Strong Devices, Weakly Connected

The Internet of ‘Thing’s?

• Typically refers to everyday items with added connectivity, and processing performed in the cloud.

“Fridges that write shopping lists, ovens that talk and Bluetooth-connected toothbrushes: welcome to domestic life 2.0 where even your washing machine is online.” – Guardian, 9th May (last Friday)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

• This is pretty limiting. More is possible.• Weak devices are at the mercy of network

performance – often not as good as you need.• Stem the tide at the source.• Having devices smart enough to make

decisions is a big win.

Tell Me, Moore

• Moore’s Law is about transistor density.• Usually associated with exponential increase

in power.• However, a natural consequence is more raw

horsepower per cubic centimetre.

1976: Apple I

1983: Gavilan SC

1989: Atari Portfolio

1996: Toshiba Libretto

2001: Nokia 7650

2007: iPhone

2012: Raspberry Pi

2014: Radxa Rock

2014: (Coming Soon) Intel Edison

Bang for Buck

• Moore has taken us to the point where tiny computers can do serious work.

• In 1976 you could get 1MHz from 25,000cm3

for £1,650.• In 2007 you could get 600MHz from 85cm3 for

£350.• Today you can get 4x1.6GHz from 32cm3 for

£50.

Real Computers, Real Pain

• The problem with all this power is you now have Desktop PC-like maintenance pains.

• Have to install and maintain an OS (likely Linux), ensure secure networking, somehow update deployed code.

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Strong Devices, Relaxed Developers

• Using stronger devices means we can use higher-level programming languages like javascript via node.

• This makes it considerably easier for the developer to get stuff working.

• Value developer time, not processor time.

Modules, Modules, Modules

Less Pain More Gain

• Resin lets you focus on your application while we worry about:-– Setting up your devices– Maintaining a Secure Network– Handling updates so...

Updating Devices from Wherever

• ...Updating code running on your devices doesn’t need you to run around with an SD card.

Thanks for Listening!

• Soon we’ll be opening up the alpha to everyone, check out resin.io to sign up!

• Feel free to shoot over questions to lorenzo@resin.io.