NEW Arduino Uno R4 Boards - Minima & WiFi

Hi everyone - It's come to my attention that there has been someone masquerading as myself, responding to some comments here with a link to a Telegram chat to win a prize from me. THIS IS A SCAM, I am not holding a contest, nor do I have a Telegram account. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THESE MESSAGES!! It's happening on a lot of my videos, I'm taking steps to remove them manually, but as I have 162 videos, it will take some time. If you do run across a suspicious comment, I would appreciate you letting me know at info@dronebotworkshop.com/ Thanks! Bill (The real one!)

Despite all odds this video is finally out! First, Canada Post lost my Arduinos, delivered them to the wrong house! Fortunately a nice lady brought the package over the next day. Then we had a total of 5 power failures, one due to a tornado, one due to a system error that left half a million people without power, not sure about the other three. And then the drive array on my Mac died, literally 2 weeks after the warranty ran out! But at last it's here, hope you enjoy it. And I also hope my new drive array lasts longer than the last one!

You are explaining a lot about benchmarks within microcontrollers!. But the truth is you are the benchmark. You are the one who keeps on giving and make sure that I will be on top of my game.. Thank you for everything, you are the one that makes me appreciate that there is a future in technology for the Common man. Thank you, thank you thank you!

A really comprehensive intro to the R4. I particularly like the CAN Bus coverage and the clear display of the full filenames that were used.

Hi Bill, just got my Uno R4 Minima, and bits, 17/11/23~wk-46.. so I'm reading instruction, to connect. Thanks for your Show.🎉❤

this is the most complete demonstration for Arduino R4 boards so far. thanks!

This may seem trivial, but I'd like to highlight something that I really appreciate about these videos. That is, when discussing these boards, the maker and model number is frequently given to the audience in full. It may appear repetitive, but this shows I'm watching a competent instructor with an engineering background. People may join a video part-way through or, like me, they may feel somewhat overwhelmed by the diversity of choice in this field. It's therefore crucial, in my opinion, to emphasise exactly what is being presented and discussed. The lazy way out would be to just call them something like a Uno, but it avoids ambiguity when presented in the manner shown here. I am left in no doubt what hardware is being discussed, so it grounds my expectation & gives me a consistent point of reference, if I need to look up or compare with other boards. In my own field of server OS and networking support, I drill into my team that we must always be accurate, unambiguous and use industry-standard terminology. It's the same principle here with these videos.

Bill, thanks again for another wonderful video! I was on vacation when you uploaded this one, so I watched it on my phone. I just loved it! You are our hero when it comes to explaining any new content from Arduino. I don't have to slow down the video to understand what you are saying and trying to relay to us. Some other creators ... not so much. Thanks again!

Thanks again. Your videos are very informative. I have worked with electronics for years and still I learn with each of your videos.

This is how instructional videos should be made. Well done!!

Thanks for the new video! in a terrible situation. I'll try the UNO R4 some day but I recognized again that ESP32 is an excellent chipset.

Top notch production as always.

Bill, it always amazes me how detailed your videos are. This video went above and beyond your usual level of detail. It was a great video that will introduce the community to a board that as you said will likely replace the Uno R3 in educational kits. You also answered some questions I've been asking myself (the place of these boards compared to something like the ESP32). Ever since I watched your ESP32 introduction video and began experimenting with the ESP32 I've been using the Node MCU in my newer projects. I did some earlier comparisons of the R4 and ESP32 specs and knew it was more powerful than the R4. But your benchmark tests helped put it into perspective. Thank you for developing this video. It's awesome. Now I'm wondering if an LED matrix display like the one built into the WiFi board is available as a standalone unit that can be controlled from an Uno or an ESP32 so we don't have to pay for the whole WiFi board each time we want to get one. That would be really neat to use in the classroom. I'm already using WS2812B LED strips. But a matrix would be neat to tinker with too. Thanks again!

Your videos are so informative and well researched; very impressive!! Thanks for taking the time to dig deep and sharing your knowledge.

Thanks again Bill for a very informative video... especially with all the obstacles that have occured in your home and life. I have been pursuing the Pico-W lately since it has many of the same features and I also wanted to get my feet wet in the Micropython world. Will be picking up a R4 wifi board soon and will revisit my coding in the Arduino IDE world again.... Love all that you do... grateful for all your knowledge that you share with us..

Thanks for the video. This is very timely, I have one of each board arriving in the next few days. Arduino-y should definitely be a word.

5 months ago?? I must have slept through.... Unbelievable.... Just been through Paul's (McWorther) videos (Arduino R4 wifi) when I saw yours.... Great stuff !! Keep up the great work!

Thank you, Bill! I really enjoy your videos and have learned a lot about microprocessors and sbc's.

Just a pet peeve of mine... The "D-Subminiature" or commonly "D-Sub" connector shell that you showed in your CAN interface section (with 9 pins) is technically a DE shell, not a DB. (PS: this entire discussion ignores pin gender and strictly focuses on pin COUNT and shell size.) A standard density DB shell has 25 pins. There were 5 different "D-Sub" shells in the original series (the "D" due to their shape) with the standard pin densities of 9, 15, 25, 37 and 50 pins. Letter designators for the shell sizes in increasing size-order were E, A, B, C and D. (Unfortunately due to the later popularity of the DB-25 connector, "DB" became a de-facto abbreviation for the entire D-Sub connector series.) The full designation is the shell size followed by the number of pins. For instance the CAN connector you showed should be a DE-9, not a DB9. Or if you thought it less confusing, you might have more simply called it a 9-pin D Connector. Another common DE connector found on many older PC back panels was a DE-15 with 3 rows of pins often used for video interfaces. This is one of the "high density" D-Sub pin counts. Other high-density pin counts are 26, 44, 62 and 78 pins. [Note: A Standard Density DA connector and a High Density DE connector would both have 15 pins -- DA-15 and DE-15 -- however with different shell sizes. These 2 D-Sub connectors, while having the same pin count, would not be able to connect to one another.] Many people would just blow off this entire discussion, but I know you are a stickler for technical accuracy (like me)! So this rant is FYI, and to scratch the itch that was created. :))

Thank you so much for what you do. I'm new here and really getting into this scripting and tinkering with electronics. The knowledge you share is greatly appreciated. I expected to go through these professional & paid online courses to be able to learn the stuff you're teaching for free! Again, thank you ✌🏼