This document summarizes the steps taken in a course project that involved installing Linux on a virtual machine and using it to interact with an Arduino board. The key steps included: 1. Creating a flowchart to plan the project steps of installing Linux in a VM, installing Arduino IDE on Linux, and using it to program the Arduino. 2. Installing VMware and then Ubuntu Linux in a virtual machine. 3. Installing the Arduino IDE on Linux and using it to upload code to control an LED on a breadboard connected to the Arduino board. 4. Connecting the Arduino board to the Linux VM and using commands to change permissions and allow data transmission between

1. CEIS106 Introduction to Operating Systems

2. Introduction
• The Internet of Things is growing at an
exponential rate.
• The course project uses Vmware to
illustrate how to install and interact with a
Linux system using an Arduino,
• The course introduces a person to Linux and
how to install it.

3. Planning out
the steps of the
project.
• The first part of the project was to plan out the steps of
the project by creating a flowchart.

4. Flowchart
Flowchart with the following
steps:
• Install Virtual machine
• Install Linux on the VM
• Install Arduino on the
Linux image
• Install the RTOS library for
Arduino
• Set up the Arduino
hardware
• Run the Arduino from the
VM

5. Installing
VMware
• The first step of the project was to install VMware

6. VMWare
Screenshot of VMWare
installed

7. Install Ubuntu
virtual machine
on VMware
• The next step was to install a distrobution of Linux called
Ubuntu using the software Vmware.

8. Install Linux ISO
Screenshot showing Ubuntu
Linux installed

9. Exploration of
newly installed
Linux
• The next step was to familiarize oneself with the Linux
operating system environment.

10. Explore the
Linux Desktop
Explore the Linux Desktop and answer the following questions
How do you open a terminal window?
• Answer here: Click on show applications, scroll down, double click terminal.
Name a browser and Office software you see in Ubuntu:
• Answer here: Firefox, Libre Office
How would you compare the Linux desktop to other OS’s you have used (Windows, Mac)?
• Answer here: I find it very similar to using my Mac (seeing as how MacOS is an offshoot of UNIX that makes sense).

11. Installing
Aduino IDE
• The next step of the project was to install the Arduino
IDE on the Ubuntu Linux virtual machine.

12. Install Arduino
IDE
Screenshot showing Arduino
IDE installed on Ubuntu

13. Installing
programs on
Ubuntu Linux
• In order to install programs on Ubuntu Linux one has to
familiarizes oneself with the way that the operating
system functions.

14. Questions about
Installing files
Answer the following questions
What is a tar file?
• Answer here: The linux equivalent of a zip file.
What is the sudo command?
• Answer here: a super user command
How would you compare installing software on Linux versus Windows or Mac?
• Answer here: Depending on the version of Linux, about the same with a few extra steps. It’s like you have to activate
the install wizard. There is no autorun feature.

15. Installing RTOS
• In order to complete the final portion of the project the
next step was to install RTOS as well as NetStat

16. Install RTOS
Screenshot showing code in
Arduino IDE

17. Familiarization
with RTOS
• The next step was to familiarize oneself with RTOS.

18. Questions about
RTOS
Answer the following questions
What does RTOS mean?
• Answer here: Real Time Operating System
Why is RTOS important in IoT?
• Answer here: It allows for the IoT device to process real time commands when the need arises.

19. Scripts
Screenshot of config.txt file generated by the
script and create.sh

20. Integration of
Arduino board
and RTOS
• The next step was to connect the Arduino board to the
Ubuntu Linux virtual machine distribution.

21. Hardware
Picture or video showing
Arduino connected to
breadboard with
potentiometer and LED

22. Potentiometer
values
• The next step was to use the serial monitor inside of the
Arduino IDE to gauge the value of the potentiometer.

23. Serial Monitor
Serial Monitor showing
potentiometer values Tools->
Serial Monitor

24. Using
commands in
linux
• In order to be able to upload information to the Arduino,
one had to know how to change the permissions granted
to devices that are plugged in to the system.

25. Explanation of
command
What command did you use to change the
permissions of the port?
sudo usermod –a –G dialout user
Why did you have to do this?
So that the Linux environment would have
sufficient permission to transmit data to and
from the Arduino.

26. The End
• This course has opened my eyes to the many facets of
the Linux operating system and the many use-cases for
its various distributions. Now that I have been
familiarized with it, I will continue to learn more and
explore this wonderful and predominately free operating
system.