The MKR1000 packs three essential features to simplify your next Internet-connected creation.

First: Built-in secure WiFi.

Second: The MKR1000 has a battery connector. It has the smarts to charge that battery while itโ€™s plugged in, and use the battery while itโ€™s unplugged.

Third, it makes that battery last, solving problems in fewer seconds and drawing less power each second than the Uno. Similar care was taken to keep the WiFiโ€™s power needs low.

The MKR1000 has a slim, breadboard-ready shape like the Arduino Micro, rather than the classic shield-ready form factor of the Uno. Arduino has dropped hints that the MKR1000 is the first of a line of MKR boards, so we expect to see the Arduino community building on this board for years to come.