Not So Timorous Wee Beastie...

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Pictured, the Arduino Uno Q that I pre-ordered a short while back, which arrived this afternoon. I haven't been able to check the thing out yet, as all of the USB A to USB C leads in my current possession appear to be power only. Also, my ancient MacBook Pro doesn't want to play with the Arduino Apps software; and although the MacBook Air running Linux is happy enough to load and run the software, the lack of a suitable cable somewhat gets in the way of investigation. Anyhow, I've ordered an Arduino-approved/branded cable, so I can check it out, hopefully tomorrow evening. From there I can configure it to connect to the Linux Book via wifi if I want, although I'd like to get running in standalone programming mode, but that entails the purchase of a USB C hub, so we'll just play hardwired for now.

I've no particular immediate project in mind for the board, but it looks like just tinkering will be fun, as it is essentially both a fairly powerful standalone single-board linux machine, and an Arduino micro-controller, linked together on the same credit card-sized circuit board. This means that two programming languages are involved here: Python on the computer, and C on the controller. The two environments are linked by what Arduino are calling "The Bridge", which sounds kind of appropriate, methinks. I would have traded a limb for this thing back in the AV days of the early nineties: we could have run the entire Electric Mountain rig off the back of this one: see my posts on that particular subject: Of Feedback & Wobbles and Of Feedback & Wobbles Part Two...

 

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  1. Anonymous4 November 2025 at 07:45

    Does it read & loock to T/Code mate?
    ATB
    Joe

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  2. Anonymous5 November 2025 at 12:20

    You got one or plan to?
    ATB
    Joe

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