I haven't tried it (not in the market for it). You typically need an "Edison Block" (like an Ardunino Shield) to connect to things, see e.g. SparkFun's portfol

I haven't tried it (not in the market for it). You typically need an "Edison Block" (like an Ardunino Shield) to connect to things, see e.g. SparkFun's portfolio at <https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/272/> https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/272/>. Not sure how power is applied, it's not as obvious as for the Arduino (since the Edison is more highly integrated and more designed to be built into products than to be directly fiddled with, I guess).