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Mongoose OS – An Open Source Operating System for the Internet of Things

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Re: Mongoose OS – An Open Source Operating System for the Internet of Things

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Post by GordonS »

planb wrote: post #14
dmitriid wrote: post #2

> FEATURED COMMUNITY PROJECTS > Door bell - ESP32, AWS IoT > Door sensor - ESP32, MC-38, AWS IoT/MQTT, SNS > Smart heater on AWS IoT > IoT doorbell that works via MQTT - generic MQTT server, AWS IoT, Google IoT, etc Why the hell would I want my door bell be controlled via MQTT on AWS?

It's not on AWS but runs on a local raspberry pi, but my doorbell signals via MQTT that someone ringed. This makes my security camera take a picture and sends a push notification to a custom made iOS app which shows who's in front of the door on my apple watch. If I'm logged in my home wifi, I can even open the door with a button directly from this notification. I would argue that I'm not the only one who finds that…

Is "signalizes" a word? Did you mean "signals"?

Re: Mongoose OS – An Open Source Operating System for the Internet of Things

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Post by recursio »

skratlo wrote: post #17

But why Javascript? Clearly another hype-driven project. Please, use reason not hype when deciding on technology. This is fast food

Is it not reasonable that any Joe Schmo can easily build both front end UI's and servers with one of the most adopted languages?

Re: Mongoose OS – An Open Source Operating System for the Internet of Things

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Post by swsieber »

StavrosK wrote: post #13
dmitriid wrote: post #2

> FEATURED COMMUNITY PROJECTS > Door bell - ESP32, AWS IoT > Door sensor - ESP32, MC-38, AWS IoT/MQTT, SNS > Smart heater on AWS IoT > IoT doorbell that works via MQTT - generic MQTT server, AWS IoT, Google IoT, etc Why the hell would I want my door bell be controlled via MQTT on AWS?

There's actually a very good use case if you have sleeping children: https://www.alittletothewright.com/index.php/2017/05/doorbel...

Indeed. We just bought a house and I'm excited to actually invest (in terms of electronic projects). Top thing on my list is to make the doorbell send a notification when our little one is sleeping, instead of sounding.

Re: Mongoose OS – An Open Source Operating System for the Internet of Things

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Post by planb »

GordonS wrote: post #21
planb wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not on AWS but runs on a local raspberry pi, but my doorbell signals via MQTT that someone ringed. This makes my security camera take a picture and sends a push notification to a custom made iOS app which shows who's in front of the door on my apple watch. If I'm logged in my home wifi, I can even open the door with a button directly from this notification. I would argue that I'm not the only one who finds that…

Is "signalizes" a word? Did you mean "signals"?

Thanks, I've corrected it.

Re: Mongoose OS – An Open Source Operating System for the Internet of Things

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Post by tyingq »

mijoharas wrote: post #7

> GPLv2 license: FREE FOR NON-COMMERCIAL USE This confuses me, the GPLv2 doesn't say anything about commercial use, it merely says that you need to redistribute the source code to anyone that you distribute your software to. Have they placed additional restrictions on the GPL (which I believe you are prohibited from doing)? or are they just trying to highlight that they are dual-licensing it under a license that isn'…

Sounds like they are trying to say you can't opt for the GPL if you plan on commercial use.

Not a lawyer, but I don't see how that flies. They could make their own GPL-like license with that clause added in. But using it as-is means it's open for commercial use, subject of course to the GPL terms. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLCommercially

Re: Mongoose OS – An Open Source Operating System for the Internet of Things

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Post by ageofwant »

Dowwie wrote: post #23

"The old way: Micropython" <-- what? really? old, already? They're just getting warmed up, baby.

Damn right. Mid level python dev in my team builds Django views on one screen and programs the embedded micropython board that sits on the drill in the pit on the other, all while cajoling with his millennial tribesman in the chat app du jour. Can't beat that.

Re: Mongoose OS – An Open Source Operating System for the Internet of Things

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Post by cjsuk »

swsieber wrote: post #24
StavrosK wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's actually a very good use case if you have sleeping children: https://www.alittletothewright.com/index.php/2017/05/doorbel...

Indeed. We just bought a house and I'm excited to actually invest (in terms of electronic projects). Top thing on my list is to make the doorbell send a notification when our little one is sleeping, instead of sounding.

From experience you want to get them used to noise rather then keeping things quiet.

With the first child, I made the mistake of hanging out of the window at 10PM trying to get the attention of the pizza guy so he didn't ring the door bell so we got to eat in peace.

By the third child, you could set a firework off in the living room and she'd stay in bed.

Be noisy! Be free!

Re: Mongoose OS – An Open Source Operating System for the Internet of Things

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Post by j4mie »

If I wanted to make something that (say) reports sensor readings over MQTT to AWS IoT, what firmware options are there? NodeMCU looked great (Lua!) but doesn't seem to support X509 client certificates (which AWS needs). There's Arduino, Mongoose, Micropython - any others? What's the best way to go?
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