IoT Hackathon 2019

Installation Guides

Each team received a box of hardware, including two separate micro-controllers (Azure Sphere or Feather Huzzah) as well as sensors, leds, wires, etc. The installation guides for both micro-controller are listed below.

Azure Sphere Hardware Installation

Installation Guide for Windows 10 machines:

Download Visual Studio 2017, version 15.7 or later: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes-v15.7
Download the Azure Sphere SDK for Visual Studio Preview: https://aka.ms/AzureSphereSDKDownload

Installation Guide for Mac OS machines: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UvfDjtJJC_HCPok1Y_vY2wal0zwIhk0c/view?usp=sharing

AdaFruit Hardware Installation

Hardware + What to Install

In addition to the Microsoft Azure Sphere, we also have hardware available from Adafruit (hardware list).

You will need to install the Arduino IDE to program the device. Depending on your operating system, you may require drivers for the Feather HUZZAH. Follow the instructions here to install drivers and run the Blink Test and the Connecting via WiFi to make sure your system and WiFi are set up correctly.

Install Steps

These instructions largely follow https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-feather-huzzah-esp8266/using-arduino-ide You can find more details and screenshots there.

Install the CP2104 VCP Drivers (not necessary for Linux): https://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers
Install the Arduino IDE: https://arduino.cc/download

Add ESP8266 boards
There's a text box under "Preferences > Additional Board Manager URLs". In the text box, enter http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json
Tools -> Board -> Board Manager – Search for ESP8266, then click the Install button.

Run Blink Code

File > Examples > ESP8266 > Blink
Click Verify (If you don’t have a device)
Click Upload (If you do have a device)

Adafruit has several setup tutorials, videos, and articles available to help you familiarize yourself with the platform.

Communication

Please make sure you sign up for the WWCode Portland Slack community and join the #hackathon-2019 channel.

wwcodeportland/hackathon-2019

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