Bringing the web to the IoT

Firefox OS

Mobile platforms, wearable devices, IoT

Valentin Goșu

about:me

Open Source enthusiast

C++ developer by day

Firefox OS hacker by night

 

http://google.com/+ValentinGosu

valentin@mozilla.ro

 

The web is great

The web is underused

The App Store

You are here!

Proudly non-profit

Firefox OS

Gaia        (collection of web apps that make up the UI)

Gecko     (JS Runtime, APIs for hardware access)

Gonk       (Linux Kernel, Drivers, HAL)

WebAPI

Battery

Orientation

Vibration

Alarm

Notification

Camera

SMS

Telephony

Bluetooth

Wifi

TcpSocket

Contacts

Storage

Apps

WebPayment

Tools - WebIDE

Apps

Normal/Web

Privileged

Certified

Firefox as a runtime for your apps

https://marketplace.firefox.com/

Kickstart your IoT project

1 - low cost

2 - easy development

Cost

Raspberry Pi - 35$

Wifi - 10$

Flash - 5$

Battery - 20$

Wires & Cables - 5$

Screen - 30$

3G?

Camera?

Bluetooth?

Speaker?

Sensors?

Cost

25$

dual sim (GSM)

bluetooth 4.0

Wi-Fi

camera

battery

touchscreen ✓

Easy development

1 - Flash JanOS (Stripped down FirefoxOS)

2 - Buy a screwdriver

3 -

http://janos.io/ by Jan Jongboom

JanOS DEMO

 

- doorbell

- motion

- security camera

- GPS tracker

 

How easy is it?

var tel = navigator.mozTelephony;

// Place a call
tel.dial("123456789").then(function(call) {
  call.number;

  call.onconnected = function(e) {
    console.log('Your call to ' 
        + e.call.id + ' is connected.');
    // Play recorded message to customer
  }
});

How easy is it?

window.camera.takePicture('back').then(function(ev) {
  var blob = ev.blob;
  // Store blob in storage 
}

// WebRTC

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(
  function(position) {
  // position.coords.latitude
  // position.coords.longitude
});

var request = navigator.mozAlarms.add(
  new Date("June 21, 2015 16:20:00"));
navigator.mozSetMessageHandler("alarm", 
  function (mozAlarm) { alert("alarm fired"); });

Extra goodies

navigator.mozOs.exec('ls', [ '-al', '/data/local' ])
  .then(res => console.log('exec', res.exitCode, res.stdout, res.stderr))
  .catch(err => console.error('exec failed', err));

http://janos.io/api-reference/exec.html

navigator.mozOs.readFile('/data/local/user.js', 'utf-8')
  .then(content => console.log('readFile', content))
  .catch(err => console.error('readFile', err));

http://janos.io/api-reference/fs.html

Powered by Firefox OS

Monohm Runcible

matchstick.tv

Panasonic 4K TV

The web is ready

Are you ready for the web?

Performance

ASM.js

Advantages

Completely open source (in real time)

Not a walled garden (self  hosting of apps)

Everything is the web

VERY easy to get started

Very small memory footprint (128 Mb of RAM?)

Cost $$$

Disadvantages

Not enough users

Performance*

Lack of dedicated apps*

You can ONLY use JavaScript**

* Can be mitigated

** For wearables we can make an exception

Bringing the web to the internet of things

By Valentin Gosu

Bringing the web to the internet of things

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