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Archive for September 15th, 2020

Delphi, soap and wrapping values in cdata – Stack Overflow

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/09/15

For my link archive: [WayBack] Delphi, soap and wrapping values in cdata – Stack Overflow

–jeroen

Posted in Delphi, Development, SOAP/WebServices, Software Development, XML/XSD | Leave a Comment »

GitHub – arendst/Sonoff-Tasmota: Provide ESP8266 based itead Sonoff with Web, MQTT and OTA firmware using Arduino IDE or PlatformIO

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/09/15

On my things to try on IoT stuff list: [WayBack] GitHub – arendst/Sonoff-Tasmota: Provide ESP8266 based itead Sonoff with Web, MQTT and OTA firmware using Arduino IDE or PlatformIO

Many Sonoff based devices are never updated, so this firmware will likely be a much more secure solution.

Since it supports MQTT, it should be far easier to integrate into home automation solutions.

Via a comment on [WayBack] +ITEAD Studio has just launched one of the cheapest WiFi smart plug, and it should work in most of the world thanks to 6 different plug types. https://… – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – Google+

  • How safe would “cheap” be?
  • Linas Naginionis:
    Just flash with Tasmota firmware and you can do whatever you want with it.

The device was announced at

[WayBack] Sonoff S26 WiFi Smart Plug Works in All/Most Countries, Sells for under $10

–jeroen

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Posted in Development, MQ Message Queueing/Queuing, MQTT, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

Reminder to self: iocp-delphi/ThreadPool.pas at master · tondrej/iocp-delphi · GitHub

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/09/15

If I ever need a thread pool in Delphi, then I need to look at this class: [WayBack] iocp-delphi/ThreadPool.pas at master · tondrej/iocp-delphi · GitHub.

Via: [WayBack] Don’t lose time with a known Delphi bug affecting TParallel.Join Don’t lose time with a known Delphi bug affecting TParallel.Join; Ondrej Kelle – Google+

Full repository: [WayBack] GitHub – tondrej/iocp-delphi: Windows I/O Completion Port wrapper class for Delphi and Free Pascal. Wide support too:

  • compilers: Delphi 7 or higher, Free Pascal 3.0.4 or higher
  • targets: Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 or higher, both 32 and 64-bit

–jeroen

Posted in Delphi, Development, Software Development | 1 Comment »