Zephyr Project

IoT Device Security Virtual Conference
2021-11-09
The fourth-annual IoT Device Security Virtual Conference, hosted on November 9, will focus on securing all aspects of Industrial Environments, Automotive Platforms, and Mass-Market/Consumer Products, from the Edge to the Cloud, using techniques like AI, machine learning, and blockchain.
Virtually join more than 500 industry professionals at the third-annual IoT Device Security Conference to learn strategies for protecting your connected systems, company, and reputation. This event is free for qualified attendees. It includes more than 15 in-depth technical sessions that will outline best practices that IoT Developers, Engineering Managers, and Executives can implement to secure the insecure Internet of Things.
Learn more about the conference or register here: https://iotdevicesecurityconference.com/.

Boost your Edge AI development with Zephyr and TFLite Micro
2021-10-28 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join Nordic Semiconductor, Antmicro, Renode and Zephyr on October 28 at 9-10 am PST (9 AM CEST / 3 PM CST Asia & 6 PM CEST ). Register here: https://www.nordicsemi.com/Events/2021/Partner-webinar-Boost-your-Edge-AI-development-with-Zephyr-and-TFLite-Micro
The nRF52 Series is supported in the Renode framework. Renode is an open-source simulation framework that allows you to run, test and debug embedded software in various scenarios: from simple single-node tests to complex wired and wireless connected systems. Adopted by Continuous Integration (CI) of many popular projects, like the Zephyr RTOS or Google’s TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers (TFLite Micro), Renode helps developers ensure their software correctness at every commit, without the need to access the real hardware.
In the webinar, we will present how to quick start your development with Renode, from the very basic debugging to complex machine learning flows analyzing data from sensors. We will also show some recent developments in the nRF52840-based Arduino Nano 33 support, implemented in collaboration with Google and the TFLite Micro team.
Agenda:

Intro to Renode, Zephyr and machine learning – how they are related
Basic usage – basic single-machine setup, loading a Zephyr binary, interacting with Renode
Interactive debugging with GDB
Feeding data to sensors
Automated testing in Renode
Arduino Nano 33 visualisation within Renode
TFLite Micro CI setup
Interactive Google Colab notebook for AI workflow testing on the nRF52840 SoC

Speaker: Piotr Zierhoffer, Engineering Manager at Antmicro

All Things Open (Raleigh, NC + Virtual)
2021-10-17 - 2021-10-19
All Things Open, the largest open technology event on the US East Coast, is hosting a hybrid event on October 17-19. The event will host 2,500 attendees on-site in Raleigh and 2,500 participants on the virtual platform. All Things Open is a polyglot technology conference focusing on the tools, processes and people making open source possible. Our target audience includes designers, developers, decision makers, entrepreneurs and technologists of all types and skill levels.
Kate Stewart, Vice President of Dependable Embedded Systems at the Linux Foundation, will present a virtual session titled “Securely Connecting to the Resource Constrained Devices.” Over the last 5 years, Zephyr has grown to be one of the most widely adopted real time operating systems to use on the resource constrained devices, when Linux is not a viable option. Sensors and actuators play an important part in providing data to the internet of things. Ensuring that there is a secure connection to authenticated devices is key to ensure the data is trusted. On these resource constrained devices, Linux may be too big, in terms of memory size or run time power requirements. The Zephyr operating system is a vendor neutral operating system, that can run on these remote devices and securely communicate to Linux-based edge devices. Zephyr is one of the few open source projects that has it’s own project security incident response team (PSIRT), is listed as a CNA with MITRE, and has published its vulnerability handling and embargo policies. This talk will overview the capabilities of the Zephyr RTOS and how it can effectively interact with Linux in a secure manner.
Learn more about the conference or register for the event on the All Things Open website.

(Webinar) Should I care about Zephyr OS? Real Experiences of an RTOS Expert
2021-10-12 08:00 - 09:00
Over the past decade, embedded microcontrollers have evolved such that the lines between a microcontroller and a complicated applications processor have blurred. With the evolving hardware landscape and challenges in silicon supply, the approach to managing software complexity and portability has also had to evolve. Developing reliable and secure embedded software requires developers to employ tools and technologies to manage this growing complexity. A Real Time Operating System (RTOS) is one tool that can help.
Join NXP on Tuesday, October 12 at 8-9 am PDT for an insightful presentation by Eli Hughes, one of our NXP software experts, as he explains how the open-source Zephyr OS is more than “just an RTOS.” Register here.
We’ll explore Zephyr’s inherent capabilities, along with a number of well-tested facilities that developers can leverage in their pursuit of IoT innovation while managing complexity. In this session, we will investigate what Zephyr is, what it is not, and how it compares to other common RTOS solutions. Attendees will walk away with a better understanding of what problems Zephyr can solve, how it can accelerate their embedded projects, and be better informed for future discussions around embedded firmware architecture.
What you will learn:

What Zephyr is, what it is not
How it compares to common RTOS solutions
How you can use as little or as much of Zephyr’s ecosystem as you want
When to use Zephyr as a light weight kernel for simple task switching, and when to leverage additional features

Presenters:

Brendon Slade, Director MCU Ecosystem, NXP
Eli Hughes, Professional Support Engineer, NXP

Register here.

