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IOT Junkie Technical Domains
Microcontrollers & Gateways
ESP32-S3 RISC-V, ARM Cortex-M4, Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, and Industrial Edge Controllers.
Connected Protocols
MQTT 5.0 broker clusters, Matter 1.2 over Thread, Zigbee 3.0 mesh routing, and Modbus TCP/RTU registers.
Automation & Relays
DIN Rail SSR relay blocks, optocoupled GPIO expansion, RS485 transceiver nodes, and CAN bus sensor arrays.
Firmware & OTA Diagnostics
JunkieOS over-the-air (OTA) flashing, ESPHome compilation, SHA-256 cryptographic signoffs, and Home Assistant setup.
Featured Smart Hardware & Protocol Manuals
MQTT 5.0 Broker Setup & QoS 2 Telemetry Payload Compression
Configuring high-throughput MQTT 5.0 brokers with user properties, shared subscriptions, topic aliases, and Protobuf binary payload compression for low-bandwidth IoT gateways.
ESP32-S3 Microcontroller Dual-Core Thread & Matter 1.2 Provisioning
Step-by-step flashing guide for ESP32-S3 SoC using OpenThread border router credentials, BLE onboarding QR payload generation, and Matter 1.2 device cluster binding.
Industrial Modbus TCP/RTU RS485 Transceiver & Register Map
Wiring RS485 differential pairs, terminating 120-ohm resistors, and mapping holding registers (0x03 / 0x06) to bridge PLC relays with Home Assistant and Node-RED.
Zigbee 3.0 Mesh Coordinator Pairing & Signal RSSI Optimization
Eliminating 2.4GHz Wi-Fi co-existence interference, selecting non-overlapping Zigbee channels (15, 20, 25), and troubleshooting router hop limits on CC2652P coordinators.
DIN-Rail Automation Relay Module Optocoupler Isolation Guide
Safely switching 250V / 16A inductive loads using optocoupled solid-state relays, snubbers, Flyback diodes, and galvanically isolated 24V DC control loops.
Secure OTA Firmware Deployment with SHA-256 Verification
Deploying cryptographically signed firmware binaries over JunkieOS OTA pipelines, fallback A/B partition rollbacks, and anti-bricking fail-safes.
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