New Nano 3.3v with onbaord sensors and BLE

[stash_old]

FYI :- A new Ardnuio Nano has been released BUT this one is 3.3v and has a number of on board sensors (e.g.Temp,Hum,Bar Pressure+bluetooth) which some of us on here use. Could be very interesting and although the price looks high when you take into account how much you pay for the extra sensors it makes economic sense too IMHO.

Sorry if you have already seen it 🙂

https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-nano-33-ble-sense

[pete_l]

The trouble is that having sensors like a microphone, light, temp/humidity and proximity all on the board makes it impossible to put this in an enclosure.

[stash_old]

2 hours ago, pete_l said:

The trouble is that having sensors like a microphone, light, temp/humidity and proximity all on the board makes it impossible to put this in an enclosure.

I for one will live with that 🙂 but  a valid point.

[Gina]

It's certainly something worth considering for future projects.

[theropod]

Is there a plain 3.3v version without the other stuff?

[stash_old]

15 hours ago, theropod said:

Is there a plain 3.3v version without the other stuff?

yes - 3.3v  https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-nano-33-iot

[Gina]

Great - thank you for the info.  Makes for much easier interfacing with an RPi.  I have a project needing analogue input which the RPi doesn't have.

[stash_old]

Doing some further reading it seems the IOT version (not sure if the same is true for Sense version) but you can alter the board so that 5V is used instead of 3.3v so that you get the faster processor,WiFi,BLE and pin compatibility with the old Nano and quote "its a straight swop" (Hhmmm!) . Also power range of I/O pins appear to tolerate a bigger voltage  input range - up to 21V !

The Wifi looks very low power/speed 2.4gh only and although it says its a Ublox module - it appears the Ublox module uses the ESP32 wifi Chip https://www.u-blox.com/sites/default/files/NINA-W10_ProductSummary_(UBX-17051775).pdf

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/NANO33IoT

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/WiFiNINA

Might try and replace my Serial Stepper Focuser,Filter Wheel and a few other Sketches and "upgrade" 🙂 to MQTT to cut down on USB problems especially with cheap Chip Nano's.  BUT ebay sellers are taking the "michael" £23+ when the Arduino Store is changing Euro 16 - ok delivery to be added. Might wait a couple of months. Even the EVERY - straight 5v swop but faster Proc is £16+ on Ebay.