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Arduino UNO Q

Arduino
open hardware / Overall score: 3.5

Hybrid single-board computer in the Arduino UNO form factor, pairing a Qualcomm Dragonwing QRB2210 quad-core applications processor with an Adreno GPU and dual ISP running Debian Linux, alongside an STM32U585 microcontroller for real-time control. It targets AI-accelerated vision and sound applications, is programmed through the Arduino App Lab, and ships in 2GB/16GB and 4GB/32GB variants. Arduino, now a Qualcomm company, makes it.

Openness

5 high confidence
5.0
schematics
open (gerbers + schematics CC-BY-SA 4.0)
toolchain
open (App Lab GPL-3.0 + App Bricks MPL-2.0, source published)
datasheets
public
blobs
required (proprietary Qualcomm SoC firmware)
retail
open_market (global)
form_factor
board (SBC sold ready to run)

Arduino publishes the UNO Q's schematics and gerbers under CC-BY-SA 4.0, and the App Lab and App Bricks source under GPL-3.0 and MPL-2.0. Its FAQ still lists some App Lab source repositories as coming soon.

  • https://docs.arduino.cc/resources/datasheets/ABX00162-ABX00173-datasheet.pdf recorded 2026-08-14

    The UNO Q user manual for SKU ABX00162-ABX00173, 109 pages, modified 12/08/2026, served without registration next to the schematics, pinout, CAD and STEP downloads on the same docs page. It is the source of the blob picture as well as the datasheet one - the board is built on the "Qualcomm Dragonwing QRB2210 - System-on-Chip (SoC)" running a vendor Debian image, and Arduino publishes no boot firmware for it, while section 8 records the graphics side as open - "The Adreno 702 GPU provides hardware-accelerated 3D graphics rendering through open-source Mesa drivers", freedreno for OpenGL and OpenGL ES, turnip for Vulkan, and video encode/decode through V4L2 GStreamer elements

  • https://github.com/arduino/app-bricks-py recorded 2026-08-14

    "The code of the Arduino App Lab Bricks" - public, MPL-2.0, last pushed 2026-08-13

  • https://github.com/arduino/arduino-app-lab recorded 2026-08-14

    "The cross-platform IDE for developing Arduino Apps, built with Wails" - public, GPL-3.0, ~19MB, Go plus TypeScript source in app/, ui-packages/ and standalone-apps/, last pushed 2026-08-12. The repositories the FAQ says are coming are already here

  • https://store.arduino.cc/pages/uno-q recorded 2026-08-14

    Both SKUs still on sale from Arduino directly, UNO Q 2GB at EUR59,90 and UNO Q 4GB at EUR82,90, each with a BUY NOW route and an Official Distributors link, no account or approval gate

  • https://www.arduino.cc/product-uno-q recorded 2026-08-14

    "Yes, UNO Q schematics and gerbers are available under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 license"; and, of the toolchain, "Yes, App Lab and the App Bricks library are open source; we are working to publish corresponding source code repositories, they will become available soon". The same FAQ names the sales channels - "UNO Q is available to order from the official Arduino Store, RS Components, Digikey, Mouser, Macfos, and in the future from other Authorized Distributors and Resellers"

Adoption

4 high confidence
4.0

Sold through the Arduino Store, which lists the 2GB and 4GB variants at EUR59.90 and EUR82.90, and through distributors named in Arduino's FAQ, backed by a large maker community.

Capability

3 medium confidence
3.0

Arduino describes GPU, DSP and ISP acceleration and an onboard NPU for vision models, but publishes no TOPS figure. That keeps the UNO Q level with other general-purpose boards until a rated throughput is published.

  • https://store.arduino.cc/pages/uno-q recorded 2026-06-22

    QRB2210 quad-core, 2GB/4GB RAM, AI-accelerated tasks

  • https://www.arduino.cc/product-uno-q recorded 2026-08-13

    "a quad-core Qualcomm Dragonwing QRB2210 with GPU and an STM32U585 microcontroller, enabling a unique combination of Linux apps, real-time control, and lightweight AI"; "You can select between 2GB and 4GB of RAM memory"; no TOPS figure is published

Unchanged since 2026-09-29 (last edited, not re-checked)