Talk at the Landelijk Architecure Congress (NL)

This talk was an introduction about open hardware to a audience of enterprise architects

Transcript

1. Start with a video clip
2. Jonathan Carter co-organizer of the Amsterdam IoT metup group “sensemakers” co-founder of Glimworm and Glimworm Beacons initiator of the Amsterdam iBeacon and IoT Living Lab “The beacon mile” IoT mentor at Startup Bootcamp “Open Hardware”
3. Together we will cover • Electric Imp • Kickstarter • Arduino • Raspberry pi • 3d printing • meetup.com • The maker movement • Bluetooth Low Energy • Air quality Egg • LoRaWAN • KEY TIMELINE EVENTS
4. The Electric imp c.2011
7. The Genius of Arduino ? ? ? ?
8. Standardisation Standardised format, voltage, peripheral connections, and programming language 1
9. Integrated environment Easy to develop, Easy to manage libraries, Same code works on ALL arduinos 2
10. Completely open source Which leads to many specialised clones being made and sold. This example is of wearable projects 3
11. Extendable By stacking “sheields” on to the standard arduino you can add features missing from the original 4
12. Arduino Clone Name : Sparc Core * Much Smaller * Integrated WIFI * funded on Kickstarter
13. Arduino Clone Name : Digispark * Tiny! * cheap * funded on Kickstarter
14. Arduino Clone Name : RFDUINO Tiny! Wireless funded on Kickstarter
15. • My favourite - the SODAQ • Built in SOLAR, Battery, RTC and all possible communications via a BEE slot Arduino Clone Name : SODAQ * Integrated SOLAR + Rechargable battery * plug and play connectors * plug and play communications (WIFI,3G, LoRa, more) * funded on Kickstarter * 100% Dutch
16. What does this all mean? — well, it’s all about the free market principle of Supply and Demand —
17. First, lets roll back the clock to 2009/2010 iPhone Fast, affordable mobile bandwidth An audience for your work Result Explosion in talented ‘home’ developers expanding their skills and selling independently + + =
18. BOOM!!
19. Are there similar factors driving Open Hardware?
20. What do you need to make a product? A nicely designed and produced casing , appealing to the eye yet durable 1
21. Answer - 3D printing There is CHEAP and EXPENSIVE 3d printing. * CHEAP melts plastics and adds them in layers * EXPENSIVE uses powder and lasers * Design software can be free * Professional services like ShapeWays can print the expensive way for you * 3D hubs can connect supply and demand * can also be found at FABLABS
22. Laser Cutting, CNC milling, Vacuforming 3d Printing is only for small volumes, therefore most people also use : * Laser cutting - cut out blocks of material * CNC milling - to form larger wood structures * Vacuforming - to vacuum over a mould * Found at FABLABS
23. What do you need to make a product? A circuit board - “The guts” 2
24. Step 1 - Arduino or Single board computer You can prototype all the electronics you need using either an Arduino (or clone) for simpler solutions or a Single Board Computer , such as a raspberry pi or Beaglebone. All these habe “GPIO” which means holes you can plugg in sensors and actuators (sensors read input, actuators do something)
25. Step 2 - Design your own hardware You can use a “breadboard” , or “large thing with lots of holes” to start with and then design a custom board using Open Source software like “Eagle” Send this off to any one of dozens of companies and receive it back in a few days
26. Step 2 - Make your own hardware When you have made small volumes you can ask a professional service to manufacture it for you components can be sourced from the exploding number of electronics webshops - or from China via DealExtreme
27. What do you need to make a product? Add communication protocols - mostly these have to be licensed 3
28. Answer - use readymade components For communications you normally need to use an existing components. We saw the Electric imp at the start of the presentation but we need more open components - here is a selection which are easy to use Bluetooth Low Energy $6.00 WIFI - $3.50 RF - $1.50 LoRaWAN - $18.00
29. What do you need to make a product? You need to get some capital together to make a few hundred 4
30. Answer - Kickstarter Kickstarter allows you to sell your first few hundred items without using your own capital It is also a great platform for publicity SparcCore : goal 10k, raised 567k Digispark : goal 5k, raised 315k RFDuino : goal 5k, raised 352k Air Quality Egg : goal 39k, raised 145k TTN : goal 140k, raised 210k
31. 2012 2013 2014 2015 BOOM!! 2001 2009 2005 cortex m0+
32. Conclusion Since 2012 the conditions have been right for the open hardware movement to explode and it has Key challenges still remain in terms of low power operation and security - however most other barriers have been removed If you want to learn , find you nearest FAB LAB, subscribe to MAKE magazine, join a meetup group and GO!