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embedded boards, ranked by real usage_

As of 4 November 2026, STM32 leads embedded boards with 506 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Arduino at 467.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Leader
STM32 · 506
Runner-up
Arduino · 467
Most hiring, 90 days
Arduino
Highest postings per company
Nordic nRF
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
2,643companies across the category
19%of them on STM32
4,699postings naming a embedded board in 90 days
11tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every embedded board we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
STM32STMicroelectronics
506
7871.6
2
ArduinoArduino
467
8371.8
3
Raspberry PiRaspberry Pi Foundation
418
6721.6
4
384
8322.2
5
254
4661.8
6
ESP32Espressif
220
3521.6
7
216
4312.0
8
AVRMicrochip
82
1371.7
9
Nordic nRFNordic Semiconductor
49
1082.2
10
MSP430Texas Instruments
26
481.8
11
8051Intel
21
291.4
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STM32 leads embedded boards with 506 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Arduino at 467. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/embedded-boards)
How we know

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Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

embedded boards: questions

How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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