The Arduino workforce has launched its annual Open Supply Report for 2023, capping off a busy 12 months which included no fewer than 5 board launches, deeper help for MicroPython and an built-in improvement surroundings for identical, and the discharge of a claimed 5,861 new library variations over the 12 months.
“Heaps has occurred in 2023 when it comes to open supply improvement, and we’re excited to share our yearly recap of the varied contributions from the Arduino workforce and the group,” the Arduino workforce writes of the report’s launch. “Collectively, we have now launched new, necessary open supply tasks – each {hardware} and software program – in addition to printed and maintained a staggering variety of libraries, rising our shared sources at a record-breaking tempo.”
The Arduino workforce has launched its Open Supply Report for 2023, celebrating some main milestones — and 5 new boards, together with the Arduino UNO R4 WiFi. (📷: Arduino)
Arguably the largest highlights of the 12 months had been, in fact, the brand new board launches, with 2023 seeing 5 new units in whole: the Arduino UNO R4 Minima and R4 Wi-Fi, a significant overhaul of the favored UNO type issue; the GIGA R1 WiFi and its Show Defend; and the Nano ESP32, which — because the title suggests — is constructed round an Espressif ESP32 microcontroller. Every of the boards included the discharge of full schematics and CAD information — one thing which has not at all times been the case for Arduino boards prior to now.
One other main milestone got here with the announcement of deeper MicroPython help on chosen Arduino boards — marked by the discharge of a devoted cross-platform firmware installer and additional work on the corporate’s still-experimental “Arduino Lab for MicroPython” built-in improvement surroundings (IDE). The Arduino workforce has additionally printed an inventory of MicroPython packages thought-about helpful to Arduino customers, and — in-keeping with the ethos of the Open Supply Report — confirms it has been contributing code to the upstream MicroPython venture itself.
2023 was additionally the 12 months Arduino obtained severe about MicroPython, releasing a brand new IDE, installer, and contributing again to the upstream venture. (📷: Arduino)
Turning to the group, the report claims a 20 per cent year-on-year progress in contributed libraries with 1,068 added all year long to deliver the overall to six,532. That is along with 5,861 total releases, a lofty determine which is dominated by updates to present libraries. The Arduino workforce additionally named probably the most energetic library maintainers and prime contributors of recent libraries all year long — together with software program engineers Rob Tillaart and Khoi Hoang, who topped each tables in first and second locations respectively.
The total report is now out there to obtain on the Arduino web site.