NXP and SEGGER: Debug, Visualize and Analyze Zephyr OS Applications with Ease
2021-10-05 08:00 - 09:00
Debugging an embedded RTOS application can be both challenging and time consuming. Having quality tools to assist the debug effort can help tremendously. With SEGGER development tools that support the open-source Zephyr OS, developers can easily debug and analyze application software to get to market quickly.
Join NXP and SEGGER as we explore professional debug tools that integrate tightly with Zephyr OS on October 5 from 8-9 am PDT. This session features demonstrations of the J-Link debug probe with Zephyr Thread Awareness using SEGGER Ozone, plus analysis and visualization with SEGGER SystemView. Register here.
What you will learn:

Which NXP platforms are supported by Zephyr OS
How to get started building and debugging Zephyr applications using the West command line tool
How to debug application software running Zephyr OS with SEGGER development tools
How Ozone enables thread-aware debugging with Zephyr OS
How to record and analyze Zephyr OS applications using SystemView

Presenters:

Derek Snell, Senior Systems Engineer, NXP
Axel Wolf, Technical Director, SEGGER US

Register here.

Open Software Open Hardware with the RISC-V and Zephyr communities (Seattle, Washington)
2021-09-30 09:00 - 12:30
Thursday, September 30 | 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Hyatt Regency Seattle
Registration Fees: $10
Transport yourself into fantastic realms of story, exploration, and where open source software meets open hardware. RISC-V and Zephyr believe in the power of creativity and innovation to change the world. With our interactive and immersive experiences, you will learn why open source software and open hardware are a perfect match for your technical environment.
At the event, you can visit one or many of our tables for a Birds-of-a-Feather type conversation:

Porting things to RISC-V is an immersive experience
Getting Started and building an application on a RISC-V board is an exploration you will never forget.
The fantastic realm of the Zephyr real time operating system on Open hardware
Meet the artists — RISC-V and Zephyr Ambassador’s — and ask them anything
The Future of … is <insert your favorite word!>: In a debate format, we will discuss the future of RISC-V, the roadmap, software, and extensions. Bring your interactivity and plan to immerse yourself in the conversation.

Join us for the opportunity to get your specially designed RISC-V sticker and RISC-V original 2021 t-shirt.
How to Register: Pre-registration is required. To register for Open Software Open Hardware with the RISC-V and Zephyr communities. BOOM!, add it to your Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference registration.

Open Source Summit (Seattle, Washington + Virtual)
2021-09-27 - 2021-09-30
Open Source Summit will be held on-site in Seattle, Washington as well as virtually on September 27-30. It is the leading conference for developers, architects and other technologists – as well as open source community and industry leaders – to collaborate, share information, learn about the latest technologies and gain a competitive advantage by using innovative open solutions. To learn more about the event, which is co-located with Embedded Linux Conference, or to register for it, please go to the main Open Source Summit website here.
Several Zephyr community contributors and members will be presenting Zephyr-related topics at the event. Please see below:
Monday, September 27:
2:30 – 3:20 pm: Cross Debugging on Linux : A History, Current State of the Art and Coming Improvements – Thierry Bultel, IoT.BzH
Cross debugging, and more generally, remote debugging, is something that may be unknown, or badly used, by either beginner engineers, or sometimes even by senior engineers, for several reasons. Some people simply do not know that remote debugging tools exist, some might consider the complex setup as a show-stopper, some other ones may not trust the tools (and we can explain why). Yet the return of investment of such tools is significant, provided that they are used appropriately. This presentation tells about the first-fruits of cross-debugging, going through some lived examples, some architecture schemes and functionnal descriptions, comparing the existing solutions (eg, gdb-server vs lldb vs tcf …), and their integration in IDEs (Eclipse, VsCode). A technical chapter about the debugger mysteries, explains, particularly, why multithread, or SMP debugging is a complex issue, and how existing debuggers deal with it. A chapter of performance analysis tools (eg, valgrind) is presented, too, in order to offer a kind of swiss army knife to the listeners. As a conclusion, a short presentation of the debug tools on another OpenSource OS (Zephyr) is done. Add this to your schedule here.
2:30 – 3:20 pm: zenoh: A Next-Generation Protocol for IoT and Edge Computing – Frédéric Desbiens, Eclipse Foundation
Message-oriented protocols such as MQTT and AMQP are the backbone of many IoT and Edge Computing projects. If you are an embedded developer using Linux or Zephyr, you now have access to a new alternative: Eclipse zenoh. Zenoh is a rapidly growing open source project that unifies data in motion, data at rest and computations. Written in Rust, it blends traditional publish/subscribe patterns with geographically distributed storage, queries and computations. It is also optimized for maximal throughput and minimal resource usage, which make it a good fit for constrained environments. In this presentation, you will learn about the fundamentals of the zenoh protocol and understand how you can use it through real-world use cases. You will also learn how to get started with it on Linux and Zephyr and see a live demo. Add this to your schedule here.
Tuesday, September 28:
12 – 12:50 pm: Field Report: Setting up a Software Product Line (SPL) Architecture based on Zephyr – Gregory Shue, Legrand
During the past 20 years, the Software Engineering Institute (sei.cmu.edu) has gathered and distilled best practices in creating and managing a Software Product Line (SPL) solution for efficiently developing and sustaining a closely-related system of software-intensive products. This type of solution has successfully been used for delivering and sustaining products ranging from pagers to medical devices to military ship control systems. With the onset of regulations in IoT device security, this presentation evaluates Zephyr RTOS and ecosystem as a basis for a customer-specific SPL for secure IoT devices. The results are promising, but… Add this to your schedule here.
4 – 4:50 pm: Zephyr Project: RTOS Start-up and Initialization Flow – David Leach, NXP
The Zephyr RTOS has a startup and initialization flow that provides for initialization of C runtime, platform, SOC, and managed bring-up of drivers and system services, allowing developers to initialize custom platforms and hardware for their applications. This presentation will provide a high-level outline of this initialization flow to equip the developer with a deeper understanding of the Zephyr RTOS and how it starts-up and initializes the system, followed by a deeper look into this flow to highlight the hooks provided that allow custom platform/hardware specific initialization. Initialization run levels will also be discussed with examples. Specific SOC architecture differences will be highlighted with a deep dive into 32-bit ARM architecture. Add this to your schedule here.
Wednesday, September 29:
9:45 – 9:55 am: Keynote – Kate Stewart, The Linux Foundation
2:30 – 3:20 pm: Introducing (New) Zephyr RTOS USB Device Support – Johann Fischer, Nordic Semiconductor
As USB Bluetooth dongle, USB mouse or simple interface for logging outputs, USB device support in Zephyr RTOS is used for many applications. Johann will make a full overview of the overhauled USB device support in Zephyr RTOS, from the controller driver API to the design of custom USB function and the use of USB classes support in Zephyr RTOS. Add this to your schedule here.
3:50 – 4:40 pm: A New user(space): Adding RISC-V Support to Zephyr RTOS – Kevin Hilman & Alexandre Mergnat, BayLibre
The use of RISC-V in embedded & IoT is continually growing, and Zephyr is one of the RTOSes that is seeing lots of RISC-V activity. This talk will cover how various RISC-V hardware features were used to implement protected memory, isolated userspace and hardware stack protection in the Zephyr RTOS kernel. Previously presented A similar talk was given at Zephyr Developer Summit 2021 with a focus on the Zephyr specific internals. For ELC, an emphasis will be on the RISC-V hardware features that are common between Linux and Zephyr implementations. Add this to your schedule here.
Thursday, September 30
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM: Open Software Open Hardware with the RISC-V and Zephyr communities
Location: Hyatt Regency Seattle
Registration Fees: $10
Transport yourself into fantastic realms of story, exploration, and where open source software meets open hardware. RISC-V and Zephyr believe in the power of creativity and innovation to change the world. With our interactive and immersive experiences, you will learn why open source software and open hardware are a perfect match for your technical environment.
At the event, you can visit one or many of our tables for a Birds-of-a-Feather type conversation:

