Intel Edison Tutorial 1 Introduction

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IntelEdison Tutorial 1: Introduction 1

IntelEdison Tutorial 1:

Introduction


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Table of ContentsIntroduction..................................................................................................................... 3

Things Needed ................................................................................................................ 3

Edison Overview ............................................................................................................ 4

Assembling the Edison board with the Arduino Breakout Board ............................. 5

Updating Firmware ......................................................................................................... 8

Running an Arduino Sketch ........................................................................................ 13

Appendix: Firmware Update Troubleshooting .......................................................... 16

Reference ...................................................................................................................... 16

Revision history

Version Date Comment

1.0 9/16/2015 First Draft

1.1 9/23/2015 Initial Release

1.2 12/12/2015 Troubleshooting section is added.

1.3 1/5/2016 Firmware update section is modified.


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Introduction

In this tutorial, you will:

1.

Go over a brief overview of the Intel Edison,

2. Assemble your Edison board with the Arduino breakout board,

3. Learn to update the firmware for the Intel Edison, and

4. Learn to upload Arduino sketches to the Intel Edison.

Things Needed

1. An Intel Edison with Arduino-compatible breakout

2. Two micro USB cables

3. A powered USB hub or an external power supply

4. A computer

Windows, Mac, or Linux


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Edison Overview

Figure 1. The Intel Edison

Key Features

High performance, dual-core CPU and single core micro-controller supports complex data

collection in a low power package

Integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low-Energy* (LE), memory, and storage simplifies

configuration and increases scalability

40 multiplexed GPIO interfaces with expansion board options for total project design and

flexibility

Managed online community for project ideas and engagement with other product users

Intel product expert support and open source community software tools

Access to device-to-device and device-to-cloud connectivity framework to enable cross

device communication and a cloud based, multi-tenant, time-series analytics service

Information taken from https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/www/us/en/do-it-

yourself/edison.html.

You may find inspiring Intel IoT (Internet-of-things) projects at

http://www.instructables.com/id/intel/.


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Assembling the Edison board with the Arduino Breakout

Board

1. Inside the box, you should have one Edison board, one Arduino Breakout board, four screws,

four corner spacers, and two nuts.

2. Place your Edison board on the bottom left corner.

3. Press on the Edison board just below where it says What will you make? until you feel a

snap. The board must firmly sit on the Arduino breakout.

Figure 2. Contents in the box

4. Use the nuts to secure the Edison board.


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Figure 3. Close-up View of Edison Board

5. Attach the corner placers with the screws on the four corners of the Arduino Breakout.

Figure 4. Close-up View of Corner Placer


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Figure 5. Screws Placement

6. Now, the board is assembled! Lets look at some of ports and switch on the right side of the

breakout board.

Figure 6. Ports


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Updating Firmware

Note: The method provided in this section may be different from Intels official method. Pleaseadhere to the steps described below to avoid problems. If you cannot finish this section

successfully, refer to Appendixfor troubleshooting.

1. Toggle the switch (refer to Figure 6) to enable device mode.

2. Connect a micro USB cable to the multi-gadget micro USB port and follow either of two

options below to connect your Edison to your computer.

1. Important: If you have a powered USB hub, please connect the USB hub to your

computer and the USB cable to the USB hub. Otherwise, your Edison may not besupplied with enough power and reboot occasionally.

2. If you are using an external power supply for your Edison, a powered USB hub may not

be necessary. Your Edison can be directly connected to your computer.

3. The board will power on. Wait for it to finish booting. You can look at the on-board LEDsthat indicates the booting progress as shown in Figure 7.

4. Unplug the USB cable from the Edison boards multi-gadget port and make sure the Edison

is turned off (the on-board LEDs must be off).

5. Then, follow the steps below for your computers OS. (Windows on page 9, Mac OS X on

page 10, and Linux on page 11)

Figure 7. Close-up View of Board


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Windows

1. Follow the instruction on https://software.intel.com/en-us/get-started-edison-windows-32-step2 to install the USB drivers (CDC, RNDIS, and DFU).

2.

Download the latest Yocto complete imageat https://software.intel.com/en-us/iot/hardware/edison/downloads.

3. Extract the downloaded file to a folder.

4. Download dfu-util.exe at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jhzwqm355guccj9/AACvh1Nrv69N

Kt-LZXWtCDyia?dl=0.

5. Put dfu-util.exeinto the folder you extracted the image to.

6. Double-click on a Windows Batch file named flashall in the folder.

7.

When you see a message Please plug and reboot the board, plug a USB cable into the multi

-gadget port and wait for a few second for your Edison to finish booting.

8. Do NOTunplug the cable while the installation process is running.

Figure 8. Firmware Installation

9. Once this process is successfully finished, your Edison now runs the latest firmware.

10.You are now ready to build systems on this platform!


