Monterail IoT team's presentation explaining hot new OTA technologies can help business to be more agile and responsive for their customers' needs.

2. IoT

4. Collection of software and hardware technologies, often provided by
multiple vendors, allowing physical devices to connect to the cloud, be
remotely accessible to perform actions and share the data they
provide.
IoT

5. So IoT consist of “the things” part and “the internet” part.
The second one is where Monterail mostly steps in, but not only… :)
We’re also building some early Hardware prototypes and PoCs.
IoT

6. monterail.com/blog

7. Product
Development

8. In the past an usual approach used
to build software products was so
called “waterfall method”.
- Precise planning
- Gantt Charts
- Time consuming processes
and heavy administration
Classic Approach

9. Business got faster than software development
- February 2001
- Seventeen independent-minded software practitioners
- While the participants didn't agree about much, they found
consensus around four main values.
Agile Manifesto

10. * Individuals and interactions over processes and tools *
* Working software over comprehensive documentation *
* Customer collaboration over contract negotiation*
* Responding to change over following a plan *
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items
on the left more.
Agile

11. Iterative Development

12. - Responsive to change
- Adjusts the product to what user needs
- Allows business to redefine their ideas at any point
- Ensures constant feedback
- Requires tools and processes for continuous delivery
Iterative Development

13. Continuous Delivery

14. It’s not that easy with
hardware though...

15. - Usually involves
physically connecting
to the device
- Difficult to keep track
of versions running on
different devices
- Risk of “bricking”
Traditional
Firmware Update

16. - Usually involves
physically connecting
to the device
- Difficult to keep track
of versions running on
different devices
- Risk of “bricking”
Traditional
Firmware Update
- No need for physical
access to the device
- Firmware updates are
distributed over the
network
- The device can operate
normally while being
updated
Over-The-Air (OTA)
Firmware Update

17. The Process
Developers

18. The Process
GitHub
Developers

19. The Process
GitHub
Developers
CircleCI PlatformIO
+

20. The Process
GitHub
Developers OTA Server
CircleCI PlatformIO
+

21. The Process
GitHub
Developers OTA Server
CircleCI
ESP8266
PlatformIO
+
MQTT

22. Demo time!

23. Thank you