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Issue Highlights

💻 NXP's New Series of MCUs
🦀 Hopter is a new Rust-based Embedded OS
🔓️ Vehicle Web Portal Vulnerability Exposed
➗ ChatGPT on a TI Calculator
🚨 RP2350 Erratum Updated
📶 WiFi HaLow Delivers Throughput at 16km
🐧 Torvalds Weighs in on Rust vs C Debate
⏱️ Real-time Linux makes it to the Kernel
🛰 K2 Space Explains Rust in Space Efforts
📀 New Version of “Data with Rust” is Live
🚗 Tesla Open Sources Ethernet Transport Protocol

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News & Article Roundup

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

Embedded Rust News 📰

• Hopter, a new Rust-based Embedded OS ⭐️

Rust News 🗞️🦀

• September Project Goals Update

• New version of “Data with Rust” book is now Live ⭐️

• WebAssembly targets: change in default target-features

• Torvalds weighs in on 'nasty' Rust vs C for Linux debate ⭐️

• Slint 1.8 Released with New Property Changed Callbacks, Timer, and Swipe Gesture

• Announcing Stable V8 Bindings for Rust

• New Rust RFC Proposes Adding Support for Trusted Publishing to Crates.io

• A shell written in Rust

• Our First (Serious) Rust Project: TensorZero – open-source data & learning flywheel for LLMs

General Embedded News/Trends 📈

• Millions of Vehicles Could Be Hacked and Tracked Thanks to a Simple Website Bug ⭐️

• Wi-Fi HaLow delivers throughput at 16km range ⭐️

• Tesla Transport Protocol over Ethernet (TTPoE) is now open-sourced ⭐️

• Boost Your Pico Projects with the new Pico VS Code Extension

• Microsoft leverages PlatformIO for its course "IoT for Beginners"

• 20 years later, real-time Linux makes it to the kernel - really ⭐️

• Infineon Announces Semiconductor Breakthrough

• ZF and Infineon develop AI algorithms to optimize software and control units for driving dynamics as part of the EEmotion project

• NXP’s Launches Trimension SR250 Combining UWB Radar and Secure Ranging

• NXP Unveils the i.MX RT700 Microcontroller, Promises Near-Two Hundred Times the Edge AI Performance

• NXP Semiconductors To Invest $1 Billion In India, Double R&D Efforts

• Renesas Expands its R-Car Family of SoCs for Entry-level ADAS Applications

• A tiny new open-source AI model performs as well as powerful big ones

• Arduino releases a power management library for Arduino Pro modules to optimize power consumption

• You can now work in collaboration in Arduino Cloud

• STMicroelectronics delivers industry’s first FIPS 140-3 certified TPMs for computer, server, and embedded systems

• Secret calculator hack brings ChatGPT to the TI-84, enabling easy cheating ⭐️

• Raspberry Pi RP2350-E9 Erratum Redefined as Input Mode Leakage Current

• Ubuntu 24.10 Making Preparations For The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5

• Avnet Spins Out New Brand, Tria

• Lauterbach adds debug and trace support for Renesas 32-bit-RISC-V microcontrollers

• Piasecki Aircraft Achieves Historic Milestone With First Flight of Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) Tilt-Duct VTOL Vehicle

Comparisons with other Languages 🔍️

• Rust stole C++'s best features

• Comparing C, Go, and Rust for Simple I/O Performance

• C++ vs. Rust: A Comparative Guide to Syntax, Variables, and Control Flow

• Rust vs Node.js vs Go: Performance Comparison for Backend Development

• Rust vs JavaScript: Achieving 66% Faster Performance with WebAssembly

• Rust Turbocharges JavaScript: A New Era of Speed and Efficiency

Hardware 🛠️

• RetroThing Is an Espressif ESP32-Powered Smart Clock with Vintage Aesthetics

• NXP's i.MX RT1011 Crossover Microcontroller on a Sub-$15 Gumstick-Style Dev Board

• IceNav Turns an Espressif ESP32 Into a Graphical, Offline, OpenStreetMap GPS

• Low-cost Raspberry Pi 5 HAT+ combines M.2 socket for NVMe SSD and PoE power input

• ArmSoM-CM5: Compatible Alternative to Raspberry Pi CM4

• Cytron IRIV IO Controller – A Raspberry Pi RP2350-based industrial I/O controller

• OMGS3 is the Smallest Espressif ESP32-S3 Development Board Yet

• ESP32-C6 WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 USB-C development board integrates 1.47-inch TFT LCD Display

