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Issue Highlights

🦀 Rust makes it in Linux 6.8 PHY network drivers
🧑‍🏫 Embedded Rust 101 Course Launched by Wyliodrin
🧑‍💻 Lapce Rust-based Code Editor Emerges
📢 EuroRust, RustConf, and Espressif Devcon CFPs Announced
🏟️ RustLab Conference Announced
🗒️ Bytecode Alliance Proposal Emerges to Form an Embedded SiG
🚗 ARM Announces New Products & Partnerships for Automotive AI Push
🍓 Embedded Swift Makes Progress on the RP2040
🌐 Google Publishes Paper on its Perspective on Memory Safety
📖 Elecia White’s Making Embedded Systems 2nd Edition Officially Released

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News & Article Roundup

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

Embedded Rust News 📰

• Espressif Devcon 2024 Call for Participation Now Open ⭐️ 

• EuroRust 2024 Call for Participation Now Open ⭐️

• RustConf 2024 Call for Participation Now Open ⭐️

• Introducing a121-rs: Rust's First library for Radar sensor interfacing

• RustNL Speaker Lineup Finalized - Several Embedded Talks

Rust News 🗞️ 🦀 

• RustLab2024 Announced ⭐️

• Lib.rs website improvements - announcements

• Announcing Rustup 1.27.0

• crates.io: Download changes

• Linux 6.8 release – Notable changes, Arm, RISC-V, and MIPS architectures ⭐️

• Linux Kernel 6.8 Released, This is What’s New ⭐️

• Lapce is a Native Open-Source Code Editor Written in Rust and Supporting Remote Development ⭐️

• Rust on the Rise: New Advocacy Expected to Advance Adoption

General Embedded News/Trends 📈 

• axem needs your help filling up a survey about Embedded Build and Execution times → Link to survey

• Arm Announces New Automotive Technologies to Accelerate Development of AI-enabled Vehicles ⭐️

• Cadence Collaborates with Arm to Jumpstart the Automotive Chiplet Ecosystem ⭐️

• nRF Connect SDK v2.6.0 Released

• Bytecode Alliance PR Proposing an Embedded SiG 🤩 

• SiFive Upgrades Automotive Security for the RISC-V Ecosystem with New ISO/SAE 21434 Certification

• India approves setting up three chipmaking units worth $15.2B from companies including India's Tata Group and Japan's Renesas

• STMicro's STM32 Family Makes the 64-Bit Jump with New Edge AI, 3D-Capable STM32MP Parts

• Renesas Acclaims New Edge AI MPU for High Performance, Low Power

• AMD Xilinx launches Spartan-7 series of FPGAs

Comparisons with other Languages 🔍️ 

• Webserver in Golang or Rust. Who’s Faster?

• I used ChatGPT to write the same routine in 12 top programming languages. Here's how it did

• Combining Rust and Python: The Best of Both Worlds?

Hardware Announcements 🛠️ 

• Pineberry Pi Unveils New Raspberry Pi 5 HAT Add-Ons with AI Acceleration, 2.5-gig Ethernet, and More

• Lime Micro Unveils the LimeNET Micro 2.0, a Raspberry Pi CM4-Powered LimeSDR XTRX Radio Powerhouse

• Kaki Pi is a Raspberry Pi-inspired Renesas RZ/V2H AI SBC with four camera connectors, a PCIe 3.0 interface

• ILABS' RP2040 Connectivity Board Offers Wi-Fi, BLE, and Cellular with Raspberry Pi's Low-Cost MCU

• Arducam's KingKong Pairs an OAK-SoM with a Raspberry Pi CM4 for an All-In-One Approach to Edge AI

• The ePulse Feather C6 Dev board is out!

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Educational Resources

A curation of embedded & Rust educational resources and tutorials

Tutorials & Walkthroughs 📫

• Embedded Rust 101 ⭐️ 

• Embedded Rust Bluetooth on ESP: BLE Scanner

• Edge IoT with Rust on ESP: WiFi Revisited

• Rust on ESP32 - Hall sensor speedometer!

• Getting started with Tracing in Rust

• The Juggler: In Rust

Insights, Tools, & Case Studies 📑

• Building a simple web server in Rust

• Borrow checking without lifetimes

• Secure by Design: Google's Perspective on Memory Safety ⭐️ 

• TinyWasm – A tiny WebAssembly Runtime written in Rust 

• Rust Iterators Beyond the Basics

• The Internet of Batteryless Things

• Industry 5.0 -- The digital transformation of A&D manufacturing confronts the next phase

• Deep Diving into Neural Networks & Rust

General Embedded 📟️ 

• Differences Between ELF-32 and ELF-64

• XIAO: Big Power, Small Board (PDF Version)

• Embedded Swift on the Raspberry Pi Pico ⭐️ 

• Can’t Disable DJI Drone ID? Spoof It With An ESP!

