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Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. released information that it is in an agreement to acquire Arduino, an open-source hardware and software company extending  Qualcomm Technologies’ strategy of enabling designers with access to its extensive portfolio of edge technologies and products. The acquisition follows Qualcomm’s latest integrations of both Edge Impulse and Foundries.io, allowing the availability of a full-stack edge platform that spans hardware, software, and cloud services. As with any acquisition, the closing is subject to regulatory approval and conditions.

Chicago, Illinois. Innovative Arduino PRO industrial kits are available exclusively from Newark and Avnet. The kits are developed to aid professionals and hobbyists in meeting challenges associated with the advance development of specialized projects. The Arduino PRO offers tools such as advanced microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators.

Arduino microcontroller development boards are one of the most popular solutions among DIY developers, students, and hobbyists/maker pros who are dabbling in and/or seriously pursuing electronics and programming projects like prototyping, IoT, embedded systems, DIY electronics, and simple learning and education pursuits.

London, England. Foundries.​io has utilized its security technology and teamed up with Arduino to release the Arduino Portenta X8, the first system-on-module (SoM) to adhere to the constraints of the European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). Leveraging the Portenta X8 SOM, designers have the ability to manage device authentication, secure storage, provisioning, a SBOM, and OTA updating, in one cloud platform.

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There are few products more popular in the embedded space than the Arduino development board. What makes that statement even more interesting has to do with the number of dev boards that have become available over the last few years.