Porting things to RISC-V is an immersive experience
Getting Started and building an application on a RISC-V board is an exploration you will never forget.
The fantastic realm of the Zephyr real time operating system on Open hardware
Meet the artists — RISC-V and Zephyr Ambassador’s — and ask them anything
The Future of … is <insert your favorite word!>: In a debate format, we will discuss the future of RISC-V, the roadmap, software, and extensions. Bring your interactivity and plan to immerse yourself in the conversation.

Join us for the opportunity to get your specially designed RISC-V sticker and RISC-V original 2021 t-shirt.
How to Register: Pre-registration is required. To register for Open Software Open Hardware with the RISC-V and Zephyr communities. BOOM!, add it to your Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference registration.
To register for the event or to learn more, visit the main Open Source Summit website.

Application Portability made easy with Zephyr OS and NXP (Webinar)
2021-08-30 08:00 - 17:00
Are you interested in an RTOS solution that easily scales across different hardware architectures and platforms? Leveraging the open source Zephyr OS enables application portability across NXP’s Kinetis, LPC, and i.MX RT portfolio of MCUs. Zephyr’s hardware abstraction enables the application code to be hardware agnostic and portable to meet your evolving requirements.
Join this webinar on Tuesday, August 31 from 8-9 am PDT as we explore Zephyr’s device tree, kernel configuration, and porting features in more detail, so that you can plan and adapt your product roadmap with software scalability in mind.
You will learn:
• How to port applications using Zephyr OS
• How to use Zephyr device drivers and device tree
• How to customize Zephyr’s features, application, and drivers with kernel config
• How to leverage Zephyr’s hardware abstraction to scale across hardware platforms
Presenter: Derek Snell – Senior Systems Engineer, NXP
Register for the webinar: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6481924928010518032?source=NXP3

Supply Chain Town Hall
2021-08-18 06:00 - 10:30
The Linux Foundation is hosting the first-ever “Supply Chain Town Hall” on August 18 from 6 – 10:30 am PDT (9 am – 1:30 pm EDT). Join this free virtual event to learn more from experts who have been working on how to solve these vulnerabilities for almost a decade, to find out how to best protect your supply chain and mitigate potential disaster. To learn more about the event, visit the main Supply Chain Town Hall website.
Steve Winslow, VP of Compliance & Legal at The Linux Foundation, will be giving a presentation titled,” Generating SBOMs for IoT at Build Time” that will include Zephyr RTOS.
In this talk, Steve will discuss a recent addition to the build tooling for Zephyr, a C-language open source real-time embedded operating system. This added feature enables distributions of Zephyr to generate an SPDX SBOM for their particular configuration automatically at the time of build. Steve will also discuss how this functionality leverages existing aspects of the Zephyr build process to record data about which particular source files are compiled and linked into the final Zephyr binary that is installed on the embedded device. I will also discuss lessons learned and considerations for other projects that may want to take similar approaches. Add this to your schedule here.
To learn more about the other sessions or to register for the event, click here: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/supply-chain-town-hall/.

