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Lessons learned from Screenly (and deploying thousands of Raspberry Pis in production)

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1. screenly.io Lessons learned from Screenly (and deploying thousands of Raspberry Pis in production) Viktor Petersson (@vpetersson)
2. screenly.io Outline • Introduction to the Raspberry Pi • Introduction to Screenly • Lessons learned • What’s next? • Q&A
3. screenly.io Raspberry Pi: Background
4. screenly.io Spring of 2012:
 Raspberry Pi Model B • HDMI • Ethernet • Full HD video playback • SD Card slot
5. screenly.io Raspberry Pi Family Model B Model A Zero Compute Module
6. 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
7. screenly.io Phase 1: Screenly OSE
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11. screenly.io Phase 2: Screenly Pro
12. 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
13. screenly.io Screenly Operating System API App Store Hardware Platform
14. screenly.io What we've learned
15. screenly.io We Raspberry Pi and open source
16. screenly.io It’s not a regular PC
17. screenly.io SD cards are unreliable (and only use Class 10)
18. screenly.io Get a proper power supply (No, your TV is not a proper power supply)
19. screenly.io WiFi is great (Until it isn't)
20. screenly.io Raspbian is great for development but not so much for production
21. screenly.io X
22. screenly.io Don’t reinvent the wheel
23. screenly.io What’s next?
24. screenly.io • Player • Raspberry Pi USB Boot • Ubuntu Core • X86 players • Server • Move to 12 factor • Migrate to Deis on Kubernetes
25. screenly.io Q&A
26. screenly.io • vpetersson@screenly.io • @vpetersson Contact me Learn more • screenly.io • @screenlyapp