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Issue Highlights

🦀 Fast Track to Rust is a new Learning Resource for C++ devs
🚗 Volvo’s Insights on Rust in Automotive
🐧 Further expansion of Rust in Linux
📢 New ESP Rust Resources
📈 Rise of Rust in tech trends
🪁 Zephyr 2024 Wrap-up
⏱️ trale is a new educational minimal async executor
🌱 Seeed Studio announces SenseCraft AI
🧠 A compilation of Neural Network Rust Libraries
🎙️ An interview with Elicia White
♾️ Arduino launches Micropython package manager
🚀 Eclipse Foundation launches ThreadX Alliance
 

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News & Article Roundup

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

Embedded Rust News 📰

• A pure Rust implementation of the Mender client for ESP32

• pigg 0.6.0 is out

• Release 0.26.0 probe-rs

• An nrf91 Modem firmware updater using probe-rs

Rust News 🗞️🦀

• Rust Jobs Report - December 2024

• First release of trale - A Minimalistic Asynchronous Rust Executor ⭐️

• Crateful 01/25 — new Rust journal

• Rust Language Trademark Policy Updates, Explained

• Rust 2024 in beta channel

• December Project Goals Update

• This Development-cycle in Cargo: 1.85

General Embedded News/Trends 📈

• Technology Trends for 2025 ⭐️

• Arduino Launches a MicroPython Package Manager for Easier Library Installation ⭐️

• Ensuring Sustainability in Embedded Systems: The ThreadX Alliance Launch ⭐️

• MCUViewer is looking for beta testers

• How WiFi Halow is Poised to Transform the Market - A Report

• Doulos, Honda, Hubble Network, IAR, inovex and Microchip Technology join the Zephyr Project as it gets Closer to Safety Certification

• The ESP32-C5, Finally Espressif Goes Dual-Band

• Rust Will Explode, SBOMs Will Be Duds: Open Source Predictions

• Raspberry Pi Announces the Winners of Its RP2350 Capture the Flag Contest, Confirms Vulnerabilities

• Percepio® Unveils Percepio Detect™: Pioneering Observability-Driven Development in Embedded Software

• Runtime monitoring tool captures core dumps in embedded systems

• Synopsys, NXP, and Infineon Drive Focus on Software-Defined Vehicles

• Linux kernel 6.13: Filesystem upgrades, Rust boost, and more

• Serpent OS Developing disks-rs To Safely Deal With File-Systems & Block Devices In Rust

• Seeed Studio Promises True No-Code Artificial Intelligence Development with SenseCraft AI

• Timing silicon future-proofs SDV performance, says Renesas

• NXP Launches Tiny Secure Authenticator IC Based on RISC-V

Comparisons with other Languages 🔍️

• C stdlib isn’t threadsafe and even safe Rust didn’t save us

• Rust for C-Programmers -- a few more book chapters

• How I think about Zig and Rust

• Advent of Code Day 1: Rust versus Python

• Type Inference in Rust and C++

• Stop saying Rust is Complicated

• Why C# Developers Should Also Learn Rust, and What It Can Teach Them

• Is Clinging to C Holding Back Embedded?

• Rust vs JavaScript: Performance Benchmarking with the Mandelbrot Set

Hardware 🛠️

• pygmy - A RP2040-based flight computer for rockets

• M.2 CAN FD adapter adds CAN Bus support to hosts with a spare M.2 Key-B socket

• Dronecode Foundation Unveils the Pixhawk FMUv6X-RT Standard, with a Shift to NXP's Crossover MCUs

• Arduino Heads East with the New Made-in-India Arduino UNO Ek R4 WiFi, UNO Ek R4 Minima

• I3C Blaster Turns a Raspberry Pi Pico Into a Handy USB to I3C Bridge

• UNIT Brings Its DualMCU Raspberry Pi RP2040 and Espressif ESP32 Design to the UNO Form Factor

• HackCable is a wireless-enabled, USB-C keystroke injection cable powered by ESP32 or RP2040

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Educational Resources

A curation of embedded & Rust educational resources and tutorials

Tutorials & Walkthroughs 📫

• OpenSource Book: Embedded programming with ESP32 ⭐️

• Fast Track to Rust ⭐️

• Rust Standard Library on Apache NuttX RTOS

• Building a Compiler & Interpreter in Rust

• New Custom STM32F Dev Board with Rust!

