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Intel Galileo Blueprints
Intel Galileo Blueprints

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

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Intel Galileo Blueprints

Chapter 2. Creating a Weather Measurement and Data Logging Station

In this chapter, you will learn how to create a weather measurement and data logging station. Through this project, we will explore how to use the inputs of the Intel Galileo board to measure data from sensors. We will connect analog and digital sensors to the board. The sensors will measure the temperature, humidity, and ambient light. We will then log these measurements on to the SD card.

Let's dive in!

Hardware and software requirements

Firstly, you need to secure your Intel Galileo board. This will serve as our microcontroller board. Note that we'll use Gen 2 for this project.

We'll only use two sensors—a DHT11 and a photocell. We will need the DHT11 for the temperature and humidity measurements and the photocell for measuring the ambient light level.

Aside from these major components, you will also need a 1N4148 diode, 4.7K and 10K Ohm resistors, breadboard, jumper wires, and, of course, an SD card.

Here is a list of all the components needed for this project:

At this point...

Configuring the hardware

After all the required files are installed, we can start configuring the hardware by following these steps:

  1. Start with the DHT11 sensor, place it on the breadboard.
  2. Connect pin 1 to VCC (5V) on the Galileo board and pin 4 to GND on the Galileo board.
  3. Connect the sensor's pin 2 to both Galileo pin 5 and the diode.
  4. Connect the other end of the diode, and the cathode, to the Galileo board pin 6.
  5. Place one leg of the photocell in series with the 10k Ohm resistor.
  6. The other end of the resistor should be grounded by connecting it to the GND pin or the blue power rail.
  7. Connect the row where the resistor and the photocell meet to the A0 pin of the Galileo board.
  8. Connect the other leg of the photocell to VCC.
  9. Insert the SD card into Galileo's onboard SD card reader on the side of the board.

You can refer to the following schematic as a guide:

Configuring the hardware

Here is a picture of the hardware that was configured:

Configuring the hardware

Testing the sensors

After setting up the hardware, we can now test whether the sensors are working properly. To do so, we need to write a code to test both the digital temperature and humidity (DHT) sensor and the photocell.

Here is the complete code that I used in this project:

// Libraries
#include "DHT_Galileo.h"

// DHT sensor type
#define DHTTYPE DHT11 // DHT 11 

// DHT sensor pins
#define DHTIN 5
#define DHTOUT 6

// DHT instance
DHT_Galileodht(DHTIN,DHTOUT, DHTTYPE);

void setup()
{
  // Initialize the Serial port
Serial.begin(115200);

  // Init DHT
dht.begin();
}

void loop()
{
  // Measure from DHT
float temperature = dht.readTemperature();
float humidity = dht.readHumidity();

  // Measure light level
floatsensor_reading = analogRead(A0);
float light = sensor_reading/1024*100;

  // Display temperature
Serial.print("Temperature: ");
Serial.print((int)temperature);
Serial.println(" C");
   // Display humidity
Serial.print("Humidity: ");
Serial...

Logging data onto the SD card

Now that data from the sensors is being displayed on the serial monitor, we will log the results on an SD card. You need the following code to make this work.

You will notice that the following code is similar to the previous code; only a few parts are added. This is the complete code for this recipe:

// Libraries
#include "DHT_Galileo.h"
#include <SD.h>

// DHT sensor type
#define DHTTYPE DHT11 // DHT 11 

// DHT sensor pins
#define DHTIN 5
#define DHTOUT 6

// DHT instance
DHT_Galileodht(DHTIN,DHTOUT, DHTTYPE);

void setup()
{
  // Initialize the Serial port
Serial.begin(115200);

  // Init SD card
Serial.print("Initializing SD card...");

if (!SD.begin()) {
Serial.println("Card failed, or not present");
return;
  }
Serial.println("card initialized.");
system("/sbin/fdisk -l > /dev/ttyGS0");  

  // Init DHT
dht.begin();

  // Set date and time (only run once!)
  //system("date 171110202014&quot...

Summary

In this chapter, we first built the hardware by connecting the sensors and SD card to the Galileo board. We installed the necessary files and code on the Galileo to make it work as desired. Then, we tested the sensors and displayed the measurements on the serial monitor. We read the data and stored it on the SD card. Lastly, we analyzed and plotted the data in Excel.

To go further with this project, you can add more sensors, such as precipitation and wind speed detectors.

In the next chapter, you will learn how to control the outputs of the Galileo board. We will connect actuators, such as relays and servomotors, to the board and control them via push buttons and potentiometers.

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If you are an experienced developer using classic Arduino boards and would like to extend your knowledge to the Intel Galileo board and polish your project building skills, this book is for you.

Who is this book for?

If you are an experienced developer using classic Arduino boards and would like to extend your knowledge to the Intel Galileo board and polish your project building skills, this book is for you.

What you will learn

  • Monitor data remotely using the onboard Ethernet connection
  • Control outputs using the Galileo board and control the board remotely
  • Store and plot monitored data in the cloud
  • Access your Intel Galileo projects from anywhere in the world
  • Automate your garden and monitor it from the cloud
  • Create a whole home automation system using the Galileo board as the hub
  • Build a mobile robot based on your Galileo board
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Table of Contents

13 Chapters
1. Setting Up the Galileo Board and the Development Environment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Creating a Weather Measurement and Data Logging Station Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Controlling Outputs Using the Galileo Board Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Monitoring Data Remotely Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Interacting with Web APIs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Internet of Things with Intel Galileo Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Controlling Your Galileo Projects from Anywhere Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. Displaying the Number of Unread Gmail E-mails on an LCD Screen Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. Automated Remote Gardening with Intel Galileo Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. Building a Complete Home Automation System Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
11. Building a Mobile Robot Controlled by the Intel Galileo Board Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
12. Controlling the Galileo Board from the Web in Real Time Using MQTT Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Intel Galileo Blueprints, it is an Excellent book it covers all kind of topics about Home Automaton and Robotics Projects.I would like to recommend this title because it has many projects about Home Automation using this interesting board Intel Galileo with Arduino:The following contents that the book has:Setup the board, put every thing configured, other topics are, monitor and control your Intel galileo, meassure the temperatura,data logging, Internet of thingsm, protocols like MQTT to control your board in a remote wayI think that the most important thing that the books has is that all the practices that it has, they are in order, everything thas is in the book has a secuence.One important topic is the use of advanced topics are the APIS with intel galileo, this book has everything you need to make your Arduino Projects with this interesting book that has all the necesary to make every thing, you can connect sensors to your board and read the values.I would like to congratulate the Author of the book Marco Schwartz because the book is very complete it has everything to use our Intel Galileo board because all the projects have the basic to improve our own projects and continue doing ours.
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