Intel Edison smartcar

By Sergio Monedero
Released on April 24th 2015
http://thingsandcode.com

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Build an Smart Car using an Intel Edison with an Arduino Breakout board and a L298N motor controller. Move the car and see the camera live stream using a web interface.

Build

1. Connect Intel Edison board Arduino pins to the L298N controller in this way:
   • IN1 -- Pin 7
   • IN2 -- Pin 6
   • IN3 -- Pin 5
   • IN4 -- Pin 4
   • Vin -- Motor's power supply positive terminal (6 - 12v)
   • GND -- Motor's power supply positive terminal and GND pin of Arduino.
   • OUT1 -- First motor
   • OUT4 -- Second motor
2. Set the small switch to the OFF position by pushing it toward the big USB port connector and connect the webcam.
3. Power on the Intel Edison using the DC power jack.

Installation

1. Connect the Intel Edison board to a network with an static IP.
2. Go to misc folder and copy install_ffmpeg.sh to /home/root on your Intel Edison using a SCP client.
3. [OPTIONAL] If you are using a Sony Eye webcam you need the kernel modules to make it work. Go to misc/kernel_modules folder and copy all the files to /home/root on your Intel Edison using a SCP client.
4. Open a SSH, connect with your Intel Edison, set permissions to execute install_ffmpeg.sh, connect the Intel Edison to the Internet and execute the script.
5. Go to Smartcar folder and open SmartCar.xdk with Intel XDK IoT Edition.
6. Click on Install/Build button of Intel XDK to fetch dependencies and compile the code.
7. Click on Upload to send the program to the device.

Usage

Open a web browser and go to http://[IP_OF_EDISON_BOARD]:8080/ There will be 4 buttons to move the car forward (Avanzar), backward (Retroceder), turn left (A la izquierda), and turn right (A la derecha).


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