openpicus keynote at web of things workshop 2012 in newcastle

connect the real world to the Cloud

openPicus | Claudio Carnevali | @akaclaudio

About us Hardware -‐ Flyport system on module So6ware -‐ openPicus framework and IDE Services -‐ Webserver, email, TCP, UDP and more Flyport and the Internet of Things Flyport and the Smart Home

A company without doors Community: success stories

What’s next Q&A


About us

Founders: Claudio Carnevali and Gabriele Allegria openPicus was born in March 2010 in Rome

I started in 2001 a company that designes and manufactures Bluetooth modules for B2B market

Gabriele started in 2003 a company that installs and customize high level home automaUon and mulUmedia.

We started openPicus because was missing a low cost, easy to use for an hobbyist or a company, pla:orm to Connect things to the Internet.

We have complementary experUse: I’m more involved on hardware and industrial design, Gabriele is the So6ware specialist.

We decided that all our products must be manufactured in Italy respecUng labor and environment laws.


The first sketch of module

About us


Hardware

3 pin-‐to-‐pin compaUble modules: -‐ FLYPORT WI-‐FI -‐ FLYPORT ETHERNET -‐ FLYPORT GPRS (under development)

Processor -‐ MICROCHIP PIC24FJ256 16 BITS 16 MIPS (only 2$!)

Pinout is configurable by so6ware: up to 4 UARTs, 18 DIOs, 9 PWMs, 4 Analog Inputs, SPI, I2C….


Hardware


So6ware

The core of our technology is the openPicus framework, which enables embedded devices to connect to the Internet, easily.

The openPicus framework, based on freeRTOS, manages the complexity of the TCP/IP stack and the user applicaUon developed using the free IDE

Why not using Linux? Hardware resources, cost and power consumpUon. A simple 16 bits processor is much more efficient for our target applicaUons.

openPicus Free IDE reduces development Jme from 4-‐6 months to few weeks.

Zero investment on tools: each Flyport module has a serial bootloader onboard.


Services

Flyport modules run even contemporaneosly the following Internet services:

Best in Class Customizable webserver

e-mail client

TCP client/server

UDP client/server

FTP client

NEW: Firmware upgrade over Internet!


Flyport and IoT

Libraries are available for most of the Cloud services for the IoT:

New libraries are coming also for EVRYTHNG and other IoT service providers. Just add the library to your project, compile and go!

Enough processing power, flexible pinout, low power modes and embedded connecUvity make Flyport one of the best modules for the rapid development of IoT applicaUons.


Flyport and Smart Home

We just joined the EnOcean alliance. EnOcean provides Energy harvesUng, wireless, based home automaUon soluUons such as:

EnOcean is the real “last mile” for the DIY home automaUon.

Bameryless pushbumons Solar powered sensors PelUer cells powered valves Actuators like Relays and more

In 2020 20 billions devices will be connected to the Internet: we hope that most of them will be powered by energy harvesUng.


Flyport and Smart Home

The EnOcean Nest expansion board for Flyport will open the doors of the “democraUc domoUc”

“DemocraUc DomoUc” is our vision of the Smart Home: controlled over Internet, low cost, DIY and hackable!


Community: success cases

The first web controlled interface for LEGO NXT robots: crowdfunded with 6k€ and in mass producUon from July

An open Geiger counter to realize an indipendent worldwide network of the radiacUvity

A Music expansion board for high quality audio streaming over IP (available in July)



DOoIP the first “off the shelf” firmware for Flyport to let mobile devices programmers be able to interact with the physical world.

DOoIP is a JSON-‐like protocol over UDP to control each Flyport funcUon without any embedded development.

DOoIP library for Android will be available for free. Official release 10th July 2012

DOoIP



Evian SMART DROP

Joshdesign and Betc created an innovaUve connected object that allows customers to order water directly from their fridge!



http://vimeo.com/43489401


A company without doors

openPicus has a new business model: we are open to the community to generate benefit for the eco-‐system. Over 3.500 people on our community are using Flyport in many applicaUons. We get in touch with them everyday, we discuss and learn to improve our plarorm. Our office has “no doors”: energy, ideas, people and projects are coming and going making this a new business model with the user at its center. All our latest modules and expansion boards are co-‐designed with the community that also supports us with Beta tesUng. To reach the same effect in a “tradiUonal company” needs more than 35 people and this impacts dramaUcally to the product cost. The engadgment with our community has a mutual benefit: we save on development and we distribute these savings into products price reducUon.


What’s Next?

Flyport GPRS/3G – planned for Q3/2012 New IDE 3.0 with embedded Webserver design tool

Grove Nest: Internet of Things with low cost, standardized sensors/actuators GPRS/3G Nest: a programmable gateway with 2 different connecUvity

connecThing our first Hackathon! 7th July 2012, Rome

A wiki on wiki.openpicus.com


Conclusion

To get 30% Academic discount send us an email [email protected]

Thank you for your amenUon!

Web www.openpicus.com

Blog openpicus.blogspot.com

Twimer @openpicus

openpicus keynote at web of things workshop 2012 in newcastle

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