ArduinoCore-Zephyr reaches 1.0.0 with expanded hardware support

Arduino has released version 1.0.0 of ArduinoCore-Zephyr, marking a stable production release for this embedded development platform. The update brings three key advancements: support for the new Arduino® VENTUNO Q board with STM32H5F5 real-time MCU compatibility, camera functionality for the Nicla Vision module enabling on-device image processing, and migration to Zephyr RTOS 4.4.1 with its security updates and driver improvements. The VENTUNO Q integration is particularly notable as it pairs Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ-8275 SoC's AI capabilities with deterministic real-time control through Zephyr on the STM32 co-processor - an architecture targeting robotics and industrial automation applications. For vision-based projects, developers can now access camera data directly through Zephyr on the credit card-sized Nicla Vision board. This release follows the 0.90.0 stability milestone and includes extensive bug fixes across all supported platforms. Current compatible hardware spans 12 Arduino boards including Portenta H7, Opta microPLC, and Nano Matter variants. The company emphasizes community contributions in reaching this version, with full technical details available in GitHub release notes. Installation requires Board Manager in Arduino IDE with "zephyr" search term.