• Custom Equatability in Rust

• Improving documentation with AI using Rig & Rust

• Want to Learn Procedural Macros in Rust? Let’s Talk About My Journey with compose!

Insights, Tools, & Case Studies 📑

• The Hunt for Error -22

• OpenLEADR 3.0: Initial Traction and Future Plans

• How Far Are We Really Learning? Emerging Neural Network Libraries in Rust ⭐️

• Crateful 01/25

• Profiling Memory Leaks in Rust: A Tale of Unexpected Challenges

• Ownership-based Virtual Memory for Intermittently-Powered Embedded Systems

• ESP32 Tesla dashcam remote USB project in Rust failed. Here's what I've learned

• Interview with passionate Rust Developer Radu Marias

• Rust in Production: Volvo Ships Memory-Safe ECUs in Production Cars ⭐️

• Prototyping in Rust

• Rust magic patterns

• Rust: Investigating an Out-of-Memory Error

• The world of embedded systems - Interview w/ Elicia White ⭐️

• A Basic AI Prompt Helped Me Learn Rust

• Embedding Python in Rust (for tests)

• Will AI Change How You Develop Embedded Software (in 2025)?

• Rust's Fearless Refactoring: Revolutionizing Safe Code Evolution

• How we kept the Google Play & Android app ecosystems safe in 2024

• 1200 Free Computer Science Courses from the World’s Top Universities

• How we estimate the risk from prompt injection attacks on AI systems

General Embedded 📟️

• Zephyr RTOS 2024 Wrap-Up: A Year of Growth, Innovation, and Community Impact

• Getting Started with Zephyr on Linux

• Simulating ultra-low-power MSP430 MCUs in Renode

• What are the different MLPerf benchmarks from MLCommons?

• Wake Vision: Solving the TinyML Dataset Crisis

• Consolidating TinyML Lifecycle with Large Language Models: Reality, Illusion, or Opportunity?

• Deep learning based image classification for embedded devices: A systematic review

• Pool Memory Allocator in C (Embedded Systems)

• Edge AI Is Learning to Adapt

• Nine Pico PIO Wats with MicroPython (Part 1)

• Nine Pico PIO Wats with MicroPython (Part 2)

• GPS Visualizer to Upload Data and Visualize GPS Maps for Arduino, ESP32 & other Embedded Devices

• 50 Bytes Button Blinky on STM32F4 Which Doesn't Use RAM

• Breakthrough in Embedded Systems: Maximising performance through intelligent design

• Towards smart and adaptive agents for active sensing on edge devices

• Leveraging PlatformIO and STM32CubeIDE for Optimized STM32 Firmware Development

• The Cyber Resilience Act and its Impact on Embedded Systems

• Getting started with the Mender-MCU client - ESP32-S3-DevKitC

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Noteworthy Mentions

Useful resources worth mentioning

Noteworthy Course 🧑‍🏫

🏫 KDAB 2025 Rust Scheduled Training Courses

Noteworthy Book 📚️

📕 Async Rust

Noteworthy Newsletter 📰

📰 Techpresso - Keep up with AI & Tech in 5 mins

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Updates, Events, & Announcements

Updates & announcements from the community

Notable Device and/or Framework Crate Updates 🚨

• py32-hal v0.3.0

• svdtools v0.4.2

• esp32-nimble v0.10.0

• embedded-hal-bus v0.3.0

• ockam v0.147.0

• wio_terminal v0.7.2

• bitfields v0.12.4

• probe-rs v0.26.0

• embassy-sync v0.6.2

Upcoming Events & Deadlines 🎭

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

• Workshop: Rust-Python Interoperability - February 27 & 28, 2025, Online

• Rust in Paris  - March 14, 2025, Paris, France

• Rustikon - March 26, 2025, Warsaw, Poland

• RUSTAsia - Call For Proposals Open - Deadline December 31, 2024 - March 28, 2025, Hong Kong + Online

• Rust Konf Türkiye - Call For Proposals Open - Deadline January 1, 2025 - April 20, 2025, Istanbul, Turkey

• RustWeek by RustNL - Call For Proposals Open - Deadline January 19, 2025 - May 13-17, 2025, Utrect, The Netherlands

• Open Hardware Summit - Call For Proposals Open - Deadline December 22, 2024 - 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, Location TBD

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

• 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 🌍️

• 🦀 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 🌎️

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

• 🦀 (New) Sr. Embedded Software Engineer, Consumer 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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