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Book Update Announcement

Simplified Embedded Rust has been updated!

Here’s what’s new:

🔹 no-std edition: esp-hal v1.0 crate updates.
🔹 std edition: esp-idf-svc v0.51 crate updates.
🔹 Development container support introduced.
🔹 Streamlined repositories.
🔹 Various typo, code, and reference fixes across both editions.

The latest update is already available for print versions on Amazon.

If you already purchased the ebook version, download the latest copy here.

Click here for more information about the Standard Edition.
Click here for more information about the Core Edition.

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Issue Highlights

📋️ 2025 Edge AI Report is Out
🔼 Rust Update Merged into GCC
♾️ Arduino Getting into SVDs
🦀 Rust 1.85.1 Release Announced
💪 ARM Announces Intro to AI MOOC
🎁 Ferrous Donates Rust Spec to Rust Foundation
🪁 Rust on Zephyr Talk Upcoming
📷️ OpenMV Announces AI Cameras for the Edge
💰️ Softbank Acquiring Ampere
 

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News & Article Roundup

A curation of embedded Rust-related news, articles, and posts

Embedded Rust News 📰

• Zephyr Tech Talk Announcement: Rust on Zephyr ⭐️

• Solid Sands and HighTec partner to qualify Rust libraries for automotive

Rust News 🗞️🦀

• Ferrous Systems Donates Ferrocene Language Specification to Rust Project ⭐️

• Big Rust Update Merged For GCC 15 ⭐️

• Announcing MCPR 0.2.2: The a Template Generator for Anthropic's Model Context Protocol in Rust

• Highlights from Git 2.49

• Asahi Linux loses another prominent dev as GPU guru calls it quits

• New Linux Kernel Rust Module Unveiled to Detect Rootkits

• Announcing Rust 1.85.1 ⭐️

• March 2025 Leadership Council Update

• Hiring for Rust program management

General Embedded News/Trends 📈

• The 2025 Edge AI Technology Report ⭐️

• SoftBank to acquire semiconductor designer Ampere in $6.5B all-cash deal ⭐️

• New platform lets anyone rapidly prototype large, sturdy interactive structures ⭐️

• Arduino Gets Into Software-Defined Vehicles

• Renesas announces BLE SoC for automotive applications

• Report: Pathways to Cybersecurity Best Practices in Open Source

• Microchip Launches the Dual-Core Lockstep AVR SD Family, for Functionally Safe Devices

• Infineon Gives PSoC Edge MCUs an Edge AI Upgrade With Nvidia TAO Support

• Green Hills Software and NXP collaborate on integrated solutions for S32K5 microcontroller family

• BB's QNX Partners Advantech to Fuel Innovation in Embedded Systems

• Researcher Hacks Embedded Devices to Uncover Firmware Secrets

• ARM Education introduces introduction to AI MOOC ⭐️

• rpi-image-gen build system creates custom images for Raspberry Pi boards

• Qualcomm’s Software Acquisitions May Finally Overcome Edge Friction

Comparisons with other Languages 🔍️

• Choosing the Right Programming Language for Your Embedded Linux Device

• GPU Monte Carlo Simulations in Python and Rust

• Cost of C++ Abstractions in C++ Embedded Systems

• Why Rust is Winning in Backend Systems: A Startup Must-Know

• Microsoft TypeScript Devs Explain Why They Chose Go Over Rust, C#

• TrapC: Memory Safe C Programming with No UB

Hardware 🛠️

• OpenMV N6 & AE3 - Low Power, Python Programmable AI Cameras ⭐️

• SparkFun IoT RedBoard – Raspberry Pi RP2350 or ESP32 WiFi & Bluetooth boards with Arduino UNO R4 form factor

• Introducing the FRDM i.MX 91 Development Board

• Synaptics Astra SR series Arm Cortex-M55 MCUs feature Arm Ethos-U55 NPU

• XIAO Logger HAT - A tiny temperature, humidity and light add-on module for XIAO with RTC and battery voltage monitoring

• Waveshare CM5-NANO-B is a compact Raspberry Pi CM5 carrier board

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Educational Resources

A curation of embedded & Rust educational resources and tutorials

Tutorials & Walkthroughs 📫

• Making STM32WL55 work with Rust

• Nine Pico PIO Wats with Rust (Part 2)

• Visualizing Rust Code Coverage in VS Code

• A Simple Guide to Read Rust Source Code Effectively

• Mastering Error Handling in Rust: Beyond Result and Option

Insights, Tools, & Case Studies 📑

• Embedded Platform Choice Guide

• Repository-level Code Translation Benchmark Targeting Rust

• Can Rust Work for Safety-Critical Embedded Systems?

