As helpful because the venerable Uno might be for a lot of initiatives, when makers want extra IO, extra energy, extra…all the pieces, they usually discover themselves reaching for the beefier, connector-laden Arduino Mega. Not less than they could have…till the announcement of the brand new GIGA R1 WiFi, probably the most highly effective Arduino board for makers.
Constructed on the Mega’s acquainted kind issue, the GIGA dwarfs the facility of its cousin with a dual-core Cortex®-M7 + Cortex®-M4 microcontroller, which permits two Arduino sketches to run concurrently on a single board – or one conventional sketch, plus a MicroPython script.
Regardless of the frequent structure, the GIGA will increase the Mega’s pin rely to a mind-blowing 76, together with 12 analog, 13 PWM, 4 serial ports, 3 I2C, 2 SPI, 1 FDCAN, and 1 SAI. This, plus USB-C, USB-A (host), and a 3.5mm audio jack makes the GIGA a veritable playground for music initiatives, HID (human interface machine), machine studying/imaginative and prescient, robotics, and extra.
We have been fortunate sufficient to obtain a GIGA to play with earlier than launch, so look out for hands-on reactions and full opinions quickly. Within the meantime, you possibly can choose up the Arduino GIGA R1 WiFi straight from Arduino, in addition to view the datasheet for full particulars on this unbelievable new board.
