3.1 Board Setup for Intel Edison

There are four steps to set up an Intel Edison as a WuKong device.

Step 1. Board Hardware Assembly: To assemble the Intel Edison module on its Arduino extension board.

Step 2. Board Configuration: To setup a password on the Intel Edison so that we can use the ssh command to access the board.

Step 3. Firmware Update: To obtain the compatible Yocto image, which is 159.devkit at the time of this writing, to support a larger root partition size and better Python tools.

Step 4. Python Tool Installation: To install the required Python libraries for running WuKong.

Step 5. Download WuKong Source Code: To clone the WuKong source code from GitHub to the Edison board.

• Step 1. Board Hardware Assembly

  There are two types of extension boards designed for the Intel Edison module: the Arduino extension board, and the mini breakout board. In this chapter, we use the Arduino extension board since it is more convenient to connect sensor kit without soldering.

  Please see the following website on how to assemble an Intel Edison board:
  https://software.intel.com/en-us/assembling-intel-edison-board-with-arduino-expansion-board

  After that, you can see the following website on how to set up a serial terminal to communicate with the board.
  https://software.intel.com/en-us/setting-up-serial-terminal-intel-edison-board

• Step 2. Board Configuration

  • To configure the board, enter the following command in the serial terminal opened in Step 1:

    configure_edison --setup
    

  • When prompted, you must enter a chosen password so that the board can be accessed through the ssh command later on.

    

  • When prompted, you can enter a name for the board, or the name "root" will be given if it is left empty.

    

  • The next step is the WiFi configuration. Type "Y" to setup WiFi and the board will start to scan network services. Once the board finishes scanning, choose a network SSID and then enter the network password if required. The following screen shows an example setting.

    

  • If you need to connect to a different network service, you can later use the following command to configure it again:

    configure_edison --wifi
    

• Step 3. Firmware Update

  Please download this image, iot-devkit-prof-dev-image-edison-20160315, for Edison. At the time of writing, this is a relative stable version.

  Then, choose and download the installer from the following website:
  https://software.intel.com/en-us/iot/hardware/edison/downloads

  Follow instructions of the installer and flash the firmware with previous downloaded image.

• Step 4. Python Tool Installation

  pip install twisted python-cjson gevent netifaces
  

• Step 5. Download WuKong Source Code

  • Clone the source code and download to your preferred working directory on the IoT board.

    git clone -b release0.4 http://github.com/wukong-m2m/wukong-darjeeling