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Foreword Arduino designs, manufactures, and supports electronic devices and software, allowing people around the world to easily access advanced technologies that interact with the physical world. Our products are straightforward, simple, and powerful, ready to satisfy users' needs from students to makers and all the way to professional developers. Arduino's mission is to enable anyone to enhance their lives through accessible electronics and digital technologies. There was once a barrier between the electronics, design, and programming world and the rest of the world. Arduino has broken down that barrier. Over the years, our products have been the brains behind thousands of projects, from everyday objects to complex scientific instruments. A worldwide community, comprising students, hobbyists, artists, programmers, and professionals, has gathered around this open-source platform, their contributions adding up to an incredible amount of accessible knowledge. Our vision is to make Arduino available to everyone, whether you are a student, maker or professional, which is why we now have three segments to our business. These segments work together as an ecosystem with a shared mindset: we started with Maker, and that has evolved into Education and PRO solutions. Engineers today struggle when the simplicity of a microcontroller no longer meets the heavy computational demands of intelligent products. Historically, moving beyond basic control logic required a total abandonment of familiar tools in favor of complex system-on-modules. This leap introduced significant friction, as development teams had to navigate steep learning curves for carrier board design and embedded Linux environments before they could validate a single business hypothesis. Arduino recognized this gap and developed a solution that preserves the intuitive nature of our ecosystem while providing the industrial-grade power required for the next generation of edge AI. The Arduino UNO Q is a true change in how designers approach the sense-decide-act loop. By integrating a high-performance microprocessor with a deterministic microcontroller, we provide a dual-brain architecture that handles both high-level Python logic and low-latency hardware interrupts simultaneously. This platform allows designers to maintain their existing C++ codebases while gaining access to the vast world of Debian Linux, vision processing, and local Large Language Models. But beyond a prototyping tool, we designed UNO Q as a path toward production. With the introduction of the Arduino App Lab and the Bridge library, teams can now manage complex inter-processor communication through simple API calls. This eliminates the need for custom protocols and allows engineers to focus on application logic. Furthermore, our commitment to open-source hardware means that every schematic and CAD file is available for teams to integrate into their own custom PCB designs. Using the UNO Q, engineers can move from a Blink sketch to a sophisticated, intelligent product without losing the speed and agility that define the Arduino experience. We are proud to offer a platform that empowers teams to think bigger and build faster. By Marcello Majonchi, Chief Product Officer, Arduino 5 From Blink to Think: How Arduino UNO Q Helps Designers Go from Idea to Intelligent Product