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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 sensor.

• Explore the capabilities and features of the Edison

• Connect Sparkfun, Breakout, 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 Edison's serial and parallel ports

• Collect and remotely process data using a Web browser

• Design your own Internet-enabled embedded technology devices

Author: Donald Norris