• Harnessing Lua’s Power for IoT and Embedded Systems

• Programming embedded systems: software tracing with binary protocols

• Using ESP32 built-in hall effect sensor

• Understanding Electronic Circuits In Embedded Systems & Robotics (Part 1)

• Understanding Electronic Circuits In Embedded Systems & Robotics (Part 2)

• Understanding Electronic Circuits In Embedded Systems & Robotics (Part 3)

• Processing Natural Language on Embedded Devices: How Well Do Transformer Models Perform?

• STM32 Draws on Scope

• Some Innovative Raspberry Pi Projects

• Raspberry Pi Pico W: Asynchronous Web Server (MicroPython)

• Using Solana in your Arduino IoT Projects

• Understanding Hardware Trust Anchors in Automotive Embedded Systems: SHEs, HSMs, TPMs.

• Venturing beyond the default OS on Raspberry Pi 5

• Automotive Safety Through Multi-Modal Sensing

• RedHat Co-design research lab accelerates innovation in non-traditional and specialized hardware

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Noteworthy Mentions

Useful resources worth mentioning

Noteworthy Course 🧑‍🏫 

🏫 Rust Fundamentals - Duke University

Noteworthy Book 📚️ 

📕 Making Embedded Systems, Elicia White, 2nd Edition

Noteworthy Newsletter 📰 

📰 Pointer - A Reading Club for Software Developers

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Updates, Events, & Announcements

Updates & announcements from the community

Notable Device and/or Framework Crate Updates 🚨 

• rtic v2.1.1

• espflash v3.0.0

• stm32h7xx-hal v0.16.0

• esp-wifi v0.4.0

• rp2040-hal v0.10.0

• esp32 family hals

• nrf family hals

• esp-riscv-rt v0.7.0

• svdtools v0.3.11

• esp32-nimble v0.6.0

• flip-link v0.1.8

• semihosting v0.1.6

Upcoming/New Learning Resources & Training 📚

• Helsing Hackathon - Rust Nation UK, March, 27th & 28th, 2024

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

Upcoming Events & Deadlines 🎭

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

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

• Automotive Tech Forum 2024 - Virtual - March 27th & 28th, 2024

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

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

• Tinytapeout 6 - Submission Deadline: April 19th, 2024

• 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

• Oxidize - CFP Deadline March 28th - May 28th - 30th, 2024, Berlin, Germany

• RustFest Zurich -CFP Deadline March 31st, June 19th - 24th, 2024, Zurich, Switzerland

• Espressif DevCon - CFP Deadline May 3rd, September 3-5, 2024, Online

• RustConf 2024 - CFP Deadline April 25th, September 10-13, 2024, Montreal, Canada

• EuroRust - CFP Deadline June 3rd - October 10th & 11th, 2024 , Vienna, Austria, and Online

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

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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) Doctoral Thesis: Automotive Software Development with Artificial Intelligence - Infineon, Munich, Germany

• 🦀 (New) Doctoral Thesis: Functional Software Generation - Infineon, Munich, Germany

• 🦀 (New) Master thesis: WebAssembly AoT (Ahead of Time translator) for Aurix - Infineon, Munich, Germany

• 🦀 (New) Team Leader, Edge Platform Software Development - ZF, Dublin, Ireland

• 🦀 (New) Embedded Linux Software Engineer - ZF, Plzeň, CZ

• 🦀 (New) #OneSat On-board Software Engineer - Airbus, Toulouse, France

• 🦀 (New) Rust developer for robotics infrastructure - Sevensense, Zurich, Switzerland

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

• 🦀 (New) (Senior) Research Scientist in Cyber Security - ABB, Aargau, Switzerland

• 🦀 Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Yaak, Berlin, Germany

• 🦀 OS Tool Software Engineer - 42dot, Warsaw, Poland

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

• 🦀 Software Engineer - Rohde & Schwarz, Dresden, Germany

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

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

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

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

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

• 🦀 Rust Developer - Intervall, Germany

• 🦀 Software Architect for Embedded Systems - Siemens, Portugal

• 🦀 Embedded Software Developer - Siemens, Portugal

North America Based Jobs 🌎️ 

• 🦀 (New) Associate Software Engineer - Edge Protocols - SmartThings, Minneapolis, MN

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

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

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

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

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

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