Autolog - Autonomous GPS-tracker (Intel Edison + Grove GPS)

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Autolog - Autonomous GPS-tracker (Intel Edison + Grove GPS)

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used Hardwre:

- Intel Edison + Arduino breakout

- Grove GPS

- Grove Accelerometer

- Grove Temperaturesensor

Get Started With Intel Edison

1. Unpack your Intel Edison + connect to it for the first time:

Plug in both usb cables and connect via serial console (e.g. putty / minicom/...) (user: root, no password)

2. copy newest Image onto edison flash drive

3. flash Edison with "reboot ota"

Now your Edison is up to date and you can start.

Embedded Code

1. Install Intel XDK

2. connect to your edison (connect button bottom left)

3. Insert appended example-project-Code (main.js) (use Node.js) + insert all the text in your empty Node.js template

4. Build and transfer project to Edison.

Downloads

Install Additional Hardware

1. Plug the Seed Grove Studio base into the arduino breakout for edison.

2. Plug in Grove GPS-Module

3. Plug in Grove Accelerometer-Module

4. Plug in Grove temperature sensor

Start the code

and take a look into /home/root/gps_data/new/**

where a new file with gps, temperature and accelerometer data will be written as soon as gps is connected.

Backend Code

download the appended zip with the backend code.

unzip it and call the html page. You will see a webpage displaying gps data.

In addition you have to setup right database to get updated data.

Downloads