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Introduction
The Arduino 101* (branded Genuino 101* outside the U.S.) is a learning and development platform that uses a low-power Intel® Curie™ module powered by the Intel® Quark™ SE microcontroller. The Intel® Quark™ SE microcontroller contains a single core 32 MHz x86 (Intel® Quark™ processor core) and the 32 MHz Argonaut RISC Core (ARC)* EM processor. The Arduino 101* platform runs on Windows*, Macintosh* OSX, and Linux* operating systems. This guide demonstrates how to run the Arduino 101* platform on Ubuntu* using a VMware* Workstation. The VMware* Workstation is a virtual machine that allows you to run applications from other OSes in Linux* from the desktop.
Hardware components
The hardware components used in this project are listed below:
Setting up VMware* workstation on Ubuntu*
Go to the VMware website to download and install the latest VMware workstation player for Windows*. Then go to the Ubuntu* website and download the latest version of Ubuntu Desktop*.
Open VMware and create a new virtual machine using the downloaded Ubuntu* image.
Development board download
Visit https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software to download the Arduino* Software IDE version 1.6.7 or later for Linux*. As of this writing, the latest Linux* Arduino* IDE version supported by Arduino 101* is arduino-1.6.11-linux64.tar.xz.
Copy arduino-1.6.11-linux64.tar.xz to the Ubuntu* folder in the VMWare environment.
Set up the environment for Arduino 101*
Untar arduino-1.6.11-linux64.tar.xz and install the Arduino IDE software.
sudo apt-get update
tar -xvf arduino-1.6.9-linux64.tar.xz
sudo mv arduino-1.6.9 /opt
cd /opt/arduino-1.6.9
~/install.sh
Bring up Arduino on Ubuntu*
1. Connect the Arduino 101 platform to the virtual machine that is running the VMWare workstation.
cd /opt/arduino-1.6.11
sudo ./arduino
Figure 1: Bringing up the Arduino IDE* on the Ubuntu* command line
2. Choose Tools > Board > Boards Manager to launch the board manager to install the Intel® Curie™ board.
Figure 2: Launching the Boards Manager
Figure 3: Installing Intel® Curie™ boards
3. Choose Tools > Port and select the Arduino 101 port.
Figure 4: Selecting the Arduino 101* port
4. Choose Tools > Board and select the Arduino 101* board.
Figure 5: Selecting the Arduino 101* board
5. Choose File > Examples > Basics > Blink and open the blink sketch.
Figure 6: Uploading the Blink sketch
The LED on the Arduino 101* platform should now blink.
Figure 7: Arduino 101* with LED Blinking
Arduino 101* Libraries
The Arduino 101* Libraries are a collection of code that provide extra functionality for sketches. They make it easy to connect to Bluetooth® LE, sensors, and timers. To experiment with the built-in Arduino 101* libraries, visit https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Libraries. The Arduino 101* libraries are based on the open source corelibs. If you are interested in experimenting the corelibs, visit 01.org’s GitHub*, but these are not required to use the Arduino 101* libraries.
Summary
We have described how to launch the Arduino 101* platform on Ubuntu* in VMware. Experiment with the Arduino 101* libraries, Grov*e - Starter Kit Plus, more sensors and shields to enjoy the power of the Intel® Curie™ module.
Helpful References
- Intel® Developer Zone:
- Arduino forum:
- Intel® Curie™ module:
- Arduino 101* hardware:
- Grove* Starter Kit Plus:
- Order Arduino 101* platform:
About the author
Nancy Le is a software engineer at Intel Corporation in the Software and Services Group working on Intel® Atom™ processor scale-enabling projects.
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