Ninja Pi

[SN]

Can't see ANY links to this http://ninjablocks.com/blogs/how-to/719 ... inja-block anywhere!

Anyone on here tried it?

[SN]

I'll take that as a no then.

But I've got it actually working now - in a fashion.

Based on the latest Rasbian Wheezy build, I've 'Ninja-fied' my R2 Pi using

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wget -O - https://raw.github.com/ninjablocks/utilities/master/setup_scripts/rpi_setup.sh | sudo bash

Then I created an account at https://a.ninja.is/born
and registered my NinjaPi Block using the Pi Serial Number

So now I have a plain vanila Pi masquerading as a Ninja Block

Its generally geared for using GPIO attached stuff such as the Arduino but you can fake sensors using a curl call back to the Ninja Block web site - I have a simple button press sensor simulated in a executable script called 'sensortest' as follows:-

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#!/bin/bash
curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "X-Ninja-Token: `cat /etc/opt/ninja/token.conf`" \
-X 'POST' \
-i https://api.ninja.is/rest/v0/block/`cat /etc/opt/ninja/serial.conf`/data \
-d '{"G":0,"V":0,"D":5,"DA":"0"}'

In its simplest form that last value "DA":"0" can be got from any old script you like (such as reading anything attached to GPIO)

And then bingo, up pops an event on the Ninja Dashboard

Note: that Block Id is no use anyone thinking of spoofing my NinjaPi as there's an internal token key that you can't see here

And Ninja allows you to then build rules to make things happen (send out an email an email in this case) but plenty of other options including webhooks, facebook, twitter etc


I'll post more on here as I continue to play... ...allegedly there's a MakeyMakey module already so I should be able to set up a Text to my mobile when someone plucks a banana out of the fruit bowl

[cdjaco]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

[kurtdezhyrenze]

Make your own...build new rules and go to what access you want.. https://a.ninja.is/born
and registered my NinjaPi Block using the Pi Serial Number...

Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the black jack knife in the flesh.

[dan3008]

Pi ninja