Arduino Edison Files - Electronics Lab

Figure 1– Assembled Intel® Edison with Arduino expansion board.

Figure 2- You’ll need a cable that looks like this.

Figure 3- Intel® Edison board with the microswitch switched toward the micro USB ports

Figure 4- Plug in one of the micro-USB cables to the middle USB connector on the expansion board.

Plug the other end of the usb cable into your computer.

Figure 5- Plug the other end of the USB cable into your computer USB port.

Figure 6- The green power LED should light up.

Wait a moment for the board to boot up. You will know that the board is fully initialized when your computer mounts a new drive (much like inserting a SD card into your computer).

Note: If you do not see a new drive, and the LED light (DS1 on the Arduino expansion board) is occasionally turning on and off, it is likely that the DC power supply isn't connected properly.

Open the LED blink example sketch: File >> Arduino Examples >> 1.Basics >> Blink. You should see a window similar to the one below.

Figure 7- Blink example loaded into Arduino IDE

Select your board:

Figure 8- Select Intel® Edison from the Tools >> Board menu

Select the serial device of the board from the Tools | Serial Port menu. The easiest way to find what port the board is using is by disconnecting your board, restarting the IDE, and re-opening the menu; the entry that disappears should be the Intel® Edison board. Reconnect the board, restart the IDE, and select that serial port.

On Windows Systems

The port is likely to be COM3 or higher and is called "Intel Edison Virtual Com Port" in the Device Manager, like in Figure 9. It is NOT "USB Serial Port". COM1

Figure 9- Select Intel Edison Virtual Com Port (COM#)

Figure 10-Select COM port from Tools >Serial Port menu is using Windows*

Now the bottom right should match the COM port number of the 'Intel Edison Virtual Com Port (COM#)" from the Device Manager, like in Figure 11.

Figure 11- The COM number should match the Intel Edison Virtual Com Port (COM#).

On Linux

The port is likely to be /devlab/ttyACM.

Figure 12- Select /devlab/ttyAMC0 from the Tools >> Serial Port menu is using Linux*

On Mac OS X*

The port is likely to be /devlab/cu.usbmodemxxxx.

Figure 13- Select /devlab/cu.usbmodemxxxx from the Tools >Serial Port menu is using OS X*

Click the Upload button in the upper left to load and run the sketch on your board.

Figure 14- Click the Upload button to upload and launch your sketch

You should see a "Done Uploading" and a "Transfer complete" when it has uploaded, like in Figure 15.

Figure 15- You should see "Transfer complete"

The DS2 LED on your board should now blink with a 1 second delay.

Figure 16- The DS2 LED should now blink with a 1 second delay.