ZEDEDA Transform 2021
2021-08-18 - 2021-08-19
Now in its second year, the ZEDEDA Transform is free two-day online event on August 18-19 that brings together experts from across the edge computing and IoT landscape to discuss today’s trends, challenges and opportunities. The agenda includes executive keynotes plus breakout sessions covering many of the latest innovations for IoT, AI, 5G, and security use cases. Plus, new this year is a dedicated developer track with sessions devoted to navigating the complex hardware and software landscape at the edge, with emphasis on the importance of open source collaboration.
On August 19 at 11-11:25 am PDT, Kate Stewart will give a presentation titled, “Edge Security Enabled By Open Source Software.”
Learn more about the conference or register for the event at the main conference website: https://zededa.com/transform/

SBOM & Applying Best Practices in Cybersecurity for Constrained Devices with Zephyr
2021-08-12 09:00 - 10:00
In the last year, the international community has recognized that there needs to be a focus on improving the cybersecurity of IoT devices. There has been guidance provided in Europe and the US last year, and a Biden executive order on “Improving Cybersecurity” this year. This isn’t just for desktops and servers though, sensors and actuators are part of the critical infrastructure that needs to be secure. This webinar will go through the best practices that the Zephyr project has adopted since the start of the project 5 years ago, and how it is able to meet the requirements of the recent guidance, including the creation of software bill of materials (SBOMs) when building images for constrained devices and managing vulnerability disclosures and support product makers.
The Zephyr Project partnered with Topio Networks to present a webinar “SBOM & Applying Best Practices in Cybersecurity for Constrained Devices with Zephyr” on Thursday, August 12 at 8-9 am PDT.
In this webinar you will learn:
– What does the Executive Order on Cybersecurity mean for the industry?
– What is SBoM and why is it important for Cybersecurity?
– What are the best practices for managing device security?
– How is cybersecurity for IoT devices evolving and how will it continue to evolve?

To register, visit the Topio Networks main event page here.

NXP and Zephyr: Unlocking Innovation with an Open Source RTOS (Webinar)
2021-07-29 08:00 - 09:00
Developing embedded applications with an RTOS can make the complicated tasks of scheduling and interrupt handling easier, but even more so, many other OS features can be leveraged. The Zephyr OS is an open-source RTOS for resource-constrained devices that has been built with safety and security in mind.
Join us on July 29 at 8 am PDT/10 am CDT as we explore the open source Zephyr OS and learn more about its vibrant community of contributors, along with NXP’s contributions to the popular RTOS.
What you will learn:

How the Zephyr Project delivers safety and security
About the full Zephyr ecosystem of support and services
How NXP is contributing to the Zephyr Project and which NXP platforms are supported
Why the Zephyr OS Long Term Support (LTS) release is of interest
How to get started with Zephyr OS

Presenters:

Maureen Helm, Senior Software Engineer, NXP
Kate Stewart, VP Dependable Embedded Systems, Linux Foundation

Register for the webinar here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1725415635244726284?source=ZephyrProj

RISC-V FORUM (Embedded Technologies)
2021-07-21
RISC-V Forum Embedded Technologies, which will be hosted virtually on July 21 (China Standard Time), bring together experts for 3 hours of deep-dive presentations, hands-on learning, and networking with technical enthusiasts in the RISC-V ecosystem.
Kate Stewart, VP of Dependable Embedded Systems, will be at the event to present “Safety + SBOMs + Zephyr RTOS.” With the time difference, Kate will present on Tuesday, July 20 at 6:25-6:45 pm PDT.
Sensors and actuators are going to need to communicate reliably with the edge devices and up to the cloud, so more effective decisions can be made. Some of these devices are also going to have dependability and safety requirements associated with them. This session will provide a short overview of the Zephyr RTOS which was started 5 years ago, with the goal of being a safe and secure RTOS for resource constrained devices. There will be a focus on SBOMs and how Zephyr can generate the SBOM during the build, and take it to the source file level, not just the component level, better diagnosis and detection of vulnerable states is possible and addresses some of the best practices mentioned in the EO. Therefore, the development process becomes easier, more efficient and improves maintainability in field.
Learn more and register for the event here: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/riscv-forum-embedded-technologies/

The Industrial AI Summit
2021-06-29 - 2021-06-30
On June 29-30, join the virtual Industrial AI Summit, the go-to forum for industrial organizations looking to supercharge their AI strategy.
Bringing together senior business and technology decision-makers from across industrial sectors, the Industrial AI Summit will champion transformational initiatives, lay the foundations for partnerships, and help to create meaningful connections across various manufacturing sectors.
From preventing disruptions and downtime, to improving inventory management and product quality, and even industrial robots; The Industrial AI Summit will demonstrate how artificial intelligence and machine learning are essential tools in future-proofing industrial operations.
The Zephyr Project is a proud sponsor of the event. To learn more about it or to register, click here: https://industrial.theaisummit.com/.

Zephyr Developer Summit
2021-06-08 - 2021-06-10
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For the 2022 Zephyr Developer Summit, please visit https://www.zephyrproject.org/event/zephyr-developer-summit-2/
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The Zephyr Project is hosting its first-ever Zephyr Developer Summit, which takes place virtually on June 8-10. Register here for the free event: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfoADxWZaMI3BsXiJKOTnIk-IZQMeDM_7xylaE2PBZKpjPWbQ/viewform
The schedule is being finalized now, but you can check out the schedule as it evolves here: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/wiki/2021-Zephyr-Developer-Summit
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Track A: Mini-conference (each will be 120 minutes in length)
This track is designed to let the organizer(s) focus on discussing an open topic with the other key participants. A successful mini-conference outlines a problem and provides sufficient background so participants can engage in effective discussion. Examples where this style is used: Linux Plumbers, Conference Fishbowl Sessions, extended BOF etc. Goal here is to have an effective discussion session and make progress on an outstanding problem.
Possible topic areas include but aren’t limited to:

Firmware
Modules
Networking Stack
Power Management
Toolchain
Topics identified in the 2020 developer survey

Track B: Presentations (choice of 30 or 60 minutes in length or lighting talks)
This is designed for sharing knowledge and providing context for other discussions.
Possible topic ideas include but aren’t limited to:

How Zephyr is being used in products
Demos of tools working with Zephyr
Overview of proposed technologies for inclusion
Summary of what’s happening in subsystems
Updates on west, modules, runtimes, etc.
Security and safety team updates
Test infrastructure improvements
BOF topics
Lightning talks on something cool in Zephyr you would like to highlight

Key dates:

April 7: Call for Papers (CFP) Opens: https://forms.gle/i637wnnBp9ahrnc37
April 20: CFP Closes
May 5: Schedule Announcement
May 5: Registration Opens
June 4: Registration Closes
June 8 – 10: Event Dates

Embedded Online Conference
2021-05-18 - 2021-05-20
Embedded Online Conference, an online conference for Embedded Systems Engineers, will be on May 17-20, 2021. Kate Stewart, VP of Dependable Embedded Systems at the Linux Foundation, will give a presentation titled, “Zephyr: A Vendor Neutral Secure RTOS Option.”

Session Abstract:
5 years ago the Zephyr project was launched at Embedded World, with the vision to deliver the best-in-class RTOS for connected resource-constrained devices, built to be secure and safe. Since then, many companies have collaborated together to create a vendor neutral solution to achieve these goals. The project has actively worked to adopt open source best practices, as well as best security practices. This talk will go into details about the practices Zephyr has adopted, and that other open source projects should consider, as we work to make the endpoints devices of the IoT ecosystem secure. You can view the session here.
When you register for the Embedded Online Conference you gain access to the conference starting May 17. Then between May 18-20, you can watch as many sessions as you’d like, attend workshops and live Q&As with the speakers, etc. The content stays available on the platform until May 2022 – giving you plenty of time to watch and re-watch all the sessions that you are interested in.
Learn more about the conference or to register for it, click the main conference page: https://www.embeddedonlineconference.com/.

Embedded IoT World
2021-04-28 - 2021-04-29
Embedded IoT World is a virtual event on April 28 – 29 that is designed for developers, architects, engineers, and technicians building end-to-end IoT solutions. The embedded community will have the opportunity to join technical workshops, roundtables, and speaker Q&A covering key topics: AI & ML, Security, Edge Computing, Industrial IoT, Connectivity, and Processors/Enablement. Delivered by industry experts, conference sessions will help you design and develop embedded systems to fuel the future of IoT.
The Zephyr Project is a partner of Embedded IoT World. Additionally, a few members of the project on the advisory council including Kate Stewart, Senior Director of Strategic Programs at the Linux Foundation, and Frederic Desbiens, Program Manager for IoT and Edge Computing at the Eclipse Foundation. Zephyr will also have a few presentations at the show.
Wednesday, April 28:
9:15 am –Pushing the open edge machine learning ecosystem forward with RISC-V, Zephyr, TensorFlow Lite Micro and Renode (Michael Gielda (Antmicro), Tim Ansell (Google), Kate Stewart, Brian Faith (QuickLogic)
The keynote panel will feature representatives of Google, Zephyr Project, QuickLogic, STMicroelectronics and Antmicro in a discussion of how the strengths of RISC-V, Zephyr RTOS, TensorFlow Lite and Renode can be combined to provide innovative, collaborative, software-driven and traceable ML development for the very edge, also on the hardware level, e.g. using FPGAs or RISC-V custom extensions. The participants will discuss modern testing methodologies and HW-SW co-development enabled by the Renode simulation framework – as used by e.g. Google’s TF Lite Team – unlocking efficient and deterministically testable ML development on platforms including RISC-V.
Other hot topics will include open source FPGA tools and Renode support for the Core-V MCU, recent developments concerning TensorFlow Lite Micro, RISC-V joining the Zephyr Project and the ML-oriented, EU-funded VEDLIoT project involving RISC-V and Renode.
10:50 am – Processors & Instruction-Set Architecture Opening Remarks, Kate Stewart
1:35 pm – Processors & Enablement Speaker Q&A Room, Kate Stewart
3:10 pm – Panel Discussion – Safety certification in the open: How the Xen project is making progress to achieve certification, Kate Stewart, Stefano Stabellini (Xylinx), George Dunlap (The Xen Project) and Artem Mygaiev (EPAM)
Safety certification is one of the essential requirements for software to be used in highly regulated industries. Besides technical and compliance issues (such as ISO 26262 vs IEC 61508,) transitioning an existing project to become more easily safety certifiable requires significant changes to development practices within an open source project. In this session, we will lay out some challenges of making safety certification achievable in open source. We will be offering an in-depth review of how Xen Project is approaching these challenges and try to derive lessons for other projects and contributors.
4:45 pm – Device Security & Safety Speaker Q&A Room, Kate Stewart, Stefano Stabellini (Xylinx), George Dunlap (The Xen Project) and Stephen Olsen (BlackBerry QNX)
Thursday, April 29:
9:15 am: Panel Discussion – The relationship between connectivity, edge computing, AI and machine learning in embedded systems, Barna Ibrahim (Google), Jim White (IOTech), Colleen Josephson (Stanford University), Aditya Kumar (Facebook) and Edoardo Gallizio (STMicroelectronics).

Discover how definitions for edge computing will continue to evolve and the impact this will have on engineers building embedded systems for the edge
Understanding the vast array of connectivity options to tailor your device build so the tech will run smoothly as well as looking at which option fits best
Dive into AI at the edge: A look at the different types of hardware AI accelerators

For more information about the conference, visit the main conference page.

RISC-V Forum: Security
2021-04-14 07:00 - 10:00
On April 14, Kate Stewart, Vice President of Dependable Embedded Systems at the Linux Foundation, will give a presentation at RISC-V Forum: Security. At 9:15 – 9:25 am PST, Kate will give a talk titled, “Extending Security to Resource Constrained Devices.”
As we hear more in the news about supply chain attacks and the cost of them, the need to have trusted systems is growing in awareness. A large part of the problem is the lack of transparency on the software and hardware components that make up embedded systems, especially in the area of safety critical applications and establishing secure communications.
The Zephyr RTOS was started 5 years ago, with the goal of being a safe and secure RTOS for resource constrained devices that could be used where Linux is not an option. Some of the capabilities that the project has nurtured in order to have transparency and security for software on these constrained devices, can be extended these to the system and chip level with systems build on RISC-V. This can provide significant efficiencies in security, as well as a solid framework to be used in applications that have safety requirements.
To learn more about the forum agenda, visit the main conference page: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/riscv-forum-security/. It is free to register for RISC-V member and non-members. To register, click here.

LF Energy Spring Summit 2021
2021-04-14
On April 14, join LF Energy for this Spring Summit showcasing collaborative development and shared innovation to accelerate the energy transition through open source and software-defined infrastructure.
At 7:30 – 8 am, James Gula, Open DC Grid Co-founder, JLG Consulting and Martin Jäger, Open Hardware Architect, Libre Solar Technologies GmbH, will give a presentation about “Open DC Grid – Microgrid Standard Based on Open Source for Energy Access Applications.”
The Open DC Grid project is an initiative to define an architecture to permit devices to exchange power using LVDC and document it in a standard that can be freely accessed and used by anyone. The standard is backed up by open-source hardware and software reference designs based on the Zephyr RTOS that can be used for testing and compatibility validation. This architecture can be used by any device, but the initiative is particularly focused on rural microgrids in energy access markets, emphasizing low-cost. By conforming to the standard, system vendors can source components and appliances from multiple vendors reducing their engineering expense and reducing the costs that end users pay for electricity. This presentation gives an overview of the initiative, the standard, the open hardware development by Libre Solar and our experience using Zephyr for power electronics control. Add this to your schedule here.
At 4:30-5 pm, Kate Stewart, Vice President of Dependable Embedded Systems at The Linux Foundation, will give a presentation about “Zephyr’s Path to Safety Certification.”
Safety critical applications require a high level of software dependability, which introduces new factors to consider for open source project development teams. In embedded applications, there can also be a high cost for doing updates in the field, thus reinforcing the need to provide high quality and careful analysis up front, to minimize security problems over time. The Zephyr project was started 5 years ago, with the goal of being a safe and secure RTOS that could be used where Linux is not an option, such as sensors and actuators. As these systems communicate to the edge / cloud devices, they need to be secure, as well. This talk will provide an overview of the best practices and transparency that Zephyr has adopted in the project to get it ready to go through analysis, and 3rd party certification, so it can be deployed with confidence in critical infrastructure applications. Add this session to your schedule here.
To view all of the presentations, visit the LF Energy Spring Summit website here: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/lf-energy-spring-summit/.
To register for the event ($50 US), click here.

The Frontier Conference 2021
2021-04-13 - 2021-04-14
On April 13-14, The Frontier Conference will bring in a global community of thought leaders across industry sectors cross-pollinating to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. The Frontier Conference grants access for your organization to connect with and get your brand in front of industry thought leaders, movers and shakers who can bring you into the fold of the worldwide innovation space.
The Zephyr Project will be represented by Kate Stewart, Vice President of Dependable Embedded Systems at The Linux Foundation. Kate will be speaking on a panel on April 13 at 7-7:45 am PST/ 9-9:45 am CST titled, “The Importance of People and Trust in Scaling Connected Systems.” She’ll be joined by Bob Mazer, Roy Timor-Rousso, CRO at JpU.io, and Jason Shepherd, VP of Ecosystems at ZEDEDA, will be moderating the session.
Zephyr is also media partner of the conference – if you would like to attend, use code “FR21LF10” for a 10% discount. Register for the conference here.
To learn more about the conference, visit the main conference page: https://www.thefrontier.co/.

(Webinar) Generating Software Bill Of Materials
2021-03-25 07:30 - 09:00
As part of the Linux Foundation, LF Live Mentorship Series, Kate Stewart, VP, Dependable Embedded Systems at The Linux Foundation, will present a webinar on Thursday, March 25 from 7:30-9 am PST titled, “Generating Software Bill of Materials.”

Having an accurate view of software being imported and used in systems has become increasingly important as we see more vulnerabilities emerge in the supply chain. By generating a Software Bill of Materials (or SBOM) we’re able to help with efficient analysis for security, licensing, and other use cases.
This mentoring session will provide an overview of some of options available for generating SBOMs as well as an overview of some open source tooling to assist with generation and consumption of SBOMs.
The session will begin with an overview by Kate Stewart (45 minutes) and will be followed by Q&A – an opportunity to both ask Kate questions and for group discussion (45 minutes).
Register for the webinar here.

