Jeff Geerling reviews the Arduino Uno Q, a Qualcomm-powered board that blends microcontroller and SBC functionality. He explores its hardware, performance, software (App Lab), and potential applications, finding it to be a unique but somewhat awkward offering in the SBC market.
Silicon Labs has announced the BG29 family of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) wireless microcontrollers, suitable for wearables and even smart teeth implants, featuring an Arm Cortex-M33F core, up to 1MB of flash storage, and a variety of peripherals.