Tamashii - Create Rails IoT applications more easily

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Tamashii is a Ruby IoT framework that runs on Raspberry Pi, exposing hardware like RFID readers, LCDs and buzzers as Ruby objects and letting Rails call them via a Rack-based device management server inspired by Action Cable. Networking uses WebSocket + Redis for two‑way, future‑style requests and server pushes. Real deployments include a check‑in system with 17 devices and 270 attendees at RubyConf.tw 2016. Device drivers live in gems so Raspberry Pi drivers handle I2C, SPI and UART specifics.

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1. 0:00Introduction and speaker intro
2. 1:47What is Tamashii
3. 8:36Demo video device management
4. 9:40Projects built on Tamashii
5. 15:31Technical details overview
6. 15:53Device wrapper for components
7. 18:04Handling different hardware
8. 19:52Event-based model explained
9. 24:28Future-based networking model
10. 28:26Server-side integration
11. 33:27Conclusion and future plans
12. 35:22Q&A session

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