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Issue Highlights

💼 Several exciting embedded Rust positions added
🧑‍🏫 RISC-V Foundation begins accepting paid mentorship proposals
🛠️ embedded-hal 1.0.0 is official!
📚️ Duke University drops a Rust programming specialization
🧑‍🏫 Blackberry initiative to address embedded software skill shortage
📢 Quintauris to boost adoption of RISC-V in automotive
🍓 Raspberry 5 compute module is already in development

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Quote of the Issue

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News & Article Roundup

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

Embedded Rust News 📰

• embedded-hal v1.0 now released!

• esp-rs quarterly planning: Q1 2024

Rust News 🗞️ 🦀 

• Rust Jobs Report - December 2023

• Rust Nation Workshop UK Syllabus is Live

General Embedded News/Trends 📈 

• Tesla’s first smart home partner is Samsung SmartThings

• Next Stage of AR Is Coming as Functional Glasses Near Consumer Launch

• Generative AI is on Mobile and it’s Powered by Arm

• LG Electronics develops autonomous driving platform jointly with Magna

• Rabbit R1 is an adorable AI-powered assistant

• Intel: ‘We are bringing the AI PC to the car’

• The 2023 Arduino Open Source Report is out

• Renesas to acquire Transphorm to expand its power portfolio with GaN technology

• Arduino and Silicon Labs collaborate to bring Matter to Arduino boards and IDE

• Himax and Seeed Studio Debut the Industry’s Most Innovative Battery-Powered Endpoint AI Vision Processing Module

• Damon Motors Collaboration with NXP Semiconductors to Integrate Performance-Driven Automotive Integrated Circuits Into Its Electric Motorcycles

• BlackBerry Launches QNX Everywhere to Address Global Embedded Software Developer Skills Shortage

• Espressif announces the ESP32-C61 WiFi 6 SoC with improved affordability and wireless connectivity

• NXP Serves up a 77 GHz Radar SoC for Software Defined Vehicles

• Infineon teams up with Aurora Labs on predictive maintenance for driver safety

• Green Hills Software Is First Embedded Software Company to Receive ISO/SAE 21434 Automotive Cybersecurity Certificate

• Bosch, Infineon, Nordic, NXP, and Qualcomm Give a Name to Their RISC-V Joint Venture: Quintauris

• CH32 RISC-V MCUs Get Official Arduino Support

• NXP Partners MicroEJ To Use Software Containers To Accelerate Embedded Platform Development

• Stellantis, BlackBerry QNX and AWS Launch Virtual Cockpit, Transforming In-Vehicle Software Engineering

• Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 Is in Development

• Qt Group and Infineon collaborate on graphical user interface for microcontrollers

• Synopsys to obtain Ansys

Comparisons with other Languages 🔍️ 

• ESP32 Language Lab

• Rust vs. Python: Performance Insights from a Simple Backend Task

• Memory safety, Rust

• Rust vs. Go: The benchmark

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Educational Resources

A curation of embedded Rust educational resources and tutorials

Tutorials & Walkthroughs 📫

• Embassy on ESP: UART Echo

• Rust on ESP32 - Building an RC car in ESP-RS: Using ESP-NOW

• Rust on ESP32 - Building an RC car in ESP-RS: Using Postcard

• Rust on ESP32 - Building an RC car in ESP-RS: The controller

• Rust on ESP32 - Servo intro & deep dive

Insights, Tools, & Case Studies 📑

• (GitHub Repo) Rust-based MOS 6502 Assembly Emulator w/ Online Web Demo

• Using mem::take to reduce heap allocations

• 5 robotics trends to expect in 2024

• Defining & Democratizing Edge AI

• 5 Embedded Software Trends to Watch in 2024

• How to reduce Docker image size for IoT devices

• The Benefits of Using Rust for Mission-Critical Systems

General Embedded 📟️ 

• Practical Zephyr - Zephyr Basics (Part 1)

• CES 2024: Creating a frugal code in embedded software

• Big Data Engineering with Embedded systems — Internet of Things (IoT) Devices

• Understanding the Integration of Embedded Systems in Consumer Electronics

• Getting Started with Xiao ESP32 S3 Sense

• We don't need a DAC on the ESP32-S3

• Setting up PlatformIO for CI/CD with Testing, Code Coverage and Versioning

• Breaking The Flash Encryption Feature Of Espressif’s Microcontrollers

• Reverse-Engineering The ESP32’s WiFi Binary Blob With A Faraday Cage

• Exploring Serverless CI/CD for Embedded Devices

• RISC-V Assembler: Arithmetic

• 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLOW: The 1 Kilometer WiFi Standard

• Dynamically static allocation in embedded systems

Rewrite it in Rust - Project Inspiration ✏️ 🦀 

• A HF ham radio SSB/AM/FM/CW transmitter made from a Raspberry PI pico and not much more

