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Issue Highlights

🤖 Peppy OS is a Rust Alternative to ROS2
☁️ Renesas Launches 365 Cloud Platform
🧑‍💻 GCC 16 Release Candidate
💼 Microsoft Surface Rust Job Opportunity
✍️ State of Rust Survey is Out
🔥 A Rust PyTorch Equivalent
♾️ Arduino launches VENTUNO Q
📼 Ubitium Tapes-out Universal Processor
📽️ Rust Nation UK Videos Released

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Table of Contents

1. News & Article Roundup 📰

2. Educational Resources 📚

3. Updates, Events, & Announcements 📢

4. Jobs & Adoption 💼

5. uFerris Project Updates 🦀

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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

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Embedded Rust News 📰

• Expanding the Arm Software Ecosystem with Rust for Cortex-R82AE and Zena CSS

• device-driver v1.0.8 released

• Ferrous Systems at Embedded World 2026

• PeppyOS: A Rust-Based Simpler Alternative to ROS 2 ⭐

• Renesas Electronics Supports Rust for Embedded Developers

Rust News 🗞️🦀

• 5 Malicious Rust Crates Posed as Time Utilities to Exfiltrate .env Files

• 2025 State of Rust Survey Results ⭐️

• Nearly half of all companies now use Rust in production, survey finds

• The Mechanics of Autonomous Software Translation

• Rerun 0.30.0 - Plot any scalar & on-demand streaming

• I Replaced My Agents Markdown Memory with a Semantic Graph

• Oxmgr: A Lightweight PM2 Alternative Written in Rust

• Announcing Rust 1.94.0

• Rust Coreutils 0.7 Released With Many Performance Optimizations

Embedded AI/ML News 🤖

• AxonML: A PyTorch-equivalent ML framework written in Rust ⭐️

• Edge Impulse + Arduino VENTUNO Q and App Lab: Empowering Next-Gen Edge AI ⭐️

• ZeroClaw: A Minimal Rust-Based AI Agent Framework for Self-Hosted Systems

• Rust: The Unlikely Engine of the Vibe Coding Era

• New Programming Languages Have an AI Problem

• EmbC-Test: How to Speed Up Embedded Software Testing Using LLMs and RAG

• Embedur Systems Launches ModelNova Edge AI Hub in Chennai

• NXP Unveils the i.MX 93W, Replacing "Up to 60 Discrete Components" in Physical AI Designs

• Texas Instruments MSPM0G5187 and AM13Ex MCUs integrate TinyEngine NPU for Edge AI applications

• Train and deploy your own AI models in Arduino App Lab – now fully integrated with Edge Impulse

• Grinn, Renesas Launch SOM for Edge AI Vision Systems

• MediaTek Adds New Genio Platforms to Bring AI Processing to Robotics, Drones, and Industrial IoT

General Embedded News/Trends 📈

• Digi Acquires Particle to Extend Embedded IoT Reach

• Ubitium tapes out universal processor to end embedded computing complexity crisis ⭐️

• Renesas Launches Renesas 365 Cloud Platform to Simplify Embedded System Design ⭐

• Taiwan Extends Its Reach from Advanced Chips to Embedded Systems

• Your Arduino Nano Matter Board Is Now a Professional Zephyr Development Platform

• GCC 16 Release Candidate Arrives: What Developers Need to Know ⭐

• Golioth Is Now a Part of Canonical

• An Experimental GUI for the Renode Simulation Framework

• QNX and AMD Empower Developers with High-Performance, Deterministic Platform for Next-Generation Embedded Systems

• ESP32-C5 bug advisory identifies and fixes PSRAM and sleep coexistence issues

• LVGL v9.5 is here

• PQShield Releases Lightweight PQC Library for Embedded Systems

• NXP LinkServer Now Supports ARM 64-bit for Enhanced Development

• Qualcomm Wi-Fi 8 solutions

• ST87M01: The First All-in-One NB-IoT Module with GNSS and Wi-Fi Positioning

• Infineon Adds RISC-V Tools to DRIVECORE Portfolio

• Subaru partners with Infineon on next-gen EyeSight

• Nordic Semiconductor Expands Cellular IoT Portfolio

Comparisons with Other Languages 🔍️

• Ow! My Foot!

• Rust Zero-Cost Abstractions vs. SIMD

• Rust Shined Over Python for My CLI Tool

• Formal methods for the unsafe side of the Force

• Rust Is Eating JavaScript

• You don't have to if you don't want to

Hardware 🛠️

• Arduino UNO Q 2GB vs. 4GB - Any Difference?

• M5Stack Unit PoE-P4

• Echo Pyramid

• Makerfabs CM0IQ: A compact RasPi CM0 Lite board

• RK3588 SOM for Edge AI and Embedded Computing

• STM32U3B5/C5 ultra-low-power MCU for AI

• Blues New Notecard for Skylo

• FGH200M Wi-Fi HaLow module handles up to 8,191 IoT devices

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Educational Resources

A curation of embedded & Rust educational resources and tutorials

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Tutorials & Walkthroughs 📫

• Building a Crazyflie Flower Swarm with Rust

• Building a Stripe dashboard with an ESP32 desktop clock and Rust

• Writing a Linux GPU Kernel Driver in Rust with Daniel Almeida

• Intro to Embedded Rust Part 7: Creating a TMP102 Driver Library and Crate

• Intro to Embedded Rust Part 8: Lifetimes and Lifetime Annotations

• Rust Curriculum By HighTechMind

• ESP-IDF Installation Manager v0.8: Streamlined Setup for ESP-IDF Development

• Implementing OpenTelemetry in Rust Applications

• Fuzzing embedded systems - Part 2, Writing a fuzzer with LibAFL

Insights, Tools, & Case Studies 📑

• Rust Adoption At Scale with Ubuntu

• Rewriting Claude Code in Rust

• I Built a Self-Hosting Bytecode Language in Rust

• Rust is NOT hard to learn!