Linaro Connect
2021-03-23 - 2021-03-25
Linaro will be hosting its annual conference virtually Linaro Connect on March 23-25. Zephyr will a focus of two sessions.

Check out the schedule here. Register for the conference here.

Embedded World
2021-03-01 - 2021-03-05
Embedded World, which takes place digitally on March 1-5, 2021, combine the best features of the trade fair and conference program in the virtual space. Last year, at Embedded World 2020, more than 900 exhibitors from 42 countries and more than 1500 attendees presented the entire value chain for embedded system technologies. The conference is expecting even more attendees and exhibitors for the 2021 conference.
The Zephyr Project has attended and exhibited the conference for three years in a row, except for 2020. The project will be at the 2021 conference with a booth as well as several member and community booths. Stay tuned here for more details.
Zephyr members RISC-V (Antmicro will exhibit at their booth), Nordic Semiconductor and NXP will also be at the event. Stop by their booths to see their latest products and solutions as well as speak with developers, ambassadors and Zephyr community members.
To register for the event or to check out the agenda, visit the Embedded World main conference page.

CES
2021-01-11 - 2021-01-14
CES, which takes place digitally on January 11-14, 2021, is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. A high-level business event that touches all industries, it’s the place where business gets done. CES is where every major technology company participates in some way — by exhibiting, speaking, sponsoring, attending or holding business meetings.
The Zephyr Project will be at the event for the first-time ever. Stay tuned here for more details about which members will be on-site to answer questions and which boards and products will be showcased. If you have questions, email info@www.zephyrproject.org.

To register for the event, visit the main CES website.

(Virtual) RISC-V Summit
2020-12-08 - 2020-12-10
The 3rd annual RISC-V Summit on December 8-10 will highlight the continued rapid expansion of the RISC-V ecosystem, presenting both commercial offerings and exciting open-source developments. The comprehensive 100% virtual event will feature keynotes from industry pioneers as well as thought-provoking panel discussions. Network with thought-leaders, technology companies, and researchers spearheading the adoption of this evolutionary change in the silicon market. To see the complete schedule, visit the main conference page: https://tmt.knect365.com/risc-v-summit/.
Join us for the Keynote Presentation on December 8 at 10 am: Building an Open Edge Machine Learning Ecosystem with RISC-V, Zephyr, TensorFlow Lite Micro and Renode

By moving closer to the edge, machine learning is profoundly changing the IoT landscape, where RISC-V is already seeing immense success. To be able to fully capitalize on the opportunities that arise from this trend, as well as tackle the related challenges, various communities must come together to create an open ecosystem of modern tools, frameworks and platforms that together will constitute a seamless environment for developers to build advanced ML applications on RISC-V.
The keynote panel will feature Tim Ansell (Google), Kate Stewart (Zephyr Project), Brian Faith (QuickLogic) and Michael Gielda (Antmicro) in a discussion of how the strengths of RISC-V, Zephyr RTOS, TensorFlow Lite and Renode can be combined to provide collaborative, software-driven, traceable ML development for the very edge. The participants will discuss how the vendor-neutral approach of RISC-V resonates with the foundational principles of the Zephyr RTOS and the Renode simulation framework, and how TensorFlow Lite Micro can leverage the open ISA and its tools to innovate in the ML domain also on the hardware level, e.g. using FPGAs or custom extensions. The discussion will also touch upon modern testing methodologies and HW-SW co-development enabled by Renode – already employed by Zephyr, Google’s TF Lite Team and QuickLogic – enabling efficient, deterministically testable ML development on RISC-V.

Register for the conference here.

(Virtual) Open Source Summit Japan
2020-12-02 - 2020-12-06
The Linux Foundation is excited to present Open Source Summit Japan as a virtual event on December 2-4. Attendees will have the ability to network with others, attend presentations with live Q&A, interact with sponsors and more! Registration is US $50. To register, visit the main conference website here: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-japan/register/.
On Wednesday, December 2 at 11:00-11:50 (Japan time) Kate Stewart, Senior Director of Strategic Programs at the Linux Foundation, will be speaking at the conference in a session titled, “Open Source in Safety Critical Applications.”
The last 20 years have seen a tremendous surge of new technologies and capabilities emerge from open source software. Open source building blocks have become increasingly attractive as the base for innovative new products. Safety critical applications are now starting to consider using them as well. This talk will look at some of the challenges and approaches to building trust and confidence in open source used in safety critical software coming to new products near you… or perhaps, even in you. Add this to your schedule here.
See the complete schedule for Open Source Summit Japan here.

(Virtual) Open Source Strategy Forum
2020-11-12 - 2020-11-13
Open Source Strategy Forum (OSSF) is the only conference dedicated to driving collaboration and innovation in financial services through open source software and standards. On November 12-13, experts across financial services, technology, and open source come together to engage in stimulating and thought-provoking conversations about how to best (and safely) leverage open source software to solve industry challenges.
To register, visit the main Open Source Strategy Forum website, here.
On Thursday, November 12 at 11:15 – 12 pm PDT, Kate Stewart, Senior Director of Strategic Programs for the Linux Foundation, will give a presentation titled, “The End Game for Open Source in Safety Critical Applications.”
The last 20 years have seen a tremendous surge of new technologies and capabilities emerge from open source software. Open source building blocks have become increasingly attractive as the base for innovative new products. Safety critical applications are now starting to consider using them as well. This talk will look at some of the challenges and approaches to building trust and confidence in open source used in safety critical software coming to new products near you… or perhaps, even in you.
Add it to your schedule here.
To see the complete program schedule, visit the main conference site here.

