Author Topic: Free Intel Galileo Board from Microsoft (Read 32745 times)

Psi · « **Reply #25 on:** July 07, 2014, 05:03:52 am »

Quote from: PedroDaGr8 on July 07, 2014, 02:39:11 am

First time, I clicked the link and used work email, got nothing. Tried again later after reading the warning about copy pasting the link. This time I did just that and used my gmail address (same settings as you still) and received an email within 10 minutes. Filled out the form the email requested and received a second email within a few minutes.

I just tried again using a non-gmail email address and using IE to go to the page link directly.
Email came through within 10min.

ScottyAU · « **Reply #26 on:** July 07, 2014, 05:05:31 am »

I did a little more Googling at lunch and it seems this has been around and posted in a few places for a short while - so not sure how many MS is planning to hand out...

Be interested to hear from anyone who receives a kit.

Cheers.

PedroDaGr8 · « **Reply #27 on:** July 07, 2014, 05:19:25 am »

Quote from: wilfred on July 07, 2014, 05:05:59 am

The getting started guide has a bright red warning that
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WARNING: You must use a power supply to power the board! You will
damage the board if you power it with a USB cable.

I'm wondering how it was necessary to design it with such a feature. Accidents can happen.

I'm guessing because the Intel Quark CPU uses up almost the entire wattage of a single USB port by itself (TDP: 2.3W)?

Psi · « **Reply #28 on:** July 07, 2014, 06:01:54 am »

Does anyone know if you can run some form of windows on it.
That seems like the only point of having it x86 compatible but i cant see any way to connect up a screen which is kinda required for windows.

miguelvp · « **Reply #29 on:** July 07, 2014, 06:05:38 am »

Quote from: Psi on July 07, 2014, 06:01:54 am

Does anyone know if you can run some form of windows on it.
That seems like the only point of having it x86 compatible but i cant see any way to connect up a screen which is kinda required for windows.

That's the whole idea with signing up for Microsoft Windows on Devices, their SDK will have some flavor of windows. But it's focused to the Internet of Things so no video out, but you can stream video through the Ethernet adapter I guess

Psi · « **Reply #30 on:** July 07, 2014, 06:11:06 am »

i hope it can accept normal windows 2000/XP/7 USB drivers for devices. That would actually be useful to me for a project.

miguelvp · « **Reply #31 on:** July 07, 2014, 06:49:29 am »

Quote from: cleaningOut on July 07, 2014, 06:37:14 am

They're not going to deliver it; the link has already been posted on freetard reddit and all the freebie-hoarder-reseller websites. Don't bother even signing up - they'll just blacklist you. I've no inclination to give Billy-boy my mailing address.

Funny thing is that when I posted about windowsondevices 3 months ago there was really no interest in the forum.
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/microcontrollers/windows-on-devices/

Now that people found out they are giving away kits, suddenly everyone wants one.

The power of free

I probably will get mine anyways since i did sign up 3 month ago but now that is viral well, it all depends how much MS and Intel want to flood the market, to them it might not be a big expense if it gives them a good share of the makers market.

miguelvp · « **Reply #32 on:** July 07, 2014, 07:12:19 am »

I didn't request it 3 months ago, I did sign up on windowsondevices 3 months ago, I got my e-mail July 1st and went viral today, so I'm not worried on getting mine.

BTW I did get a galileo for around $60 from microcenter a while back. Only reason is that is pretty much a Pentium and wanted to look into this windows on devices thing and didn't know they would give kits free.

If I get a 2nd one for free, well that is a bonus.

josem · « **Reply #33 on:** July 07, 2014, 07:26:24 am »

The Generation 2 Galileo just came out with better GPIO and broader input voltage range, maybe they're getting rid of Gen 1 stock this way?

They were already giving them away at the Maker Faire just as long as you had some sort plan. A guy next to me got one simply by saying he wanted to use it with an app to turn on his coffee machine.

