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Then we will tell the Edison to reboot – and we get to watch the screen fill up with information as it goes along. Then we will use the “screen” command to log into the Edison.

Edison arduino kit how to#

First we need to know how to address the Edison. To reboot the Intel Edison, we first have to connect to the existing Yocto image. When we reboot the Intel Edison in a moment, it will then look into that space for a new Yocto image, and use those files. Copy the contents of that folder into the root directory of the Intel Edison USB drive. Now unzip the the Yocto image you downloaded from the Intel web site into a folder. We want this area to be nice and tidy for our next step. I still like to check, and even run the following commands just to be sure there are no hidden files lying around. At the time of this writing, that was Release 2.1.Īt first run, you probably will not have any files on the Edison when mounted as a USB drive. You will be looking for the “Intel Edison Board Firmware Software” section, and downloading the “Yocto Complete Image”.

Edison arduino kit download#

You can download the latest from the Intel web site. The first step here is to get rid of the existing content on the Intel Edison, and the latest Yocto image. You should see the Edison mount itself as a drive on your system. Now connect the other cable into another USB port on your computer. You should see the Edison turn on a blue LED. Then plug the cable in the “console” port into the USB port on your computer. Plug your two USB micro cables into to two ports on the Intel Edison. For the purposes of my barcode scanner project, this effectively translates into “A USB port I can plug devices into, and have them exposed to the Linux OS.” There is more to OTG, most notably that it can be a hub as well, but that is beyond the scope of first steps. This stands for USB “on the go” which is a formal part of USB. If you want the Edison to run on its own, without a cable for power, SparkFun makes a Battery Block as well. Once you have your Edison configured however, you will likely just use this port for power, and SSH into the Edison. While getting started, this gives you a way to log into Yocto Linux. This port effectively powers the Intel Edison. We will talk more about what that means in a moment, but as you might have guessed, you will in turn need two USB-mini cables to make the most of this tutorial. One is labeled “console” while the other is labeled “OTG”. The main parts to know about the Intel Edison at this point are the two USB-mini ports mounted at the edge.

Edison arduino kit code#

I will refer to that project throughout, but will not spend much time talking about the code proper.Īs with most of my blog posts, you can get the code for an Internet-connected barcode scanner (and much more) from my personal GitHub repository.

While labeled “First Steps” a better title might be “Build a Real-Time Internet-Connected Barcode Scanner.” That is the first project I set out to implement on the Intel Edison, so the vast majority of these notes come from that discovery process. The commands have been taught to others as well, which has led to further refinements. What follows is an explanation of the commands I use to configure and use the Intel Edison in my projects. We are going to tap directly into the Yocto Linux image on the Intel Edison. The first steps outlined in this post assume you have the Intel Edison board, and the SparkFun Base Block.

Having mentioned Arduino, many of the Intel Edison tutorials talk about using a “breakout kit”, which makes it more compatible with Arduino. Much in the same fashion as you would stack “shields” on an Arduino. It has a tiny 70-pin connector, which is designed to be mated with other Intel Edison “blocks”.

Edison arduino kit Bluetooth#

At about the quarter of the size of a credit card (35.5mm x 25mm), this little piece of kit packs a lot of punch in a low power footprint.Īs the name implies, the Intel Edison includes a dual-core Intel Atom processor, as well as both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE radios. Today I would like to introduce you to the Intel Edison. I have written about the Arduino Yun in the past. There are a lot of SoC (System on a Chip) devices out there these days.