• Teledatics HaloMax Wi-Fi HaLow

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Educational Resources

A curation of embedded & Rust educational resources and tutorials

Tutorials & Walkthroughs 📫

• Committing to Rust in the Kernel

• Migrating Trained PyTorch Model to Rust

• Building a Neural Network from Scratch in Rust

• Mix in Rust with C++

Insights, Tools, & Case Studies 📑

• K2 Space is Building their Stack in Rust ⭐️

• From Sales to Embedded Systems: My Journey

• CHERIoT: A Study in CHERI

• Eliminating Memory Safety Vulnerabilities at the Source

• Rust interop in practice: speaking Python and Javascript

• Reviewing AIMA (featuring Rust) #3: Informed Search

• Was Rust in the Linux Kernel a Mistake?

• Building RustyNum: a NumPy Alternative with Rust and Python

• The Joy of the Unknown: Exploring Audio Streams with Rust and Circular Buffers

• One Year of Rust in Production

• Understanding Rust Macros: A Comprehensive Guide for Developers

• How to Learn Rust in 2024: A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Mastering Rust Programming

• How software-defined SoCs and open-source tools are shaping embedded systems

• Tool Containerization Best Practices For Embedded Software Development

• Edge AI: The Future of Artificial Intelligence in embedded systems

• Open Source security camera on Raspberry Pi

• Raspberry Pi 5 Overclocking to Beat Geekbench Record

• Neural Networks Integer Computation: Quantizing Convolutional Neural Networks of Inference and Training for Object Detection in Embedded Systems

• Understanding the Background Working Process of Rust

• intel/simulator-bindings: Rust Bindings and tools for the Intel Simics Simulator

• Are Embedded Manufacturers Ready for IoT Security Compliance Demands

General Embedded 📟️

• GitHub Actions for STM32CubeIDE

• ESP32 I2C Slave Issues

• Cooperative distributed model predictive control for embedded systems: Experiments with hovercraft formations

• Radio Cloning With Arduino

• Getting started with how to use C++ for embedded systems in financial services

• A beginner's guide to the STM32

• Java and Pi4J with the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4

• Pioneering RISC-V and Defining Software-Defined Vehicles

• Connecting an Arduino MKR WiFi 1010 to AWS IoT Core

• Understanding Yocto Project Layers: A Modular Approach to Embedded Systems Development

• AI/ML at the Edge for 32-bit Microprocessors, Using Edge Impulse

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Noteworthy Mentions

Useful resources worth mentioning

Noteworthy Course 🧑‍🏫

🏫 Advanced Embedded Linux Development Specialization

Noteworthy Book 📚️

📕 Design an RP2040 board with KiCad

Noteworthy Newsletter 📰

📰 Aimply Briefs - News that doesn’t waste your time

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Updates, Events, & Announcements

Updates & announcements from the community

Notable Device and/or Framework Crate Updates 🚨

• embedded-nal-async v0.8.0

• embedded-nal v0.9.0

• edge-net v0.8.1

• zerocopy v0.7.35

• portable-atomic v1.8.0

• esp32-nimble v0.8.0

• lilos v1.3.0

• nostd_async v0.7.2

• semihosting v0.1.15

• postcard-bindgen v0.3.4

Upcoming Events & Deadlines 🎭

• EuroRust - October 10th & 11th, 2024 , Vienna, Austria, and Online

• RustLab 2024 - November 9th-11th, 2024, Florence, Italy

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

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

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

• Rust Nation UK 2025 - CfP Open - February 19 & 20 2025, London, UK

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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 🌍️

• 🦀 Research Scientist – Embedded Software - Rockwell Automation, Prague, Czech Republic

• 🦀 Research assistant: WiMi Embedded Rust Development for Cybersecurity in Low-Power Distributed System Software - Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany

• 🦀 Software Engineer - AdaCore, Paris, France or Bristol, UK

• 🦀 Software developer TCP/IP in Rust- Vector Informatik, Stuttgart, Germany

• 🦀 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

• 🦀 Embedded Linux Software Engineer - ZF, Plzeň, CZ

• 🦀 Research Scientist – Applied Security for Industrial Systems - ABB, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

• 🦀 Zephyr Embedded Software Engineer - UL Solutions, Erlangen, Germany

• 🦀 IoT DevOps Engineer/Full Stack Developer - Liebherr, Ulm, Germany

• 🦀 Software Architect for Embedded Systems - Siemens, Portugal

North America Based Jobs 🌎️

• 🦀 Embedded Software Engineer, Rust - Anduril, Costa Mesa, CA

• 🦀 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

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

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