Talk given by Dr. Andy Carle for Kinoma at the Designers of Things Conference in San Jose, California on December 3, 2015.

1. LanguageMatters:JavaScript
fromIoTProductConcept
toProduction
AndyCarle,PhD
@PrototypingAndy
@Kinoma
@dothingscon
December3,2015

2. @kinoma

3. @kinoma
Scope:ConnectedDevices

4. Expand the
Developer Pool
Improve Outcomes for
Existing Developers
TwoGoals
Web Front-End
Developers
Product
Designers
@kinoma
Processing Developers
Native
Language
Developers
Node.js & Python Developers

5. Tools:
Low-Level Languages &
Bare Dev Boards
Process:
Waterfall Method
TwoHurdles
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Verification
Maintenance
Requirements Product requirements document
Design Software architecture
Implementation Software

6. TwoSolutions
Tools:
JavaScript and Beautiful
Prototyping Hardware
Process:
Iteration at Every Step
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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
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9. WeShouldBeDoingBetter
DESIGN PROTOTYPE TEST
ITERATE
1.SoftwareSimulation
2.HardwareSimulation
3.PrototypingHardware
4.CustomHardware
DESIGN PROTOTYPE TEST
ITERATE
DESIGN PROTOTYPE TEST
ITERATE
DESIGN PROTOTYPE TEST
ITERATE
@kinoma

10. • Preserve progress between prototypes
- Application code
- I/O libraries
- Look & feel
• Saving time allows you to focus on
- Industrial design
- Companion app
- User testing
- Community building
Don’tRe-Engineer;ExpandPriorities
- Crowdfunding campaign management
- Investor relations
- Building a brand
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11. IoT’sDiversityMakesTraditional
SoftwareDevelopmentImpractical
• network connectivity
• cloud services
• sensors
• power requirements
• business rules
• security
Different
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12. • be updated
• implement new features
• support the latest mobile
companion app
• connect to new cloud
services
• fix security problems
They must
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IoTProductsareNotStatic

13. Web (Desktop)
Mobile (Apps and Web)
Server
Embedded
JavaScript’sFrontierLefttoConquer
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14. 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
JavaScriptMakesIoTDevelopmentUsable
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15. JavaScriptastheLanguageofIoT
• programmers work faster
• produce more reliable code
• it’s trivial to connect to the
cloud and other devices
• reading and writing JSON
messages is built in
With JavaScript
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16. ES6 contains more than 400 individual changes to:
• make the language more concise
• improve performance
• integrate support for modules
The addition of modules to the language is
fundamental to architecting reliable, long running
devices, making JavaScript 6th Edition the right
foundation for connecting IoT products.
JavaScript6thEditionforIoT
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17. 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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18. Available as open source since March
2015. Customers benefit from the flexibility
and stability that open source offers.
The first application framework optimized for
IoT that speaks the language of the web. Code
hardware projects using familiar JavaScript.
Kinoma’s implementation of JavaScript
6th Edition is the smallest, the most
complete today, and fast.
KinomaJS
@kinoma

19. @kinoma
KinomaJS
Render digital
media
• Photos
• Music
• Video
Manage the
hardware
• Power
• Sensors
• Schedulers
Operate the
user interface
• Buttons
• Lights
• Screens
Coordinate
communication
• Network
• Devices
• Cloud

20. @kinoma
IDEandVisualProgramming
Studio

21. Kinoma’sIoTProductDesignHardware
Customizable products for prototypers:
• integrate professional-grade
hardware
• use the open source KinomaJS
application framework with
JavaScript 6th Edition for app
development
• use the same pro-developer tools,
making prototyping efficient
across product teams
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22. @kinoma
UsabilityasaFirst-OrderDesignGoal

23. Kinoma Create
@kinoma
BothDelicateandIntimidating
• No Wi-Fi
• No case
• No battery
• No screen
• No onboard apps

24. WhyKinomaHardwarehasaCase
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25. Assemblingyour
RaspberryPi enclosureis
relativelystraightforward
ifyou’veeverbuiltany
t-slotbasedlasercut
stuffbefore,buthere’s
afullguide…
-BuilttoSpec
“
”
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26. @kinoma

27. OnboardAppsv.theCommandLine
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28. @kinoma
IntroducingKinomaElement

29. @kinoma
IntroducingKinomaHD

30. • Bring most any sensor
• Connect to most any cloud
• Use most any protocol
• Open for developers to expand
• PCB designs
• 3D design files for case
• KinomaJS software
• All on GitHub with permissive
open source licenses
Opensensor.Opencloud.Opentoexpand.
@kinoma

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