The secrets to building secure and scalable OTA update systems and infrastructure with Nick Sinas
François and Chris are joined by Nick Sinas, CTO at Ovyl, to share their experience building OTA update systems for embedded and IoT devices.
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WSL2 for Firmware Development
This guide provides instructions for setting up an environment for developing, debugging, and programming embedded systems firmware in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2). WSL2 provides a convenient and stable Linux development environment for working on embedded systems firmware. If you’re curious about toolchain performance, check out this comparison of firmware development environments, but the summary is that WSL2 is about 2x the speed of Windows and similar to “bare metal” Linux.
How to Transition from nRF5 SDK to Zephyr NCS Lessons from Ultrahuman's Journey
At Ultrahuman, innovation is at the core of everything we do. Our health devices, powered by the nRF52840 SoC for BLE functionality, rely on Nordic Semiconductor’s renowned wireless technology. For years, the nRF5 SDK was the cornerstone of firmware development for these chipsets, but in 2018, Nordic introduced the nRF-Connect SDK(NCS), built on Zephyr RTOS, signaling a new era for BLE applications.
The future of Bluetooth connectivity for device makers with Simon Ford, Founder at Blecon
Join Memfault CEO François Baldassari and CTO Chris Coleman as they talk to Simon Ford, Founder at Blecon, about all things Bluetooth. They talk about the features of Bluetooth, when it's a good choice for your device and how to get started developing Bluetooth-connected devices.
Sequential-storage Efficiently Store Data in Flash
While using a full-blown filesystem for storing your data in non-volatile memory is common practice, those filesystems are often too big, not to mention annoying to use, for the things I want to do. My solution? I’ve been hard at work creating the sequential-storage crate. In this blog post I’d like to go over what it is, why I created it and what it does.
Publishing the Memfault SDK as an ESP-IDF Component
In this very Memfault-centric post, I’ll be talking about how we shipped our SDK as an ESP-IDF component. This is a continuation of our efforts to make it easier to integrate Memfault into your projects, specifically targeting ESP32-based projects.
Embedded World North America 2024 Recap
Last week, a handful of Memfolks had the opportunity to travel to Austin to attend the first ever Embedded World North America1! Embedded World NA welcomed 3,500 visitors and 180 vendors across 3 days2. While it was surely a smaller showing than Nueremburg’s Embedded World, we still wanted to quickly touch on our takeaways from the event. In this post, we will cover what we learned from the first Embedded World North America.
Comparing Firmware Development Environments - Linux, Windows, WSL2, and VMWare
About a year and a half ago, I decided to take a different approach to setting up a Zephyr environment for a new project at Intercreate. Instead of using my trusty VMWare Workstation Linux VM, I opted for WSL2. I was curious to find out: Would hardware pass-through for debugging work reliably? Would all of the tooling dependencies be supported? What about build system performance?
Launch Week Keynote: Log Management and Analytics
Logs have always been a critical component of observability, extending beyond embedded development. Many embedded teams rely heavily on logs and strive to enhance efficiency. Some struggle to extract value from their logs due to the complexities of collection and analysis. Regardless of your team's current situation, we are here to help. Our new Log Management and Analytics offering streamlines log collection, accelerates investigations, and transforms your logs into easily accessible insights across your entire fleet.
How New IoT Security Regulations Will Shape the Industry's Future
New IoT security regulations are imminent, with businesses across the US, UK, and EU bracing for the impacts of the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), Product Security Telecommunications Infrastructure, and Cyber Trust Mark. These are not just administrative changes; they represent a pivotal shift in how IoT devices will be developed, deployed, and managed. Ensuring security, privacy, and compliance is business-critical.