Intel Introduces New Irish-Designed Galileo Development Board

Intel Corporation CEO Brian Krzanich today announced a collaboration agreement with Arduino LLC, the leading open source hardware platform in the maker and education community.

Krzanich also unveiled the Intel Galileo board, the first product in a new family of Arduino-compatible development boards featuring Intel architecture.

Arduino development kits and software programming interface make it easier for artists, designers and other do-it-yourself enthusiasts – who often don’t have technical backgrounds – to create interactive objects or environments.

The new Galileo board and the Intel Quark SoC X1000 by which it is powered were both designed in Ireland at the Intel campus in Leixlip, Co Kildare by a team of 70 people.