The power of node.js (with quadcopters)

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felixge The Power of Node Felix Geisendörfer

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@felixge felixge Background 2005 - 2008 2008 - now 2009 - now

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@felixge felixge npm modules

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@felixge felixge Audience • Heard of node.js? • Used node.js for something? • Node in production?

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felixge This Talk

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@felixge felixge This Talk • Write a node.js app • Deploy & run it in production • Ask me anything

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felixge The App

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@felixge felixge Blog App

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Blog tutorials are insanely boring and nobody should have to suffer through one of them again. Ever.

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@felixge felixge Robotics App

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felixge Why?

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@felixge felixge Benefits of robotics example apps • A small distributed system • Production environment • Many interesting aspects / challenges

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felixge The Robot

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@felixge felixge Parrot AR Drone 2.0

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felixge The Specs

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@felixge felixge The Specs • WiFi (b/g/n) Router • 1 GHz 32Bit ARM Cortex A8 processor • 125 MB DDR2 Memory • Linux 2.6.32 you can telnet into it (Busybox) • 720p front facing camera (30 FPS) • 240p vertical camera (60 FPS) • USB 2.0 connector

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@felixge felixge The Specs • 3 axis gyroscope (2000°/second precision) • 3 axis accelerometer (+-50mg precision) • 3 axis magnetometer (6° precision) • Pressure sensor (+-10 Pa precision) • Ultrasound sensors • Fully reparable - all components can be ordered

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@felixge felixge Safety Warnings • Don’t be fooled, all drones want to kill people • The protection hull did not fit in my suitcase

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felixge Let’s fly it

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felixge Let’s program it

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@felixge felixge Plan • REST API to control the drone • GET /sensors • PUT /control

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felixge 3395,- SEK http://www.parrotshopping.com

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@felixge felixge The Node Copter

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@felixge felixge The Node Copter +

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@felixge felixge Berlin, Oct 5th

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@felixge felixge Berlin, Oct 5th

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@felixge felixge Berlin, Oct 5th

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@felixge felixge NodeCopter Worldwide • Dublin, Oct 20th • San Francisco, Oct 31st • Seattle, Nov 8 - 9 • Brighton, Nov 11 • ...

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