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Issue Highlights

📦️ Embassy crates released to crates.io
🗒️ Zed editor open sourced
🚗 Rust adoption tracker update
⚒️ New hardware announcements subsection added
🏫 Updated introduction to RISC-V Course
📟️ Build a 16-bit system on a spreadsheet
🦀 Microsoft C++ to Rust code rewrite effort launched
✍️ Test your embedded Rust skill level with Ferrous Systems

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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 📰

• Rust on Espressif chips - 24-01-2024

• Embassy crates released and Rust stable support ⭐️ 

• RTIC v2 working on stable Rust

Rust News 🗞️ 🦀 

• Zed is now open source ⭐️ 

• Zilliqa launches Rust SDK

• Microsoft setting up a new Rust team to re-write C/C++/C# Code to Rust ⭐️ 

• Introducing ShuttleLabs - a series of cutting-edge Rust talks

• FreeBSD Considers Making Use Of Rust Within Its Base System

General Embedded News/Trends 📈 

• Vector introduces Microsar High Availability embedded software solution

• Arduino's Cloud Overhaul Brings a New Unified Cloud Editor, with the "Classic Arduino IDE" Feel

• What’s up, Docs? Arduino Docs gets a revamp!

• Raspberry Pi on IPO plans: 'We want to be ready when the markets are ready'

• Infineon achieves ISO/SAE 21434 certification for SLI37 automotive security controllers

• Zephyr publishes new training partner page

• Aptiv to cut stake in robotaxi tech firm Motional, stop funding

Comparisons with other Languages 🔍️ 

• Unsafe at Any Speed: Tradeoffs and Values in the Rust Ecosystem

• Rust is replacing C as the backend to Python

 ⭐️ New Subsection ⭐️ Hardware Announcements 🛠️ 

• Seeed Studio’s Wio RP2040 Mini Development Board Featuring Onboard WiFi

• Espressif Systems Releases ESP32-C61 A Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 SoC for Superior IoT Performance

• Olimex Launches ESP32 Boards with PoE and Open-Source Hardware

• Arduino Education Unveils Alvik, an Arduino Nano ESP32-Driven MicroPython Robot

• NXP All-Purpose MCX A Microcontroller and FRDM Development Boards Are Now Available!

• Nordic-powered wireless educational computer teaches electronics and programming

• Sispeed Launches the LicheeRV nano featuring RISCV and several SD-size features

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Educational Resources

A curation of embedded Rust educational resources and tutorials

Tutorials & Walkthroughs 📫

• ESP32 Embedded Rust at the HAL: I2C Scanner

• Embassy on ESP: Timers

• Rust on ESP32 - It moves!

• Building a VM Instruction Set in Rust

Insights, Tools, & Case Studies 📑

• Are you ready for Embedded Rust training? ⭐️ 

• Mixing C++ and Rust for Fun and Profit: Part 2

• Using mem::take to reduce heap allocations

• Where Does the Time Go? Rust’s Problem with Slow Compiles

• Lies, Damn Lies and Analog Inputs (Comparing ADCs on ESP32, Pico and Arduino)

General Embedded 📟️ 

• How To Build Your Own 16-Bit System-on-Spreadsheet ⭐️ 

• Building Nordic nRF-Connect SDK Projects with GitHub Actions

• A Powerful Design Guide

• Kconfig (Part 2)

• WASI 0.2 Preview: A New Dawn for WebAssembly

• fprime - A flight software and embedded systems framework by NASA

• Integrating ESP32 with LoRaWAN and HiveMQ MQTT Broker for Advanced IoT

• ESP32 Datalogging to Google Sheets (using Google Service Account)

• ESP32 to AWS: Complete IoT Solution with IoT Core, DynamoDB, and Lambda Functions in Golang

• Edge Computing and Automation Simplify Path to Green Manufacturing

• Four steps for a successful IoT battery selection

• Linux Foundation announces an updated Introduction to RISC-V Course ⭐️ 

• Open Vehicle Monitoring System is the Window to Your EV’s Soul

• BLE Satellite

• Exploring software-defined radio (without the annoying RF) – Part 1

• Exploring software-defined radio (without the annoying RF) – Part 2

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Noteworthy Mentions

Useful resources worth mentioning

Noteworthy Course 🧑‍🏫 

🏫 Embedded Rust Debugging - Embededbites (Udemy)

Noteworthy Book 📚️ 

📕 Async Rust, Maxwell Flitton, Caroline Morton - Early Release

Noteworthy Newsletter 📰 

📰 tl;dr sec - Keep up with cybersecurity research

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Updates, Events, & Announcements

Updates & announcements from the community

Notable Device and/or Framework Crate Updates 🚨 

• rhai v1.17.1

• esp-wifi v0.3.0

• esp-wifi-sys v0.3.0

• esp-idf-svc v0.48.0

• esp-idf-hal v0.43.0

• esp-idf-sys v0.34.0

• embedded-svc v0.27.0

• riscv-rt v0.12.1

• svdtools v0.3.9

Upcoming/New Learning Resources & Training 📚

• ARM CMSIS v6 Masterclass - ARM, Online, Feb 13 & Feb 27, 2024 (Free, Registration Required).

• 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

• RustNL - May 7th & 8th, 2024, Delft, Netherlands

• RustFest Zurich - June 19 - 24, 2024, Zurich Switzerland

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Jobs & Adoption

Keeping track of companies involved with embedded Rust

The Embedded Rust Adoption Tracker 🧭

🌟 New Addition: Ampere ⭐️ 

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 🌍️ 

• 🦀 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 🌎️ 

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

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

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

• 🦀 Sr Software Engineer - Toyota Connected NA, Plano, TX

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

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

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

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

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

• 🦀 Platform Developer - Lockheed Martin, Hanover, MD

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

• 🦀 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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