Introduction

The Intel Galileo maker development board was announced on October 4, 2013 at the Rome Maker Fair. It was the first for the Intel Corporation. The board was based on the Intel Quark SoC X1000 application processor, powered by Linux OS, and compatible with Arduino reference APIs. The Intel Galileo introduced several extra software and hardware features that exceeded most other Arduino boards available on the market.

Intel received thousands of feedback comments from makers on Intel’s Maker forums. Based on this feedback, Intel later unveiled the Intel Galileo Gen 2, a new version with the same Intel Quark SoC application processor but improved hardware.

This book discusses the hardware and the software for the Intel Galileo and the ...

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