This Pixhawk 2.1 with the Edison carrier board can be used without an Edison fitted and will be equivalent of the standard Pixhawk 2.1 based on functionality, you may wish to buy this if the standard version is out of stock, you will pay a little more but will have the option to add Edison in the future if not required yet.

All the Standard Pixhawk 2.1 features and including the GPS (Here GNSS), the Pixhawk 2.1 with Intel Edison carrier board allows you to attach an Intel Edison (Intel Edison not included)

The Intel Edison can provide the following features:

• WiFi telemetry
• Easy scripting / vehicle control via DroneKit
• Faster download of log files (coming soon)
• Computer vision tasks
• and more …

for more information see the Ardupilot link available here. Please note this is a new product and available software to make full use of the Intel Edison is minimal, this product is ideal for developers, can be used without Edison attached to function same as standard Pixhawk 2.1

Key Features of Pixhawk 2.1

• Triple redundant dampened IMU
• Heated system can be used in low temperatures
• ample I/O ports
• On-board battery backup for FMU and IO SRAM/RTC
• Separate power supplies for FMU and IO
• supports up to 3 GPS

29 MEMS Sensors

• 3x triple axis accelerometers
• 3x triple axis gyroscopes
• 3x triple axis magnetometers
• 2x barometers

Key Features of Here GNSS

Includes:

• The cube (installed) Pixhawk 2.1
• Full carrier board (intel Edison version)
• 1 x standard power brick (upto 8s, 30A)
• Here GNSS
• Micro SD card (installed in Cube)
• Mounting tape and screws
• Cable Pack