-time microcontroller. The UNO Q is powered by a Qualcomm Dragonwing QRB2210 processor running a full Linux environment, and is designed to “help enable AI-powered vision and sound solutions that respond to their environments, from sophisticated smart home solutions to industrial automation systems”, says Qualcomm.

UNO One-way Arduino development journey across Linux. App Lab is also integrated with the Edge Impulse platform, which helps accelerate the process of building, fine-tuning, and using AI models “using real-world data for object/person detection, anomaly detection, ambient sound recognition, and keyword spotting.”

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