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MinnowBoard Max/Turbot

MinnowBoard Max & Turbot are low cost, commercially available, reference platforms for hardware, software and firmware developers who wish to work within an open environment. Design specifications and materials have been provided to the open community, encouraging platform experimentation and derivative designs.

The project is based on Intel® Atom™ processors. Technical details, schematics, and information on expansion boards (Lures) can be found at http://minnowboard.org

A list of currently supported boards and prices can be found at: https://minnowboard.org under the "Boards" tab

UEFI Firmware - Release

Documentation, binary images, and source build instructions are at https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/minnowboard-maxturbot-uefi-firmware

  • Binary Firmware Images ("UEFI BIOS"): 32-bit and 64-bit UEFI builds, with Debug and Release images. Includes flash update utilities and release notes.
  • Binary Object Modules for which source code is not available due to the Intellectual property for both Intel silicon (microprocessor and chipset) and third party components.
  • How to build Instructions for integrating the EDK II source tree (BSD license) with the Binary Object Modules to build firmware. See the latest Release Notes .txt file at Intel Developer Zone -Minnowboard-max Firmware Releases
    • How to build with FSP
    • How to configure Memory Parameters
    • How to enable fTPM feature
  • The open source firmware project is available from the TianoCore GitHub:

UEFI Firmware - Development

The EDK II development firmware for the MinnowBoard Max / Turbot is now available. Please see the Valleyview2 Readme for instructions to download and build a firmware image. This development firmware is ECP free and can cowork with the latest updates from EDK II.