# Firmansyah Helmi Kurniawan (Firman Kurniawan)

> Firman Kurniawan is an IoT Engineer and Product Development Engineer at PT Mitra Akses Globalindo (MAGNET), and a researcher affiliated with Politeknik Negeri Jakarta. His work spans industrial IoT communication platforms, GPS and radio-based tracking systems, and applied research in sensor data and signal processing.

Firman Kurniawan is Product Development Engineer, IoT Engineer, Research & Development Engineer, Web Developer at PT Mitra Akses Globalindo (MAGNET), an alumnus of Politeknik Negeri Jakarta (D4 Teknik Multimedia dan Jaringan). Official website: https://fireman.dev.

## Profile
- [About](https://fireman.dev/about): Full biography, roles, and skills.
- [Company](https://fireman.dev/company): Career at PT Mitra Akses Globalindo.
- [Education](https://fireman.dev/education): Politeknik Negeri Jakarta.
- [Experience](https://fireman.dev/experience): Full career timeline.

## Projects
- [Prismax IoT Platform](https://fireman.dev/projects/prismax-iot-platform): An IoT communication platform built to connect industrial sites in rural areas where standard IP connectivity is limited.
- [HT-based GPS Tracking for Plantations](https://fireman.dev/projects/gps-tracking-oil-palm-plantation): A GPS tracking system for oil palm plantation monitoring, transmitted over handy-talky (HT) radio networks rather than cellular data.
- [IoT for Hydroponic Water Tank Monitoring](https://fireman.dev/projects/iot-hydroponic-water-tank-monitoring): An Internet of Things monitoring system for water tanks (tandon) used in hydroponic farming, published as a book by PNJ Press.
- [Indoor Air Quality Monitoring System](https://fireman.dev/projects/indoor-air-quality-monitoring): A sensor-based system for monitoring indoor air quality in real time.
- [RFID Sales System for Mobile Vendors](https://fireman.dev/projects/rfid-mobile-vendor-sales-optimization): An information system using RFID to optimize sales tracking for mobile/street vendors (pedagang keliling).
- [BebasTopup.ID](https://fireman.dev/projects/bebastopup-id): A startup platform offering social media marketing (SMM) services and PPOB (Payment Point Online Bank) bill-payment services.
- [mr-roz3r.net — Award-Winning Blog](https://fireman.dev/projects/mr-roz3r-net): A personal technology blog and website that won "Site of the Month" (May 2018) in the Indonesia Website Awards by Exabytes Indonesia.
- [Network Systems & Infrastructure](https://fireman.dev/projects/network-systems-infrastructure): Applied network administration and infrastructure work rooted in PNJ's Multimedia and Networking Engineering program, including a 2nd-place finish in the LKS Network System Administration competition (East Jakarta, 2018).

## Research & Publications
- GPS Tracking System Using Handy Talky Radios for Oil Palm Plantation Monitoring (2025 8th International Conference on Informatics and Computational Sciences (ICICoS), 2025) — authors: P. Oktivasari, H. K. Firmansyah, F. Murad.
- Modeling Data Set of Indonesian Heart Sound Signals (2024 7th International Conference of Computer and Informatics Engineering (IC2IE), 2024) — authors: P. Oktivasari, F. Sinantya, H. K. Firmansyah, E. Setiawan, N. Sutarna.
- Sistem Internet of Things Untuk Monitoring Tandon Air Hidroponik (PNJ Press, 2023) — authors: P. Oktivasari, F. H. Kurniawan, E. Setiawan.

## Articles
- [IoT Prototype to Shippable Product](https://fireman.dev/articles/taking-an-iot-prototype-to-a-shippable-product): The gap between a working prototype on a bench and a product that survives the field is bigger than it looks. Notes on closing it.
- [Payload Formats for Constrained IoT](https://fireman.dev/articles/choosing-a-payload-format-for-constrained-devices): JSON is convenient but not always the right choice on constrained links. A practical comparison for firmware and gateway developers.
- [GPS Tracking via Handy-Talky Networks](https://fireman.dev/articles/gps-over-handy-talky-radio-networks): Notes on transmitting GPS location data over handy-talky radio infrastructure for plantation and rural asset tracking.
- [IP & Non-IP Protocols in Industrial IoT](https://fireman.dev/articles/bridging-ip-and-non-ip-protocols-in-industrial-iot): Why rural and industrial IoT deployments often need a gateway layer that speaks both IP and non-IP protocols, and how to design one.
- [Modeling Indonesian Heart Sound Signals](https://fireman.dev/articles/from-applied-research-to-published-dataset): Reflections on the workflow behind turning raw sensor recordings into a usable, published research dataset.

## Identity & External Profiles
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141436723
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/firmansyah-helmi-kurniawan
- googleScholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=G9eZO2QAAAAJ&hl=id
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- researchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Firmansyah-Helmi-Kurniawan
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