28. MESH MAKES EXISTING IOT SOLUTIONS SMARTER
SMART WATER METER FLOOD DETECTOR PUMP CONTROLLER
29. MESH MAKES EXISTING IOT SOLUTIONS SMARTER
SMART WATER METER
+
Mesh
CONSOLEDEVICE CLOUD
Mesh
FLOOD DETECTOR SMART WATER METER PUMP CONTROLLER
Ethernet
30. WHAT WE’LL SEE IN THE DEMO
1. PUBLISH MESSAGES
2. CONTROLLED FROM THE CLOUD
3. LOCAL MESH NETWORKS WITHOUT AN INTERNET CONNECTION
31. PARTICLE SOFTWARE MAKES DEPLOYING MESH NETWORKS EASY
EVEN SIMPLER SETUP OVER BLE LOCAL DIAGNOSTICS OVER BLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT IN THE CLOUD
32. Mesh enabled, next generation
» Feather form factor
» OpenThread-based Mesh
» Low cost
» Low power
» Highly reliable
» First 10 networks free
Preorders shipping this month
Order at store.particle.io
Argon
» Wi-Fi + BLE +Mesh
» Wi-Fi endpoint or mesh gateway
» Starts at $25
Xenon
» BLE + Mesh
» Mesh endpoint
» Starts at $15
Boron
» LTE-M1 + BLE + Mesh
» Cellular endpoint or mesh gateway
» Starts at $49
34. M.2 FORM FACTOR
The M.2 NGFF (next-gen form factor) is the successor to mPCIe
SMALLER FOOTPRINT
» Double-sided design to minimize PCB footprint
UNIFIED PINOUT
» All M.2 SoMs are pin compatible with one another
» The same M.2 connector supports Wi-Fi, cellular, or
mesh connectivity options
EASIER
UPGRADES
» Future products released in same form factor with
compatible pinout
» M.2 SoMs can be removed for repairs or upgrades
35. MESH SOM AVAILABILITY
AVAILABLE IN Q1 2019A-SERIES B-SERIES X-SERIES
Wi-Fi + BLE + Mesh Cellular + BLE + Mesh BLE + Mesh
COMING SOON…
39. introducing
PARTICLE IoT RULES ENGINE
Get to market in a fraction of the time with Particle’s drag-and-drop IoT application builder
40. NODE RED: FLOW BASED PROGRAMMING FOR IOT
Browser-based editor Extendable paletteNode.js runtime
41. 1,000
EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY, COMMITMENT TO OPEN SOURCE
67
releases over 5 years
84
contributors
3,840
commits
1,600+
nodes published in the community
1,000,000
installs
42. Accelerate your time to market with
Particle’s IoT Rules Engine
» Create if-this-then-that style logic
» Powerful & flexible building blocks
» Visual “low-code” environment
» Write custom JavaScript code
WHAT CAN I DO WITH THE IOT RULES ENGINE?
Request beta access at
www.particle.io/iot-rules-engine
Real-time alerting Device commands
Data management Visualizations & analytics
Fleet-wide Remote Diagnostics OTA firmware automation
45. WORKING OFFLINE EASY TO CONFIGUREDOWNLOADING LARGE APPS
INTRODUCING PAIN-FREE LOCAL COMPILATION
46. VISUAL STUDIO CODE
Most popular development tool*
Powerful editing & debugging experience
8,000+ marketplace extensions
*StackOverflow.com Developer Survey 2018
47. DEVELOPMENT IN THE OPEN
Transparent public roadmap
Consumes and contributes to 100s of open source
projects
Engage with developer feedback every day in
community forums
48. Designed for IoT, optimized for Particle
» Local compilation
» Managed toolchain and OTA
» Autocomplete with IntelliSense
» 3,000+ official Particle libraries
» 8,000+ Visual Studio Marketplace extensions
» Advanced debugging
Sign up to access the developer preview
www.particle.io/workbench
51. #spectra2018
Greg Gorman
Director of Global
Developer
Advocacy
IBM
Amanda
Silver
Dir. of Program
Mgmt. for
Microsoft Dev
Tools
Grant
Erickson
President
Thread Group
Zach Supalla
CEO &
Co-Founder
Particle
Fireside Chat: Open Source and Open
Standards in IoT
56. Our GTM Model
•B2B through independent dealer network; limited control
•B2C – Lack of knowledge of our consumer and engagement
Challenge:
•Consumer satisfaction through ownership
•Drive service efficiency, control experience
OEM | Product Dealer Consumer
57. Connected Spas for the Consumer
• Control all aspects of hot tub from anywhere
• Monitor key settings: Energy usage, water care, use
• Smart product integration: Alexa, Apple Watch
Consumer Value Propositions: Remote Control & Engagement
58. Connected Spas for the Consumer
•Real Time reminders & alerts to consumer & dealer:
•Reminders –preventative maintenance tasks
•Error Alerts – hot tub errors
Consumer Value Propositions: Remote Monitoring
60. Ecommerce: In App Experience
Reminder
•Filtered by Spa model
•Buy when you need it Easy click to buy experience focus on your hot tub
Easy click to buy experience focus on your hot tub
Specific Accessory Checkout Multi category Other products
61. Hot Tub Fleet Management Software
•Integrated with Google maps for real time mapping
•Mouse over the pin to see a snapshot of the reminders, errors, and hot tub information.
