Brain Inside (Intel IoT)

Brain Inside is a smart helmet built within 24 hours using Intel Edison at Intel IOT Roadshow. It’s designed for Motorcyclist’s safety.

It has features like

• Auto Turn Indicator
• Alert on Accident
• Light sensing lamps
• Auto Brake Indicator
• Auto Navigation

Step 1: What You Need

To create the smart helmet you need:

1. Intel Edison
2. Breakout Board
3. Accelerometer,
4. LED strips or LED Bar
5. Single LED
6. Buzzer
7. Light sensor,
8. Proximity sensor

Connect these to the Edison and enable Wi-Fi on the Edison.

Next is the code...

Step 2: Running the Solution

Take the code in Step 3 and copy it to the Edison using vi or any other editor of your choice.

To run the code use NodeJS to execute the JavaScript file.

like

node SmartHelmet.js

Code dependencies:

• MRAA (included in Edison image)
• http
• fs

Adding Email alerts:

In the place where we detect accident, you can insert the Email sending code from SendGrid.

Step 3: Code (SmartHelmet.js)

Attached is the code for running the helmet solution.

Step 4: Demo Videos