Received Free Intel IoT(Internet of things) Kit from Intel USA

I received a free Intel IoT kit from Intel USA. I registered myself for this programme filled a form and shared my project idea. I gave full details of my project on a link provided by them and filled the working and future aspects of this project "Smart Automobile" using Intel Galileo development Board, which is my final year project. I never thought that they will select me for this kit. I registered there before my 7th semester examination around in November 2014. Now it is february 2015 when i am getting this kit. I am very happy to have this kit at my home. I was very excited from last week. I got a mail in the end of January about that kit and i could not believe at that time. After that day i got one another mail which was showing the tracking number of  DHL express courier service. I called them and asked about the charges ;) he said it is completely free for you Intel has already paid for the shipment and other charges. It was in Denver-USA at that time. It took 4 days to finally reach at my home. from Denver-USA to UK-London to India-Mumbai and finally at my home. :) . I am really very excited to use it :) Thank You so much Intel Inc. USA. :)
This kit contains various sensors like temperature sensors, Light sensors, Angle rotation detection sensor, Touch sensor, Relay module, Sound intensity sensor, A buzzer module, push button switch module, Potentiometer module and a servo motor.
                    There is one RGB backlight Grove LCD and one common base to connect all this components and modules together. There are various cables like USB to UART , USB to MicroUSB, USB to 3.5mm Jack, 10mini 4 pin connectors. It has also 2 8 Gb micro sd cards with adaptor and these all things are placed in a very beautiful case. It is awesome. I am very excited to use these all with my Intel Galileo board. These components and modules can be used directly with Arduino board as it is made specially for the Arduino board. This kit has a manual which describes all the components and gives brief explanation about interfacing with the board.

Links provided in the manual are as follows :
Step-by-Step guide  in the "First Date with Arduino" section of the Grove-Starter kit's wiki page            

http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/Main_Page

Github Code file is uploaded on the following link :

github.com/Seeed-Studio/Sketchbook_Starter_Kit_V2.0

Embedded Newbie: Intel Galileo Based Smart Automobile Project

Embedded Newbie: Intel Galileo Based Smart Automobile Project: My Final Year Project Block Diagram Intel Galileo Development Board's various components Backside of Intel Gali...

Intel Galileo Board Introduction

Galileo is a micro controller board based on the Intel® Quark SoC X1000  Application Processor, a 32­bit Intel Pentium ­class system on a chip. It’s the first board based on Intel® architecture designed to be hardware and software pin­compatible with Arduino shields designed for the Uno R3. The pins are all in the same locations as on the Arduino Uno R3. This is also known as the Arduino 1.0 pinout.

Galileo is  designed to support shields that operate at either 3.3V or 5V.  However, a jumper on the board enables voltage translation to 5V at the I/O pins. This provides support  for 5V Uno shields and is the default behavior. By switching the jumper position, the voltage translation can be disabled to provide 3.3V operation at the I/O pins. Of course, the Galileo board is also SW compatible with the Arduino SW Development Environment, which makes usability and introduction a snap.

In addition to Arduino HW and SW compatibility, the Galileo board has several PC industry standard I/O ports and features to expand native usage and capabilities beyond the Arduino shield ecosystem. A full sized mini-PCI Express* slot, 100Mb Ethernet port, Micro-SD slot, RS-232 serial port, USB Host port, USB Client port, and 8MByte NOR flash come standard on the board.

 

SOURCE = www.intel.com

FOR MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION CLICK HERE

(http://www.intel.com/newsroom/kits/quark/galileo/pdfs/Intel_Galileo_Datasheet.pdf)

SOURCE = www.intel.com

for the Quick start Guide CLICK HERE

(www.intel.com/support/go/galileo and follow the instructions.)

SOURCE = www.intel.com

   for details CLICK HERE

Intel Galileo Based Smart Automobile Project

My Final Year Project Block Diagram

Intel Galileo Development Board's various components

Backside of Intel Galileo Development Board

Intel Galileo Board