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When I opened my news feed this morning and saw the headline “Qualcomm buys Arduino,” I i…
October 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM•Max Knyazev is typing…Telegram mirror
When I opened my news feed this morning and saw the headline
"Qualcomm buys Arduino"
, at first I thought it was some kind of joke. Seriously, is it the same Italian open-source platform with which many started their first projects? The same boards that were in laboratories, circles and on the tables of various enthusiasts around the world (
including me
)? And now it all becomes part of the giant Qualcomm
🤯
The deal looks unexpected, but upon closer examination it is quite logical. Arduino has 33 million users and a huge ecosystem, reaching from schoolchildren to real engineers. For Qualcomm, this is instant access to an army of enthusiasts who can turn their chips into millions of different projects.
They have already announced a new board Arduino Uno Q - a hybrid with a Qualcomm Dragonwing and STM32 processor. If this is not just a marketing wrapper, but really something alive and powerful, we can see a new era of IoT development: where familiar Arduino boards will be able to run neural networks directly “on board” ( This can already be done on various types of ESP, but Arduino was not involved with this )
👍
The main thing that pleases us is that Arduino will remain an open platform and will not turn into an “ecosystem only for its own people.” This is a rarity in a world where people are increasingly moving towards monopoly and closed standards.
On the other hand, there is a slight concern: might this be the beginning of the “cultivation” of open-source, when beautiful words about the community hide simply a new entry point for corporate AI solutions. But for now, to be honest, I want to believe that this is a step forward
🥳
Arduino deserves a chance to grow, and if Qualcomm and its resources are really behind this growth, then we are in for an interesting turn in the history of smart devices
#internet_things
Open original post on TelegramThe deal looks unexpected, but upon closer examination it is quite logical. Arduino has 33 million users and a huge ecosystem, reaching from schoolchildren to real engineers. For Qualcomm, this is instant access to an army of enthusiasts who can turn their chips into millions of different projects.
They have already announced a new board Arduino Uno Q - a hybrid with a Qualcomm Dragonwing and STM32 processor. If this is not just a marketing wrapper, but really something alive and powerful, we can see a new era of IoT development: where familiar Arduino boards will be able to run neural networks directly “on board” ( This can already be done on various types of ESP, but Arduino was not involved with this )
The main thing that pleases us is that Arduino will remain an open platform and will not turn into an “ecosystem only for its own people.” This is a rarity in a world where people are increasingly moving towards monopoly and closed standards.
On the other hand, there is a slight concern: might this be the beginning of the “cultivation” of open-source, when beautiful words about the community hide simply a new entry point for corporate AI solutions. But for now, to be honest, I want to believe that this is a step forward
Arduino deserves a chance to grow, and if Qualcomm and its resources are really behind this growth, then we are in for an interesting turn in the history of smart devices
#internet_things
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