Start of funding 01.07.2014

Innovative applications for the Intel Edison Development Board as an embedded system

Prof. Dr. Bernd Brügge
Technische Universität München
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 1 - Angewandte Softwaretechnik

Dr. Bruce Horn
Intel Corporation
New Devices Group, Smart Device Innovation



In October 2013 Intel Corporation released the Intel Galileo Development Board, a single board computer mainly designed for educational and self-made electronic projects. This board allows users to create and control individual electronic sensor and actuator set ups. In January 2014 Intel announced the launch of another single board computer, the „Intel Edison Development Board“, which is mainly designed for embedded systems and wearable computing projects. Since this board only has about the size of a SD memory card (32x24x2mm) and is equipped with both a Bluetooth and a WiFi module, it is predestined to act as an embedded system in wearable and handheld devices. The Intel Edison opens new perspectives and applications by changing the way we interact with our technological environment. Tiny movements performed by our hands or arms can be translated into smart gestures to control soft- and hardware in our direct surrounding. The main goal of this project is to find new and innovative applications for the Intel Galileo and the Intel Edison Development Board.

Final report:
BaCaTeC supported the cooperation between Intel and the Chair for Applied Software Engineering at the Technische Universität München. The cooperation led to the development of three innovative applications each of them using Intel’s Edison. KneeHapp is a smart bandage with integrated motion sensors that tracks the rehabilitation progress of patients with an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury. The Bandage was evaluated in several case studies with a surgeon. The Agile Factory is a computationally enabled factory that enables consumers to track the assembly progress of a product that allows the modification of the product dynamically even during the assembly process. Custodian is an e-textile jacket that supports and monitors technicians during maintenance activities in a supercomputer center.