Edison Getting Started Guide
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Resources and Going Further
Now that you've got an Edison connected to the web, what's next? Need some inspiration? Check out these tutorials
SparkFun Blocks for Intel® Edison - Battery Block
A quick overview of the features of the Battery Block.
SparkFun Blocks for Intel® Edison - Console Block
A quick overview of the features of the Console Block.
General Guide to SparkFun Blocks for Intel® Edison
A general guide for using SparkFun Blocks for Intel® Edison in your next project!
Loading Debian (Ubilinux) on the Edison
How to load a Debian distribution (specifically Ubilinux) onto the Edison.
SparkFun Inventor's Kit for Edison Experiment Guide
Learn how to harness the power of the Intel® Edison using JavaScript to post data to the cloud, control electronics from smartphones, and host web pages that interact with circuits.
- General Guide to Sparkfun Blocks for Intel Edison -- A general guide for using Sparkfun Blocks for Intel Edison in your next project!
- Loading Debian (Ubilinux) on the Edison -- How to load a Debian distribution (specifically Ubilinux) onto the Edison.
- SparkFun Inventor's Kit for Edison Experiment Guide - You don't need the kit to start programming the Edison with JavaScript!
- Console Block Hookup Guide -- A quick overview of the features of the Console Block.
- Battery Block Hookup Guide -- A quick overview of the features of the Battery Block.
- GPIO Block Hookup Guide -- A quick overview of the features of the GPIO Block.
- Intel Edison Getting Started Guide -- This tutorial was written to help reinforce these guides written and hosted by Intel. They've got separate pages for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux.
- Intel's Edison Home Page -- There's a wealth of information in Intel's Maker forum and throughout their Makers web community.
If you're new to Linux, we highly recommend checking Userland, a guide to all things shell.