• Rust Learning Resources 2025

• How we built our 2025 Embedded World Demos

• Crabtime: Zig's Comptime in Rust

• Datafix - A New Rust Serialization Framework

• Rust Concurrency: A Beginner’s Exploration

• Rust Async Programming: Future Executors and Task Scheduling

• Inside the ESP32-P4: USB, GUI, and Rust Support

• Getting Rust ready for aerospace and defence

• Enabling seamless interop between Rust and other languages

• Fast Tokenizers: How Rust is Turbocharging NLP

General Embedded 📟️

• Build The Smallest ESP32 Drone (ESP-FLY) ⭐️

• ESP32 WiFi Superstitions

• Low-Code Platforms: A Revolution for Edge Computing

• Environmental sound recognition on embedded devices using deep learning: a review

• Generating AutoML-based models for Zephyr platforms in Kenning

• Getting Started with Android Studio and Edge Impulse

• Containers on Embedded: Bundling your App with Torizon

• Robust OTA Updates For Linux Devices, the Easy Way

• AI Is Coming to the Edge, but It Will Look Different

• Why choose C++ and Slint for your next embedded project?

• Behind the scenes of debugging the Thingy:91 X for launch with Memfault

• An Early Quitting Time Means Big Efficiency Gains for TinyML Models Running on Smart Sensors

• PicoSysLog Makes Remote Logging of Espressif ESP8266, ESP32 Projects a Breeze

• Edge AI and TinyML

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Noteworthy Mentions

Useful resources worth mentioning

Noteworthy Course 🧑‍🏫

🏫 Rust for System Programmers

Noteworthy Book 📚️

📕 Async Rust

Noteworthy Newsletter 📰

📰 tl;dr sec - Keep up with Cybersecurity in 7 min/week

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Updates, Events, & Announcements

Updates & announcements from the community

Notable Device and/or Framework Crate Updates 🚨

• zerocopy v0.8.24

• semihosting v0.1.20

• w5500 v0.6.0

• jh71xx-hal v0.7.2

Upcoming Events & Deadlines 🎭

• Rust on Zephyr - State of the Union - April 2, 2025, Online

• Rust Konf Türkiye - April 20, 2025, Istanbul, Turkey

• Embedded Online Conference - May 12-16, 2025, Online

• RustWeek by RustNL - May 13-17, 2025, Utrect, The Netherlands

• Open Hardware Summit - May 30 & 31st, 2025, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Rust Summit -- Call For Proposals Open - June 7, 2025, Belgrade, Serbia

• Rust Forge - Call For Sponsors Open - August 2025, Wellington, New Zealand

• RustConf - September 2-5, 2025, Seattle, USA

• Oxidize - September 16-18, 2025, Berlin, Germany

• NDC Techtown - Call for Papers Open - September 22-25, Kongsberg, Norway

• EuroRust - October 9-10, 2025, Paris, France

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Jobs & Adoption

Keeping track of companies involved with embedded Rust

The Embedded Rust Adoption Tracker 🧭

The number of entities that believe in a future involving Rust in embedded is continuously growing. Any new additions will be mentioned here. Meanwhile, click here to access the full list of entities known to adopt/use embedded Rust.

Jobs Postings 🏭

Contrary to common belief, many embedded job posts nowadays prefer some knowledge of Rust. Additionally, there is a good amount that requires Rust. The list captures some of the interesting opportunities out there but is not comprehensive by any means. Listings that appear in the newsletter will remain as long as they’re posted/open online.

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Europe-Based Jobs 🌍️

• 🦀 (NEW) Rust Developer (Junior to Senior) - wallPen, Wissen, Germany

• 🦀 Embedded Linux Developer - Distran, Zurich

• 🦀 Rust Developer/Promoter - Collabora, Remote

• 🦀 Rust Engineering Lead - Linux and Open Source - Canonical, Global, Hybrid

• 🦀 Embedded Linux Software Engineer - Canonical, Global, Hybrid

• 🦀 Doctoral Thesis: Functional Software Generation - Infineon, Munich, Germany

North America-Based Jobs 🌎️

• 🦀 Rust Software Engineer, Vehicle Simulation - Tesla, Palo Alto, CA

• 🦀 Open Source Robotics Engineer - rerun.io, Remote

• 🦀 Sr. Embedded Software Engineer, Customer Hardware (Starlink) - SpaceX, Bastrop, TX

• 🦀 Rust embedded Software Engineer - General Dynamics, Dedham, MA

• 🦀 Sr. Embedded Software Engineer, Energy Products - Tesla, Palo Alto, SF

• 🦀 Flight Software in Rust - NASA, USA

• 🦀 Sr Embedded Systems Engineer (Gateway Experience) - Lynq, Boulder, CO

• 🦀 Satellite Flight Software Engineer (Rust), Senior - Lynk, Falls Church, VA

• 🦀 Rust Software Engineer - K2 Space, Los Angeles, CA

• 🦀 Rust Engineering Lead - Linux and Open Source - Canonical, Global, Hybrid

• 🦀 Embedded Linux Software Engineer - Canonical, Global, Hybrid

• 🦀 Various Rust-Oriented Positions - MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA

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