Stranger Things on Netflix has been a worldwide hit with its homage to all that was amazing about 80’s TV & movies. Being an unashamed child of the 80’s, I was inspired to create an intelligentStranger Things inspired wall that combined low power hardware, Azure IoT Hub and natural language processing in the cloud to allow communication with another dimension. Along the way we will also demonstrate advanced Azure IoT capabilities such as Cloud to Device messaging, device configuration management, field gateways, protocol translation and integrating a variety of hardware and OS platforms . The session will contain some show spoilers, you have been warned!

1. Todd Whitehead
Cloud Solution Architect
Microsoft
Adam Finster
Lead Cloud Developer
Clearview IT
Amelia Whitehead
Cosplayer

2. About Me
Whilst I am employee of Microsoft, the views, opinions, lame jokes and ninja references
that I may or may not express are my own and in no way represent those of Microsoft or in
fact any person or organization based in Seattle.
This presentations contains images and brief clips to convey the awesomeness of those
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Disclaimer
http://www.linkedin.com/in/toddwhitehead
Todd Whitehead
Cloud Solution Architect – Application Development
Microsoft

3. Power BI

4. Goals
1. Build something fun
2. Get hands on with IoT Hub/Edge Device Features
3. Avoid the golden path
4. Not electrocute or burn myself anyone
5. Assemble rather than build
6. See principle 4

9. Field
Gateway
Device
Connectivity & Management
Analytics &
Operationalized Insights
Presentation &
Business Connectivity
Devices
RTOS,Linux,Android,iOS,Windows
Protocol
Adaptation
Batch Analytics & Visualizations
Azure HDInsight, AzureML, Power BI,
Azure Data Factory
Hot Path Analytics
Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Storm
Presentation & Business
Connections
Websites, Mobile Services
Dynamics, BizTalk Services,
Notification Hubs
Hot Path Business Logic
Service Fabric & Actor Framework
Cloud Gateway
Event Hub

10. Architecture of Stranger Things
Christmas
Lights
Lights
Controller
Environmental
Monitor
Environmental
Monitor
Field Gateway Cloud
Gateway
Interaction
Chanel
Interaction
Bot
Intent AI
Field Gateway
Monitoring Command and Visualization
Web AppBad Man
Hot Path
Analytics
Cold Path
Analytics
Joyce

11. IoT Device
Device Twin
Methods
Properties
Desired
Reported
IoT Hub
Device Twin
Tags
Methods
Telemetry
Properties
Desired
Reported
Telemetry
channel
Cloud owned,
device visible
Device owned,
cloud visible
Cloud only,
device metadata
Cloud initiated C2D
with response
Commands
Cloud initiated C2D
message

12. IoT Hub
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Jobs
Schedule and Broadcast
Device Twin Changes
Set Desired Properties,
Tags, Call Methods
Queries
Query Across
Device Twin State
For Business Logic,
Reporting and
Compliance

13. Architecture of Stranger Things-Remot
Raspberry Pi 3 | GrovePi Shield | Grove Sensors
Raspian OS | NodeJS | IoT Devices SDK
Raspberry Pi 3 | Raspbian OS
NodeJS | IoT Edge
TI Sensor Tag
MQTT
MQTT

14. Device Control Demo

15. Architecture of Stranger Things
- Wall
Christmas
Lights
Field Gateway
Windows 10 | IoT Edge SDK | C#
Lights
Controller
Arduino | C
MQTT
Serial +
Custom Protocol
IoT Hub
API App Bot Framework
Intent, Entities
LUIS
Utterance Utterance

16. Build the Wall (of stranger
things) !!
https://www.adafruit.com/product/322
https://learn.adafruit.com/12mm-led-pixels/

17. Control the Wall (of
stranger things) !!

18. Custom Wall Protocol
Todd’s Really Unpredictable Messaging Protocol
T.R.U.M.P• Build on CmdMessenger Protocol
• Supports multiple transport layers:
• Serial port over USB
• Bluetooth
• Multiple arguments
• Arguments can be plain text or binary form
• Cmd Id, param 1, [...] , param N;
• DisplayMessage, isScary

19. IOT Edge: Architecture

20. Field Gateway
Modules
Serial
Trump
Identity
Mapper
Printer
Module
IOT Hub
Module
MQTTT.R.U.M.P

21. Demo The Wall (of stranger
things) !!

22. Azure IoT Edge IoT Hub
Devices
Local Storage
Azure Machine
Learning
(Container)
Functions
RuntimeContainer
Management
Device
Twin
Device
Twin
Azure Stream
Analytics
(Container)
Azure Functions
(Container)
Cognitive Services
(Container)
Custom Code
(Container)
Module
Twin
Module
Twin
Module
Twin
Module
Twin
Module
Twin
Module
Twin
Module
Twin
Module
Twin
Module
Twin
Module
Twin

23. Edge device
IoT Hub
Edge Hub
Edge ASA
Edge ML

24. Reflection
s
1. Build something fun
2. Get hands on with IoT Hub/Edge Device Features
3. Avoid the golden path
4. Not electrocute or burn myself anyone
5. Assemble rather than build
6. See principle 4

25. Parts List
• https://www.adafruit.com/product/322
• Power Pack
• Power connector
• Data Connector
• Arduino
• Screw Connector
• USB Cable
• RaspberyPi 3
• Respeaker

26. Resources
• https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0045/8932/files/Eleven-
GettingStarted.pdf?1503
• https://learn.adafruit.com/12mm-led-pixels/
• https://github.com/Microsoft/mvp-summit-iot-workshop#mvp-
summit-2016-iot-workshop