Basic features
Low cost development platforms for home automation, robotics and embedded systems prototyping.

By 2022, laptop prices will be in the hundreds of euros. For office use, prices will be in the €300 to €400 range. For multimedia use (video playback, document creation with graphics, photo storage), prices are in the €500-600 range. Game enthusiasts in particular will want a high-performance graphics card and a large-capacity disk, and prices are in excess of €800, rising to €2,500 to €3,000. Prices for low-cost platforms are in the tens of euros.

In May 2022, an Arduino Nano board will cost less than €20. Prices for the Arduino MKR series range from €25 to €70. Figure 2 shows the price of Arduino boards in 2020.