Anand Nayyar. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications www.ijera.com ISSN: 2248-9622, Vol. 6, Issue 3, (Part - 4) March 2016, pp.34-39 www.ijera.com 34|P a g e A Review of Intel Galileo Development Board’s Technology Anand Nayyar 1 , Er. Vikram Puri 2 1 Assistant Professor Department of Computer Applications & IT KCL Institute of Management and Technology, Jalandhar 2 Member-ACM, theIRED, IAeng ABSTRACT Intel Galileo, A Smart Arduino Based Development Board is cost-effective and efficient development board by Intel Corporation. Three variants- Gen 1, Gen 2 and Edison is already being launched in the market. Intel, being a market leader in development of Processor Technology is constantly researching and improving the Galileo Technology. The board can lay strong foundation for embedded system researchers to develop various DIY projects and build more energy efficient and cost effective products taking Galileo as the central controller. The aim of this research paper is to highlight Intel Galileo Development Board Technology- Its features, Board Components, Technology Available till date and Platform for programming various projects. Keywords—Intel, Intel Galileo, Intel Galileo-Gen1, Intel Galileo Gen 2, Intel Edison, Development Board, Arduino, Intel XDK, Arduino IDE. I. INTRODUCTION The world of Electronics and IoT (Internet of Things) is changing at a rapid pace and bringing new innovations and inventions in the area of Science, Medicine, Space, Transportation and Wearable Technology and in turn making the world SMART. Various manufactures have launched various development boards to facilitate programmers and researchers to make smart projects in the area of Smart Home Automation, Robotics, Drones and DIY Projects. In terms of development, researchers across the nook and corner of the world are making use of 8051, PIC, Arduino, AVR and ARM technology. Taking into consideration the various Microcontroller Technologies and other hardware development boards, Intel Corporation, USA has launched their own development board: INTEL GALILEO [1] [2] [6]- which is regarded as “Single Board Computer” on 17 October, 2013. Intel Galileo is regarded as development board which is developed on the line of Arduino Certified development boards and is purely based on Intel x86 Architecture focusing mainly on Smart Home Projects, DIY Projects and providing base for various sensors interfacing. Intel Corporation has integrated Intel Technology along with support for Arduino ready expansion boards i.e. Arduino Shield along with Arduino IDE [8] and libraries to facilitate smooth project development and easy to code interface for the programmers. In addition to this, to make the board smarter and gather more audience towards its future development, the board runs on Open Source Technology i.e. Linux Operating system along with Arduino Software Libraries and enabled re-usability of existing code called “sketches”. Intel Galileo Board is live example of Platform Independence as this board can be programmed in OS X and Windows in addition to various flavors of Linux operating system. Basically overall the entire ecosystem of Arduino in terms of hardware and software is supported by Intel Galileo. Brief Overview of Intel Galileo Technology Intel Galileo Development board facilitates researchers, programmers and embedded system developers with a programmable control PCB. Intel Galileo board consists of Intel Quark SoC X1000 Application Processor which is a 32-bit Intel Pentium-class system. It is regarded as the first generation board based on Intel Architecture to be both hardware and software compliant with Arduino Shields designed for UNO R3. Arduino IDE can be used at front end for programming and sending code to the Board for easy interfacing. Till date, Intel Galileo Gen 1, Gen 2 and Intel Edison is launched by Intel Corporation to support development. Organization of Paper Section II provides details of Intel Galileo Technology- What is Intel Galileo Development Board, Board Components, Arduino Compatible Extension Pins, Features of Galileo board. Section III will cover comprehensive tabular based technical specifications comparison of various Intel Galileo Boards available till date. Section IV highlights Intel RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS