- Saving flash with the SHELL_HELP macro
- Dual-band WiFi 6 ESP32-C5 announced – coming to Zephyr soon?
- AI-generated reports force curl to end their bug bounty program
- New automotive LIN subsystem (Local Interconnect Network)
- Compiler-based cleanup classes for resource management
- Malloc vs. k_malloc
- 9×36 PWM LED Matrix for Framework laptop
- Dual-ethernet phyBOARD-Atlas (i.MX RT1170)
- NB-IoT ST87M01 Arduino shield support
- Newly proposed CAN logging backend
- Zephyr COBS (Consistent Overhead Byte Stuffing) library (packet framing) gets streaming support
- FOSDEM 2026 and Brussels Meetup (Jan 30)
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Episode Summary
- Flash Savings: Use the new
SHELL_HELPmacro to store shell help strings more efficiently. It’s helped save over 1 KB of flash for the I3C shell module! - ESP32-C5: Seeed Studio announced a new board in their XIAO series, featuring the dual-band WiFi 6 ESP32-C5 module.
- Curl & AI Slop: A recent flood of AI-generated, hallucinated/invalid vulnerability reports forced the curl project to shut down its bug bounty program.
- LIN Subsystem: Introduction of the Local Interconnect Network subsystem, bringing standardized support for this low-speed automotive bus.
- Cleanup Classes: Implementation of compiler-level cleanup attributes to enable RAII-style (Resource Acquisition Is Initialization) resource management in C.
- Heap Management: A deep dive into the differences between malloc and k_malloc in Zephyr.
- Framework Laptop: Board support for the LED matrix keyboard module, featuring a 9×36 PWM-driven grid.
- Phytec phyBOARD-Atlas: New support for this i.MX RT1170 industrial board, highlighting its dual-Ethernet capabilities.
- NB-IoT Connectivity: Support for the ST87M01 cellular shield for low-power wide-area networking.
- CAN Logging: A new logging backend that allows system logs to be broadcast over a CAN bus is being proposed.
- COBS Update: The Consistent Overhead Byte Stuffing library now supports streaming, making it easier to frame packets on the fly.
- Upcoming Events: Details on FOSDEM 2026 and the Zephyr Brussels Meetup on January 30th.