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You're reading from Intel Galileo Blueprints Discover the true potential of the Intel Galileo board for building exciting projects in various domains such as home automation and robotics

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781785281426

Length 192 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Galileo

Concepts

Robotics

Author (1):

Marco Schwartz

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

1. Setting Up the Galileo Board and the Development Environment FREE CHAPTER

What is Arduino?

2. Creating a Weather Measurement and Data Logging Station

3. Controlling Outputs Using the Galileo Board

4. Monitoring Data Remotely

5. Interacting with Web APIs

6. Internet of Things with Intel Galileo

7. Controlling Your Galileo Projects from Anywhere

8. Displaying the Number of Unread Gmail E-mails on an LCD Screen

9. Automated Remote Gardening with Intel Galileo

10. Building a Complete Home Automation System

11. Building a Mobile Robot Controlled by the Intel Galileo Board

12. Controlling the Galileo Board from the Web in Real Time Using MQTT

Index

Hardware configuration

We are now going to see how to configure the hardware for this chapter. Let's start by connecting the power supply; connect to the 5V pin on the board coming from the Galileo board to the red power line on the breadboard, and the GND pin of the Galileo board to the blue power line of the breadboard.

Then, we will connect the relay. Connect the VCC pin of the relay to the red power line, GND to the blue power line, and the SIG pin of the relay to pin number 7.

For the PIR motion sensor, the process is actually very similar. Connect the VCC pin to the red power line, GND to the blue power line, and the OUT pin of the sensor to pin number 8.

Finally, place the photocell in the series with the 10k Ohm resistor on the breadboard. Then, connect the free pin of the photocell to the red power line, and the free pin of the resistor to the blue power line. Also, connect the middle pin to the analog pin A0 of the Galileo board.

The following image shows the final result: