Intel IoT Meet-up in Nizhny Novgorod
On Friday, February 20, an event was held on the current topic of “Internet of Things”, which, among others, was attended by three CADR participants. The organizer, as follows from the title, was made by the notorious Intel company. The meeting was held in the Free Workshop co-working.
The program of the event was:
By 18:00, people interested in the topic of IoT were drawn up.
"Free Workshop" is located in the street. Christmas, the event was held in the attic room, easily accommodated the visitors. To demonstrate the projects, a table, a projector and a presentation board were provided.
The participants were given everything they needed: a notebook, a badge and a special, “not simple”, pen with a stylus embedded in the butt for capacitive screens.
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The event organizer, Svetlana Emelyanova (marketing manager, Intel Developer Zone program) starts the mitap.
The next speaker, Roman Khatko, drew attention to the features of Intel's SoC solutions, chip architecture and software used for development.
Intel is positioning two types of devices in the IoT segment - Intel Galileo (Gen2) and Intel Edison.
Intel Galileo (Gen2) has a rich set of peripherals, including a range of all-wheel-drive GPIO compatible with the Arduino. The important point is the absence of the need for a SPI connection with a microSD card reader or, for example, with an Ethernet interface - it is enough to use the appropriate libraries .
A special version of the Arduino IDE is available for coding.
The system can work with Linux, RTOS VxWorks, and even Windows 10 .
Intel Edison is quite the size of a matchbox, only thin. With its mini size it has rich wireless capabilities and energy saving solutions. At the development stage, the board can join the developer equipment and, thus, have similar Galileo peripheral capabilities.
The speech turned out to be lively because of the many questions to the novel. Indeed, devices have both strengths and shortcomings.
The employees of the Laboratory of the BSF , Diana Ilyina and Sergey Ivanov told about their experience with Intel motherboards. The guys used alternative linux distributions for Galileo and Intel Edison boards (Intel recommends using Yocto Poky Linux). The use of boards in practice also has a number of nuances.
In the second part of the mitap, projects were presented.
A device designed to sync photos to the cloud is made on Intel Galileo.
An sd card is inserted into the device - and then, via wifi, the photos are sent to the cloud. The author announced the functionality of creating geotagging in accordance with the place of loading photos. The stated period of work from a full charge cycle is 30 hours.
The developer noted that geotags are capable of putting down the cameras themselves (at the time of the shutter release), however, at the moment, there are not so many models capable of this, and they belong to the higher price range. Thus, the device provides functionality that is likely to be built into future serial photo equipment.
The second number in the list of projects was represented by a "smart closet" (based on Intel Edison) with a controlled clothes hanger, put forward by the team, drawers and an additional control interface - voice! The device is also controlled from a smartphone via web applications. In the future, the creators promise that the wardrobe will be able to offer clothing options that, in their opinion, will be harmoniously combined with each other and meet the latest fashion trends.
The cabinet undoubtedly needs additional usability, but it seems convenient to be used by people with physical limitations (for example, wheelchair users).
The following presentation of the device (based on Intel Galileo Gen1), which controls an unusual LED panel. The LEDs are located in a cellular structure made of 3mm foam board. According to the creators, this panel is designed for placement in rooms in order to create an aesthetic effect. One of the functions demonstrated by the authors during the presentation of the project was tetris with control through a web application. In the dark, the panel looks especially impressive.
In conclusion, Artyom Poptsov touched upon the highlights of the development of high-tech communities on the example of hackerspaces already existing in Russia and, in particular, on the example of Nizhny Novgorod CADR. CADR participants design devices similar to the IoT concept and are interested in a deeper understanding of it. The transfer of the Intel Galileo Gen2 and Intel Edison instances to the hackerspace from the organizers was a pleasant moment.
photo - Nikolai Smolin, text - Nikolai Smolin and gymlyg
The program of the event was:
- Introduction: About the Intel Developer Zone for IoT developers. Svetlana Emelyanova
- Presentation of Intel's SoC solutions, namely: Galileo Gen2 and Intel Edison. Roman Khatko.
- Experience with boards and projects. Diana Ilyina, Sergey Ivanov.
- Demonstration of projects.
By 18:00, people interested in the topic of IoT were drawn up.
In a nutshell about IoT
IoT (Internet of the things) is a relatively recent term that distinguishes a class of devices connected to a common network, able to communicate between themselves and third-party services, including globally. In the future, such a mechanism allows to automate a number of daily routine tasks, which makes life comfortable and increases the efficiency of modern computing technologies.
"Free Workshop" is located in the street. Christmas, the event was held in the attic room, easily accommodated the visitors. To demonstrate the projects, a table, a projector and a presentation board were provided.
The participants were given everything they needed: a notebook, a badge and a special, “not simple”, pen with a stylus embedded in the butt for capacitive screens.
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The event organizer, Svetlana Emelyanova (marketing manager, Intel Developer Zone program) starts the mitap.
IoT in the Intel Developer Zone
The Intel Developer Zone program is designed to help application developers based on the Intel platform. In essence, this is a database of documentation, development tools, built around a community of developers and experts.
For Intel Galileo and Intel Edison devices, Intel provided the Intel IoT Developer Kit, which includes software for developing ready-made IoT solutions, assembled images, various IDEs (Eclipse, Arduino, etc.), additional services and tools.
For Intel Galileo and Intel Edison devices, Intel provided the Intel IoT Developer Kit, which includes software for developing ready-made IoT solutions, assembled images, various IDEs (Eclipse, Arduino, etc.), additional services and tools.
The next speaker, Roman Khatko, drew attention to the features of Intel's SoC solutions, chip architecture and software used for development.
About Intel Galileo and Intel Edison Processors
The Intel Quark processor family was announced by Intel in 2013 and is intended for use in wearable, consumer and IoT devices.
Galileo uses the Quark X1000 SoC - a single - core 32-bit processor with a frequency of up to 400 MHz, implemented using 32 nm technology and having an architecture compatible (no more) with the Pentium instruction set. Intel Quark adds security-related instructions and core development capabilities — Quark supports JTAG debugging and allows third-party vendors to add their own blocks to the Quark core. For more information about the architecture, see here .
The newer Intel Edison has a Tangier SoC that includes two Intel Atom (Silvermont) (22nm) cores with a frequency of 500 MHz and one Intel Quark with a frequency of 100 MHz. The presence of such a disparate set is determined by the features of work at the hardware level and the features of development associated with proprietary.
Galileo uses the Quark X1000 SoC - a single - core 32-bit processor with a frequency of up to 400 MHz, implemented using 32 nm technology and having an architecture compatible (no more) with the Pentium instruction set. Intel Quark adds security-related instructions and core development capabilities — Quark supports JTAG debugging and allows third-party vendors to add their own blocks to the Quark core. For more information about the architecture, see here .
The newer Intel Edison has a Tangier SoC that includes two Intel Atom (Silvermont) (22nm) cores with a frequency of 500 MHz and one Intel Quark with a frequency of 100 MHz. The presence of such a disparate set is determined by the features of work at the hardware level and the features of development associated with proprietary.
Intel is positioning two types of devices in the IoT segment - Intel Galileo (Gen2) and Intel Edison.
Intel Galileo (Gen2) has a rich set of peripherals, including a range of all-wheel-drive GPIO compatible with the Arduino. The important point is the absence of the need for a SPI connection with a microSD card reader or, for example, with an Ethernet interface - it is enough to use the appropriate libraries .
A special version of the Arduino IDE is available for coding.
The system can work with Linux, RTOS VxWorks, and even Windows 10 .
Intel Edison is quite the size of a matchbox, only thin. With its mini size it has rich wireless capabilities and energy saving solutions. At the development stage, the board can join the developer equipment and, thus, have similar Galileo peripheral capabilities.
The speech turned out to be lively because of the many questions to the novel. Indeed, devices have both strengths and shortcomings.
