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Intel Edison Projects

By : Avirup Basu
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Intel Edison Projects

By: Avirup Basu

Overview of this book

Change the way you look at embedded electronics with Intel Edison. It is a small computing platform packed with a set of robust features to deliver hands-on performance, durability, and software support. This book is a perfect place to kickstart development and rapid prototyping using Intel Edison. It will start by introducing readers to the Intel Edison board and explaining how to get started with it. You will learn how to build a mini weather station, which will help you to acquire temperature and smoke level and push it to the IoT platform. Then you will see how to build a home automation device and control your appliances using an Android app. Furthermore, we will build a security system using a webcam to detect faces and perform voice recognition. Toward the end, the book will demonstrate how you can build two robots, which will be based on different line sensing sensors and can be controlled by a PC. The book will guide the readers through each and every step of execution of a project, using Intel Edison.
Table of Contents (7 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, we've covered the initial setup of the Intel Edison and configuring it to the network. We have also looked at how to transfer files to and from the Edison, and set up the developer environment for Arduino, Python, and Node.js. We did some sample programming, blinking an LED, using all three platforms. Through this, we've gained a fair knowledge of operating the Edison and developing simple to complex projects.

In Chapter 2, Weather Station (IoT), we'll build a mini-weather station and will be able to deploy a project on the Intel Edison.