The Arduino MKR WiFi 1010 is the easiest point of entry to basic IoT and pico-network application design. Whether you are looking at building a sensor network connected to your office or home router, orif you want to create a Bluetooth® Low Energy device sending data to a cellphone, the MKR WiFi 1010 is your one-stop-solution for many of the basic IoT application scenarios.
The board's main processor is a low power Arm® Cortex®-M0 32-bit SAMD21, like in the other boards within the Arduino MKR family. The WiFi and Bluetooth® connectivity is performed with a module from u-blox, the NINA-W10, a low power chipset operating in the 2.4GHz range. On top of those, secure communication is ensured through the Microchip® ECC508 crypto chip. Besides that, you can find a battery charger, and a directionable RGB LED on-board.
Official Arduino WiFi Library
The Arduino made connecting to a WiFi network as easy as getting an LED to blink. You can get your board to connect to any kind of existing WiFi network, or use it to create your own Arduino Access Point.
Compatible with other Cloud Services
It is also possible to connect your board to different Cloud services, Arduino's own among others.
Blynk: a simple project from our community connecting to Blynk to operate your board from a phone with little code
IFTTT: see an in-depth case of building a smart plug connected to IFTTT
AWS IoT Core: Connect to Amazon Web Services
Azure: visit this github repository explaining how to connect a temperature sensor to Azure's Cloud
Firebase: you want to connect to Google's Firebase, this Arduino library will show you how
Bluetooth® and Bluetooth® Low Energy
The communications chipset on the Nano 33 BLE Sense can be both a Bluetooth® Low Energy and Bluetooth® client and host device. Something pretty unique in the world of microcontroller platforms. If you want to see how easy it is to create a Bluetooth® central or a peripheral device
Battery Power
Its USB port can be used to supply power (5V) to the board. It has a Li-Po charging circuit that allows the Arduino MKR WiFi 1010 to run on battery power or an external 5 volt source, charging the Li-Po battery while running on external power. Switching from one source to the other is done automatically.
Download the latest Arduino IDE
The open-source Arduino Software (IDE) makes it easy to write code and upload it to the board. This software can be used with any Arduino board.
The MKR Zero board is a great board for getting started with various music projects. Using the popular Arm® Cortex®-M0 32-bit SAMD21 processor, it also comes with a micro SD card holder with dedicated SPI interfaces.