Intel Galileo - Overview; Key Components

Intel
®
Galileo
March 2014 Board User Guide
Order Number: 330237-001US 5
Overview—Intel
®
Galileo Board
1.0 Overview
The Intel
®
Galileo Board provides a programmable control PCB for the maker
community, students, and professional developers. It is based on the Intel
®
Quark SoC
X1000 Application Processor, a 32-bit Intel Pentium-class system on a chip.
The Intel
®
Galileo Board is the first board based on Intel
®
architecture designed to be
hardware and software pin-compatible with Arduino shields designed for the Uno R3. It
is also software-compatible with the Arduino* Software Development Environment,
making usability and development a snap.
In addition to Arduino hardware and software compatibility, the Intel
®
Galileo Board
has several industry-standard I/O ports and features to expand native usage and
capabilities beyond the Arduino shield ecosystem, which are described in the next
section of this document.
1.1 Key Components
Figure 2 and Table 1 describe key components of the Intel
®
Galileo Board.
Figure 1. Galileo - Front and Back Views