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How I learned to stop worrying and tweet the... plant?A tale of connecting a dying plant to the internet.

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About meDaniel Lanthier

@DC_LAN

@office_shrub

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“My fake plant died, because I did not pretend to water them.”Mitch Hedberg

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Quick Demo

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What you need for hardware

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● Google’s Brillio● Raspberry Pi● BeagleBone Black● Tessel● Pinocchio

Some of your options...

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Arduino

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Particle Platform

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Electric Imp

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● A breadboard● 4 Resistors (220 ohms)● 1 LED (green)● 1 Photoresistor● 1 Hygrometer● 1 push button● Many cables

What you need

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But what about the software?

Connecting your thing to the Internet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8-G4m1LYWs

Electric Imp IDE

Agent Example

function poll() { local request = http.get("https://someservice.com/api/thing", {}); local response = request.sendSync(); if(response.statusCode == 200) {

device.send("onThingHappened", duration); }}

poll();

Device Example

led <- hardware.pin7;

function blink(duration) { led.write(1); imp.wakeup(duration, function() { led.write(0); });}

agent.on("onThingHappened", blink);

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So how did this get built?

Plant Control to Major Tom

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Integrated with Other Services...

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Plant Control to Major Tom

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Device Code

Send voltage to Pin.

Agent Device

Plant Control to Major Tom

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REST API Hygrometer

Agent Device

Photoresistor

ButtonPOST status/update

GET statuses/mentions

What this should look like...

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How does the server run?

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Hardware Abstraction Layer

Social Layer

Analytics Layer

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About Me@DC_LAN

macadamian.com/careers/

tinyurl.com/CUSEC-PLANT

@macadamianlabs

Questions?