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Issue Highlights

🦀 Embedded Rust Jobs Emerge at Vector Informatik
🤝 Vector Informatik Collaboration Announcement with Infineon
📡 Espressif Rust Quarterly Update is Out
⚙️ Espressif Announces New ESP32 SoC
💰️ Espressif Acquires Majority Stake in M5Stack
💼 More Rust Embedded Job Postings

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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 Quarterly Update

• Introducing RoboPLC - Linux real-time applications in Rust

Rust News 🗞️ 🦀 

• Announcing lcnr as Types Team co-lead

General Embedded News/Trends 📈 

• IoT & Embedded Technology Report

• Elektrobit open-source breakthrough accelerates transition to software-defined mobility

• Espressif Acquires Majority Stake in M5Stack, Enhancing AIoT Ecosystem

• Announcing ESP32-H4: Low-power SoC with 802.15.4 + Bluetooth 5.4 (LE) Connectivity 

• Infineon & Vector collaborate for enhanced automotive cybersecurity

• Renesas adds code customization, and remote debugging to Quick Connect Studio

• The legendary Zilog Z80 CPU is being discontinued after nearly 50 years

Comparisons with other Languages 🔍️ 

• C++ safety, in context

• Fivefold Slower Compared to Go? Optimizing Rust's Protobuf Decoding Performance

• Can C++ Be As Safe As Rust?

• Why do banks insist on using C++ when Rust is twice as efficient?

Hardware Announcements 🛠️ 

• MYIR Unveils $55 Remi Pi Computer Board Powered by Renesas RZ/G2L MPU

• SparkFun Thing Plus – RA6M5 board supports Bluetooth 5.1 LE through Renesas DA14531MOD module

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Educational Resources

A curation of embedded & Rust educational resources and tutorials

Tutorials & Walkthroughs 📫

• Rust on ESP32: Connecting MQTT part 1, setting up Embassy

• Rust on ESP32: Connecting MQTT part 2, sending messages

• Embedded Rust Bluetooth on ESP: Secure BLE Server

• Rust Custom Target for QEMU RISC-V on Apache NuttX RTOS

• Rust Quick Question - Multiple hardware boards in one codebase

• Rust on Yocto: A Seamless Integration

• Embedding a (binary) Tree

• Mixing C++ and Rust for Fun and Profit: Part 3

Insights, Tools, & Case Studies 📑

• I hate Rust (programming language)

• Save the planet, code in Rust

• WebAssembly Adoption: Is Slow and Steady Winning the Race?

• Sized, DynSized, and Unsized

• Why the Rust Ownership Model is the GOAT

• Rust Procedural Macros

• Embedded Software is changing how companies operate

• 5 Rust Runtimes Every Embedded Developer Needs to Know

• Open Source Safety Systems Are Now Viable for SDV, Says Elektrobit

• Programming embedded systems: embedded unit testing

• Arm Pushes Edge AI to a Higher Level, Marries Embedded with AI and IoT

General Embedded 📟️ 

• Interrupt Latency Accurate Measurement in Multiprocessing Embedded Systems by Means of a Dedicated Circuit

• Building High-Performance Edge AI Solutions with Nvidia Jetson and Edge Impulse

• How we built the new Find My Device network with user security and privacy in mind

• RTOS Functional Safety Certification - Table Stakes or not?

• Practical Zephyr – Devicetree practice (Part 5)

• ESP32 Wi-Fi Provisioning via BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy)

• Ocre: A Tiny Open-Source Container Runtime for Embedded Systems

• Embedded Systems: ARM cortex-M Fault Handling and Analyzing

• Exploring Embedded Systems Simulation Software: A Comprehensive Guide

• Enhancing Embedded Systems: The Synergy of Green Hills µ-velOSity RTOS and ST’s Stellar SR6 MCU

• “MaUWB_DW3000 with STM32 AT Command” Review – Using Arduino to test UWB range, precision, indoor positioning

• Generative AI-Based Effective Malware Detection for Embedded Computing Systems

• Creating a low-cost EV charging station with Arduino

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Noteworthy Mentions

Useful resources worth mentioning

Noteworthy Course 🧑‍🏫 

🏫 Idiomatic Rust in Simple Steps (YouTube Series)

Noteworthy Book 📚️ 

📕 Code like a Pro in Rust

Noteworthy Newsletter 📰 

📰 TLDR - Keep up with Tech in 5 mins

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Updates, Events, & Announcements

Updates & announcements from the community

Notable Device and/or Framework Crate Updates 🚨 

• embedded-hal-bus v0.2.0

• esp-wifi v0.5.1

• lilos v1.0.0

• semihosting v0.1.9

• svd2rust v0.33.1

• microbit-v2 v0.14.0

• microbit v0.14.0

• esp-riscv-rt v0.8.0

• nrf52810-hal v0.17.1

• nrf9160-hal v0.17.1

• nrf52840-hal v0.17.1

• nrf52833-hal v0.17.1

• nrf52832-hal v0.17.1

• nrf51-hal v0.17.1

• cortex-m-rt v0.7.4

Upcoming/New Learning Resources & Training 📚

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

Upcoming Events & Deadlines 🎭

• 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 - May 28th - 30th, 2024, Berlin, Germany

• RustFest Zurich - 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) Thesis | Research and Development Embedded Systems, Internship | Software development (C#/C++) in the area of ​​vehicle diagnostics, Internship | Research and Development Embedded Systems, 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: Automotive Software Development with Artificial Intelligence - Infineon, Munich, Germany

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 🦀 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 🌎️ 

• 🦀 Rust Engineering Lead - Linux and Open Source - Canonical, Global, Hybrid

• 🦀 Embedded Linux Software Engineer - Canonical, Global, Hybrid

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

• 🦀 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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