Windows IoT with Intel Galileo

For example in our case: C:\galileo>apply-bootmedia.cmd -destination d:\ -image 9600.16384.x86fre.winblue_rtm_iotbuild.150309-0310_galileo_v2.wim -hostname mygalileo -password admin

Here we are using apply-bootmedia.cmd to create the image on the destination drive on which our SD card is mounted. You need not to write the entire image name, just write “–image” and press the Tab key, the Command Prompt will complete that for you. You must pass to more parameters “hostname” and “password” for your Administrator account of Windows. It is highly recommended to use “mygalileo” as hostname and “admin” as password. Unless you do not have a valid reason stick to this. The Visual Studio template for IoT uses “mygalileo” as the default hostname, if you change it here then be sure to change it in Visual Studio debug configurations. The mounting process will start, it will take some time. Before applying the image it pauses for a minute, give it some time. This entire process will take around 10 minutes. Then it will display the hostname, timezone, username, and password.

Connecting and booting Windows

Once your bootable image is ready you can mount it to your Intel Galileo board in the SD card slot. Connect your board to a power supply, Galileo gen1 and gen2 boards use different power supplies. If you are using a Gen2 board then use the 12-volt power supply and with Gen1 use a 5-volt power supply.

Galileo Watcher

Now you can run the Galileo Watcher utility. The “Galileo Watcher” will automatically detect your board. If it doesn’t then ensure that it has network access using a firewall. This utility will display some information about your board such as its MAC address and IP address. It also has a check box to show whether your Galileo is connected or not. When you right-click on board it will open a Handy Context Menu, with this you can copy the MAC and IP address or remotely connect to your Galileo.

Telnet here It will start a telnet session with the board. You will be able to get a remote command prompt against your Galileo. It will ask for Username and password that are: Username: Administrator

Password: admin Web Browser here There is a webserver running on MinWin, you can see a task list, process running on your board, file list and memory statistic. It is like a Task Manager for Galileo. You can just open a web browser and type http://<your galileo host name or ip address>.

Figure: Process running on Galileo

Open Network Share: The Windows on Galileo has a c$ share. You will get a remote file system. The connection parameters are the following: Username: mygalileo\Administrator Password: admin

You can type \\mygalileo\c$ in File Explorer to open a network share. If it won’t recognize the username then you can use an IP address.

Developing your first application for Galileo on Windows When we set up an electronic board we first test it by running a program for blinking the LED. It is the same as running your Hello world program. So let’s write our Hello World application for Windows on Galileo.