When Arduino Meets Application Server: Love at Second Sight

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Arduinos,!
Application Servers,!
and me

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@holly_cummins

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?

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“Computers in the future may weigh
no more than 1.5 tons.”
!
Popular Mechanics,
1949
!

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“I think there is a world market for
maybe five computers.”

Thomas Watson
chairman of IBM
1943

@holly_cummins
Then: HARDware

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Now: Everyware

@holly_cummins
Next: Connected-ware

@holly_cummins
Why care about the Internet of Things?

@holly_cummins
It’s the future.

@holly_cummins
It’s the future.
“This could really benefit my
business.”

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It’s the future.
“This could really benefit my
business.”
“This is so FUN and COOL and
OOH I made it LIGHT UP!”

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Poll-time.

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Hmm.
We’ll come back to this.

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Working with IoT

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Working with IoT: step 1

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“No, I did NOT mean jot. I meant iot. Gah!”

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Get some kit

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Taxonomy of embedded devices

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Microcontroller

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Microcontroller
Sort-of-a-computer

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Microcontroller
Sort-of-a-computer
Microprocessor

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Microcontroller
Sort-of-a-computer
Microprocessor
Really-a-computer

@holly_cummins
The microcontroller zoo

@holly_cummins
PIC (£2)

@holly_cummins
PIC (£2)
Arduino (£23)

@holly_cummins
PIC (£2)
Arduino (£23)
Arduino-compatible (£9)

@holly_cummins
PIC (£2)
Arduino (£23)
NetDuino (£48)

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PIC (£2)
Arduino (£23)
NetDuino (£48)
.NET micro platform

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Arduino

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Arduino
No on-board ethernet

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Arduino
Thing, but no internet

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Arduino
Can buy an ethernet shield (£10)

@holly_cummins
Arduino
Can buy wi-fi shield (£36, and no WPA2)

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Arduino
Can buy a raspberry pi (£20)

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Arduino
Can buy a raspberry pi (£20)
Can find a raspberry pi in a drawer
(free!)

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The single board computer zoo

@holly_cummins
Rasberry pi (£25)

@holly_cummins
Rasberry pi (£25)
No wi-fi

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Rasberry pi (£25)
No wi-fi
No flash storage

@holly_cummins
Rasberry pi (£25)
No wi-fi
No flash storage
No pins

@holly_cummins
Rasberry pi (£25)
No wi-fi
No flash storage
No pins
Netduino (£48)

@holly_cummins
Rasberry pi (£25)
No wi-fi
No flash storage
No pins
Netduino (£48)
.NET based

@holly_cummins
Rasberry pi (£25)
No wi-fi
No flash storage
No pins
Netduino (£48)
.NET based
pcDuino (£50)

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Rasberry pi (£25)
No wi-fi
No flash storage
No pins
Netduino (£48)
.NET based
pcDuino (£50)
BeagleBone black (£42)

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Raspberry Pi

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Raspberry Pi
£25

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Raspberry Pi
£25
Huge community

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Raspberry Pi
£25
Huge community
Well-supported

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Raspberry Pi
£25
Huge community
Well-supported
Slow

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Raspberry Pi
£25
Huge community
Well-supported
Slow
Limited RAM

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Raspberry Pi
£25
Huge community
Well-supported
Slow
Limited RAM
Old-model processor

@holly_cummins
Raspberry Pi
£25
Huge community
Well-supported
Slow
Limited RAM
Old-model processor
SD storage

@holly_cummins
Raspberry Pi
£25
Huge community
Well-supported
Slow
Limited RAM
Old-model processor
SD storage
Needs Arduino for IoT applications

@holly_cummins
Raspberry Pi
£25
Huge community
Well-supported
Slow
Limited RAM
Old-model processor
SD storage
USB is not my friend

@holly_cummins
Raspberry Pi
£25
Huge community
Well-supported
Slow
Limited RAM
Old-model processor
SD storage
Insufficient power for reliable wi-fi

