Genuino 101 is a learning and development board that delivers the performance and low-power consumption of the Module with the simplicity of Genuino at an entry-level price. It keeps the same robust form factor and peripheral list of the UNO with the addition of onboard Bluetooth LE capabilities and a 6-axis accelerometer/gyro to help you easily expand your creativity into the connected world. The module contains two tiny cores, an x86 (Quark) and an ARC, both clocked at 32MHz. The Quark core runs ViperOS RTOS and helps the Arduino core to accomplish the most demanding tasks. It comes with 14 digital input/output pins (of which 4 can be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog inputs, a USB connector for serial communication and sketch upload, a power jack, an ICSP header with SPI signals and I2C dedicated pins. The board operating voltage and I/O is 3.3V but all pins are protected against 5V overvoltage.
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The Genuino 101 has been designed in collaboration with Intel®.
Technical specifications
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 (of which 4 provide PWM output) |
PWM Digital I/O Pins | 4 |
Analog Input Pins | 6 |
DC Current per I/O Pin | 4 mA |
Flash Memory for Bootloader | 196 kB |
SRAM | 24 kB |
Clock Speed | 32MHz |
Features | Bluetooth LE, 6-axis accelerometer/gyro |
Length | 68.6 mm |
Width | 53.4 mm |
- and discover sensor fusion
- using the advanced features of 101's accelerometer
- using the Bluetooth Low Energy capabilities (BLE)
The board comes preprogrammed with an RTOS that handles USB connection and allows you to upload new code without the use of an external hardware programmer. It communicates using the DFU protocol (reference).
External (non-USB) power can come either from an AC-to-DC adapter (wall-wart) or battery. The adapter can be connected by plugging a 2.1mm center-positive plug into the board's power jack. Leads from a battery can be inserted in the GND and Vin pin headers of the POWER connector.
- VIN. The input voltage to the Arduino board when it's using an external power source (as opposed to 5 volts from the USB connection or other regulated power source). You can supply voltage through this pin, or if supplying voltage via the power jack, access it through this pin.
- 5V. This pin outputs a regulated 5V from the regulator on the board. The board can be supplied with power either from the DC power jack (7 - 12V), the USB connector (5V), or the VIN pin of the board (7-12V). Supplying voltage via the 5V or 3.3V pins bypasses the regulator, and can damage your board if it is not sufficiently regulated. We don't advise it.
- 3.3V. A 3.3 volt supply generated by the on-board regulator. Maximum current draw is 1500 mA. This regulator also provides power to the Curie microcontroller.
- GND. Ground pins.
- IOREF. This pin on the Arduino board provides the voltage reference with which the microcontroller operates. A properly configured shield can read the IOREF pin voltage and select the appropriate power source or enable voltage translators on the outputs for working with the 5V or 3.3V.
- Serial: 0 (RX) and 1 (TX). Used to receive (RX) and transmit (TX) TTL serial data. These pins are connected to the Serial1 class.
- External Interrupts on all pins. Can trigger an interrupt on a low value, high value, a rising or falling edge, or a change in value (change is only supported by pins 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13). See the function for details.
- SPI: SS, MOSI, MISO, SCK. Located on the SPI header support SPI communication using the .
- LED: 13. There is a built-in LED driven by digital pin 13. When the pin is HIGH value, the LED is on, when the pin is LOW, it's off.
- Analog Inputs. Six of the 20 general purpose I/O pins on the Zero provide analog input. These are labeled A0 through A5, and each provide 10 bits of resolution (i.e. 1024 different values). They measure from ground to 3.3 volts
- TWI: SDA pin and SCL pin. Support TWI communication using the