HACKING THE THINGS:
HOW I MADE IOT RELEVANT TO ME
USING LITTLEBITS AND TWILIO SMS
kristin salomon
EE @ littleBits
kristin@littlebits.cc
github.com/kristin-littleBits
littleBits: what is it?
why?: background behind the project
implementation: hardware + software
LET’S MAKE IT PERSONAL.
BLUE
Power
PINK
Input
ORANGE
Wire/Logic
GREEN
Outputs
THE CLOUDBITTM
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LET’S MAKE IT PERSONAL.
littleBits: what is it?
why?: background behind the project
implementation: hardware + software
WHAT TO MAKE…
A PERSONAL ALARM SYSTEM!
• Capture information from the room
• Is the window open? → temperature
• Is my bedside drawer open? → light
• Is my coin bank in its place? → pressure
• Is my door open? → bend
• Send data to the room
• Turn on an alarm → buzzer/speaker
• View data in a nice dashboard on the web
• Get SMS notifications when things happen
LET’S MAKE IT PERSONAL.
littleBits: what is it?
why?: background behind the project
implementation: hardware + software
IS THE WINDOW OPEN? → TEMPERATURE SENSOR
IS MY BEDSIDE DRAWER OPEN?
→ LIGHT SENSOR
IS MY COIN BANK IN ITS PLACE? → PRESSURE SENSOR
IS MY DOOR OPEN? → BEND SENSOR
SOFTWARE TOOLS
Node.JS
littleBits cloud HTTP API
Twilio SMS API
dashing-js: a port of Shopify’s Dashing in Ruby to Node.JS
LET’S ADD ANOTHER WIDGET
See project on github.
EXAMPLES IN THE COMMUNITY
Laundry Done Alerts by Glenn, Kris, Andrew
The ButterBot by Milind in Pune, India
EXAMPLES IN THE COMMUNITY
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THANK YOU!

Twilio Signal 2016 IoT Using LittleBits and Twilio SMS