The Intel Edison is a crowning achievement of Intels adaptation of its technology into maker-friendly products. Theyve packed the dual-core power of the Atom CPU, combined it with a sideboard microcontroller brain, and added in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy, and a generous amount of RAM (1GB) and flash storage (4GB). This book, written by Stephanie Moyerman, a research scientist with Intels Smart Device Innovation Team, teaches you everything you need to know to get started making things with Edison, the compact and powerful Internet of Things platform. Projects and tutorials include: Controlling devices over Bluetooth Using Python and Arduino programming environments on Edison Tracking objects with a webcam and OpenCV Responding to voice commands and talking back Using and configuring Linux on Edison Chapter 1Introduction to Edison Tour of Breakout Boards Setup and Configuration Install Connecting Troubleshooting Going Further Chapter 2Introduction to Linux What Is Linux? The Edison Filesystem Basic Linux Commands Scripting and More Advanced Linux Commands The Internet Installing Packages in Yocto Text Editors Going Further Chapter 3Introduction to Arduino What is Arduino Materials List The Arduino IDE Sketches and Functions Digital Output with Blink Digital Input: Adding a Button Analog Output Analog Input I2C Accelerometer SPI Screen Linux, C++, and the Arduino IDE Troubleshooting Going Further Chapter 4Programming in Python Introduction Hello, World in Python Functions and Loops Installing Libraries Blink in Python Button-Controlled Blink Bluetooth-Controlled LED The Potentiometer I2C Accelerometer SPI Screen BLE Beacon Going Further Chapter 5Teach Edison to See Introduction Materials List OpenCV Webcam Going Further Chapter 6Exploring Sound Introduction Materials List Connecting a Headset Playing and Recording Sounds Makeshift MP3 Player Recording Audio with Python Speech Recognition Controlling Devices Going Further Chapter 7Conclusions Linux Flavors Programming Languages The Intel XDK IoT Edition Shutdown Now Appendix Materials