Arduino raised $32million to enter the enterprise market

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Open source electronic platform Arduino Recently announced the completion of 3200 Thousands of dollars B Round of funding .

This round of financing is conducted by Robert Bosch risk company （RBVC） Lead investment , Risa Electronics （Renesas）、Anzu Partners and ARM To vote for .

The company revealed , It is planned to use this fund to enter the enterprise market ,“ Provide enterprise class applications for the new generation of professional engineers .”

Arduino Co founder and CEO Massimo Banzi call , Around the world Z Generation and millennial Engineers , Many are in Ardunio Growing up with the company of . They are used to Arduino Open source hardware and software and cloud services ; And as they enter the workplace , Relevant demands will also be brought into the enterprise .

“ With the new generation of engineers entering the labor market in large numbers , The ways in which companies address contemporary challenges and discover new business opportunities are evolving rapidly . Through this investment , We are developing and delivering a range of new dedicated enterprise solutions , To drive this shift ”. According to the introduction , The company plans to use the funds to further promote ongoing projects , Include ：

• Provide professional low code cloud services , To accelerate the development and deployment of Internet of things applications , To meet the needs of the industry .
  

• Provide new solutions for intelligent edge design , Include new system modules .
  

• Create and integrate new for designers AI function .
  

• Enhance global capabilities from prototype to production by expanding its existing system integrator Partner Program .
  

Although some people are interested in the company from amateurs / The transformation of the education market to the enterprise sector is somewhat strange , But in fact , Over the years, we have seen a large number of existing development boards integrated into workplace solutions .

Besides ,Arduino They also claim that their core values have not changed .“ We used to be , And will always be a champion of open source solutions . Because they are good for accessibility , Because we believe in bottom-up innovation , Also because in a world full of inequality , This is the right way ...... After formulating this new strategic line , We will strive to focus on a larger organization ; While maintaining our commitment , Provide makers and students with the most innovative tools in the industry . We will always be on the side of future innovators .”

Senior vice president of Renesas Electronics Chris Allexandre Express ：Arduino There is a unique opportunity to expand its already strong engineering community , And easily enter the enterprise market . We are happy to support them , To expand the company's customer base 、 And help it build a subversive enterprise platform .

Arduino The origin of

2005 The cold winter of , massimo · Bentz 「Massimo Banzi」 The teacher's students are complaining that they can't find a cheap and easy-to-use microcontroller .

It happened that a Spanish chip engineer came to the school as a visiting scholar , massimo · Banz and the scholar （ David · Quetyes 「David Cuartielles」） The question was discussed .

Arduino Founder team

After a discussion , They decided to design their own circuit board , And put the student who asked the question David · Merris 「David Mellis」 Join us , Design programming language for circuit board .

Two days later , David · Merris wrote the code , Three days later , The circuit board is finished .

Why call Arduino 

Evreya （Ivrea）

Yveria, a picturesque town in northern Italy 「Ivrea」, Across the blue-green dorabartai River 「Dora Baltea」, Ardui 「Arduin」 It's the count of the ifreya frontier .

A.D. 1002 year , King Arduin Become the ruler of the country , Unfortunately, it was abolished by King Henry II of Germany two years later .

today , stay cobblestone There is a house in the street called 「di Re Arduino」 Our bar commemorates the king .

and Arduino One of the founders of Massimo · Banz often comes to this bar , To commemorate this place , He named the circuit board Arduino.

Arduino It's a male name in Italian , intend " A strong friend ". As a proper noun ,Arduino Always capitalize , And the name of the model Uno It's just PCB All the letters on the icon are capitalized .

Arduino Uno

Because this board is easy to use , Almost anyone , Even if you don't know computer programming , Can also be used Arduino Make something cool , For example, respond to sensors 、 Flashing light , It can also control the motor . Banz is going to Arduino To market .

Unfortunately , Professor Banks is not good at running , He worked hard for five years , The company is facing bankruptcy . Professor Banks doesn't want Arduino It's over , So he decided , hold Arduino Open source to the public , And make the price of hardware cheaper .

little does one think , After open source ,Arduino Instead, it spread quickly , It has become one of the most mainstream open source hardware platforms .

Arduino The history of （ Incomplete version ）

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