screenly.io Lessons learned from Screenly (and deploying thousands of Raspberry Pis in production) Viktor Petersson (@vpetersson) 

screenly.io Outline • Introduction to the Raspberry Pi • Introduction to Screenly • Lessons learned • What’s next? • Q&A 

screenly.io Raspberry Pi: Background 

screenly.io Spring of 2012:
 Raspberry Pi Model B • HDMI • Ethernet • Full HD video playback • SD Card slot 

screenly.io Raspberry Pi Family Model B Model A Zero Compute Module 

screenly.io • 2012: Raspberry Pi 1 (Model B) • 2013: Raspberry Pi 1 (Model B) - upgrade • 2014: Raspberry Pi 1 (Model B+) • 2015: Raspberry Pi 2 (Model B) • 2016: Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B) Raspberry Pi (Model B) Evolution 

screenly.io Phase 1: Screenly OSE 

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screenly.io Phase 2: Screenly Pro 

screenly.io • Require little to no technical know-how • Set and forget display management / digital signage • Powers thousands of screens around the world • Manage via API or webapp/CMS • Free hardware* or Bring Your Own (BYO)
 (*) with 12 month subscription Screenly Pro at a glance 

screenly.io Screenly Operating System API App Store Hardware Platform 

screenly.io What we've learned 

screenly.io We Raspberry Pi and open source 

screenly.io It’s not a regular PC 

screenly.io SD cards are unreliable (and only use Class 10) 

screenly.io Get a proper power supply (No, your TV is not a proper power supply) 

screenly.io WiFi is great (Until it isn't) 

screenly.io Raspbian is great for development but not so much for production 

screenly.io X 

screenly.io Don’t reinvent the wheel 

screenly.io What’s next? 

screenly.io • Player • Raspberry Pi USB Boot • Ubuntu Core • X86 players • Server • Move to 12 factor • Migrate to Deis on Kubernetes 

screenly.io Q&A 

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