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Issue Highlights

🔧 embedded-hal release candidate is out for a last check before the awaited 1.0.0 release
🏭️ Infineon is becoming more active in the embedded Rust space issuing educational material
🐛 Malicious Rust libraries appear on crates.io
🥊 A new systems programming language is out to challenge Rust
📖 Learn how to program the ESP32 ADC and SPI peripherals using the esp-idf-hal and Rust std library

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Embedded Rust News 📰

• embedded-hal has released 1.0.0-rc1! This release candidate is intended to be the "last check" before the 1.0.0 version is finalized.

• Infineon publishes the first post on Getting Started with Rust on TRAVEO™ T2G devices

• Espressif issues a collection of new releases for the various esp-hal packages

• Espressif publishes ESP32-C3 Wireless Adventure book

Rust Community News 🗞️ 🦀 

• Rust 1.72.0 has been announced

• A Change in Guidance on Committing Lock Files

• Rust Foundation Starting Process of Electing New Project Directors

• Rust Malware Staged on Crates.io

• The Rust Foundation Issues a New Security Initiative Report.

General Embedded News/Trends 📈 

• TI announces free no-coding AI development tools for embedded devices

• Arduino and AWS team up to bridge hardware and cloud for business

• TSMC, Bosch, Infineon and NXP invest €10B to strengthen Europe’s semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem

• The new Arduino UNO R4, insights from Arduino and Renesas

• WIlliam Herr's RPDot Is Just About the Smallest Raspberry Pi RP2040 Development Board Possible

• Espressif Launches the ESP ZeroCode Platform for In-Browser No-Code Matter Module Development

• STM32 family grows to microprocessor/Linux level with STM32MP1

• Software-defined vehicles to become mainstream as early as 2026, says NXP executive

Comparisons with other Languages 🔍️ 

• Moonbit: the fast, compact & user-friendly language for WebAssembly

• Rust vs. Python: Which is The Better Programming Language?

• Meet Val: A New Language Alternative to C++, Rust

• Comparing Rust vs. Zig: Performance, Safety, and more

Tutorials & Walkthroughs 📫

• ESP32 Standard Library Embedded Rust: SPI with the MAX7219 LED Dot Matrix

• ESP32 Standard Library Embedded Rust: Analog Temperature Sensing using the ADC

• Integrating Rust in a C code

• Making a Dino Light with the ESP32 and WS2812 Part 2

• Getting started with Rust on Embedded Systems - Elektor Engineering Insights

General Embedded 📟️ 

• Azeria of Azeria Labs is offering high-resolution ARM-assembly cheat sheets for free on Twitter/X

• Programming embedded systems: event-driven programming

• How to define your ideal embedded CI/CD pipeline

• FreeRTOS SMP on the RP2040 Tutorial - This insight might be useful for users of the esp-idf-hal since it’s built on top of FreeRTOS.

Insights, Tools, & Case Studies 📑

• How AdaCore’s Rust Fork May Make the Language More Adoptable

• Learning Async Rust With Entirely Too Many Web Servers

• Learning Rust: Zero Cost Abstraction

• Why doing everything in Rust isn’t always the best choice

• Exploring the Rust compiler benchmark suite

• How WebAssembly will transform edge computing

• The Role of Sensors in IoT Embedded System Design

• Rust 101's first run at STU Bratislava

• How the cloud can improve embedded systems

• Rust in Embedded Systems: 5 Challenges to Overcome

Updated/New Rusty Projects 🧰

• ESP32 Spooky Maze Game written in Rust

Rewrite it in Rust - Project Inspiration ✏️ 🦀 

• Starlight Is a Raspberry Pi RP2040 Board Tailored Specifically for Model Rocketry written in MicroPython.