Unfortunately I think I was asking the Intel rep too many questions about the miniPCIe, Wifi and Bluetooth drivers etc so he left without giving me anything.

or maybe because I asked earlier why was Intel giving away LED blinky boards that only had Atmel chips on them..

neslekkim · « **Reply #34 on:** July 07, 2014, 07:46:38 am »

Quote from: josem on July 07, 2014, 07:26:24 am

The Generation 2 Galileo just came out with better GPIO and broader input voltage range, maybe they're getting rid of Gen 1 stock this way?

Any information about gen2?, link?

Psi · « **Reply #35 on:** July 07, 2014, 07:46:49 am »

i'm sure their website system has a limit on the number it gives away.
I reckon youll get a unit if you got the email "We’ll let you know when your kit has shipped."

josem · « **Reply #36 on:** July 07, 2014, 08:18:08 am »

Quote from: neslekkim on July 07, 2014, 07:46:38 am

Any information about gen2?, link?

2nd Generation Product Enhancements
The Intel Galileo board (Gen 2) delivers improved features and functionality in the following areas:
• 12 GPIOs fully native for greater speed and improved drive strength.
• 12-bit PWM for more precise control of servos and smoother response.
• 12 V Power-over-Ethernet capable.
• Power supplies from 7 V to 15 V
are supported.
• Serial console UART header is compatible with FTDI USB converters.
• Console UART1 can be redirected to Arduino* headers in sketches, which can eliminate the need for soft-serial.

https://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-22795

kripton2035 · « **Reply #37 on:** July 07, 2014, 08:31:41 am »

seems to work to france, I got the second email with "We’ll let you know when your kit has shipped"
let's wait.
I used a company email.

robimarko · « **Reply #38 on:** July 07, 2014, 10:23:54 am »

Damn I tried with 2 emails,one gmail,and one bussines and no mail yet

AndrewA · « **Reply #39 on:** July 07, 2014, 12:42:06 pm »

Signed up five minutes ago and I'm still waiting for an email.......

Legit-Design · « **Reply #40 on:** July 07, 2014, 01:17:01 pm »

Signed up with 2 different emails (one gmail, one non-gmail) from different computers with different IP addresses, nothing has arrived yet. I think they called it quits.

Or maybe they don't even ship to northern europe...

neslekkim · « **Reply #41 on:** July 07, 2014, 02:46:52 pm »

Quote from: Legit-Design on July 07, 2014, 01:17:01 pm

Or maybe they don't even ship to northern europe...

I got this email for 10 days ago: "Thank you for signing up for the Windows Developer Program for IoT. We’ll let you know when your kit has shipped."

MacAttak · « **Reply #42 on:** July 07, 2014, 06:33:52 pm »

I signed up during the TechEd conference when it was publicized there, and about two weeks ago they contacted to say it would be shipping soon - the board plus some other unspecified tech and an sdk.

Haven't seen a shipping notice or received anything yet.

Scrts · « **Reply #43 on:** July 08, 2014, 11:04:26 am »

I've just signed up using my company email and got a reply in a couple of minutes. Waiting for shipping approval.

Iwanushka · « **Reply #44 on:** July 08, 2014, 02:22:20 pm »

Signed up with my gmail and Northern/Eastern Europe Address -> 2 days Nothing

Signed up with my corporate email and USA Address -> Received an email within 1 min

So looks like Northern/Eastern Europe is big NO NO.

tjb1 · « **Reply #45 on:** July 08, 2014, 02:41:15 pm »

Tried an edu, @me.com and @gmail.com with no response, used work email and got the response in minutes...

Dagon · « **Reply #46 on:** July 08, 2014, 02:44:26 pm »

Signed up with an Irish ISP email address last night and the responses came straight through.

AnarchNark · « **Reply #47 on:** July 08, 2014, 03:01:48 pm »

I signed up with a @gmail and US address. Got the email immediately.

bingo600 · « **Reply #48 on:** July 09, 2014, 06:32:19 pm »

Did you guys get more than one response ?

I got one mail :

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We would like to share our SDK and a hardware development kit with you. In order to mail you the kit, please click on the link below to provide your address and a bit more information.

Filled in the info , and heard no more yet ...

/Bingo

sfiber · « **Reply #49 on:** July 09, 2014, 06:46:33 pm »

I wonder what's going on.They took my address info.


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