Here are the articles, videos, and tools that we’ve been excited about this September.

What have you been reading? Share in the comments or on the Interrupt Slack.

Articles & Learning

• The Worsening Raspberry Pi RP2350 E9 Erratum Situation | Hackaday
  Very nasty errata on the RP2350 gpios. Sounds like they’ll get latched when in input mode, without a pretty strong external pull-down resistor. - Noah

• IFixit’s FixHub May Be The Last Soldering Iron You Ever Buy | Hackaday
  Definitely looks like a Zephyr shell to me! - Noah

• Fixing an Elgato HD60 S HDMI capture device with the help of Ghidra | Downtown Doug Brown
  Great exploration that starts as fixing hardware with a few problems and turns into a firmware reverse engineering to get LEDs blinking (every firmware engineer’s favorite thing to do)! - Eric

• Real-time Linux is officially part of the kernel after decades of debate | Ars Technica
  Patch no more! RT-Linux is in the mainline kernel. - Eric

• Waveshare 4-inch E-ink Spectra 6 full-color e-paper display is designed for the Raspberry Pi | CNX Software
  Full-color epaper displays starting to appear. - Noah

• LLVM Hello World | Dr James Hamilton
  Getting started with LLVM IR. - Noah

• Quake ported to Arduino Nano Matter and Sparkfun Thing Plus Matter Boards | SiLabs
  Porting and shrinking Quake to run on an embedded device. - Heiko

• Deploying Rust in Existing Firmware Codebases | Google Online Security Blog
  A guide on introducing Rust into existing firmware codebases, focusing on replacing the most security-critical components first.

• Beware of fast-math | Simon’s Notes
  Good read about --ffast-math pitfalls, recommended by Interrupt community member Martin Lampacher.

Projects & Tools

• Running a LLM on the ESP32 | GitHub
  A fun project running an LLM on the ESP32, recommended by Interrupt community member Jonathan Beri.

News & Announcements

• Memfault Launch Week: a First Look at What’s New in Our Product
  Memfault’s product is evolving to include Logging and Compliance. Check out our Launch Week activities to learn more about these new product features! Learn more about our latest launch →

Upcoming Events

• Tuesday, October 8 - Thursday, October 10: Embedded World North America
  Embedded World is coming to the U.S. for the first time, and Memfault will be there! Visit us at Booth #2434 in Austin, TX, from October 8-10. If you’re an IoT developer, schedule a time to connect with us – we would love to hear what you’re working on! Whether you’re deep into hardware and software design or just curious about the latest in M2M communication, this event is your gateway to the future of embedded systems.

• Wednesday, October 9: Memfault’s Embedded World USA After Party | Memfault
  After a full day at Embedded World USA, come unwind with Memfault & Blecon at Full Circle Bar! Enjoy drinks, skee-ball, and friendly competition while mingling with fellow embedded community members. Take advantage of this opportunity to relax, network, and compete for bragging rights! This event is for those 21+ and conference attendees. RSVP →

• Friday, October 11: Live Product Tour - Is Memfault right for you?
  Join Memfault’s Sales Engineer for a guided walk-through of our observability platform, giving you a firsthand experience of its capabilities. Register →

• Wednesday, October 30: How Bond Home Built In-House Observability and Why They Switched to Memfault
  Join this webinar with Chris Merck, VP of Engineering at Bond Home, as he shares their experience building an in-house observability infrastructure to manage their expanding fleet of embedded devices and why they ultimately switched to Memfault. Register →