Start up step by step

1 Plug in the power cable, usb and net cable

2 Press the power button.

Press the gray button to power on. Pink one is the reset button. After power on the USB device of the broad will be recognize as a serial port.

3 login the console

Download a putty software and connect the serial port, the band-rate is 115200. www.putty.org

4 get the ip address from console

Run ifconfig in shell console

root@hostname:~$ ifconfig
eth0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 48:02:2a:b6:0c:0a
          inet addr:192.168.2.109  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:35765 errors:0 dropped:355449 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3800 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:10828535 (10.8 MB)  TX bytes:703119 (703.1 KB)
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:153 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:153 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:12822 (12.8 KB)  TX bytes:12822 (12.8 KB)

The ip address of the broad is 192.168.2.109

5 get the ip address from router

You can also get the ip address of the broad from you router in the DHCP servier-> client list

ID    客户端名    MAC 地址    IP 地址    有效时间
1    lizhizhdeiPhone    0C-3E-9F-55-39-23    192.168.2.100    01:47:32
2    lizhizhou    60-45-BD-E9-29-BA    192.168.2.104    01:29:52
3    miniand    48-02-2A-B6-0C-0A    192.168.2.109    01:41:03
4    android-d005d5d5cbb83cc9    00-24-25-0E-E7-C8    192.168.2.101    01:53:23
5    ubuntu    00-0C-29-38-00-E1    192.168.2.102    01:15:16

The ip address of the broad is 192.168.2.109

6 load the Arduino IDE from the browser

Open a browser and type the address: http://(ip_addres_of_the_broad):8888

7 Load a configuration

Select the drop-down list, you can choose the configuration of the broad. The broad will program the fgpa program based on your choice.

8 Load a example

Press the blue button under the program editor. You can load a program which is saved previously. The Ex1 example includes a RGB LED example.

int main(int argn, char* argv[])
{
    init();
    led(0, 255,0,0);
    led(1, 255,0 ,255);
    led(2, 0 ,255,255);
    led(3, 255,255,0);
    return 0;
}

9 Edit the code

Edit the code in the editor.

10 Check the api doc

Press the API button, you will see the API you can use in the program.

11 run the code

Press the run button, the program you write will download to the broad, compile and run in the broad. See the RGB led change its color by your control.

12 check the output and error message

The compile error will display in the error label and you can correct it. The output of the program will display in the log label

13 Save the code

Press the save button and input the file name. The program you write will save in the broad. And the code can be load by using load example stage.

14 Extend the broad.

Coming soon