[TriEmbed] geekSPARK 2015 call for talent - TETRIS on RHT'S exterior

Wed Apr 29 11:22:16 CDT 2015

Hi Adam,

Each Chariot has been tested at 300 feet, so it shouldn't be a problem
going from floor to floor at Red Hat. We connect Chariot to the Arduino Yun
to get to WiFi so that only one board is running WiFi and the rest are
obviously running 6LoWPAN. Every Chariot is indeed IP addressable. Chariots
form a mesh multihop network where every node can listen and communicate
with all other nodes in the mesh. Pretty standard.

I think someone had asked but I missed it at the time about IPv4/IPv6
tunneling.

Chariot's firmware provides four Internet of Things network functions:

*1.)* Web of Things
-CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) provides latest Internet of Things
protocol standards that make it possible to provide web services to
seamlessly and
simply integrate Arduino-created smart objects with the Web.

*2.)* TCP/IP stack, which provides IPv4 networking,
*3.)* IPv6 stack, which provides IPv6 networking,
- The IPv6 stack was contributed by Cisco and carries the IPv6 Ready
certification.
- The IPv6 stack also contains the IETF RPL routing protocol for
controlling traffic
over low-power lossy IPv6 wireless networks
- IETF 6LoWPAN header compression and adaptation layer for IEEE 802.15.4
wireless links.
*4.)* Lightweight link layer mesh protocol for low-power wireless networks.

You know what would also be cool but is probably illegal - if you could
create an LED display on your vehicle's rear window to tell tailgaters to
back the **** off...haha.

Mike

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Adam Haile <email at adamhaile.net> wrote:

