PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. CONNECTED SYSTEMS.
Understand it.
Connect it.
Make it work.
Equipment troubleshooting, custom monitoring, and automation grounded in hands-on manufacturing and fabrication experience. Bring the machine, the controls, and the information together.
From the shop floor to the dashboard.
Hands-on experience · Central Florida
Cooling system
Equipment signal → recorded event → useful information.
Try a fault to see the signal become an alert.
No equipment is connected and no messages are sent.
01 / SELECTED WORK
Real problems.
Practical systems.
Explore Peter Upfield’s working systems, development projects, and manufacturing experience. Each example explains the problem, the work, and its relevance to your equipment.
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02 / WHAT WE CAN BUILD
Start with the problem.
Connect what matters.
A useful system has a clear job. Choose a starting point to see how field hardware, software, and information fit together.
SIGNAL TO AWARENESS
Know what's happening.
Know when it changes.
Capture equipment states, temperatures, pressures, and heartbeats. Record changes and present the conditions that need attention.
- Equipment signal
- ESP32 gateway
- Linux event history
- Dashboard / alert
- Equipment running, stopped, or unavailable
- Threshold alarms and recovery timing
- Missing heartbeats and device health
Integration with a clear boundary. Monitoring can begin with read-only access. Control changes are scoped separately, with equipment interlocks and safety functions kept in their designated control systems.
03 / THE APPROACH
Built by someone
who understands
the equipment.
Peter Upfield’s background spans a fabrication shop, CNC equipment he built himself, and four years helping bring an IV-bag manufacturing facility from construction into operation. Current equipment includes a CO₂ laser. That background connects physical equipment with the systems that monitor and control it.
His project work extends from ESP8266 database monitoring in 2023 to Linux services, cellular alerts, hydraulic gate sensing, and dedicated touchscreen controls. The focus is a useful result: clearer operating information, a better interface, or a well-defined equipment improvement.
PETER UPFIELD THE IRON EASEL, LLC · CENTRAL FLORIDAUnderstand the system
Start with the equipment, available signals, and the question you need answered.
Demonstrate the idea
Prove a focused data path or interface before expanding the scope.
Define the working solution
Agree on installation, documentation, access, maintenance, and the limits of the system.