# What is the exact difference between the board and platform?

**URL:** <https://forums.digi.com/t/what-is-the-exact-difference-between-the-board-and-platform/18557>\
**Category:** Other & Legacy Products\
**Tags:** fpga, board, soc, platform\
**Created:** [July 19, 2017, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/what-is-the-exact-difference-between-the-board-and-platform/18557 "2017-07-19T10:14:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Narek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Narek](https://forums.digi.com/u/Narek)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/what-is-the-exact-difference-between-the-board-and-platform/18557/1 "2017-07-19T10:14:56Z")

</div>

What is the exact difference between the board and platform? Are there usable boards that have no Soc or any processor on it?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mvut](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.digi.com/mvut/32/31_2.png) [@mvut](https://forums.digi.com/u/mvut)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/what-is-the-exact-difference-between-the-board-and-platform/18557/2 "2017-07-19T11:14:43Z")

</div>

What products are you referring to?