Introduction - Seco Udoo X86 User Manual

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2.1 Introduction

UDOO-x86 is a board designed specifically for maker's / DIY market, embedding both a System-on-Chips (SoC) of the Intel

coded as Braswell, and an Arduino 101-compatible platform.

This board represents a junction point between the PC world, represented by the Braswell SoCs, and the Arduino 101 World, implemented on-board using an

Intel

Curie microcontroller (the same used, indeed, in Arduino 101 boards).

All the SoCs mounted on UDOO x86 are Quad-Core, ranging from 2.00GHz up to 2.56 GHz, with 64-bit instruction set and very low TDP. This single chip solution

includes the memory controller, which gives support for up to 8GB of DDR3L memory directly soldered on-board.

All SoCs embed an Intel

HD Graphics controller, with up to 16 Execution units, which offers high graphical performances, with support for Microsoft

OpenGL 4.2, OpenCL 1.2, OpenGL ES 3.0 and HW acceleration for video decoding of HEVC, H.264, MPEG2, MVC, VC-1, WMV9, JPEG/MJPEG and VP8 video

standards (for H.264, MVC and JPEG/MJPEG also HW encoding is offered). This embedded GPU is able to drive three independent displays, by using the HDMI

and the two miniDP++. Any combinations of these video interfaces are supported.

Other features offered by the N-Series Intel

(one used for the common SATA / SSD drives, the other used to implement a M.2 Socket 2 Key B SSD slot), microSD interface, four USB ports (three USB 3.0 on

standard Type-A sockets, one USB 2.0 on M.2 Socket 1 Key E Connectivity slot and another USB 2.0 port used for the communications with the Intel

microcontroller), HD Audio and four PCI Express lanes (a PCI express lane is used for the implementation of the Gigabit Ethernet interface, two lanes are carried out

on M.2 Socket 2 Key B SSD slot, the remaining is available on M.2 Socket 1 Key E Connectivity Slot)

Through the Intel

Braswell SoC's USB interface #3 pass all the communications with the Intel

interface: this situation reproduces exactly the situation of an external Arduino board connected to an x86 PC, with the advantages given by an integrated board

solution.

The Intel

Curie microcontroller, however, not only implements the Arduino 101 interface, but also offers an embedded Bluetooth Low Energy interface (with on-

board antenna) and 6-axis combo sensor with accelerometer and gyroscope.

All these features, combined together, make UDOO x86 the most powerful maker board ever.

Please refer to following chapter for a complete list of all the integrated peripherals and the characteristics.

X86

Pentium

/ Celeron

and x5-Series Atom family of SoCs, and included in UDOO x86 board, are two SATA Channels

family of embedded SoCs formerly

Curie microcontroller, which implements the Arduino 101

DirectX11.1,

Curie

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