Arduino 101 Board (Genuino 101 Board)
In this article we discuss about Arduino 101 Board, before this you must know about what is Arduino? and its detailed introduction. Please check our previous Arduino Introduction and Arduino UNO Board article.
Lets start with Arduino 101 board. This board is designed By Arduino collaboration with Intel. This board include Intel Curie controller. Arduino 101 has both Intel and Arduino features and this hybrid combination makes developer work easy for rapid prototyping of IoT and other application development.
Below are some unique features of this board,
- A learning and development board that delivers the performance and with the simplicity of Arduino at an entry-level price.
- Arduino 101 board is same as Arduino UNO with the addition of on board feature like Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) capabilities and a 6-axis accelerometer/gyro to help you easily expand your creativity into the connected world.
- This board built with low-power consumption Intel Curie
- The module contains two tiny cores,
- an x86 (Quark) with clocked at 32 MHz
- a32-bit ARC architecture core with clocked at 32MHz.
- Open source RTOS and framework developed by Intel.
The 101 comes with
- 14 digital IO (input/output) pins
- Out of 14 pins, 4 pins can be used PWM outputs (Pulse Width Modulation)
- 6 analog inputs
- A USB connector is provided for serial communication & sketch upload
- A power jack for providing power
- An ICSP header with SPI signals
- I2C pins.
- Operating voltage of board and I/O is 3.3V
- All pins are protected against 5V overvoltage.
See also: Intel® Galileo for Internet of Things Development
Technical specs of Arduino 101 Board
| Microcontroller | Intel Curie |
| Operating Voltage | 3.3V (5V tolerant I/O) |
| Input Voltage (recommended) | 7-12V |
| Input Voltage (limit) | 7-20V |
| Digital I/O Pins | 14 pins |
| PWM Digital I/O Pins | 4 ( out of 14 pins, 4 pins are for PWM IO) |
| Analog Input Pins | 6 |
| DC Current per I/O Pin | 20 mA |
| Flash Memory | 196 kB |
| SRAM | 24 kB |
| Clock Speed | 32MHz |
| LED_BUILTIN | 13 |
| Features | Bluetooth LE, 6-axis accelerometer/gyro |
| Length | 68.6 mm |
| Width | 53.4 mm |
| Weight | 34 gr (1 unit gr=0.065 gram) |
Programming
The 101 can be programmed with the Arduino IDE software. You can use any programming language for start. If you don’t know you programming language, you can start with Aquino’s own Arduino Programming language, it is very easy to for beginners.
Differences with other boards
Common features with UNO
- connectors
- available peripherals
- Zero (32 bit micro-controller, 3.3V IO)
Unique features
- low power Intel micro-controller
- on-board BLE
- motion sensors
Firmware
- Time to Time regular update of the firmware
- Arduino IDE Software will incorporate the latest Firmware and from the “Burn Boot loader” menu item, an automated update procedure take place.
Power
- Powered via the USB connection or
- with an external power supply.
- It have ability to select the power source automatically.
- External power i.e non-USB can come either from an AC-to-DC adapter or battery.
See also: Arduino Traffic Light Controller || IoT Project
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