Hello World With Intel Galileo

Galileo is an Arduino compatible Microcontroller board. Arduino is an open-source platform used for building electronics projects. A microcontroller is an integrated computer on a chip.



“Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.”

When you set up the dev environment the first program you run is Blinking the LED, hence it is called the Hello World of Electronics. So before learning complex programs let us see how we can blink an LED with Intel Galileo board.

Requirements:

• Intel Galileo
• Power Supply
• An LED

We will be using Arduino IDE for coding. Download the IDE from the software page of Arduino website.

Unzip the application. You don’t need to install it, when you open the application it will look like this.



The programs you write in Arduino are called sketches. There are two functions in a sketch.

1. Loop
2. Setup

The setup method runs only once and the loop method runs again and again.

The basic sketch of program should look like this:

void setup()
{

}

void loop()
{

}

In the Arduino IDE goto the Board Manager and download Intel Galileo board from the various options provided.



Now from Tools under Board select your Galileo Gen1 or Gen 2. In my case it is Galileo Gen 2.



Also ensure that your Arduino IDE is pointing to the correct serial port. You can always check this from Device Manager.

The Arduino IDE has many examples that we can use, we will run Blink LED example. We will test our Galileo with the Example that you can find under File -> Examples -> Basics -> Blink


Code:

// the setup function runs once when you press reset or power the board
void setup() {
// initialize digital pin 13 as an output.
pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
}

// the loop function runs over and over again forever
void loop() {
digitalWrite(13, HIGH); // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
delay(1000); // wait for a second
digitalWrite(13, LOW); // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
delay(1000); // wait for a second
}

Now hook the LED carefully to pin 13 of the board. Insert cathode in pin 13 and anode in ground pin. The longer leg is cathode and shorter is anode.

Now deploy the code by clicking on deploy button. You will notice the LED blinking on your board.

 

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