What this book covers

Chapter 1, Installing and Configuring Linux, explains how to set up your Galileo board and the development environment, so you can start building projects. We will install the Galileo IoT image and install the required software on your computer.

Chapter 2, Connecting External Sensors, will discuss connecting sensors to the board, such as a temperature sensor. We will see how to read data from sensors and use it in our projects.

Chapter 3, Controlling Hardware Devices, covers how to control devices from the Galileo board, such as a relay that can be used to control electrical appliances.

Chapter 4, Creating a Web Server, is dedicated to running a simple web server on the Galileo board. We will see that a server can also be used to control the inputs and outputs of the board.

Chapter 5, Hosting Applications on the Galileo Board, covers how to host useful applications on the board, such as a simple file-sharing server.

Chapter 6, Local Network Monitoring, is dedicated to creating applications to monitor the activity of the Galileo board via the local network connection, for example, you will be able to monitor measurements done by the board in real time.

Chapter 7, Cloud Data Monitoring, is all about connecting your board to cloud services in order to build Internet of Things applications, such as remotely logging data on a cloud platform.

Chapter 8, Building a Home Automation System, sums up all that was done in the book with an application: building a home automation system based on Arduino, using the Galileo board as the "hub" of the system.