Arduino, contemporary from the launch of its Arduino UNO Q single-board laptop, has introduced one other new improvement equipment — this time a compact all-in-one gadget for Web of Issues (IoT) initiatives powered by the Espressif ESP32-C6 microcontroller: the Arduino Nesso N1.
“The brand new Arduino Nesso N1 [is] a strong, compact, and ready-to-go improvement equipment that brings the complete flexibility of the Arduino ecosystem into the world of related gadgets and distant monitoring,” the Arduino workforce claims of its newest gadget. “Designed in collaboration with M5Stack — a number one supplier of stackable IoT modules and developer-friendly instruments — Nesso N1 is your very best companion for constructing scalable prototypes or full-fledged related options. Whether or not you are creating sensible residence hubs, edge computing nodes, wearable sensors, or industrial automation programs, it’s designed that can assist you deliver concepts to life shortly, simply, and reliably.”
Arduino has a brand new dev equipment, designed in partnership with M5Stack: the Nesso N1. (📷: Arduino)
The sight of the title “M5Stack” ought to offer you an concept of what to anticipate from the Arduino Nesso N1: a compact all-on-one that includes an Espressif microcontroller, on this case the single-core 20MHz ultra-low-power RISC-V Espressif ESP32-C6, behind a show: a 1.14″ touchscreen, which acts as enter alongside user-programmable buttons. Contained in the casing is a beneficiant 512kB of static RAM (SRAM), 16MB of NOR flash, inertial measurement unit (IMU), infrared transmitter, user-programmable RGB LED, and a piezoelectric buzzer for audible suggestions, plus a built-in battery recharged by way of the USB Sort-C power-and-data port.
There’s assist for Bluetooth 5.3 Low Power (BLE), Zigbee 3.0, Matter, Wi-Fi, and even LoRa wi-fi connectivity, plus Grove and Qwiic suitable connectors for solderless growth with exterior {hardware} modules together with Arduino’s personal Modulino vary. Given its first-party nature, there is not any shock to see that it additionally helps the Arduino Cloud platform for distant administration, information assortment, and visualization. Programming is supported, Arduino confirms, within the Arduino IDE, MicroPython, or M5Stack’s personal UIFlow improvement environments.
The rotatable LoRa antenna on the aspect could be disconnected in favor of an exterior antenna. (📷: Arduino)
“Nesso N1 is ideal if you wish to make your private home smarter, as a result of it makes it simple to create a central hub or remodel IR-controlled gadgets into related home equipment,” the Arduino workforce guarantees. “However it could possibly simply as shortly assist in case you work in industrial automation: use it to observe and management gear, gather sensor information, or construct predictive upkeep programs swiftly. Equally, it could possibly unlock precision farming or environmental monitoring for you by connecting soil, climate, and irrigation sensors. Final however not least, it could possibly take scientific analysis and STEM training to the following stage by enabling you to gather real-time information for evaluation and even construct a multi-protocol IoT prototype!”
The discharge comes a month after Arduino introduced its acquisition by Qualcomm and the discharge of the Qualcomm Dragonwing-powered Arduino UNO Q single-board laptop. Each firms promised on the time that Arduino wouldn’t be prevented from designing and releasing merchandise primarily based round non-Qualcomm chips — and the Espressif microcontroller on the coronary heart of the Nesso N1 seems to validate that promise, a minimum of for now.
The Arduino Nesso N1 is now obtainable on the Arduino Retailer at $49.