• TRACEPaw sensorized paw helps legged robots “feel the floor” with Arduino Nicla Vision

• Raspberry Shake HAT brings earthquake monitoring to the Raspberry Pi SBC

• Play full-color games on this simple Arduino Nano ESP32-based handheld console

Significant Releases 🚨 

• embedded-hal 1.0.0-rc.1 released

• svd2rust 0.30.0 released

• Rust 1.72 released

• ESP-IDF 5.1.1 released

• embassy-macros 0.2.1 released

• embassy-time 0.1.3 released

• embassy-executor 0.3.0 released

Upcoming/New Learning Resources & Training 📚

• Introduction to Rust Training Course by Ferrous Systems (Paid), September 25th, 2023

Upcoming Events 🎭

• Rust Global @WASMCon - September 6th, 2023, Bellevue, Washington, Hybrid

• (Webinar) Memfault and Embedded Artistry Panel on IoT Device Security: Best Practices for Safeguarding Your Connected Devices - September 7th, 2023, Online, Registration Required

• Espressif DevCon 2023 - September 12th-13th, 2023, Online

• RustConf 2023 - September 12th-15th, 2023, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Hybrid

• (Webinar) Wrangling Penguins: Better Embedded Linux Monitoring and Debugging with Memfault - September 14th, 2023, Registration Required

• Edge Impulse Imagine 2023, September 27th, 2023, Mountain View, CA, Hybrid

• A Decade of Rust with Ferrous Systems - October 4th, 2023, Online

• EuroRust 2023 - October 12th-13th, 2023, Brussels, Belgium, Hybrid

• RustLab 2023 - November 19th-21st, 2023, Florence, Italy

• Embedded World - April 9th-11th 2024, Nurnberg, Germany

Noteworthy Learning Resource 📖

📕 Embedded Systems Dictionary by Jack Ganssle and Michael Barr. This book is a goldmine of the most-used terms in embedded systems fit for both beginners and experts alike.

Noteworthy Repo or Crate 📦️ 

📦️ Awesome Penetration Testing repo. This repo offers a collection of awesome penetration-testing cybersecurity resources including ones written in Rust!

Noteworthy Post/Article 🖼️

📰 Article from December 2022: Performance Evaluation of C, C++, MicroPython, Rust and TinyGo on ESP32 

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 🌍️ 

• 🦀 Embedded Developer (C, Rust) to Clean Motion - The Techno Creatives, Sweden

• 🦀 Rust Developer - Accenture DACH, Germany

• 🦀 Software Developer Tooling - Accenture DACH, Germany

• 🦀 Embedded Rust Developer - Unikie, Finland

• 🦀 Research Scientist for Embedded Software and Security - Siemens, Portugal

• 🦀 Software Architect for Embedded Systems - Siemens, Portugal

• 🦀 Embedded Software Developer - Siemens, Portugal

• 🦀 Senior Embedded Software Developer - Siemens, Portugal

• 🦀 Junior Embedded/IoT Engineer - rapitag, Munich, Germany

• 🦀 Embedded Software Engineer - Gama Space, Paris, France

North America Based Jobs 🌎️ 

• 🦀 Jr. Embedded engineer (electronics & programming) - Interstellar Lab, Multiple Locations (America and Europe)

• 🦀 Sr. Embedded Engineer (electronics & programming) - Interstellar Lab, Multiple Locations (America and Europe)

• 🦀 Embedded Linux Solution Engineer - Memfault, Multiple Locations

• 🦀 Senior Embedded Engineer - Kinetic, New York, NY

• 🦀 Robotics Software Engineer (Rust) - Pictorus, Oakland, CA

• 🦀 Rust Software Engineer - Enfabrica, San Francisco, CA

• 🦀 Systems Engineer (Rust) - Matician, Mountain View, CA

• 🦀 Software Engineer, Embedded System - Fourier, Palo Alto, CA

• 🦀 Kernel Engineer, Embedded Systems, Pixel Core Platform/BSP - Google, CA

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Toward Building the Future with Embedded Rust, 🦀

- Omar