•Use map to plan service router and zoom into customer home to survey siteEasy click to buy experience focus on your hot tub
62. Dealer Portal
•Fleet management software allows dealer to
view issue in the field at a glance
•View individual asset diagnostic information
and run tests
•Better Equipped to repair the tub, upon arrival
(replacement parts- e.g., pump)
Increase Dealer engagement with service advantages
64. Hardware Designed by Particle Studios
Advanced Technology:
•Global SIM connecting to hot tub electronics
•Sensors for remote diagnostics
Speed to Market:
•Designed entire system, including hardware in 6 months
Quality:
•Great performance at scale across North America
69. MESH DEVICES CAN PUBLISH DATA LIKE ANY PARTICLE DEVICE
FLOOD DETECTOR
Mesh
CONSOLEDEVICE CLOUD
Particle.publish()
Ethernet
70. MESH DEVICES CAN BE REMOTELY CONTROLLED LIKE ANY PARTICLE DEVICE
SMART WATER METER
+
Mesh
CONSOLEDEVICE CLOUD
Mesh
Particle.function()
Ethernet
71. MESH DEVICES CAN COMMUNICATE WITHOUT AN INTERNET CONNECTION
Mesh
CONSOLEDEVICE CLOUD
PUMP CONTROLLER
Mesh
Particle.publish()
Editor's Notes
Good morning everyone
Welcome to our first ever conference – Spectra!
Inspiration for this conference – we attend a smattering of IoT events, and we’re often disappointed that they’re not designed for IoT practitioners, but rather IoT hopefuls
We launched the Spark Core at RobotsConf in 2013, a conference designed to expose web developers to hardware, IoT, and robotics
We were big sponsors of Solid Conference, O’Reilly’s hardware and IoT conference in 2015
Neither survived the test of time
So we put together our own conference – designed around the needs of IoT practitioners
Very excited to have you here with us to talk about the industry, celebrate some of our customers’ successes, and share a few exciting product announcements
In preparing this presentation, I wanted to share with you my perspective on the Internet of Things.
But I always struggle when I’m talking about IoT because there is no such thing as IoT.
Or rather, the term “IoT” means different things to different people – and it’s helpful to lay out all the various definitions of IoT so that we’re all on the same page
A great example of how many different things “IoT” can mean is Matt Turck’s IoT Landscape.
… and when we do so, let’s start at the very beginning.
Telemetry became possible in the early 1900s
Seismic sensors in 1906
Commonwealth Edison measuring load on its electrical grid in 1912
The Panama Canal used telemetry to monitor water levels in 1914
About 1/2 of American households have a smart meter
And the Internet of Things as we know it was born on a college campus – at CMU, with an internet-connected Coke machine.
While we can reach back in history and find great stories, today we’re experiencing exponential growth in the industry because of two things: 1) Moore’s Law, and 2) we’re surrounded by wireless networks searching for clients.
