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First steps

Alex Simon edited this page Feb 10, 2016 · 6 revisions

Connect your LinkIt Smart Duo

  1. Boot LinkIt Duo 7688 (starts in AP mode), it takes 1 minute to get the server up and running
  2. Find LinkIt_Smart_7688_XXXXXX in your networks and connect to it
  3. Open a browser with URL mylinkit.local/ or 192.168.100.1 (If first time, set the password for root)
  4. Click Network tab on the upper right.
  5. Select Station Mode and connect to your network

NOTE: to go back to AP mode (to connect to a different network for example), press Wi-Fi button at least 5 seconds and reboot the LinkIt.

To SSH: ssh [email protected] or ssh root@IP

Connect your Arduino IDE with LinkIt Smart

  1. Make sure you have Arduino IDE >1.6.4
  2. Download this JSON file
  3. Go to Arduino > Preferences > Additional Boards Manager URL
  4. Go to Tools > Boards > Board Manager
  5. The support package should download automatically > Install
  6. LinkIt Smart Duo should be ready to use under Tools > Board

Full instructions here

Pins

LinkIt Smart Duo

Install packages

pip install requests, python-twitter

In case of emergency

If you brick the board you can reset it by pressing the WiFi button during at least 20 seconds. The board will go back to factory configuration (including AP mode).