Learning how to Tinker

Hardware hacking for web developers.

Presented at Hybrid Conf 2014

Transcript

1. Learning how to tinker with Andrew Nesbitt
3. Hardware hacking for Web people
9. BEng Robotics & Automated Systems University of Plymouth
11. Advanced Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Digital Electronics Analogue Electronics Computer Science Control Theory Neural networking Microprocessor Design Playing with Robots Learning Robotics
12. Advanced Mathematics Observing Robots behind glass Learning Robotics Advanced Mathematics Advanced Mathematics Advanced Mathematics Advanced Mathematics Advanced Mathematics Advanced Mathematics Advanced Mathematics
13. Back then robotics was: expensive, complicated and not fun
14. APIs Open Source Hardware Smart phones High level Programming Languages GitHub Internet everywhere 3D Printing 2014
15. <moo/>
16. Gartner's 2014 Hype Cycle Report http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2819918
17. Internet of things Gartner's 2014 Hype Cycle Report http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2819918
18. Internet of things Gartner's 2014 Hype Cycle Report Software-Defined Anything http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2819918
20. GitHub HQ
21. Networked Motion and Temperature Sensors
23. Internet of Things = Open Hardware APIs + Web Technologies
24. Arduino
25. Arduino IDE C++ Compile, transfer, run
26. Firmata
27. Cat Laser Toy
28. ! var five = require("johnny-five"),
 board = new five.Board();
 
 function randomFromInterval(from,to){
 return Math.floor(Math.random()*(to-from+1)+from); 
 }
 
 board.on("ready", function() {
 var servoX = new five.Servo(10);
 var servoY = new five.Servo(9);
 var laser = new five.Led(8);
 
 laser.on()
 
 setInterval(function(){
 x = randomFromInterval(80, 120)
 y = randomFromInterval(95, 145)
 servoX.move(x)
 servoY.move(y)
 }, 400)
 }) 

29. It's a UNIX system! I know this!
30. Cat Laser Toy
31. Cat Laser Toy Rabbit v |
32. Demo Time
33. Demo Time
34. Demo Time
35. Demo Time
36. Demo Time
37. Demo Time
38. Demo Time
39. Demo Time
40. Demo Time
41. Demo Time
42. Demo Time
43. Demo Time
44. Demo Time
46. Demo Driven Development
47. LIVE DEMO
49. Sparkfun Inventors Kit hobbytronics.co.uk/sparkfun-inventors-kit-v3
50. node-ardx.org
51. gosphero.com
52. Fear of failure
54. It's a UNIX system! I know this!
55. ⌘Z
56. Prototyping tools
57. LEGO
58. EV3
59. Robot Rabbit Feeder
60. ! var Ev3 = require ("ev3-nodejs-bt");
 var Ev3_base = Ev3.base;
 
 var XboxController = require('xbox-controller');
 var xbox = new XboxController;
 
 var robot = new Ev3_base("/dev/tty.EV3-SerialPort");
 
 var maxAngle = 32768;
 var maxSpeed = 100;
 
 var speeds = { a: 0, b: 0, c: 0, d: 0 };
61. robot.connect(function(){
 robot.start_program(function(ev3){
 var setSpeed = function(){
 var output = ev3.getOutputSequence(speeds.a,speeds.b,speeds.c,speeds.d);
 ev3.sp.write(output); }
 
 setInterval(setSpeed, 100)
 
 xbox.on('left:move', function(position){
 var x = -(position.x / maxAngle)*-maxSpeed
 var y = (position.y / maxAngle)*-maxSpeed
 var left = y-x
 var right = y+x
 
 speeds.b = left
 speeds.a = right
 })
 
 xbox.on('a:press', function(){ speeds.d = 100 })
 xbox.on('a:release', function(){ speeds.d = 0 })
 });
 });
64. 3D Printing
65. thingiverse.com
66. tinkercad.com
67. shapeways.com
69. cube([30, 30, 30]);
71. union(){! cube([30, 30, 30]);! cube([60, 10, 10]);! }
73. difference() {! union(){! cube([30, 30, 30]);! cube([60, 10, 10]);! }! translate([30, 30, 30])! sphere(20);! }
75. require "rubyscad"! ! class MyShape! include RubyScad! ! def render()! difference do! union do! cube(size: [30, 30, 30])! cube(size: [60, 10, 10])! end! ! translate(v: [30, 30, 30]) do! sphere(r: 20)! end! end! end! end! ! MyShape.new.render
76. It's a UNIX system! I know this!
77. LIVE DEMO
78. 42 #hybridconfcube Tweet: Any number between 1 and 100
81. 3D GitHub Contribution Graph
82. Community
83. Makerspaces
84. hackerspaces.org
85. NoDebots.io
86. robotsconf.com December 6-7 2014, Florida
87. makerland.org
89. Wrapping up
90. Bring everything great about internet into the real world
91. ! Stay on the edge of your comfort zone
92. It's a UNIX system! I know this!
93. ! Play with prototypes
94. Get involved with the community
95. ! Change the world!
96. Code: https://github.com/andrew/hybrid-2014
97. Twitter: @teabass
98. No rabbits were harmed in the making of this presentation Thanks!