Mirko Vogt
Software Developer at SAP
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Summary
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RockstarMirko Vogt is a software developer based in Dresden with 11 years of experience building embedded and IoT systems, currently working at SAP. He combines hardware and software expertise—contributing to OpenWrt and championing MicroPython—to deliver secure, privacy-conscious IoT solutions. Mirko previously developed firmware and provisioning tooling at Daimler TSS, and his open-source SonOTA project demonstrates practical mastery of OTA update mechanisms for Sonoff devices. Comfortable across low-level embedded stacks and occasional web work, he focuses on robustness, sustainability, and secure device lifecycle management. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic engineering that bridges field-deployable firmware and cloud-integrated workflows.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (14)
tornado10
over-the-air10
iot10
web-framework10
websocket10
websockets-client10
ota10
websocket-client10
python10
client-websocket10
http9
argument-parsing7
networking7
bash4
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
mirko/SonOTA
May 2017 - Jan 2018
Flashing Itead Sonoff devices with custom firmware via original OTA mechanism
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 3 PRs, 18 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Mirko appears to be developing a system for flashing Sonoff devices with custom firmware using the original Over-The-Air (OTA) mechanism. Their primary contribution is a Python script, `sonota.py`, which simulates the Sonoff's OTA update process. The script handles device registration, WebSocket communication, and the delivery of firmware updates by using the tornado web framework and some basic HTTP functionality to interface with the device. The user also integrated provisioning features, including network setup, and added command-line argument parsing, making the script more versatile.
firmwareota
openwrt/video
Aug 2016 - Nov 2021
Contributions:2 reviews, 44 commits, 11 PRs in 5 years 3 months
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