Features/Machines/Edison

Summary

Add system emulation of the Intel Edison Compute Module.

Owner

• Name: Choonho Son
• Email: choonho.son@analytaps.net

Challenges

The QEMU support for the PC machine type is fairly poor today. The supported host chipset is I440FX and Q35. Intel Edison Compute Module is SoC with Intel Atom CPU and built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

ICH9 block diagram

Intel Edison block diagram

Description

Hardware features

Component	Description
Processor	22 nm Intel® SoC that includes a dual-core, dual-threaded Intel® Atom™ CPU at 500 MHz and a 32-bitIntel® Quark™ microcontroller at 100 MHz
RAM	1 GB LPDDR3 POP memory (2 channel 32 bits @ 800 MT/sec)
Internal storage	4 GB eMMC (v4.51 spec)
Power	TI SNB9024 power management IC
Wireless	Dual-band (2.4 and 5 GHz) IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n
Bluetooth	BT 4.0 + 2.1 EDR
Antenna	Dual-band onboard chip antenna or u.FL for external antenna
Connector	70-pin Hirose DF40 Series (1.5, 2.0, or 3.0 mm stack height)
Size	35.5 × 25.0 × 3.9 mm maximum (to be verified)
Power input	3.15 to 4.5 V
I/O	40 general purpose GPIO which can be configured as: • SD card: 1 interface • UART: 2 controllers (one full flow control, one Rx/Tx) • I2C: 2 controllers • SPI: 1 controller with 2 chip selects • I2S: 1 controller • GPIO: Additional 14 (with 4 capable of PWM)
USE 2.0	1 OTG controller
Clock	19.2 MHz, 32 kHz

Intel Edison Compute Module - Hardware Guide

Status

Current status unknown - likely the project has been abandoned. This machine has never been added to QEMU.