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UpCycle IT - R2I - Edison link to Arduino

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UpCycle IT – R2I INDEX:

 

Blog #1_”Introduction”

Blog #2_”Designing”

Blog #3 "The Kit"

Blog #4_"Mother Natures Version"
Blog #5_"Research"
Blog #6_"Competition01"

Blog #7_"Edison Setup"

Blog #8_"Edison 2 Ardunio"
Blog #9_"Grove-ON"
Blog #10_"Hot2Not"

 

Blog #8 - Edison link to Arduino

 

Previously I had mentioned showing how to get the IDE working with our Edison board and this blog will cover that.  I am going from perspective you already have Arduino loaded from another project and just need to add the Edison board materials.  There are numerous blogs on installing Arduino and I have even put some out.  I will try and link to mine a little later here.

 

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In blog 7 I was referencing the intel.com website for the latest Edison information so I will pick up from there.  As you can see they have a link to Arduino under their IDEs page.

 

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Since I am not installing Arduino from scratch I ignored the first part of their instructions and scrolled down to where you actually tell Arduino about your Edison board.

 

Under Step #7 they have you go to Tools> Board> Boards Manager and look for the Intel i686 Boards.

(actually below the highlighted one, since that is the i586 for Galileo.

 

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Here is an example showing how you access the Boards Manager.

As you can see my previous board was my Uno.

 

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Here we will click on Install for the Intel i686 Boards.  Edison. 

 

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Depending on speed of Network this can take a few minutes.

 

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Success!  We now have the Edison board included with our Arduino IDE!

 

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Of course it won't actually do anything unless you change the board to your new Intel Edison board so make sure to switch to the Edison.

 

 

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Using the tried and true Blink sketch I had as the default sketch I quickly uploaded over to the Edison to see if it was working.

 

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There we see the Blinking Led showing that your Arduino IDE is now connected and communicating with your Edison.  Congratulations!

  • in reply to jkutzsch

    Hi John,

     

    In my case it may not be computer related.  I have been have chronic headaches for a while and since the weather has gotten warmer/moister, the headaches have been literally knocking me out for 2-4 hours in the middle of the day and leaving me too fatigued to do anything for the rest of the day.  Big Bummer as I am trying to get final edits done on my latest book "Reverse Engineering The Universe" and Volume 11 of my WW II Sea War series.

     

    I have an appointment for the Headache Clinic locally, but first available meeting is in early August.  So evidently I am not the only one being affected by chronic headaches.

     

    DAB

  • in reply to DAB

    Ouch, since I spend all of my "paid" work time staring at multiple computer screens I can fully understand where headaches/migraines can be something that keeps you away from a computer.  I keep playing with new glare coatings on my glasses, various headsets (ip telephony), chairs and anything else I can test out to try and avoid stresses that lead to crippling headaches.  Sometimes, regardless of best efforts the only solution is to stay away from the systems.  :-(

  • Great post John.

     

    I have been wanting to do this experiment with my Edison board, but I have just been too busy.  That and losing half my days to persistent head aches.

     

    Well done.

     

    DAB

  • in reply to balearicdynamics

    Good idea, I will go back in a few days and add some links as well.  As I will show in my next blog today written links can quickly be outdated and you have to rely on good old search-fu to find what you really want/need.  :-)

  • Clear and complete. Good job.

     

    A suggestion: web pages screenshot are useful to illustrate what happens but IMO it will be better to add the links too for future users (pages frequently changes and sites are updated along the time).

     

    Enrico