Mega Arduino announcement has GIGA impact
As useful as the venerable Uno can be for many projects, when makers need more I/O, more power, more…everything, they usually find themselves reaching for the Arduino Mega beefier and loaded with connectors. Or at least they may have…until the announcement of the new GIGI RE Wi-Fi, the most powerful Arduino board for makers.
Built on the familiar Mega form factor, the GIGA eclipses the power of its cousin with a dual-core Cortex®-M7 + Cortex®-M4 microcontroller, which allows two Arduino sketches to run simultaneously on a single board – or a traditional sketch, plus a MicroPython script.
Despite the common layout, the GIGA increases the pin count of the Mega to 76, including 12 analog, 13 PWM, 4 serial, 3 I2C, 2 SPI, 1 FDCAN and 1 SAI. This, plus USB-C, USB-A (host) and a 3.5mm audio jack makes the GIGA a real playground for music projects, HID (human interface device), machine learning/vision, robotics, and more.
We were lucky enough to receive a GIGA to play with before release, so watch for hands-on feedback and full reviews soon. In the meantime, you can grab the Arduino GIGA R1 WiFi directly from Arduino, as well as check out the datasheet for more details on this amazing new board.
As useful as the venerable Uno can be for many projects, when makers need more I/O, more power, more…everything, they usually find themselves reaching for the Arduino Mega beefier and loaded with connectors. Or at least they may have…until the announcement of the new GIGI RE Wi-Fi, the most powerful Arduino board for makers.
Built on the familiar Mega form factor, the GIGA eclipses the power of its cousin with a dual-core Cortex®-M7 + Cortex®-M4 microcontroller, which allows two Arduino sketches to run simultaneously on a single board – or a traditional sketch, plus a MicroPython script.
Despite the common layout, the GIGA increases the pin count of the Mega to 76, including 12 analog, 13 PWM, 4 serial, 3 I2C, 2 SPI, 1 FDCAN and 1 SAI. This, plus USB-C, USB-A (host) and a 3.5mm audio jack makes the GIGA a real playground for music projects, HID (human interface device), machine learning/vision, robotics, and more.
We were lucky enough to receive a GIGA to play with before release, so watch for hands-on feedback and full reviews soon. In the meantime, you can grab the Arduino GIGA R1 WiFi directly from Arduino, as well as check out the datasheet for more details on this amazing new board.
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