https://github.com/embermn/ember-rpi-demo-2019
Files for Jacob's October 2019 meetup presentation
https://github.com/embermn/ember-rpi-demo-2019
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Files for Jacob's October 2019 meetup presentation
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/embermn/ember-rpi-demo-2019
- Owner: EmberMN
- Created: 2019-10-07T01:53:30.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2019-10-08T22:14:23.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-25T22:22:03.520Z (over 1 year ago)
- Language: Shell
- Size: 20.5 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# Ember.js + RPi
## Introduction / background
This presentation came about because I (jacobq) had recently been tasked by my employer to add a simple, flexible web interface to one of our products. Although this instrument had a [PLC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_logic_controller) that included an Ethernet [NIC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_interface_controller), it was quite limited in its capabilities. We don't currently produce enough of these units per year to justify designing custom electronics just for this, so I decided to try integrating a [Raspberry Pi](https://www.raspberrypi.org/) (RPi) [SBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-board_computer). I used [nginx](https://nginx.org/) to serve a static [ember.js](https://emberjs.com/) app and map requests for URLs matching `/ws` to a [node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) back-end using [WebSocket](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebSockets_API)s and was pleased with the results. Having learned a lot along the way I thought that I ought to share about the experience.
It should be noted that the design choices in this example are not the only--or even the best--ones. Different applications will benefit from different choices. Hopefully, however, what I've provided here is sufficiently modular that others can adapt it to their needs.
## File structure
* [`back-end/`](./back-end/) Source code for Node.js back-end
* [`front-end/`](./front-end/) Source code for Ember.js front-end
* [`rpi/`](./rpi) Content related to setup of the RPi
* ~~[`slides/`](./slides/) Presentation (made with [reveal.js](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js))~~ (sorry, ran out of time)