Arch Linux Install: What Could Go Wrong?

Week 3 of 16: The humbling journey from encrypted Arch Linux installation failures to a working base system, and why the official wiki beats YouTube tutorials

Nov 23, 2025 Homelab, Linux

What the heck are VLANs?

Week 2 of 16: Implementing VLAN segmentation with Cisco CBS220 switch and OPNsense to separate OT and IT networks for industrial security

Nov 17, 2025 Homelab, Networking

Laying the Foundation

Week 1 of 16: Configuring OPNsense router and Orbi mesh WiFi to establish the homelab foundation for Kubernetes and IIoT projects

Nov 10, 2025 Homelab, Networking

Integrate SMS Alarms into Ignition

Part 1: Using Twilio and MQTT to bring SMS alarms into Ignition SCADA for real-time notifications

Jan 11, 2025 SCADA, Ignition

Perspective Keypad Instructions

Step-by-step guide to adding and configuring number keypads in Ignition Perspective for HMI applications

Jul 24, 2024 SCADA, Ignition

Testing out Tentacle PLC

Hands-on testing of Tentacle PLC: a modern soft PLC runtime with JavaScript logic and GraphQL API capabilities

May 25, 2022 IIoT, Open Source

Testing out IOHubOS

Installing and configuring IOHubOS: a Linux-based distro designed for Industrial and IIoT environments

Jan 22, 2022 IIoT, Linux

Frankenstein Automation Gateway Test

Testing the Frankenstein Automation Gateway to access OPC UA server data via MQTT and GraphQL

Oct 22, 2021 IIoT, Open Source

The goal of this blog

My first blog post: Learning in public to build Industry 4.0 expertise, network, and second brain

Sep 18, 2021 Meta