@holly_cummins
Raspberry Pi
£25
Huge community
Well-supported
Slow
Limited RAM
Old-model processor
SD storage
Insufficient power for reliable wi-fi
Contention if used for wi-fi and Arduino

@holly_cummins
pcDuino

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pcDuino
£50

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pcDuino
£50
Powerful

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pcDuino
£50
Powerful
1 GHz ARM A7Cortex Dual core

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pcDuino
£50
Powerful
1 GB RAM

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pcDuino
£50
Powerful
1 GB RAM
4 GB Flash Storage

@holly_cummins
pcDuino
£50
Powerful
1 GB RAM
4 GB Flash Storage
On-board wi-fi

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pcDuino
£50
Powerful
1 GB RAM
4 GB Flash Storage
On-board wi-fi
Arduino-compatible pins (sort of)

@holly_cummins
pcDuino
£50
Powerful
1 GB RAM
4 GB Flash Storage
On-board wi-fi
Arduino-compatible pins (sort of)
Connectors for battery (sort of)

@holly_cummins
Going mobile

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Going mobile
PcDuino
battery
interface

@holly_cummins
Going mobile
Popular
embeddable
battery
PcDuino
battery
interface

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Going mobile
Popular
embeddable
battery
PcDuino
battery
interface
JST-PH

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Going mobile
Popular
embeddable
battery
PcDuino
battery
interface
JST-PH
JST-SH

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BeagleBone black
£42!
1 GHz processor!
Not arduino-compatible
out of the box

@holly_cummins
Arduino Yún

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Arduino Yún
£57

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Arduino Yún
£57
A microcontroller …

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Arduino Yún
£57
sharing a chip with an Atheros
microprocessor

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Arduino Yún
£57
microprocessor
… that runs Linux (limited)

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Arduino Yún
£57
microprocessor
… that runs Linux (limited)
… and has WiFi and ethernet

@holly_cummins
Embedded devices are changing
Modern microcontrollers are
more powerful than
microprocessors from a few
years ago

@holly_cummins
Why is more powerful better?
You can do more!!
You can know less!

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You can do more!!
You can know less!different things

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Why is less powerful better

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Smaller

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Smaller
Lower power consumption

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Smaller
Cheaper!

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Smaller
Cheaper!
Can buy a PIC microcontroller for
£2

@holly_cummins
You can have an application
server!!
JPA!
Rest!
WebSockets!
CDI

@holly_cummins
Ubiquitous computing++

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WebSphere Liberty Profile

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A great fit for embeddables

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Very very lightweight

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50 MB download

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50 MB download
60 MB footprint for biggish JEE app

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50 MB download
Starts in under 5s

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50 MB download
Starts in under 5s
Entirely modular and dynamic

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50 MB download
Starts in under 5s
Powered by OSGi …

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50 MB download
Starts in under 5s
Powered by OSGi …
(originally designed for embedded systems)

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50 MB download
Starts in under 5s
Powered by OSGi …
(originally designed for embedded systems)
No restarts!

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Free tools

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Free tools
Free for development

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Free tools
New licensing: free for small-scale
production

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Free tools
production
Up 2 GB RAM free per organisation

@holly_cummins
Free tools
production
A great fit for embedables

@holly_cummins
Free tools
production
A great fit for embedables
Unlikely to use 2 GB RAM on a raspberry pi

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Where have I seen this before?

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Cloud-Embeddable convergence

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Density

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Small download
Density

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Small download
Small memory
footprint
Density

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Small download
Small memory
footprint
Density Elasticity

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Enable and disable
function
Small download
Small memory
footprint
Density Elasticity

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Enable and disable
function
For extra points, do it
dynamically
Small download
Small memory
footprint
Density Elasticity

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Enable and disable
function
dynamically
Easy install
Small download
Small memory
footprint
Density Elasticity

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Enable and disable
function
dynamically
Easy install
Easy uninstall
Small download
Small memory
footprint
Density Elasticity

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Managing headless devices

@holly_cummins
Most single-board
computers accessible
with HDMI display and
USB keyboard.