3 devices per human
Timing is questionable, but the numbers aren’t
A challenge for technology providers
2013
And variety of things the industry needs to figure out
The big challenge for you as a product creator is building something that is valuable
We’ve learned a thing or two about what works and what doesn’t from you, our customers, who are building every possible IoT product – from scooters to sump pumps
Ignore hype - solve problems
For Particle, how we think about building our platform and what we build next, is to identify some of those hard challenges you're trying to solve and, well, solve it.
over the past few years we saw our customers trying to overcome the challenge of local communications - basically adding radios on top of Particle so their devices could talk to each other. There was a key theme across it all and that was the ability to connect more sensors to their main devices to gather more data from more places. Every customer was doing this a completely different way and totally from scratch. We also realized that with Particle, we could make every device a gateway
To solve this problem, we announced Particle Mesh -
Next gen dev kit - LTE - mesh enabled but also our most powerful dev kit to date (wi-fi, cellular)
Built on open standards (Featherwing - thread - open source)
These technologies will enable the builders to launch the next wave of real IoT
Transition: I’d like to introduce our General Manager of Prototyping, Will Hart
Will:
Like Zach said, 5,800 customers, 35,000 devices
Mesh was our most successful hardware product launch ever
We’re thrilled with the response – there’s a lot to be excited about with Particle Mesh
Mesh offers some useful improvements over existing Wi-Fi and Cellular connectivity solutions
Cost - In order for IoT to become ubiquitous, we need low cost connectivity. Mesh is a fraction of the price of other connectivity solutions.
Power - Mesh consumes less power than Wi-Fi or cellular devices, meaning new kinds of products, like battery-powered sensors that last for months and years
Reliability - Mesh networks are self-healing and become more reliable as you add devices to the mesh, making them suitable for mission critical applications
Most exciting of all is that Particle Mesh gives Particle devices the have different kinds of conversations with one another
Today, every Particle device connects directly to the Device Cloud
To communicate, devices must send a message to the Particle Cloud, which routes it to the recipient device
Great for individual products that need to send messages or data to the Cloud
But, if you have multiple products working together or sharing information, there’s a higher cost of connectivity
Also introducing latency between devices that are right next to one another
Now, with Particle Mesh, each device can each create and join local networks that allow endpoints on the network to share information in order to make better decisions
Local communications between devices turn smart products into smart systems that can grow their intelligence over time by working together
To dig deeper, let’s explore some of the new functionality of Particle Mesh devices with the help of a demo!
For this demo, we’re going to consider the example of home flooding
Although this is a rather dramatic depiction, flooding is the leading cause of damage to private residences
And, coincidentally, it looks rather similar to this living room (reveal) which we’ll be ruining in the exact same way – by pouring water through the ceiling
To explore how Particle Mesh products can work together to solve problems, we’re going to use the help of 3 smart devices – a smart water meter, a flood detector, and a pump controller
We’ve created our own version of these three devices that we’ll use to learn more about the capabilities of Particle Mesh devices
This diagram represents the IoT system that’s configured to protect this house
Let’s start with the Smart water meter
Measures water flow and reports water usage
Breathing cyan, connected to Cloud over Ethernet, one of our new connectivity technologies
Just like every other Particle Mesh device, it has the ability to create its own mesh network which any Particle Mesh device can join
Flood detector detects presence of moisture
Breathing cyan signaling they are connected to the Device Cloud, but doing so via the gateway
No Wi-Fi radio, no cellular radio, cables are purely for power
Communicating over the local mesh network
Pump controller prevents water from flooding
There are other great software features that we’ve built to make configuring and managing Mesh devices easier than ever
Simple setup and diagnostics over BLE to configure and manage devices locally
Network management from the Console to administer networks at scale
Particle Mesh is composed of three new pieces of hardware – the Argon, the Boron, and the Xenon
Built on powerful open-source mesh networking technology, OpenThread
We’re proud to announce our third generation hardware at incredibly affordable price points that make this cutting edge technology as accessible as possible
Argon, $25, only dev kit on the market with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Thread-based networking
Boron which adds LTE-M1 connectivity along with Bluetooth and Mesh for $49. Most powerful and affordable cellular product that we’ve ever made
Xenon, most affordable dev kit ever, still includes Bluetooth and Mesh networking and has all the same Device Cloud features for just $15
Not just affordable hardware – great pricing on Device Cloud as well
Prototyping with Particle is always free, and will stay that way with Particle Mesh
Today, Particle gives you free Device Cloud for up to 100 free Wi-Fi devices,
For cellular, you get the first three months of Device Cloud (includes 3MB data) for for free
For Mesh gateways, we’re giving away 10 free Wi-Fi mesh networks (up to 100 mesh devices) for free, and the first three months of Device Cloud for your cellular mesh network
No fee for any messages and communications sent on local networks
Particle Mesh preorders will be shipping in mid-October
As attendees of Spectra, each of you is getting a Xenon and Ethernet FeatherWing (same hardware we used in our demo) to start experimenting
Order more mesh devices online at store.particle.io
But wait, there’s more!