(Virtual) Zephyr Mini-Summit
2020-10-29 07:00 - 10:00
October 29, 2020 | 15:00 – 19:00 GMT (7-10 am PDT)
Registration Fees: Complimentary to all OSS+ELC EU Attendees
The Zephyr Mini-Summit is designed to introduce you to the leading Open Source RTOS built with safety and security in mind. Attendees will learn why Zephyr is gaining the attention of developers and product makers. This session will provide an overview of the latest technologies and plans emerging from the Zephyr community.
Attendees will learn:

Zephyr Overview (including current Use Cases)
State of Communication Stacks
LTS and Release Plans
Security
Safety Certification Plans
Panel Q&A

How to Register: Pre-registration is required. To register for (Virtual) Open Source Summit Europe, click here: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-europe/register/. To add the Zephyr Mini-Summit to your Open Source Summit Europe registration, click here: http://www.cvent.com/d/khqrr2/4W?ct=50221cf5-5496-4c34-9ec0-3b52b1bf1204 .

(Virtual) Open Source Summit Europe
2020-10-26 - 2020-10-29
Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2020 is a Virtual Experience, happening October 26-29 in the Greenwich Mean Time Zone.

Open Source Summit is the leading conference for developers, architects and other technologists – as well as open source community and industry leaders – to collaborate, share information, learn about the latest technologies and gain a competitive advantage by using innovative open solutions. Registration is US$50. To register, visit the main event website: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-europe/register/.
The Zephyr Project will be on-site at the event again this year with several speaking sessions and a Mini-Summit. Below are the Zephyr-related talks – add them to your schedule today!
Monday, October 26:
Game of Protocols: How to pick a network protocol for your IoT Project – Frederic Desbiens, Eclipse Foundation (4:15 – 5:05 pm GMT/8:15 am-9:05 am PDT)
MQTT, CoAP, DDS, OPC UA… IoT developers have many network protocols to choose from when starting an IoT project. But which one is the best for *your* specific use case? In this presentation, you will get an overview of the most widely supported IoT protocols and understand their pros and cons. You will also learn about applicable open source implementations supported on the Linux and Zephyr operating systems.
Full Stack Debugging: From CI to ISS – Alexey Brodkin, Synopsys (5:15 – 6:05 pm GMT/9:15 – 10:05 am PDT)
Sometimes you find yourself looking at something a tiny bit incorrect, like your CI machinery reports a couple of more failures than you expect (surely you want zero failures). So you decide to fix it. You try to reproduce it outside the CI and… everything just works. OK, then you know who’s guilty, right? That simple. And you ask your DevOps people to go fix their scripts. But apparently nothing helps, tests still fail in CI. And one fine day you decide to scratch that itch for real and start a journey down the rabbit hole. In this talk we’ll reconstruct one very real debugging session which started from Zephyr RTOS tests failing in Jenkins-based CI flow and ended deep in the guts of the instruction set simulator (ISS). One by one we’ll be inspecting possible faulty components (Jenkins, Shell & Python scripts used for test execution, Zephyr RTOS tests themselves and finally the simulator) until we may explain all the peculiarities observed before.
Tuesday, October 27:
LoRa/LoRaWAN in Zephyr – Manivannan Sadhasivam, Linaro (1 – 1:50 pm GMT/ 5 – 5:50 am PDT)
The Eclipse IoT Developer Survey 2019 showed that Zephyr had approximately 3% of the RTOS market share for IoT. And so the number should’ve increased by now. Zephyr is becoming the de facto Opensource RTOS for the IoT market due to its scalable and yet feature-rich nature. Zephyr already supports multiple SoC architectures and communication protocols. But for Zephyr to become an RTOS for Industrial and Smart city applications, it needs to support a communication technology that can transmit data at longer distances in a less congested spectrum. This is where LoRa (Long Range) communication technology by Semtech perfectly fits in. The basic LoRa support in Zephyr was added back in December 2019 and since then there has been a huge interest among the community to extend the support for it. More recently, a Pull Request has been submitted to add LoRaWAN support to Zephyr. This will provide true networking support to Zephyr over LoRa. This talk will briefly go over the LoRa/LoRaWAN support in Zephyr, the motivation behind adding support for it, future plans, etc…
New Power Management Framework in Zephyr – Wentong Wu, Intel (4:15 – 5:05 pm GMT/8:15 am – 9:05 pm PDT)
Zephyr will provide new interfaces and APIs for power management which are designed to be conveniently adapted to different SOCs and architectures. Another goal of the new design is to consume as little power as possible in a given system state and don’t waste energy when idle. The power management components are classified into five categories: pm policy, pm core, platform pm, device pm, device runtime pm. Every layer has been well considered and designed, many new technologies have been used and the implementation is ongoing, it will be ready in early September. In this presentation, Wentong Wu, the maintainer of Zephyr power management, will provide as much technical detail as possible and the benefit of the new power management framework. And finally, the future technical plans of Zephyr power management will be presented and discussed.
Thursday, October 29:
The Zephyr Mini-Summit (3 – 7 pm GMT/7 -10 am PDT)
The Zephyr Mini-Summit is designed to introduce you to the leading Open Source RTOS built with safety and security in mind. Attendees will learn why Zephyr is gaining the attention of developers and product makers. This session will provide an overview of the latest technologies and plans emerging from the Zephyr community.
Attendees will learn:

Zephyr Overview (including current Use Cases)
State of Communication Stacks
LTS and Release Plans
Security
Safety Certification Plans
Panel Q&A
