The new Ventuno seems very interesting. But the questions are what will be the target price? Is there only 1 type or it will come with different memory size like the UNO Q? Surely more questions will raise before it's official lunch (when?).
I think the Arduino Trentuno Q is already in the works.
Never hear of this one.
Just kidding ![]()
So after only 6 months, the Uno Q is already obsolete.
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I don't think so. In embedded systems, we often focus on appropriate technology. If the resources of the UNO Q are perfectly suitable for a project, there is no need to use a VENTUNO Q for that project, even though the VENTUNO Q does have more resources.
Conversely, if you have a resource intensive application the UNO Q would struggle to accommodate, having the option of instead using the VENTUNO Q will be welcome.
That is definitly of interest to me. It's a bit big, the similar product I already have is more like a Pi Zero in size but the much bigger concern is can it be battery powered, what battery and how long can it run? Long camera cables (1M to 2M) would be useful as well.
But I am first of all concerned with price. As a poor seniour pensioner I need to pinch pennies.
Good marketing but why VLA not mentioned? Who cares about just VLM? We need pi0, pi0.5, Groot and so on. Will at least something of that list run on Ventuno with >1 Hz?
AppLab docs all refer to the Arduino “UNO Q” - I am assuming it will update just to refer to “Q boards” or the “Q” family of boards perhaps?
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looks neat - I was looking forward to something like this.
Excellent observation. The current version of Arduino App Lab only supports the UNO Q, so the current wording is appropriate at this time. A new release of Arduino App Lab with VENTUNO Q support will be made prior to customers receiving their boards. The documentation will be updated accordingly.
I never considered the similarity between "UNO" and "-uino", but funnily enough I actually accidentally typed "VENTUINO" while writing the paragraph above ("uino" is well ingrained into my muscle memory).
@ptillisch why Ventuno (21) ?
Historically, since version 1.0 of the "Arduino" IDE, a fork of the Wiring IDE, boards designed by Arduino were identified by a number: Uno, DUE, TRE (a painful experience).
Why not call it Quattro (4) instead of Ventuno (21)?
The name references Arduino being 21 years old in 2026.
A bit of information on the subject here:
https://youtu.be/6a_erB1WUts?si=XKn2mvUawzIiMhTu&t=145
Arduino VENTUNO Q will be available by the end of Q2 2026
Is it a deliberate choice by the former company Arduino.SA to have such confusing and incomprehensible communication regarding the naming of its boards?
Uno and Nano now seem to be considered as a board format.
But it was the Uno that copied the format of the Diecimilla and Duemilanove, which existed long before the release of the Uno board.
History since Uno :
- After the Uno came the DUE.
- After the DUE came the TRE, which was never commercially released.
Up to this point, it was clear.
- Then came the ZERO, the first 32-bit board.
In what numbering system does 0 follow 3? - Then there was the MKR family, which, in my humble opinion, was a very good family. I don't see any intention on Arduino's part to continue developing this family.
- Then there was a brief period with Intel boards; the board was retired, Intel moved on to other things.
I almost forgot about Yun and Tian: UnoQ is only the third version of this product. Yun and Tian were already using Qualcomm products.
The current naming conventions for the various UNO and Nano boards are completely incomprehensible.
When you want to help a beginner, it takes two or three rounds of question-and-answer sessions to be sure you're talking about the same board.
You left out he Uno R3, R4 confusion.
They are the boards with different procesors but of the same form factor. What confusion do you see here?
Uno has never been a form factor.
This board format existed several years before the release of the UNO, which is called UNO, the number one in Italian, because this board was released the same year as version 1 of the Arduino copy of the Wiring IDE.
The naming convention for Arduino boards is constantly changing.
Personally, I have no problem with it. I've only used one UNO and several Nano boards because I absolutely dislike the UNO form factor and especially the Dupont connector.
But I'm not the only one. I don't know if you help beginners, but when someone asks you a question and says, "I have an Uno" or "I have a Nano," you can answer without knowing if it's an Uno R3, an Uno R4, or an Uno Q, and it's even worse with the different Nano models.
A little consistency would be appreciated.
I don’t follow your point. The one consistent point of the UNO variants is the board is the same size and shape and the connectors are in the same layout. That makes it a consistent form factor.
Can you explain why the Diciemila and the Duemilanove, which already had this form factor before the release of the UNOne, weren't called UNO boards?
Have a look at this link https://docs.arduino.cc/retired/
Many boards had, or have had, this format, but each had a name that formally identified them.
Constantly changing the board naming convention creates inconsistency.
If customers don't understand what they're buying, their next purchase won't be an Arduino.
I don't think that systematically approving everything Arduino does helps Arduino.
Not I. Nor do I care.
I am not some long time fan of Arduino. I used Microchip and Motorola MCUs already for a long time before the first Arduino came along. The history of discontinued boards is of no interest to me. The point, from my perspective, is that the Uno’s have the same overall dimensions and placement of headers. These boards seem to still have relevance and they by definition have the same form factor. You could call it the Diciemila form factor but perhaps fewer people would know what you were talking about.
No worry there. Prior to the Uno q I only used Arduino libraries on ESP32 boards, the Adafruit Trinket M0, The cheap Yellow Display and some M5Stack products. The Uno Q is the first Arduino hardware I have ever purchased for myself. Keep in mind early on the stated point of Arduino was to make MCUs accessible to art people not technical people and engineers.