+ Leveraging web and mobile app development experiences to build the software that powers custom hardware. + Developing software for hardware that doesn’t yet exist. + Building on existing hardware and software platforms in order to save development time. + Improving product design outcomes by better testing prototypes with users long before the product exists in final form. Kinoma Create is our JavaScript-powered IoT construction kit. All the basic information you would need on Kinoma Create can be read at http://www.kinoma.com/create/about/.

1. HardwarePrototyping
forSoftwareDevelopers
AndyCarle,PhD
@PrototypingAndy
@Kinoma
kinoma.com

2. Scope:ConnectedDevices

3. TwoGoals
Expand the
Developer Pool
Improve Outcomes for
Existing Developers

4. TwoSolutions
ToolsProcess
@Kinoma

5. KinomaPL AT FO R M R U N T I M E
@Kinoma

6. Today’sIoTDeveloperLandscape
Native
Language
Developers
Processing Developers
Node.js & Python Developers
Web Front-End Developers Product Designers
@Kinoma

7. ITERATE
ITERATE
ITERATE
MakingIt:TheOld(Current)Way
Ship it!
Get funding
Prototype on
Arduino
(Processing)
Prototype on
BeagleBone/Raspberry Pi
(Interpreted languages)
Prove concept Abandon
all progress
Learn that platform
isn’t production-ready
Learn native
language
Re-build it all
on target platform
A YEAR
LATER
@Kinoma

8. ITERATE
ITERATE
ITERATE
MakingIt:TheOld(Current)Way
Ship it!
Get funding
Prototype on
Arduino
(Processing)
Prototype on
BeagleBone/Raspberry Pi
(Interpreted languages)
Prove concept Abandon
all progress
Learn that platform
isn’t production-ready
Learn native
language
Re-build it all
on target platform
A YEAR
LATER
The Chasm of Despair
@Kinoma

9. Waterfall
Verification
Maintenance
Requirements Product requirements document
Design Software architecture
Implementation Software
@Kinoma

10. WeShouldBeDoingBetter
DESIGN PROTOTYPE TEST
ITERATE
SoftwareSimulation
HardwareSimulation
PrototypingHardware
CustomHardware
DESIGN PROTOTYPE TEST
ITERATE
DESIGN PROTOTYPE TEST
ITERATE
DESIGN PROTOTYPE TEST
ITERATE
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11. ProcessGoals
• Preserve progress between prototypes
– Application code
– I/O libraries
– Look and feel
• Make user tests as authentic as possible
• Small jumps between prototype generations
– Cost
– Time
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12. SoftwareSimulation
Software
Kinoma Platform
Runtime (KPR)
Native
Interpreted
HTML
Mobile app
framework
Android
iOS
@Kinoma

13. HardwareSimulation
Software
Simulated
Hardware
Kinoma Platform
Runtime (KPR)
Native
Interpreted
HTML
Mobile app
framework
Android
iOS
Kinoma simulator
Simulator
for Arduino
CPU emulator
(e.g. QEMU)
Android simulator
iOS simulator
@Kinoma

14. Off-the-ShelfPrototypingHardware
Software
Simulated
Hardware
Prototyping
Hardware
Kinoma Platform
Runtime (KPR)
Native
Interpreted
HTML
Mobile app
framework
Android
iOS
Kinoma simulator
Simulator
for Arduino
CPU emulator
(e.g. QEMU)
Android simulator
iOS simulator
Kinoma Create
Arduino
Galileo
PIC Dev
Raspberry Pi
BeagleBone
Android + IOIO
× ×
@Kinoma

15. (Affordable)CustomHardware
Software
Simulated
Hardware
Prototyping
Hardware
Custom
Hardware
Kinoma Platform
Runtime (KPR)
Native
Interpreted
HTML
Mobile app
framework
Android
iOS
Kinoma simulator
Simulator
for Arduino
CPU emulator
(e.g. QEMU)
Android simulator
iOS simulator
Kinoma Create
Arduino
Galileo
PIC Dev
Raspberry Pi
BeagleBone
Android + IOIO
Marvell ARM
x86
MIPS
ARM× × ×
?
××
×
×
?
@Kinoma

16. • Saving time allows you to focus on
• Industrial design
• Companion app
• User testing
• Community building
• Crowdfunding campaign management
• Investor relations
• Building a brand
Don’tRe-engineer:ExpandPriorities
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17. Tools:GettingStarted
Language Platform
@Kinoma

18. The“Right”ToolsAreArcane
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19. “JustMakeitWork”vs“MakeitUseable”
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20. ☑ Web (Desktop)
☑ Mobile (Apps and Web)
☑ Server
☐ Embedded
JavaScript’sOneFrontierLefttoConquer
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21. We are preaching the religion of JavaScript for embedded and
Internet of Things development.
• Performance
• Memory
• User scripting
• Familiar syntax
• JavaScript coders build cool stuff fast
JavaScriptisReadyfortheChallenge
@Kinoma

22. PopularFrameworksAren’tIoTReady
• Browser-based solutions: Too heavy for IoT devices
• Node.js: Server solution being shoehorned into the
embedded space
• Qt: Designed for desktop, too much of a catch-all of features
• Lua: Less popular than assembly and COBOL, so difficult to
find talent and no significant ecosystem
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23. Manage the
hardware
•Power
•Sensors
•Schedulers
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24. Manage the
hardware
Operate the
user interface
•Power
•Sensors
•Schedulers
•Buttons
•Lights
•Screens
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25. Manage the
hardware
Operate the
user interface
Coordinate
communication
•Power
•Sensors
•Schedulers
•Buttons
•Lights
•Screens
•Network
•Devices
•Cloud
@Kinoma

26. Digital
media
Manage the
hardware
Operate the
user interface
Coordinate
communication
•Photos
•Music
•Video
•Power
•Sensors
•Schedulers
•Buttons
•Lights
•Screens
•Network
•Devices
•Cloud
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27. @Kinoma

28. @Kinoma

29. UsabilityasaFirst-OrderDesignGoal
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30. Kinoma Create
@Kinoma

33. Assemblingyour
RaspberryPi enclosure
isrelatively
straightforwardif
you’veeverbuiltany
t-slotbasedlasercut
stuffbefore,buthere’s
afullguide…
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34. @Kinoma

37. Kinoma Create
@Kinoma

38. Kinoma Create
@Kinoma

41. Thankyou!
AndyCarle,PhD
@PrototypingAndy
@Kinoma
kinoma.com

42. • “Inclinometer on Arduino” photo from flickr.com/27164521@N00, used under CC Attribution
2.0 Generic license
• “BeagleBone” photo from flickr.com/embecosm, used under CC Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Generic license
• Programming languages image from http://geoawesomeness.com/learning-gis-
programming-an-overview/
• Raspberry Pi enclosure photo from http://www.built-to-spec.com/blog/kit-instructions/new-
raspberry-pi-enclosure-assembly/
• Raspberry Pi enclosure photo from http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?
t=6424
• Raspberry Pi enclosure photo from http://www.ikeahackers.net/2013/05/raspberry-pi-pruta-
case.html
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