Intel Galileo Development Board Brief Introduction

Intel Galileo Development Board 

Intel Galileo is a micro controller board based on the Intel® Quark SoC X1000  Application Processor, a 32­bit Intel Pentium ­class system on a chip. It’s the first board based on Intel® architecture designed to be hardware and software pin­compatible with Arduino shields designed for the Uno R3. The pins are all in the same locations as on the Arduino Uno R3. This is also known as the Arduino 1.0 pinout.

Galileo is  designed to support shields that operate at either 3.3V or 5V.  However, a jumper on the board enables voltage translation to 5V at the I/O pins. This provides support  for 5V Uno shields and is the default behavior. By switching the jumper position, the voltage translation can be disabled to provide 3.3V operation at the I/O pins. Of course, the Galileo board is also SW compatible with the Arduino SW Development Environment, which makes usability and introduction a snap.

In addition to Arduino HW and SW compatibility, the Galileo 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, Micro-SD slot, RS-232 serial port, USB Host port, USB Client port, and 8MByte NOR flash come standard on the board.

 

SOURCE = www.intel.com

FOR MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION CLICK HERE

(http://www.intel.com/newsroom/kits/quark/galileo/pdfs/Intel_Galileo_Datasheet.pdf)

Various Components of Intel Galileo Board

Various Components of Intel Galileo Board Back View

Component Names and their functions Table

Quick Start Guide to Power up Galileo Board

for the Quick start Guide CLICK HERE

(www.intel.com/support/go/galileo and follow the instructions.)

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