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Intel Edison getting started with mini breakout board and Eclipse -- need getting started guide


I have set up my Intel Eclipse mini breakout board using this getting started http://youtu.be/-JwOB6vvETw. It is very good but only takes you to where you can talk to the Edison with Putty. That works. Then I used this guide https://software.intel.com/en-us/getting-started-for-c-c-plus-plus-eclipse-galileo-and-edison. I installed Eclipse and tried to run the "Hello World" example. I get an error "Error Starting Process" and details of "Launching Failed".

I turned to Google but I seem to be one of the first people to get this thing (Amazon delivered in under 24 hours). I looked on YouTube but find that all the relevant clips show "Watched" as I have already watched them.

Of course I tried the Intel Getting Started site. They say that their getting started guide is for their larger Arduino Breakout Board and that if you want a getting started guide for any other breakout board to look on the manufacturers site. But Intel makes the mini breakout board so this is very frustrating. I have confirmed that the Arduino Getting Started Guide does not work with the mini breakout board.

I need some guidance in just running any program into the Intel Edison Mini Breakout Board from Eclipse.

EDIT: WiFi WAP requires either a 5 or 13 character password. All I had was a 104 bit key. I set up a second router with a WPA password and now WiFi works. I still don't know how to connect the mini breadboard to Eclipse.

EDIT2: Solved by following this guide https://software.intel.com/en-us/node/519930 and entering the WiFi address as the requested ip address. I did not use the USB ip address nor did I try after previously having that fail.


Solution

  • The standard Start-up guide will not work with the mini breakout board. It only works with the Arduino* expansion board. What works is a combination of the two guides in my initial question but you must get WiFi working first.

    When you go through the "Getting Started for C/C++ (Eclipse) - Galileo & Edison" at one point it asks what the ip address is. Use the WiFi IP Address. I had initially used the USB IP address and that did not work. That was the point where I posted this question. After getting a side issue that I did not realize was connected and getting WiFi resolved, I used that WiFi IP address. Now it works. that said, it may be that you can get the USB IP address to work, it is just that I couldn't. As my application needs the USB port for reading data, I didn't want it for program loading anyway.

    In summary, get to the point where you can use Putty to get around Linux on the Edison with this tutorial http://goo.gl/BmRuco or this video http://youtu.be/-JwOB6vvETw

    Then get Eclipse and C running using this getting started guide http://goo.gl/L1y3tq

    But get WiFi working first. Use WPA and not WAP in your router if you have trouble.