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Internetting Your Things @ Prairie Dev Con Regi...

Internetting Your Things @ Prairie Dev Con Regina 2015

A high-level overview on what hardware is out there that will be easy for software developers to get started with.

Pearl Chen

June 03, 2015
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  1. I n t e r n e t t i

    n g Y o u r T h i n g s P e a r l C h e n S l i d e s : g o . k l a b . c a / p r d c - h a r d w a r e
  2. computer icon by Juan Pablo Bravo & painting icon by

    Mikael Westman (via thenounproject.com) X
  3. computer icon by Juan Pablo Bravo & modified classroom icon

    by Rafael Farias Leão (via thenounproject.com)
  4. … w i t h a p r o t

    o t y p e W H E R E T O S TA R T ? Early Pebble Prototype by Eric Migicovsky (image credit: Slashgear) ⇪
  5. … w i t h a p r o t

    o t y p e W H E R E T O S TA R T ? Early Google Glass Prototype by Google (image credit: The Verge) ⇪ How long do you think it took to prototype Glass?
 One day. Tom Chi @ TED Ed ⇪
  6. T h e d e c l i n e

    o f A r d u i n o T M ? ? ?
  7. 2 T R U T H S Hardware
 is becoming

    more like
 software. Hardware
 is hard.
  8. W H Y S H O U L D YO

    U B E I N T E R E S T E D ? • sense the world around you → CONTEXT is KING • add internet: dumb things → smart things • screen-less experiences / ambient notifications • body and location awareness → wearables
  9. H O W D O YO U C H O

    O S E ? • Price?
 $100+, < $100 USD, < $80, < $50, < $30, < $20, < $10 • Form factor?
 Dedicated space, tight space, wearable • Connectivity?
 Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, BLE, none • Programming language?
 Arduino, JavaScript, C++, Python, no programming • Run-time environment and processing speed?
 Arduino/Embedded vs. Linux • Community?
 Can you get help when you need it?
  10. No p ro g r a m m i n

    g ^ embedded
  11. PA R T I C L E ( F O

    R M E R LY " S PA R K " )
  12. B u i l t - i n B l

    u e t o o t h L E
  13. P H Y S I C A L W E

    B ( B Y G O O G L E )
  14. A R D U I N O S H I

    E L D S / A D A P T E R S
  15. W H E R E TO B U Y E

    L E C T R O N I C S ( I N T O R O N T O )