Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now taking pre-orders for Intel’s much anticipated Galileo development board, based on the technology giant’s Quark Application Processor.
The microcontroller board uses Intel’s Quark SoC X1000 Processor, which is a 32-bit Intel Pentium-class system on a chip (SoC).
Design features include hardware and software pin-compatibility with Arduino shields and accessory boards that plug into the Arduino board for extended capability. It is also software-compatible with the Arduino Software Development Environment.
The board has several PC industry standard I/O ports and features to expand native usage and capabilities beyond the Arduino shield ecosystem. A full sized mini-PCI Express slot, 100Mb Ethernet port, microSD slot, RS-232 serial port, USB Host port, USB Client Port, and 8 MByte NOR Flash memory come standard on the board.
The Galileo system uses the Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to create programs called ‘sketches’. To run a sketch on the board, you just have to connect a power supply, connect Galileo’s USB Client port to your computer, and upload the sketch using the IDE interface. The sketch runs on the Galileo board and communicates with the Linux kernel in the board firmware using the Arduino I/O adapter.
For help getting started Intel offers the Galileo Getting Started Guide under its Additional Resources Section. To learn more, and pre-order your Galileo, visit: http://www.mouser.com/new/Intel/intel-galileo-development-board/
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