Today, we’re announcing the mass production sibling to our Mesh development kits, the Particle Mesh SoMs (System on Module)
Professional hardware for enterprise deployments of Particle Mesh
The first thing you’ll notice is the new form factor – we’re really excited it
M.2 is the successor to the hugely popular mPCIE connector, is the new standard for industrial controllers
Smaller PCB footprint due to a double-sided SoM design
Standardized form factor between all of our connectivity technologies (Wi-Fi, cellular, mesh)
Pin compatibility between connectivities and with future products released in the same form factor
IoT is a fast moving industry – this design is field upgradable, more easily repairable
A, B, and X Series SoMs available in Q1 2019, all with our new M.2 form factor
We’re excited to see what you build with Particle Mesh
Second challenge we saw our customers facing often -our customers NEEDING TO INVEST SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES BUILDING A CuSTOM IoT SyStem
Time to market is slowed by the need to build “IoT Apps” to manage Device Data
Particle provides x,y,z but customers still making huge investments on the custom built side - highlight these areas (data ingestion, processing ,biz rules) - this is slowing people down from getting to market
For teams tackling IoT products - many people in the organization need to be involved to build, deploy, and manage IoT products—not just engineers.
Examples:
Customer success needing access to device state and data to provide support
Marketing creating automated comms based on sensor data
Bring on to the stage, SR PM Jeff Eiden
One last product to introduce - focused on giving you, developers, the best exp possible to build
When we launched the desktop IDE in 2014 first tool to not have to install a bunch of tools to get started - as we started working with more enterprise and teams, needed more powerful tools,
[Intro about collaborating with MSFT and #1 code tool]
Your IoT products. The top tools at a professional grade and still accessible for any stage.
So we’ve created a new experience Called Particle Workbench and it’s powered by Visual Studio Code.
Intro Jonathan Beri, Sr Prod Mngr
Bring on to the stage, SR PM Jonathan Beri
All in one robust Dev experience that’s leveraging the power of VSC and it’s community
Closing wrap on products, three themes, continuing to bring customers what they want, we focus on making it easier to build and deploy
And your job as IoT innovators is to focus on identifying those big, worthy problems that IoT can solve.
Final inspirational CTA!!!! > > > then transition > > >
our new products are built upon these incredible partner and community supported products -
[Zach on stage while bringing out 4 chairs for keynote]
Transition to panel discussion
Good morning everyone
Welcome to our first ever conference – Spectra!
Inspiration for this conference – we found that there were very few opportunities for true IoT practitioners
Very excited to have you here with us to talk about the industry, celebrate some of our customers’ successes, and share a few exciting product announcements
Good morning everyone
Welcome to our first ever conference – Spectra!
Inspiration for this conference – we found that there were very few opportunities for true IoT practitioners
Very excited to have you here with us to talk about the industry, celebrate some of our customers’ successes, and share a few exciting product announcements
This smart water meter connects directly to the Internet using Ethernet, one of the new connectivity solutions available on our third generation hardware
It works perfectly well as a standalone product, just like the products that many of our customers have built with Wi-Fi and Cellular
It also has a mesh radio, though, which allows it to create it’s own local mesh network so that it can communicate with our other smart products
Here, we’ve added a flood detector to the network so that we can also alert the homeowner if any water is detected on the floor of the basement
Now, our smart system is monitoring both water usage as well as the physical presence of water to make decisions
Let’s take a look at that in action
DEMO
You can see the mesh devices is interacting with the water sensor, and is able to pass data to the Device Cloud through the Ethernet router, just like any other Particle Device
Let’s add another device to the mesh network
Here, we’ve added a pump controller, which can empty out the basement in the event of flooding
It’s also a mesh device, so it can interact with the detector, the smart meter, and receive messages from the Device Cloud
DEMO
Looking at the Console, we can see the pump controller in our device list
Open it up to see what functions are available
Send the “start pump” message
You can see that the response is nearly instantaneous
In addition to publishing data, mesh endpoints can also be controlled like any other Mesh device through our Cloud API
Here’s where things get more interesting
Let’s imagine that there was a big storm and Internet connectivity went down
DEMO
The gateway is no longer connected to the Particle Cloud
Because they’re mesh devices, they can still send messages to one another with the help of two new particle primitives
Mesh.publish(), and Mesh.subscribe()
The flood detector publishes its awareness of water, which is communicated to the pump controller which can start draining the basement
This entire interaction still works, even without a connection to the Particle Cloud