Informative Workspace with Raspberry Pi

Chris Hansen, New Relic - @cxhansenJonathan Thurman, New Relic - @jthurman42

Raspberry Pi is a trademark of the Raspberry Pi Foundation

https://github.com/newrelic/empanada

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Informative WorkspacesTuesday, October 15, 13

Culture of HackingHacking the Culture

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Empanada Project

Simple, open, hackable, dashboard softwareRaspberry Pi setup instructionsInstructions for adding devices to Raspberry PiBudget-conscious

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Dashboard Software

http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/22/leftronic-relaunch/

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https://ducksboard.com/landing/compete/ http://www.smartinsights.com/goal-setting-evaluation/performance-management/real-time-business-dashboards/

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Whats Important to Us

Heads-up to when something breaks Heads-up to current team activity Window into tech community news

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Empanada Goals

Good support for metrics and newsNo service feeSimple to hackGeneric event service for integrationDeployable anywhereAccessible from anywhere

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Empanada Dependencies

AngularJSGoogle Feed APIMasonryD3JettyJava

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News FeedsCompany Network

Browser

index.html (Dashboard Main Page)

dashboard.js (Dashboard App)

function initialize() { loadFeed("feedTechCrunch"); ...}

Internet

Google Feed API

TechCrunchNew RelicSpring...

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Web APIs

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Protected Web APIsCompany Network

Browser

index.html (Dashboard Main Page)

dashboard.js (Dashboard App)

function initialize() { loadFeed("feedTechCrunch"); ...}

Internet

Google Feed API

TechCrunchNew RelicSpring...

Proxy auth

config

dashboard.war (Java App)

Proxy Service

function GitHubCtl() {

...} Protected

Web APIs

GitHubNew RelicHipChat...

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Proxy Service

Allows our Angular app to get results from protected web APIsRestricted to GETsFor a given external Web API, the proxy service must know:URL prefix path to forward (otherwise 401 status)Where to fetch the access token token insertion strategy (usually HTTP header)

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EventsCompany Network

Browser

index.html (Dashboard Main Page)

dashboard.js (Dashboard App)

function initialize() { loadFeed("feedTechCrunch"); ...}

Internet

Google Feed API

TechCrunchNew RelicSpring...

Proxy auth

config

dashboard.war (Java App)

Proxy Service

function GitHubCtl() {

...} Protected

Web APIs

GitHubNew RelicHipChat...

Event Service

function BuildCtl() { ...

}

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Event Service

EventService

Jenkins

POST /events?channel=build

Subscriber

GET /events?channel=build

Build Event

{ "id" : 102, "channel" : "build", "attrs" : { "success" : 0, "BUILD_NUMBER" : 939, }} Build Event

{ "id" : 102, "channel" : "build", "attrs" : { "success" : 0, "BUILD_NUMBER" : 939, }} Build Event

{ "id" : 102, "channel" : "build", "attrs" : { "success" : 0, "BUILD_NUMBER" : 939, }}

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Information Radiator

Devices that display the DashboardVarious sizes based on needCost can vary significanly

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Individualshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/doggie52/3920392034/

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Large TeamsTuesday, October 15, 13

The Worldhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolas_vollmer_photo/8912698659/

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Just Right!http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008A3KFB8/

ref=pe_385040_30332190_pe_175190_21431760_M3T1_ST1_dp_i1 http://www.paritynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/raspberry-pi-800x600.jpg

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Why Raspberry Pi?

Full Linux stackHDMI outputCheap and Hackable!

http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/RaspiModelB.png

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Caveats

CPU / Memory constraintsNeed to customize HDMI settingsOverclocking issuesNew Out Of Box Software

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Extreme Feedback Devices

Devices that manipulate your environmentForce you to take noticePeople lose interest over time, remind them!

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Raspberry Pihttp://www.flickr.com/photos/tkramm/8222207452/

Input andOutput Pins

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Audiblehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/39213183@N02/6853977807/

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Tactilehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/spirosk/127848247/

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Visualhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/thisisbossi/7812046824/

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Aggressivehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/krisbeltran/3554484948/

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Visual Wins!

Simple, yet elegantWidely understood without trainingJust the right amount of Annoying

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Talkin GPIO

Very simplistic endpointPolls custom event statusQuickly customizable

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Get InteractiveTuesday, October 15, 13

Interactive Workspace

We get information beamed at usWhat can we send back?Turns out we have the I in GPIO!

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Observehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/avbild/6735334913/

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Respondhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jblmpao/6077242957/

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Acknowledgehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/marcusborg/2840411331/

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OverviewTuesday, October 15, 13

Dont moveTuesday, October 15, 13

#failTuesday, October 15, 13

Keep the dream alive!Tuesday, October 15, 13

Connected

SnoozeButton

MotionSensor

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Next Steps

Buy some hardware

Get out our soldering iron

Share your awesome hacks

Check out Empanada - Soon!

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Empanada Project

Raspberry Pi setup instructionsInstructions for wiring the devicesSoftware described here (by end of October)https://github.com/newrelic/empanada

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JOIN THE TEAMNewRelic.com/jobs

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