About possible prerequisites for Intel Galileo / Edison release
Indeed - there are a number of questions about the feasibility of such Intel Galileo and Intel Edison hardware. In terms of performance, Quarks lose to the Raspberry Pi CPU, while costing more. There is no friendly GPU and Audio on the board. Because of the i586 + architecture, there are difficulties with installing common Linux distributions and running software from under them. Arduino emulation, though faster than on real Arduino, but still not fully compatible.
However, experts are finding the benefits of this step by Intel in the unique capabilities of developing their own components in the implementation of the UEFI BIOS.
However, experts are finding the benefits of this step by Intel in the unique capabilities of developing their own components in the implementation of the UEFI BIOS.
The employees of the Laboratory of the BSF , Diana Ilyina and Sergey Ivanov told about their experience with Intel motherboards. The guys used alternative linux distributions for Galileo and Intel Edison boards (Intel recommends using Yocto Poky Linux). The use of boards in practice also has a number of nuances.
In the second part of the mitap, projects were presented.
A device designed to sync photos to the cloud is made on Intel Galileo.
On the implementation of cloud technologies in IoT
Cloud technology is closely related to IoT. Intel provides a dedicated cloud system that has the resources to store and analyze data. Using this service, Intel Galileo / Edison device developers get a quick start in data processing without additional storage and computing power. ( source )
Meanwhile, Galileo implements messaging functionality between devices and a third-party service - downloading sketches from the cloud and managing them via a web interface ( source ).
Meanwhile, Galileo implements messaging functionality between devices and a third-party service - downloading sketches from the cloud and managing them via a web interface ( source ).
An sd card is inserted into the device - and then, via wifi, the photos are sent to the cloud. The author announced the functionality of creating geotagging in accordance with the place of loading photos. The stated period of work from a full charge cycle is 30 hours.
The developer noted that geotags are capable of putting down the cameras themselves (at the time of the shutter release), however, at the moment, there are not so many models capable of this, and they belong to the higher price range. Thus, the device provides functionality that is likely to be built into future serial photo equipment.
Note on wifi sync
The wifi sync niche is already being mastered by manufacturers - many new camera models have a built-in wifi module with which you can organize photo synchronization to a mobile device (smartphone / tablet) - and then to the cloud.
According to the author of the project, the market already offers alternatives to this device made in the form of an sd memory card.
According to the author of the project, the market already offers alternatives to this device made in the form of an sd memory card.
The second number in the list of projects was represented by a "smart closet" (based on Intel Edison) with a controlled clothes hanger, put forward by the team, drawers and an additional control interface - voice! The device is also controlled from a smartphone via web applications. In the future, the creators promise that the wardrobe will be able to offer clothing options that, in their opinion, will be harmoniously combined with each other and meet the latest fashion trends.
Voice Interface Note
An interesting observation about voice control in principle - for clearer recognition, maximum clarity in pronunciation is necessary. Operators of such interfaces, in theory, should pre-train articulation like a television and radio presenter. Knowledge of the language of management is also important.
The cabinet undoubtedly needs additional usability, but it seems convenient to be used by people with physical limitations (for example, wheelchair users).
The following presentation of the device (based on Intel Galileo Gen1), which controls an unusual LED panel. The LEDs are located in a cellular structure made of 3mm foam board. According to the creators, this panel is designed for placement in rooms in order to create an aesthetic effect. One of the functions demonstrated by the authors during the presentation of the project was tetris with control through a web application. In the dark, the panel looks especially impressive.
In conclusion, Artyom Poptsov touched upon the highlights of the development of high-tech communities on the example of hackerspaces already existing in Russia and, in particular, on the example of Nizhny Novgorod CADR. CADR participants design devices similar to the IoT concept and are interested in a deeper understanding of it. The transfer of the Intel Galileo Gen2 and Intel Edison instances to the hackerspace from the organizers was a pleasant moment.
photo - Nikolai Smolin, text - Nikolai Smolin and gymlyg
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/251423/
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