Learn To Easily Create Robotic, IoT, and Wearable Electronic Gadgets!
Get up-and-running building cutting-edge Edison devices with help from this DIY guide. Programming the Intel Edison: Getting Started with Processing and Python lays out the Edison's powerful features and teaches the basics of Internet-enabled embedded programming. Discover how to set up components, connect your PC or Mac, build Python applications, and use USB, WiFi, and Bluetooth connections. Start-to-finish example projects include a motor controller, home temperature system, robotic car, and wearable hospital alert sensor.
- Explore the capabilities and features of the Edison
- Connect Sparkfun, Break-out, and Arduino boards
- Program your Edison through the Arduino IDE
- Set up USB, GPIO, WiFi, and Bluetooth connections
- Learn Python basics and start writing custom programs
- Interface through the Edison's serial and parallel ports
- Collect and remotely process data using a Web browser
- Design your own Internet-enabled embedded technology devices
Table of contents
Introduction
Part I Working with Processing, the Arduino Programming Environment
Ch 1 Introduction to Edison
Ch 2 Getting Started with the Edison Arduino Development Board
Ch 3 Working with Processing and the Arduino IDE
Ch 4 Edison-Controlled Robot
Part II Working with the Linux OS and the Python Language
Ch 5 Connecting to the Edison Linux OS Using a Command Line Prompt
Ch 6 Python Basics
Ch 7 Python Objects, Classes, and Methods
Ch 8 Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Ch 9 Hardware Interfaces
Ch 10 Data Logging to a Database
Ch 11 What's Next