Lessons learned from Screenly @ Linuxing in London

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)
   

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

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3. screenly.io
   Raspberry Pi: Background
   

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4. screenly.io
   Spring of 2012:

   Raspberry Pi Model B
   • HDMI
   • Ethernet
   • Full HD video playback
   • SD Card slot
   

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

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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
   

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7. screenly.io
   Phase 1: Screenly OSE
   

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8. screenly.io
   

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9. screenly.io
   

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10. screenly.io
    

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11. screenly.io
    Phase 2: Screenly Pro
    

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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
    

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13. screenly.io
    Screenly
    Operating System
    API App Store
    Hardware Platform
    

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14. screenly.io
    What we've learned
    

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15. screenly.io
    We Raspberry Pi
    and open source
    

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16. screenly.io
    It’s not a regular PC
    

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

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

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

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

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21. screenly.io
    X
    

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22. screenly.io
    Don’t reinvent the wheel
    

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23. screenly.io
    What’s next?
    

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

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25. screenly.io
    Q&A
    

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26. screenly.io
    • vpetersson@screenly.io
    • @vpetersson
    Contact me
    Learn more
    • screenly.io
    • @screenlyapp
    

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