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Mac OS X

1. Download the latest Yocto complete image at https://software.intel.com/en-us/iot/hardware/edison/downloads.

2.

Extract the downloaded file to a directory.

3. Open Terminal.

4. Navigate to the directory you extracted the image to. If you are not familiar with the command line, refer to page 6 of Tutorial 2.

5. $ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

6. $ brew install dfu-util coreutils gnu-getopt

Figure 9. Terminal Output

7. $ sudo ./flashall.sh

8. Enter your Mac login password when you are asked for password.

9.

If you get an error message permission denied, enter chmod +x flashall.sh and thenrepeat Step 7.

10.When you see a message Please plug and reboot the board, plug a USB cable into the multi-gadget port and wait for a few second for your Edison to finish booting.

11.Do NOTunplug the cable while the installation process is running.


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12.Once this process is successfully finished, your Edison now runs the latest firmware.


Linux (Ubuntu)

1.

Download the latest Yocto complete image at https://software.intel.com/en-us/iot/hardware/edison/downloads.

2. Extract the downloaded file to a directory.

3. Open Terminal.

4. Navigate to the directory you extracted the image to. If you are not familiar with thecommand line, refer to page 6 of Tutorial 2.

5. $ sudo apt-get install dfu-util

6.

Enter your Ubuntu login password when you are asked for password.

7. $ sudo ./flashall.sh

8. If you get an error message permission denied, enter chmod +x flashall.sh and then

repeat step 7.


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9. When you see a message Please plug and reboot the board, plug a USB cable into the

multi-gadget port and wait for a few second for your Edison to finish booting.

10.Do NOT unplug the cable while the installation process is running.


11.Once this process is successfully finished, your Edison now runs the latest firmware.



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Running an Arduino Sketch

Installing Arduino IDE

Windows and Linux users should follow the steps below. Linux users may refer tohttps://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/install-arduino-ide-on-intel-iot-platforms and proceed toRunning Blink Example

1. Download Arduino software from http://www.arduino.cc/en/main/software (Windows users:Download Windows ZIP file for non admin install).

2. (Windows users only) If you dont have 7zip already, download from http://www.7zip.org/

and install 7zip.

3. Unzip the downloaded file. (Windows users: right-click and choose 7-zip -> extract to

arduino-)

4. Open the Arduino software.

5. Choose Tools -> Board -> Boards Manager.

6. In the list of boards, choose Intel i686 Boards and install.

7. Your Arduino IDE is ready!

Figure 12. Choose Board


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Running Blink Example

1. Power on the board, toggle the switch to choose device mode, and connect a micro USBcable to the multi-gadget USB port and your computer.

2.

Open Arduino IDE.

3. Go to Tools -> Boardand select Intel Edison at the bottom of the list.

4. Find out what port the Edison board is using, then go to Tools -> Portand select the port.

Windows: The port is likely to be COM3or higher and named Intel Edison Virtual

COM Port.

Figure 13. Select COM Port on Windows

Mac: The port is likely to be /dev/cu.usbmodemxxxx.

Linux: The port is likely to be /dev/ttyACM0. If it is not available, refer tohttps://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-iot-platforms-blink-led-arduino-ide.

5. Go to File -> Examples -> 01.Basics -> Blinkto open Blink sketch. This sketch writes

High and Low to the on-board LED to make it blink.

Figure 14. Select COM Port on Mac


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6. In the upper left corner, click on the icon with the check mark to verify the code and then,

click on the icon with right arrow to upload the sketch to the board.

7. You should see Transfer complete message at the bottom.

Figure 16. Transfer Complete

8. If not, check the board selection and the port selection (steps 3 and 4).

9. You should see a blinking LED on your board.

Figure 17. Blinking LED

Figure 15. Check and Run


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Appendix: Troubleshoot Firmware Updating

Step 1. Please make sure your Edison is supplied with enough power.

! Use a powered USB hub or an external power supply.

Step 3. Please make sure your Edison is in device mode.! The switch near the USB port on your Edison needs to be in downposition.

Step 4. If you use a Windows machine, please check if the USB drivers are installed properly.

1. Connect your Edison to your computer via multi-gadget port.2. Open Device Manager.

3. If you can find Edison listed under Other devices with ! in a yellow triangle, you need to re-install the drivers.

4. Right-click on Edison and click on uninstall.5. Follow the instruction on https://software.intel.com/en-us/get-started-edison-window

s-32-step2 to manually install the drivers.

Step 5. Please check whether your computer recognizes your Edison as a mass storage device. Ifyour computer does not, the firmware installation was interrupted and the image is corrupted.

Try Updating Firmware section again and please keep the USB cable unplugged for fewminutes after the installation process is finished.

References

1.

https://software.intel.com/en-us/iot/library/edison-getting-started

2. https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/flash-tool-lite-user-manual

3. https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/install-arduino-ide-on-intel-iot-platforms

4. https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-iot-platforms-blink-led-arduino-ide

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