SStargapOct 14 · 2 min readWhy an MQTT value can go from 22 back to 21 after reconnectingA subscriber receives 22. Reconnect it, and 21 appears again. Before changing a sensor or a dashboard, check which value the broker retained. In a local test with Mosquitto and AirMQTT in an iPhone sistargap.hashnode.dev
AAbdul GhaniOct 14 · 10 min readBuilding a Mac menu bar app for my Panasonic AC: MQTT, a Wi-Fi mystery and shipping outside the App StoreI have Panasonic air conditioners at home that can only be controlled two ways: a remote that is never where I left it, or the MirAIe app on my phone. I spend most of my day on a Mac, so I wanted the 1blog.abdulghani.tech
CcircuitrocksOct 13 · 2 min readTurn Escape Room Puzzles into Home Assistant Devices with ESP32Grab an ESP32 dev board, a PCF8574 I2C expander, a few buttons or reed switches, and a laptop running Home Assistant with an MQTT broker. That is enough parts to make a puzzle prop report its state tocircuitrocks.hashnode.dev
CcircuitrocksSep 27 · 3 min readIronEar's ESP32-S3 Sensor Hears 500 Sounds, Skips the CameraA camera watching your backyard only sees what's in its cone of view, and every camera you bolt on is another privacy trade-off. IronEar takes the opposite bet: three tiny microphones and a neural netcircuitrocks.hashnode.dev
CcircuitrocksSep 8 · 3 min readwarecache Sensor Bins Count Your Parts Using an STM32H723Counting 220-ohm resistors by hand is the part of workshop life nobody misses. To automate it you need three things: a bin that weighs its own contents, a controller that can poll dozens of those binscircuitrocks.hashnode.dev
SSanskriti HarmukhSep 3 · 4 min readInstalling Mosquitto MQTT Broker on Ubuntu 24.04Mosquitto is an open-source message broker implementing the MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) protocol — a lightweight TCP/IP messaging platform built for IoT devices with minimal resources, vultr.hashnode.dev
YYogeshwar PeelaAug 18 · 5 min readTryHackMe : Bugged - WriteupOverview Bugged is an easy TryHackMe box built around an MQTT broker (Mosquitto) that allows anonymous connections. The broker exposes normal-looking IoT device telemetry alongside a hidden backdoor texploitnotes.hashnode.dev
Rronie josephJul 28 · 5 min readBuilding a UNS with Open-Source: HiveMQ, Sparkplug B, and Node-REDIn Part 1, we established why the Unified Namespace replaces point-to-point integration spaghetti. But a UNS is an architectural concept. To make it real on a factory floor, you need actual software. roniejoseph.hashnode.dev
Rronie josephJul 23 · 5 min readThe End of Point-to-Point: Why the Unified Namespace Is the Foundation of Agentic ManufacturingEvery new machine you integrate into a production line adds another custom script, another proprietary connection, another point of failure. Multiply that across hundreds of assets in a hyperscale fac13KAroniejoseph.hashnode.dev
RRobustelJul 1 · 6 min readModbus to MQTT at the Edge: Turning PLC Data into Cloud-Ready Industrial IoT DataWhy Modbus-to-MQTT matters in brownfield factories Many factories already have valuable data on the shop floor. It may come from PLCs, meters, sensors, drives, machine controllers, or older equipment edge-gateway.hashnode.dev