What I Work On
Industrial connectivity, end to end
My work sits between machines and the systems that use their data: custom Node-RED modules, industrial protocol integration, and edge-to-cloud pipelines. The areas below are where I spend most of my time, and where the open-source packages on this site came from.
Where I Work#
Custom Node-RED Modules
Node-RED nodes built for specific industrial use cases — proprietary hardware, uncommon protocols, and the long tail of maintenance that follows.
Protocol Integration
OPC-UA, Siemens S7, Allen-Bradley EtherNet/IP, CAN Bus, RS485, Modbus, MQTT and NATS — bridging industrial protocols into modern data infrastructure.
Edge-to-Cloud Architecture
Edge gateways on embedded Linux, containerised with Docker or K3s, and the pipeline design from sensor to dashboard.
Data Engineering & Automation
Industrial data pipelines with Python and SQL, CI/CD for edge deployments, infrastructure as code, and the monitoring around it.
How I Approach It#
Understand the plant
What is actually installed, what it speaks, and which constraints are non-negotiable.
Prove the connection
Get one real value out of the machine before designing anything around it.
Build in the open
Iterate in small steps, with the flows and the reasoning visible along the way.
Hand it over
Documentation and a system somebody else can maintain without me.
Contact#
Questions about the packages, the articles, or the protocols they cover: blanpa@proton.me.