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SparkFun Works to Build the Edison Ecosystem (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the more-tiny-electronics-for-makers-and-builders-to-make-and-build-with dept.

Edison is an Intel creation aimed squarely at the maker and prototype markets. It's smaller than an Arduino, has built-in wi-fi, and is designed to be used in embedded applications. SparkFun is "an online retail store that sells the bits and pieces to make your electronics projects possible." They're partnering with Intel to sell the Edison and all kinds of add-ons for it. Open source? Sure. Right down to the schematics. David Stillman, star of today's video, works for SparkFun. He talks about "a gajillion" things you can do with an Edison, up to and including the creation of an image-recognition system for your next homemade drone. (Alternate Video Link)

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  1. Re:Power Consumption by viperidaenz · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not a 32-bit processor, it's 64-bit.

    Well.. technically there is a 32-bit processor, but that's in addition to the dual core 64-bit processor.