Programming the Intel Edison: Getting Started with Processing and Python

"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 patient movement alert system"-- Page [4] of cover.

A. About the Author -- B. Dedication -- C. PREFACE -- 1. Introduction -- The Edison Computing Module -- Intel Arduino Development Board -- Intel Edison Breakout Board -- Sparkfun Block for Intel Edison Console -- Summary -- 2. Getting Started with the Intel Edison Arduino Board -- Intel Edison Arduino IDE -- Powering the Arduino Development Board -- USB Communications -- Blink Sketch -- Modifying the Blink Sketch -- Summary -- 3. Working with Processing and the Intel Arduino IDE -- The Processing Language and the Intel Edison Arduino IDE -- Processing Language Basics -- Average Voltage Measurement Sketch -- Switch Demo Sketch -- Mini-Servo Sketch Example -- Ping Sensor Sketch -- Summary -- 4. Edison-Controlled Robotic Car -- BOE-BOT Car -- How an Analog Servo Works -- Continuous Rotation (CR) Servos -- Servo1 Sketch -- Autonomous Operation -- Operating the Robot Car -- Summary -- 5. Connecting to Edison Linux with the Command-Line Prompt -- Intel Edison Breakout Board -- ^Setting Up Your First USB Communications Session -- Connecting to the Client Computer -- Updating/Upgrading the Edison Firmware -- configure_edison Application -- Date and Time -- Web Server -- Python -- C/C++ --…