[Cialug] Today's big news: Intel Edison computer on a chip

[Scott Yates]

Wow, that DOES look cool!  Atom means it is x86 basically?

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> After all the leaks and rumors going back to the early part of the year,
> I'm sure everyone is eager to finally see concrete information about
> Intel's new computer on a chip.
>
> It's called Edison[1] and is about the size of an SD card. It contains a
> dual-core 500MHz atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, dual band wifi and Bluetooth low
> energy. It has 4GB of built-in eMMC storage and an integrated Quark
> micro-controller providing 40 GPIO and runs at 100MHz.
>
> It's programmable with C++ and Arduino and includes a framework for
> device-to-device and device-to-cloud communication.
>
> Cost is about $50, but it's not clear to me what volume is required. There
> is a starter pack with a breakout board and some shield-like devices for
> sale at $115[2]. It runs Linux but I don't have a lot of details.
>
> There's a getting started guide with an intro video[3]. I haven't watched
> it yet.
>
> Looks pretty cool!
>
> [1] http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/do-it-yourself/edison.html
> [2] https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13093
> [3] https://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-23147
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