Set Up Serial Terminal on the Intel® Galileo Board for Windows

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Requirements

• You have assembled and connected your Intel® Galileo board
• A 2GB or larger micro SD card (with SD card adapter, if necessary)
• A system with Windows* 7 or higher and a card reader

These instructions are for using the Intel Galileo board with the Intel® XDK IoT Edition or the Eclipse* IDE, looking for instructions on how to use it with the Arduino* IDE?

Install the Driver

For Gen 2, follow these steps.

1. Download the FTDI driver for Windows (Source:http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm)
2. Right-click the .exe file you downloaded, which should be called "CDM…" and select Run as Administrator:

   

1. Click Extract.
2. Click Next.
3. Click Finish.
4. You should see a new USB Serial Port entry in the "Ports (COM & LPT)" section of the Device Manager.

For Gen 1, install the drivers that should have been provided with your serial to USB converter from the manufacturer.

A common serial to USB converter is the Prolific type, and the drivers can be found on their site http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=225&pcid=41.

Set up PuTTY

1. Download the PuTTY terminal emulator: http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe.
2. Double-click the putty.exe file you downloaded to run it.
3. Configure the PuTTY menu as follows
   • Under Connection type, select Serial.
   • In the Serial line field, type your COM# (the COM port of your FTDI or 3.5mm to DB-9 adapter).
   • In the Speed field, type 115200.
   
    
4. When you see a blank screen, press the Enter key twice. You should see a login screen.
   
   
    
5. At the login prompt, type root and press Enter.
6. Press Enter when prompted for a password. You should see a terminal prompt.
   
   
    
7. Ensure that your data is recorded correctly by checking the internal date and time on your board. Enter the following command:
   
   date
8. To update the date to the current time, enter the following command:
   
   date -s "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS"
   
   For example, to set the time to January 29, 2015 at 16:54 UTC time, enter the following command:
   
   date -s "2015-01-29 16:54:00"
9. Create a bootable micro SD card with the latest Yocto* image for your board, then reboot the board. For steps, see Making a bootable micro SD Card with Windows*

Congratulations! You’ve set up the terminal communication to your Intel Galileo board. To get familiar with the system, you can try out some common Linux commands by searching "basic linux commands" in your web browser.

Continue with your IDE

Arduino*

Eclipse*

Intel® XDK IoT Edition

Not sure which to choose? Then start with Arduino*

Troubleshooting

Resources

• Intel® Galileo Board User Guide for the Arduino Expansion Board
• Product Brief for the Intel® Galileo Board
• Intel® Galileo and Intel® Edison Board Release Notes
• Introduction to Yocto Project
• Integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth card setup for the Intel® Galileo board

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