Daniel Koller discusses his experience with AWS IoT and his project, a smart mirror, which he aims to productize. He outlines the components of AWS IoT, including device management and connectivity options, as well as resources for getting started. The document provides insights into using AWS services to enhance IoT applications, highlighting the availability of free messaging and starter kits.

1. INTRO TO AWS IOT
DANIEL KOLLER, @DAKOLLER

2. ABOUT ME
• INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING @ SAP
• AWS USER SINCE 2014
• EXPERIENCE IN AWS UTILIZATION & COST MANAGEMENT
• WORKING ON AWS  SLACK CONNECTION
• BUT NOW…

3. WHY AM I LOOKING INTO AWS IOT? -
SMARTMIRROR
• FOLLOWING THE TUTORIAL AT
HTTP://BLOG.DYLANJPIERCE.COM/RASPB
ERRYPI/MAGICMIRROR/TUTORIAL/2015/
12/27/BUILD-A-MAGIC-MIRROR.HTML I
BUILD AN INITIAL VERSION OF A
SMARTMIRROR
• LOOKING FORWARD TO PRODUCTIZE
THIS SOMEHOW (KICKSTARTER)
• IDEA: AN EASY TO USE NON-TECHIE
SMART DEVICE FOR YOUR HOME

4. SMARTMIRROR: OVERVIEW
LCD-
Display
27“
Raspberr
yPI w/
Wifi
Mic/
Speaker
AWS IOT

5. AWS IOT: COMPONENTS
Available in Node.js
and C
Fine granular
permissions via
IAM Policies
(incl. Cognito)
MQTT,
Websocket
s & HTTP
1:1 + 1:n
Device inventory,
can be enriched
with capabilities &
tags, identified via
Keys
Decouples actual
device and
provides state api
Connectivitiy with
Lambda,
Kinesis,S3,ML,Dyn
amoDB,SNS

6. HOW TO GET STARTED?
• USE EXISTING DEVICE WITH IOT DEVICE SDK ( NODE.JS, ARUDINO YUN OR C-BASED)
OR
• USE AN IOT STARTER KIT (AWS IOT STARTER KITS )
• SETUP DEVICE IN MANAGEMENT CONSOLE OR VIA API (MAIN TASK: CERTIFICATE & ID
CREATION)
• SETUP RULES FOR DISTRIBUTION TO OTHER AWS SERVICES
• SETUP APPLICATIONS, WHICH COMMUNICATE WITH DEVICES

7. AWS IOT:GETTING STARTED

8. UPDATE FROM DEVICE STORED IN
DYNAMODB
IOT Rule Sample message saved in DynamoDB

9. WORKING WITH MQTT
Simple client (inbuilt into Console) MQTT.fx – better testing client (Eclipse-based)

10. WHAT ELSE… | RESOURCES
• AVAILABLE IN US-EAST,-WEST, IRELAND & TOKYO
• 250K FREE MESSAGES IN FREE TIER
• ~5-8$ FOR 1 MILLION MESSAGES
• AWS IOT START PAGE: HTTPS://AWS.AMAZON.COM/IOT/?NC2=H_L3_AP
• GETTING STARTED ON RPI: HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/AWS/AWS-IOT-DEVICE-SDK-
JS/BLOB/MASTER/README.MD

11. DANIEL KOLLER
@DAKOLLER
Thank you!