A year ago, we shared two pieces of news at once. Arduino was joining the Qualcomm Technologies family , and the Arduino® UNO™ Q board was on its way.

The promise was simple: bring real computing power and edge AI to makers, students, and professionals, without losing the openness and joy that make Arduino what it is.

Twelve months later, you have responded to our biggest announcement ever in ways we could not have scripted.

Thank you.

The year in numbers*

You didn’t just try UNO Q. You built an ecosystem around it.

270,000+ UNO Q shipped worldwide

400+ events across the ecosystem

4,000+ contest participants, who delivered 250+ official builds

850+ topics about UNO Q on the Arduino Forum

One year in, the Arduino community continues to grow and thrive. The number of projects shared on Project Hub has nearly doubled year on year, while Arduino library downloads grew roughly 50% year on year, reaching 244+ million downloads in the last 12 months, compared with 165+ million in the previous year.…