• Woxi: Wolfram Mathematica Reimplementation in Rust

• Virtual machine in Rust type system

• Supply-Chain Security Starts with Memory Safety

• Why I Built a Multi-Paradigm Database in Rust — And Deployed It on 50+ Raspberry Pis

• Evaluating and Improving Automated Repository-Level Rust Issue Resolution with LLM-based Agents

• Memory-Unsafe Code Is a Liability

• Rust Nation UK 2026 Conference Videos ⭐️

• The Cost of Indirection in Rust

• Achieving Zero Bugs: Rust, Specs, and AI Coding

• Why 83% of organizations reportedly trust open source with their most sensitive assets

• Redox OS Gets Vulkan & Node.js Working On This Rust-Based Open-Source OS

• MCUViewer 1.2.6: Real-Time Embedded Variable Visualization Over UART

General Embedded 📟️

• 10 Years and Still Learning — Zephyr Podcast

• Your Chance to Become Part of Arduino Days 2026

• How to Run High-Performance LLMs Locally on the Arduino UNO Q

• Before I Speak to ECE Department Heads About Edge AI, I Want Your Input

• Deploying PyTorch Models to the Micro-Edge with ExecuTorch and Arm

• TinyML Made Easy — XIAO ESP32S3 eBook

• Edge AI for Microcontrollers - Coursera Specialization

• What is Physical AI?

• Working With STM32 Arm TrustZone-Based Projects in CLion

• Turn your smartphone into a real-time vision input for Arduino UNO™ Q

• Radical accessibility on the Arduino UNO Q board with OpenClaw

• A Drop-in Arduino Serial Replacement for ESP32 That Sends Output to a Telegram Bot Over WiFi

• Demystify AI and Robotics with This Easy DIY Project

• Well, Fork Me with a Dining Philosophers Problem (or The Best Way to Debug Embedded Systems)

• Turning a climbing wall into an interactive game

• You can now use Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® LE simultaneously on Arduino NINA-based boards! Here’s how

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Updates, Events, & Announcements

Updates & announcements from the community

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Notable Device and/or Framework Crate Updates 🚨

• esp-idf-hal v0.46.2

• esp-idf-svc v0.52.1

Upcoming Events & Deadlines 🎭

• Rust In Paris - March 27th, 2026 - Paris, France

• RustMeet - March, 2026 (Projected) - Gliwice, Poland

• Rustikon - 19 & 20 March, 2026 - Warsaw, Poland

• Rust Asia - March, 2026 (Projected) - Hong Kong

• TokioConf 2026 - April 20th, 2026 - Portland, Oregon, USA

• RustWeek - May 18-23, 2026 - Utrecht, Netherlands

• RustForge - August, 2026 (Projected) - Wellington, New Zealand

• RustConf - September 8-11, 2026 - Montreal, Canada

• Oxidize - September 14-16, 2026 - CFP Open: Submission Link, Deadline: March 23rd, 2026 - Berlin, Germany

• EuroRust - October 14-17, 2026 - CFP Open: Submission Link, Deadline: April 27th, 2026 - Barcelona, Spain

• RustLab - November, 2026 (Projected) - Florence, Italy

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Jobs & Adoption

Keeping track of companies involved with embedded Rust

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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 🌍️

• 🦀 Systems Software Engineer (Rust) - ai-coustics, Berlin, Germany

• 🦀 Embedded Rust (Medical) - Freelance, Munich, Germany

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

• 🦀 (New) Spacecraft Embedded Software Engineer (Rust) - Spire Global, Glasgow, Scotland

North America-Based Jobs 🌎️

• 🦀 (New) Software Engineer II – Embedded Firmware & Security — Microsoft Surface, Redmond, WA ⭐️

• 🦀 (New) Rust Embedded Software Engineer — General Dynamics Mission Systems, Florham Park, NJ

• 🦀 (New) Spacecraft Embedded Software Engineer (Rust) - Spire Global, Boulder, CO (Hybrid)

• 🦀 (New) Senior Embedded Software Engineer – RUST - Innoflight, San Diego, CA

• 🦀 (New) Embedded Systems Software Consultant (Rust / RTOS) - Seamgen, La Jolla, CA

• 🦀 (New) Embedded Software Engineering Intern – Summer - Atomic Semi, San Francisco, CA

• 🦀 Embedded Software Engineer, Rust - Viasat, Multiple Locations, USA

• 🦀 Software Engineer, Flight Software - Heart Aerospace, Los Angeles, USA

• 🦀 Scientist, Software Engineer - Rust Expert - L3Harris, New Jersey & Virginia, USA

• 🦀 Rust Embedded Engineer - Swarm Biotactics, San Diego, CA, USA

• 🦀 Principal Embedded Systems Engineer – Avionics / GNC - Orb Aerospace, Lowell, MI

• 🦀 Embedded Systems Software Consultant (Rust / RTOS) - Seamgen, Remote

• 🦀 Firmware Engineer - Mach Industries, Huntington Beach, CA

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

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