The
Intel Galileo is a 32-bit System-On-A-Chip (SoC) microcontroller board with an architecture that is designed to be hardware and software pin-compatible with shields designed for the
Arduino Uno R3 system. The
Galileo board is also software-compatible with the
Arduino software development environment, making working with the
Arduino system quick and simple. Further versatility is assured by the provision of several industry standard I/O ports as well as features included that expand native usage and capabilities to encompass other systems.
The
Galileo board is based on the
Intel Quark SoC X1000 application processor which is a 32-bit
Intel Pentium class System-on-Chip (SoC) device. The combinations of the genuine
Intel processor together with the design of the hardware interface provides for a fully-featured environment for both the applications community and students of microcontroller-based technology. It will also be useful for those professional developers looking for a simple and cost effective development environment.
The
Galileo platform is designed to work with the Linux host operating systems, providing the ease of working with the
Intel architecture as well as making it simple to work in the
Arduino software Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
I/O ports that come as standard with this board include a mini-PCI slot, Ethernet port, micro-SD slot, RS-232 serial port, USB host port, USB client port. Storage options include 8 MByte legacy SPI Flash, 512 KByte embedded SRAM, 256 MByte DRAM. The processor features 400MHz, 32-bit ISA compatible processor, 16 KByte L1 cache, ACPI compatible CPU sleep states are supported and there is a on-board Real Time Clock (RTC).
Note that the
Galileo is designed to support shields that operate at either 3.3 or 5V. Because the core operating voltage of
Galileo is 3.3V a jumper has been provided to enable voltage translation to 5V at the I/O pins. This configuration is the default setup and provides support for 5V
Arduino Uno shields. Should it be necessary to provide 3.3V at the I/O pins the jumper is simply switched.
For details of the Arduino system offered by Rapid please see the
Arduino and
Arduino Shields pages.
- 32-bit Pentium class system
- Arduino 1.0 pinout
- Supports Arduino shields at both 3.3 or 5V
- Simple to program: single thread, single core, constant speed
- Powered via 2.1mm jack for external power supply
- Dimensions 100 x 70mm
- 4x Corner screw holes allow securing to a surface or case
- Reboot button for processor and reset button for sketch and shields
