SVG animation

Recently, I needed to create some animated diagrams and discovered that it’s possible to animate SVG images directly within the SVG element itself. However, the process isn’t exactly straightforward. To simplify it, I decided to write this blog post to share my findings. I even developed a tool to make building SVG animations easier, which I’ll introduce as well.

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I am preparing a new series of blog posts about my home server setup using an old Dell Latitude 5490. This setup is designed to power on when a smart plug activates and to shut down safely when the plug turns off. To achieve this, I configured the BIOS settings (power on) and set up a cronjob for Proxmox (power off). This blog series will cover these configurations and the overall process.

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Here at home, we lost all the garage door remotes. Since I had a spare Sonoff RFR3 lying around, I decided to modify it to be able to activate the garage button. But to do that, I had to make some modifications, as you’ll see later in this blog post.

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Imagine having multiple devices running Docker containers. How do you effectively manage all these containers? Personally, I’ve found the solution with Portainer. I can have a master running the main program and multiple agents running on the devices. In this blog post, I will explain various setups that are possible.

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Mosquitto, one of the widely used MQTT brokers, offers robust user authentication through username and password combinations. However, creating password files using the official terminal tool ‘mosquitto_passwd’ can be a challenging task. To address this issue, I have developed an online tool that simplifies this process, making it more accessible and user-friendly.

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Use your web browser to connect to an MQTT broker and create alerts based on the messages that you receive. It is also possible to connect to a serial device and send commands (e.g., make an LED blink) based on the alerts that you created. Another feature is the ability to receive messages from a serial device and publish these messages to a specific topic with the help of a JavaScript decoder.

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David Melo

engineer and a techie

Telco Engineer

Portugal