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Noteworthy Mentions

Useful resources worth mentioning

Noteworthy Course 🧑‍🏫 

🏫 Rust Programming Specialization by Duke University (Coursera)

Noteworthy Book 📚️ 

📕 Making Embedded Systems, 2nd Edition, Elecia White

Noteworthy Newsletter 📰 

📰 Coding Interview Digest

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Updates, Events, & Announcements

Updates & announcements from the community

Notable Device and/or Framework Crate Updates 🚨 

• embedded-display-controller v0.2.0

• rppal v0.17.0

• riscv-rt v0.12.0

• riscv-rt-macros v0.2.1

• riscv v0.11.0

• embassy-executor-macros v0.4.1

• stm32f4xx-hal v0.20.0

• linux-embedded-hal v0.4.0

• embassy-boot v0.2.0

• embassy-rp v0.1.0

• embassy-nrf v0.1.0

• embassy-stm32 v0.1.0

• embassy-embedded-hal v0.1.0

• embassy-usb v0.1.0

• embassy-net v0.4.0

• embassy-time v0.3.0

• embassy-executor v0.5.0

• rtic-monotonics v1.5.0

• rtic-time v1.3.0

• rtic-sync v1.2.0

• ftdi-embedded-hal v0.21.0

• embedded-hal-bus v0.1.0

• embedded-hal-nb v1.0.0

• embedded-hal-async v1.0.0

• embedded-hal v1.0.0

• esp-wifi v0.2.0

Upcoming/New Learning Resources & Training 📚

• Introduction to Rust - KDAB/Ferrous Systems, Online, January, 29th, 2024

• Introduction to Rust - KDAB/Ferrous Systems, Online, February, 26th, 2024

• Embedded Rust - KDAB/Ferrous Systems, Online, March, 6th, 2024

• Embedded Rust - KDAB/Ferrous Systems, Online, May, 22nd, 2024

Upcoming Events & Deadlines 🎭

• STM32 Wireless Innovation Design Contest - Submission Deadline: February 19th, 2024

• RISC-V Foundation Mentorship Proposals (Summer 2024 Session) - Submission Deadline: March 25th, 2024

• Rust Nation UK - March 26th - 28th, 2024

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

• Embedded Open Source Summit - April 16-18, 2024, Seattle, Washington

• Embedded Online Conference - April 29th - May 3rd, 2024, Online

• Open Hardware Summit - May 3rd & 4th, 2024, Montreal, Canada

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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) Working Student job/internship Embedded Software/Connected Systems, Embedded Software Developer - Connected Systems, & IoT DevOps Engineer/Full Stack Developer - Liebherr, Ulm, Germany

• 🦀 Embedded Software Innovation Engineer - Codasip, Munich, Germany

• 🦀 Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Nedap, Netherlands (east)

• 🦀 Rust Engineer - Fusion Engineering, Delft, Netherlands

• 🦀 Embedded Systems Engineer, Software Platform - Wayve, London, UK

• 🦀 Master Thesis: Design of a sensor fusion network to extend the control of a reliability test system - Infineon, Austria

• 🦀 Working Student: Embedded Software Development - Firmware - Infineon, Germany

• 🦀 Internship: Industrial Setup for Formal Verification of Microcontroller - Infineon, Germany

• 🦀 Working student: Rust C/C++ interoperability and support - Bosch, Germany

• 🦀 Rust Developer - Intervall, Germany

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

• 🦀 Software Architect for Embedded Systems - Siemens, Portugal

• 🦀 Embedded Software Developer - Siemens, Portugal

North America Based Jobs 🌎️ 

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

• 🦀 (New) Flight Software Engineer (Several Experience Level Positions) - York Space Systems, Greenwood Village, CO

• 🦀 (New) Software Development Engineer in Test - Toyota Connected North America, Plano, TX

• 🦀 (New) Sr Software Engineer - Toyota Connected North America, Plano, TX

• 🦀 (New) Sr. Embedded Software Engineer, Kuiper Government Solutions - Amazon, Northridge, CA

• 🦀 (New) Embedded Software Dev Engineer II, Project Kuiper Ground Gateway Services - Amazon, Redmond, WA

• 🦀 (New) Associate Embedded Systems Engineer & Senior Embedded Systems Engineer - Infleqtion, Hybrid, Louisville, CO

• 🦀 (New) Embedded Software Engineer & Staff Embedded Software Engineer - SmartThings, Minneapolis, MN

• 🦀 (New) Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Atomic, San Fransico, CA

• 🦀 (New) Platform Developer - Lockheed Martin, Hanover, MD

• 🦀 (New) Intern, Embedded Software and Security Engineering - Analog Devices, West Lafayette, IN

• 🦀 (New) Embedded Platform Software Engineer - Ford, Palo Alto, CA

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

• 🦀 Embedded Software Engineer - Umbra, Santa Barbara, CA

• 🦀 Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Umbra, Santa Barbara, CA

• 🦀 Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Turion Space, Irvine, CA

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

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

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