The Intel Edison is a System-on-Chip (SoC) development platform enabling inventors and consumer product designers to develop 'Internet of Things' (IoT) and wearable computing products. The Edison Board for Arduino features headers for Arduino Rev3 compatible Shields.

• Dual-core, dual-threaded 500 MHz Intel Atom CPU and 100 MHz Intel Quark microcontroller
• On-board 1 GB LPDDR3 POP SDRAM (Dual channel 32-bit @ 800MT/sec)
• On-board 4 GB eMMC Flash memory
• Broadcom 43340 802.11 a/b/g/n dual-band (2.4 and 5 GHz) WiFi
• Bluetooth 4.0
• 40 x configurable 1.8 V GPIO
• On-board antenna
• Power supply: +3.3 V to +4.5 Vdc
• Connector: 70-pin Hirose DF40 Series
• Operating temperature range: 0 to +40°C
• Dimensions: 35.5 ´ 25.0 ´ 3.9 mm
• Atom Operating System: Yocto Linux v1.6
• Quark Operating System: RTOS

• Edison SoC Module
• Supports Arduino Sketch, Linux, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth
• Board I/O: Compatible with Arduino Rev3 shields (except only 4 x PWM)
• 20 x GPIO pins (including 4 x PWM outputs)
• 6 x analogue inputs: 12-bit resolution @ 1 MSample/sec
• UART serial port
• I²C serial port
• ICSP 6-pin header
• microUSB device connector OR (via mechanical switch) dedicated USB-A host connector
• microUSB device connector with USB to UART bridge
• microSD card slot
• Li-ion battery charger
• Power, system reset & shield reset pushbuttons
• System recovery pushbuttons
• Power supply 2.5 x 5.5 mm barrel jack: +7 V to +15 Vdc, centre pin positive

Edison Breakout Board Kit and Edison Board for Arduino Kit both include an Edison SoC Module.