1. Assemble NUC with the wooden chassis Hello. From now on, we are going to assemble the wooden chassis with Galileo and NUC board by ourselves. Because they are so small, sometimes they are called as ‘computer-in-hand’ and ‘palmtop computer,’ respectively. Then, using those two computers, we will show that we can also do some creative works as Galileo Galilei, Thomas Edison or Dennis Hong did. Making things by and for oneself is called DIY, which is an abbreviation of ‘Do It Yourself.’ Let’s assemble a wooden chassis for NUC board in person. Next Unit of Computing or NUC in short is a small form factor PC designed by Intel. By the way, a board of NUC will be needed when assembling the wooden chassis, so we will DIY the NUC board first.
In this small board, CPU is included by default. That is, only the memory module and the storage are required.
Plug in the memory module slanted so that it clacks.
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2. Booting NUC Up Let’s assemble the wooden chassis. Look at the wooden components. Dismantle them one by one and put them together in order as instructed in the manual. Use a wood glue if you need. Get help from adults if you are not strong enough. Watch out the direction of NUC board when you put it in the middle of the wooden chassis. Close the upper and lower lids, and you’re done with the NUC DIY with a wooden chassis!
Now, let’s connect it with a monitor. My NUC has mini-typed HDMI and DP ports, so I prepared the cable that is adjusted for it. If your NUC has normal type of HDMI, use the right cable accordingly.
Plug a keyboard and a mouse into the USB ports. For the wireless ones, plug a nail-sized wireless receiver so that we can save a USB port. You might need the speaker and the microphone. If you use a headset, you can save a USB port as well. We also have to connect Ethernet cable in order to use the Internet. Connect the power. External ODD will be required to install OS. I installed Windows 8.1. Now it’s time for NUC to work! 3
3. Assemble Galileo and Install Software Galileo is a microcontroller board designed to be hardware and software pin-compatible with Arduino. Galileo has several PC industry standard I/O ports and features to expand native usage and capabilities beyond the Arduino. Galileo contains not only CPU called ‘Quark’ but also OS and storage, so any extra installations are not needed when you are just doing some simple tasks. Then, let’s see the manual of wooden chassis for Galileo and assemble it. You can use four-legged support fixture which is included in ‘Galileo Starter Kit’. It looks more convenient but, wooden chassis is safer.
Two execution files should be installed in a NUC system to make Galileo work properly. Go to our home page and download two files. ‘Java Development Kit’ will be installed when you double-click the file “jdk-7u51-windows-i586.” You don’t have to care about this again after you install it once. “Arduino-1.5.3” folder should be under the “Local Disk(C:)” directory. Inside the folder, find an icon named ‘arduino’ and double-click it. It is called ‘Integrated Development Environment or IDE.
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4. Install Galileo Driver in NUC To code for Galileo, the ‘IDE’ should always be running. Therefore, it is convenient to pin it to Taskbar along with ‘Control Panel’.
Let’s install a driver for Galileo. In ‘Control Panel’, click ‘System and Security,’ ‘System,’ and ‘Device Manager’ in order. When you power on Galileo and connect with NUC using a USB cable, you will see ‘Gadget Serial v2.4’ under ‘Other devices.’ Right-click it and select ‘Update Driver Software..,’ then click ‘Browse my computer for driver software.’
Click on ‘Browse..’ and search to the ‘tools’ folder under the ‘arduino-1.5.3” folder. Click ‘OK’ and the small window will be closed. Now, click ‘Next’ to install the Galileo driver.
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If you see ‘Galileo(COMx)’ under ‘Port (COM&LPT)’ of ‘Device Manager’ then the installation is completed! Whenever you power on Galileo and connect to NUC with a USB cable, you need to wait a minute or so before you see ‘Galileo(COMx)’.
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