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Find the microswitch in between the USB ports on the expansion board.
Switch the microswitch down towards the micro-USB ports, if it isn’t already.
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Plug a micro-USB cable into the top micro-USB connector on the expansion board.
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Connect the other end of the USB cable into your computer.
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A green LED should light up on the expansion board. Wait one minute for the Intel® Edison to finish booting up.
How do you know when the board is ready?
You will know that the Intel® Edison is fully initialized when your computer mounts a new drive (much like inserting a SD card into your computer).
The Intel® Edison needs approximately one minute to go through the entire Linux startup process. There is no onboard LED to indicate whether or not the Intel® Edison is fully initialized, however you can watch the full bootup sequence (whether for fun or for debugging purposes) if you are connected to the board via the bottom micro-USB cable. You will learn how to gain command line access to your Intel® Edison later in Shell Access.
