Personal profile

Miguel Ángel Vílchez López

Free software and new technologies

Hello, my name is Miguel Ángel Vílchez López.

I love learning something new every day.
I enjoy anything related to computing and/or electronics, such as my 3D printers, Arduinos ...
I also enjoy going for walks in the countryside with my family, discovering bunkers or caves and enjoying the sea, both on the surface and underwater.

I am passionate about Free Software and the idea that knowledge should circulate freely to drive innovation, autonomy and collaboration.

I strongly believe that we should move towards more horizontal organisational models. The current system, based on rigid hierarchies and concentrated power, ends up damaging creativity, individual responsibility and the health of society.

I try to be vegetarian, pragmatic and observant of the Law.
(call it YHVH, Adonai, Abba, Eli, Allah or whatever you prefer)

Personal life

Family

1989

My first communion.

Mi primera comunión
2003

The beginning of a life together.

Nuestra vida juntos
2010

Our first home.

Nuestra casa
2012

Our wedding.

Nuestra boda
2016

Birth of my daughters Miriam and Carmen.

Mis mellizas
2019

Birth of Eva.

Mi Eva

Skills

Knowledge

I am a multidisciplinary technical profile, with knowledge ranging from electronics and microcontrollers to systems administration, programming, automation, communications and service integration.

I can develop complete solutions that connect the physical world with the digital one: from devices based on ESP32, ESP8266 or ATmega328P to Linux servers, Docker containers, MQTT communications, APIs, databases and services such as Asterisk, CalDAV or CardDAV.

My experience allows me to understand a project as a whole: hardware, firmware, backend, communications, automation and deployment.

Systems

GNU/Linux MacOS Docker Bash Postfix Dovecot

Programming and data

Ruby Python C++ Java SQL HTML/CSS XML OpenSCAD

Hardware and communications

Arduino Asterisk MQTT CardDAV CalDAV I2C SPI UART ESP32 ESP8266 ATmega328P

Licences

Licences

2002

B

Rigid vehicles up to 3500 kg MMA and up to 9 people.
2002

PCP

AENA platform driving permit.
2003

C

Rigid vehicles with no weight limit and up to 9 people.
2008

P.E.R.

Boats up to 12 m in length.

Navigation up to 12 miles from the coast.

Sailing endorsement.

2012

O.W.D.

SSI basic diver.
2013

A2

Motorcycles with a maximum power of 35 kW and a maximum power/weight ratio of 0.2 kW/kg.
2023

A

Motorcycles with no power limit.
2023

Extended P.E.R.

Boats up to 24 m in length.

Navigation between mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands.

2025

C+E

Trailers with no weight limit.

Featured work

Professional experience

Taxi 79 and 88 of Llucmajor

Taxi driver

Taxi service in the municipality of Llucmajor.

Adapted vehicles with up to 7 seats.

All drivers have first aid knowledge.

All vehicles are equipped with a defibrillator.

IBSalut

Ambulance driver

Conductor del Servicio de Urgencias de Atención Primaria ( SUAP ).

GSAIB

Emergency Medical Technician

Qualifications

Studies

2004 - 2006

Higher Technician in Computer Systems Administration

Sant Josep Obrer

Archive

Media archive

24/07/2017

In Última Hora, local press

First taxi in the Balearic Islands to carry an AED.

Open large image Última Hora
31/03/2020

On IB3 news, local TV

Technical support and collaborative manufacturing initiatives during the pandemic.

Open original news item

Own development

Projects

2009

Opeta

Opeta is an autonomous ground vehicle (a tank) whose brain is an OpenMoko Freerunner mobile phone, interacting with the outside world through an Arduino board.

Dorkbot 2009
2010

CucoBox

CucoBox is a controller whose brain is an Arduino, designed to control any future robot in my collection, with a USB connection to connect it to a PC.

CucoBox
2010

Cube

A cube-shaped robot for experimenting with multiple sensors and actuators.

Cube
2018

TaxiT

A management and communication platform for taxi and mobility services.

TaxiT
2020

COVID-19 cooperation

Technical support and collaborative manufacturing initiatives during the pandemic.

Covid
2022

Omatic

My own ecosystem of applications and services for connecting administration, automation, communications and data.

Omatic