> While we wait for approval...
> Can you explain a little more what your arduino shield does? I'm a little
> rusty on how mesh networks work exactly. Is everything still IP
> addressable? Do you connect it to WiFi at some point? What's the range and
> could it make it from one floor of Redhat to another (assuming the devices
> were effectively directly above one another).
>
> Second... more a Question for Ian. Were we to get the go-ahead from Redhat
> (or another building) to do this, would it be possible that this project
> could be one for which, like some of the others mentioned at the meeting,
> there would be a chance of funding? While I don't think it would be
> egregiously expensive, all the LEDs and controllers wouldn't be cheap.
> Maniacal Labs could probably provide the LED drivers for the task assuming
> we can take them back at the end. But the LED strips themselves would have
> to be treated somewhat as consumables since they would need to be cut to
> size for installation. Not really sure how these things normally work, so
> any thoughts are appreciated.
>
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 12:42 AM, Michael Wayne <
> michael.wayne at georgewaynellc.com> wrote:
>
>> Hopefully, Red Hat will approve so we can get to work!!!!
>>
>>
>> By the way, Adam,. I've copied my friend David Guzman of RF Tek. He's the
>> gentleman that I was telling you about if you ever want to make your board
>> smaller than it already is...David a magician with pcb design. If you're
>> able, you should come up to the Wireless Research Center in Wake Forest
>> where he and I at Qualia, both have offices. We'd be delighted to have you!
>> http://wirelesscenter-nc.org/
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Adam Haile <email at adamhaile.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Awesome! :)
>>>
>>> With your expertise in mesh networks, I think the biggest concern is the
>>> lights themselves and the driving hardware.
>>> I actually already have all the code needed to not only control displays
>>> over the network but have multiple displays act as one (and it's all
>>> threaded, multiplexed, etc). So, for example, you could have a single one
>>> of the network boards you showed me controlling multiple lights on a single
>>> floor... basically one controller per "row" of the display. The big thing
>>> there would be finding places on each floor with continuously accessible
>>> windows. The controller would just run a receiver that understands my
>>> protocol and then my software breaks the matrix display up into
>>> sub-displays but we program the animation itself as if it was all one
>>> physically connected display.
>>>
>>> I'm open to suggestions for what to actually use for the lights. The
>>> digital strips I use with our controller board are total overkill... we
>>> don't need single pixel control. The RGB analog strips you can get would be
>>> much cheaper but we'd need a way to drive and control them. Oddly enough...
>>> well, not really... Dan and I are already working on a controller for those
>>> kind of lights too. But it has yet to actually be developed yet. So if
>>> anyone has thoughts for something cheap and more off the shelf...
>>>
>>> Anyways... that's my thoughts for now :)
>>>
>>> Great meeting everyone!
>>>
>>> -Adam
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 9:25 PM, Michael Wayne <
>>> michael.wayne at georgewaynellc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Adam,
>>>>
>>>> Just spoke to my comrades at Qualia Networks. We're definitely
>>>> interested in working the Tetris project with you.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>> On Apr 22, 2015 9:20 PM, "Adam Haile" <email at adamhaile.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> And... it's been deleted again :P
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Ian Hands <iphands at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> No... I opened the event up to all and an invitee must have deleted
>>>>>> it.
>>>>>> I will recover or re-create.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:00 PM, Adam Haile <email at adamhaile.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> > Just saw a cancelation email... Is it being rescheduled?
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > On Apr 22, 2015 10:43 AM, "Michael Wayne" <
>>>>>> michael.wayne at georgewaynellc.com>
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Stellar, see you tomorrow!
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> On Apr 22, 2015 10:40 AM, "Ian Hands" <iphands at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Hi all,
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Sorry so late.... I sent an invite out already to folks who
>>>>>> replied
>>>>>> >>> with interest but tomorrow @ 630pm we are having a geekSPARK
>>>>>> planning
>>>>>> >>> meeting.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> If you want to help and can make it please let me know and I will
>>>>>> look
>>>>>> >>> for you tomorrow ~6:20pm in the Red Hat lobby.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> What: geekSPARK meeting
>>>>>> >>> When: Thurs Apr 23 @ 630pm
>>>>>> >>> Where: Red Hat Inc, 100 East Davie Street, Raleigh, NC 27601,
>>>>>> United
>>>>>> >>> States (meet in lobby 10 mins before the meeting)
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> https://goo.gl/maps/J3Qri
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Thanks... and no worries if you can help but can't make this
>>>>>> meeting.
>>>>>> >>> I'll try and keep in touch.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Michael Wayne
>>>>>> >>> <michael.wayne at georgewaynellc.com> wrote:
>>>>>> >>> > Ian,
>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>> >>> > Great meeting you Monday! Qualia Networks wants in! We've got
>>>>>> our
>>>>>> >>> > Chariot
>>>>>> >>> > shields ready to go and will have demonstrable apps.
>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>> >>> > Mike Wayne
>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>> >>> > On Apr 16, 2015 10:48 AM, "Adam Haile" <email at adamhaile.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>> >>> >> Ian,
>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>> >>> >> We (Maniacal Labs - myself and Dan Ternes) would love to bring
>>>>>> some
>>>>>> >>> >> projects to show off! Our projects these days are all very much
>>>>>> >>> >> bright, LED
>>>>>> >>> >> related and we're currently working on a 2 meter tall,
>>>>>> interactive LED
>>>>>> >>> >> display. We certainly have a lot of other, fun, blinky stuff
>>>>>> we can
>>>>>> >>> >> bring as
>>>>>> >>> >> well... maybe I can even be convinced to wear my LED pants :)
>>>>>> In
>>>>>> >>> >> general, we
>>>>>> >>> >> specialize in digital light art pieces and enabling other
>>>>>> people to
>>>>>> >>> >> make
>>>>>> >>> >> such things with little effort.
>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>> >>> >> We do have a 3D printer but will leave it home :P
>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>> >>> >> Thanks
>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>> >>> >> Adam Haile
>>>>>> >>> >> Maniacal Labs
>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>> >>> >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Ian Hands <iphands at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> >>> Hi all,
>>>>>> >>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> >>> My name is Ian, we might have met at the meeting on Monday. I
>>>>>> am
>>>>>> >>> >>> chief
>>>>>> >>> >>> cat wrangler for geekSPARK this year, and I would like to see
>>>>>> your
>>>>>> >>> >>> cool TriEmbed stuff at geekSPARK this year.
>>>>>> >>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> >>> For those that don't know "geekSPARK" is one of many SPARKs at
>>>>>> >>> >>> SPARKcon (http://www.sparkcon.com/) the big multiconvention
>>>>>> event in
>>>>>> >>> >>> downtown Raleigh that happens every September.
>>>>>> >>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> >>> For the past three years we have had a number of 3D printers
>>>>>> show up
>>>>>> >>> >>> to our "3D Printer Rodeo" event.
>>>>>> >>> >>> This year I would like to showcase awesome things in the
>>>>>> hardware
>>>>>> >>> >>> hacking / embedded genre along with the 3D printers.
>>>>>> >>> >>> Why? I like that stuff!... and I believe all age ranges that
>>>>>> show up
>>>>>> >>> >>> will enjoy seeing these things as a well.
>>>>>> >>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> >>> If you want to:
>>>>>> >>> >>> - bring something cool (could be even *mostly* working :-D)
>>>>>> >>> >>> - help out in any way
>>>>>> >>> >>> -- sponsor an event
>>>>>> >>> >>> -- come volunteer during the weekend
>>>>>> >>> >>> - be a part of other geekSPARK projects
>>>>>> >>> >>> -- DiMo (Digital Motion Showcase): where code meets art, on a
>>>>>> big
>>>>>> >>> >>> wall, with projectors, and neato input devices
>>>>>> >>> >>> --- https://vimeo.com/106179566
>>>>>> >>> >>> --- http://palebluepixel.org/static/projects/dimo/
>>>>>> >>> >>> --- https://github.com/geekspark-rh
>>>>>> >>> >>> -- Big Guitar with fricken LASER BEAMS: a huge light
>>>>>> controlled
>>>>>> >>> >>> "guitar" that folks can strum by walking around
>>>>>> >>> >>> -- Dancing cross walk sign: Basically this
>>>>>> >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB_0vRnkeOk
>>>>>> >>> >>> - etc.
>>>>>> >>> >>> Please let me know.
>>>>>> >>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> >>> Thanks, and it was very nice meeting all of you.
>>>>>> >>> >>> I look forward to attending another TriEmbed meeting.
>>>>>> >>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> >>> Cheers.
>>>>>> >>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> >>> --
>>>>>> >>> >>> Sent from me, iHands.
>>>>>> >>> >>>
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>>>>>> >>> --
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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