Community-led IoT projects
Two projects from year 1 of
The Things Network Reading
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Mark Stanley
…to build a global open crowdsourced
Internet of Things data network
We’re on a mission…
…it’s growing nicely in Berkshire!
Building a community, not a club
READING
GEEK NIGHT
Q : “Can you make a business out of this IoT?”
Q : “Can you make a business out of this IoT?
…or are you having a mid-life crisis, darling?”
• Non-profit: promote, develop and support
community IoT projects
funded by grants, members, products
• For profit: IoT project management, R&D,
PoC, consulting, workshops
1. Reading Hotspot project
Gateway
Thingitude
server
Great use case for TTN
We made a thing…
LoraWAN
radio
module
Noise level
sensor
Temperature
and humidity
sensor
WiFi
dongle
Ceramic
antenna
Real time
clock
We wrote a lot of code…
Hotspot
Device
Database
Server
Application
dev
Everything
on GitHub
We put the Thing in a box…
…and the apps in the store
We got our first customer…
Any day now…
“Dude,
that’s MY
use case!
2. LoRaWAN for the BBC micro:bit
“We're looking forward to working with
The Things Network, on a project
involving micro:bits in the near future.”
1 million micro:bits
given to students!
Top
quality
promo
videos!!
Working
samples
handed to
schools
Over
9,400
views!!
So, should we take it forward?
• Is there enough interest in a LoRaWAN
shield for micro:bit to go into production?
• Pricing up a production run, CE marking
• What is the complete offer?
• Who is our customer?
• At what scale is it a good business case?
Q: Can you make a business out of IoT?
A: Maybe. With practice. And help.
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Community-led IoT projects