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Most single-board
USB keyboard.
Works fine…

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Most single-board
USB keyboard.
Works fine…
If you have a display and
cable and keyboard

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Most single-board
USB keyboard.
Works fine…
If you have a display and
cable and keyboard
If the display drivers
support the display

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Workflow for “pi and seek”

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Ethernet cable

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Ethernet cable
DHCP

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Ethernet cable
DHCP
Network sharing

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Getting a connection

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Finding the IP address
my-mac:~ holly$ ifconfig | grep -A3 bridge100
bridge100: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu
options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
ether 3e:07:54:e0:26:64
inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
!
my-mac:~ holly$ nmap -sn 192.168.2.0/24
!
Starting Nmap 6.47 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2015-02-28 16:26 GMT
Strange error from connect (65):No route to host
Nmap scan report for 192.168.2.3
Host is up (0.00056s latency).
Nmap done: 256 IP addresses (1 host up) scanned in 4.16 seconds

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A bit of textile engineering.

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Ta-daa!

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Ta-daa!
Presenting:
The WebSphere Sphere

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Ta-daa!
Presenting:
The WebSphere Sphere
(“the cuddly application server”)

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Remind you of anything?

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Um. But it’s lumpy.

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Software faults can be corrected
without re-typing the whole
program.

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program.
Lucky software engineers.

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program.
Lucky software engineers.
Iterative development of
physical things is hard.

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It’s a computer case

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Architecture
Sensors
SSID:
WebSphereembedded
application
server

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Interfacing the ball to the computer
LED sequins

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Soft circuits
Conductive thread !
Stainless steel!
Sewable!
£6.78

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Soft-hard connections
Normal jumper lead!
Strip connector off one side!
Solder to sewable eye

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The physical world

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The physical world
Shorts

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The physical world
Shorts
Extra-bad on a pcDuino, because
they take down whole computer

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The physical world
Shorts
Loose connections

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The physical world
Shorts
Loose connections
Extra bad in something sealed

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Shields

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Shields
Daughter-boards for Arduino

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Shields
Re-arrange pins

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Shields
Re-arrange pins
Provide extra function

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Shields
Re-arrange pins
Provide extra function
Provide mechanical protection if a
computer is crammed inside a
ball

@holly_cummins
Let’s have a play
http://10.12.5.15:9080/sphere

@holly_cummins
But is it really IoT?

@holly_cummins
Definitely embedded.

@holly_cummins
Very very embedded.

@holly_cummins
Very very embedded.
One thing.

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Very very embedded.
One thing.
Network, but not internet.

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Very very embedded.
One thing.
Network, but not internet.
No machine-to-machine.

@holly_cummins
M2M
MQTT!
Lightweight messaging protocol!
OASIS standard!
Widely supported!
Widely used

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Revised architecture

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Revised architecture
Same
source

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!
Demo-time

(again)

sphere.mybluemix.net/

www.wasdev.net

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Bluemix and IoT foundation
// parse VCAP_SERVICES
String VCAP_SERVICES = System.getenv("VCAP_SERVICES");
!
JSONObject vcap = new JSONObject(VCAP_SERVICES);
JSONArray json = vcap.getJSONArray("iotf-service");
JSONObject credentials = json.getJSONObject(0).getJSONObject(
"credentials");
String host = (String) credentials.get("mqtt_host");
Integer port = (Integer) credentials.get("mqtt_u_port");
…
!
MqttClient client = new MqttClient(uri, id);
MqttConnectOptions opts = new MqttConnectOptions();
opts.setUserName(username);
opts.setPassword(password.toCharArray());
client.connect(opts);
client.setCallback(this);
client.subscribe("iot-2/type/+/id/+/evt/+/fmt/+");

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www.wasdev.net
!
Any questions?

!
www.wasdev.net

@holly_cummins
Come see the Liberty car on
the IBM stand today and
tomorrow …

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