Recent from the launch of the Arduino UNO R4, the Arduino group has introduced one other string to the WiFi-suffixed variant’s bow: assist for the brand new board within the Arduino Cloud platform.
“Constructing upon the current launch of the much-anticipated UNO R4 in our retailer, this new integration considerably amplifies the capabilities of the Arduino Cloud,” the Arduino group claims in its announcement. “With the Arduino Cloud, connecting your UNO R4 WiFi board turns into a breeze. Our user-friendly interface and intuitive workflows guarantee a clean setup course of.”
The Arduino UNO R4 WiFi is now appropriate with the Arduino Cloud, due to new official firmware. (📷: Arduino)
The Arduino UNO R4 launched late final month as a two-part refresh for the ever-popular Arduino UNO household of microcontroller growth boards — although “refresh” hardly covers it, because it took the board from an eight-bit microcontroller to a much more highly effective 32-bit mannequin with significantly extra assets. The highest-end mannequin, the Arduino UNO R4 WiFi, additionally options Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, together with others options lacking from the cheaper Minima model together with a 12×8 LED matrix and a STEMMA QT/Qwiic connector.
It is the Wi-Fi connectivity that Arduino’s newest announcement options, giving the Arduino UNO R4 WiFi the power to work with the Arduino Cloud platform — together with a cloud-specific firmware variant, assist for growing within the internet editor, knowledge transmission, dashboard creation, and integration with Amazon’s Alexa platform.
The assist is simply accessible within the top-end Arduino UNO R4 WiFi, because the cheaper Minima lacks a radio. (📷: Arduino)
Those that have already got an Arduino UNO R4 WiFi can get began with the Arduino Cloud by connecting the system to their PC, going to the Gadgets part of the platform and utilizing the Add Machine choice, then following the wizard by set up of the Arduino Cloud-enabled firmware and on-boarding into the logged-in Arduino Cloud account.
Extra data is offered on the Arduino weblog.