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[Upcycle_It] Enchanted_Refrigerator: #3 Intel Edsion Firmware Upgrade (Manually)

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In my previous blog, I have shared initial thoughts on implementation of my project and set up steps for access Intel Edison using SSH. In this post I am sharing share Intel Edison firmware upgrade process.. because When all challengers get their Intel Edison board this will be the the first step for all to upgrade it with latest yocto image.. as in most of the cases the Intel Edison board you receive will not loaded with latest yocto image..

Intel Edison Firmware can be upgrade using three ways as per Intel Edison Documentation..

 

Here are steps for Recommended Method for manually Flashing latest Firmware on Intel Edison ..

 

  1. Download the latest pre-built Yocto* complete image for your board. You can find the most recent version available on the main downloads page: https://software.intel.com/iot/hardware/edison/downloads
  2. Extract the contents of the image file.
  3. Download the latest copy of dfu-util.exe and libusb-1.0.dll from the dfu-util site. Place these files in the same folder you extracted the image file to.
  4. Connect Intel Edison with host system using USB. as shown in picture below.

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    5. Open a new command window by clicking Start. Type cmd and press Enter.

    6. Navigate to the folder you extracted the image .zip file to, then enter the command: flashall.bat

 

Firmware upgrade takes about 10-15 minutes and for few minutes no activity displayed on command window.. So don't be in hurry at least wait for 5-10 minutes until last step "flashing rootfs" starts on terminal.  Here is screenshot of successfully completed firmware upgrade process..

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now you can access Intel Edison loaded with upgraded yocto image using mobaXterm or putty SSH client.. and check Yocto version by running uname -a command on Edison  as per below screenshot

root@edison:~# uname -a
Linux edison 3.10.98-poky-edison+ #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 6 14:32:08 PDT 2016 i686 GNU/Linux
root@edison:~#

 

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In next blog I will share connecting Intel Edison to Internet using WiFi and installing packages for MQTT and http GET/POST request for python.

 

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