CodeNSolder Posts
All the articles I've posted.
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Comparing MQTT, CoAP, and Bluetooth Low Energy for IoT communication — a guide to choosing the right protocol for constrained devices, from Open Source For You Magazine.
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Recapping my PyCon India 2017 talk on getting started with embedded Python using MicroPython and CircuitPython, including a live Arc Reactor demo that got the room going.
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Hands-on review of the ESP8266-based WiFi deauthentication device with OLED display — covering beacon flood attacks, deauth range, and build quality issues found on the Tindie unit.
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Reverse engineering a Syska smart LED bulb by sniffing unencrypted BLE packets with Wireshark and Android HCI logs, then replicating the RGB control protocol using Linux Bluez tools (CVE-2017-18642).
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IoT security best practices for developers and startups — covering the do's and don'ts of securing connected devices, originally published as a guest blog on Mentor Graphics.
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Getting started with MicroPython on ESP8266 NodeMCU: running Python in a serial REPL on a microcontroller, as written for Open Source For You Magazine.
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An automated solar-powered plant watering system using soil moisture sensors, Arduino, and a servo motor — as published in Electronics For You Magazine, February 2016.