Small lecture I gave sharing my knowledge about Ninja Blocks

1. Saturday, August 31, 13

2. A platform that comprises hardware and cloud
code and connects user devices, services, and
applications.
What is it?
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3. It aggregates many personal interests:
electronics, web/mobile development, home
automation and IoT.
Ninja Blocks has the perfect mix of friendly user
interface (for end-users) and hackability (for
developers).
Why Ninja?
Architecture that minimizes learning curve and
ease the development of new devices.
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4. System Overview
Ninja Block
IP Cameras
Actuators
Sensors
Ninja Cloud
Web
User apps
Services
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5. Inside Ninja Block
Ninja Shield
Arduino •
ATmega328@16MHz •
433MHz Transceiver •
3 RGB LEDs, 4 Ports •
BeagleBone
• AM335x 720MHz ARM
• 256MB DDR2
• USB, Ethernet, MicroSD
• Ubuntu 11.10
+ Dongle WiFi
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6. Web Interface
Dashboard
Rules engine
(IFTTT for hardware!)
Apps
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7. Hack with me
• Open source hardware and software
• Ubuntu,Arduino, and Block hardware easily
accessible
• Custom drivers(LimitlessLED,Wemo, Philips Hue.
Possibly comming soon: Z-Wave, Zigbee, and others)
• REST API(HTTP+JSON+OAuth 2) - Each resource,
like Block, Device, User or Rule, has its own URL
• Node.JS module to bootstrap new applications
• Ninja Client for Raspberry PI and OS X
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8. @apgiorgi
Have fun!
Thank you!
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