Category Archives: Intel Edison


Automated environmental alert system

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DJ‘s Instructable describes an automated environmental alert system consists of four gas sensors to meausure the concentration of methane, propane, carbon monoxide, and smoke in the air and are connected to an Intel Edison for wireless detection and alerting. The entire system runs with a 5V 3A power supply and the sensor data are read through 4-analog input channels of the Intel Edison board. He used an Arduino breakout board for Intel Edison for rapid prototyping of his project. An Intel Edison runs the show for the Environmental Alert System. The Edison is mounted on an Arduino breakout board, which makes it easy to read

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Portable password keeper using Intel Edison

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Daniel Gilbert shares his experience of building the PinTin Nano, a Intel Edison powered portable password keeper. With this instructable, I try to solve a problem everyone has: Passwords. Accounts. Logins. All the stuff you need to get into your favourite social media site, shopping site, blog or forum (they still exist, huh?). Now, there are several ways to control your accounts: Use always the same credentials: No. Never ever do that. Seriously. If your account gets hacked on one site, chance is that the hacker(s) will try the credentials on other, popular sites also. Don’t underestimate them. They are

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