A weekly chat about all things Zephyr RTOS—community news, technical discussions, and more.

The Zephyr Podcast
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A weekly chat about all things Zephyr RTOS—community news, technical discussions, and more.
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June 26, 2026
The "K" That Saved 30K
<ul> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/111884"><code>snprintk()</code> vs.</a> <a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/111884"><code>snprintf()</code> </a></li> <li>Linux 7.2 <a href= "https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Drops-strncpy">drops <code>strncpy()</code></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glXA3ObwSwQ">Steam Machine teardown</a>, and another kite spotted inside</li> <li><a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/develop/west/zephyr-cmds.html#software-bill-of-materials-west-spdx"> SPDX 3</a> SBOM support lands in Zephyr, a day before it <a href= "https://lore.kernel.org/linux-spdx/178215830073.1395317.8452895579708677139.pr-tracker-bot@kernel.org/T/#t"> merged in the Linux kernel</a>.</li> <li>Web-based <a href="https://kartben.github.io/spdx3_viz/">SPDX 3 visualization tool</a>, for browsing the dependency graph, sources, licenses, ... from your SBOM.</li> <li>Standalone <a href="https://github.com/hlord2000/zuf2/">UF2 USB MSC bootloader</a></li> <li>Where <a href= "https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-samd/commit/d3802b5745a1e74df5dea34b672f2afbd694de00"> double-tap reset</a> actually came from (Arduino, around April 2015, on a SAMD21 board)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.hackster.io/iotengineer22/ghost-edge-ai-sticker-908eb8"> Ghost edge AI sticker</a>, a flexible nRF54L15 PCB with vibration and temperature sensing</li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/issues/111834">GigaDevice</a> ramping up their Zephyr efforts</li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/111531">Twister post-build checks</a> flag stray Git repos pulled in during CI</li> <li>A <a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/109777">WCH QingKe Debug Module console driver</a>, single-pin <tt>printf</tt>-style logging in the spirit of Arm SWO</li> <li><a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/kernel/cleanup.html#block-scoped-guards"> <code>scoped_guard()</code> and <code>scoped_cond_guard()</code></a>, Python-<code>with</code>-style auto-releasing locks for C</li> <li>ZMS' <a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/services/storage/zms/zms.html#available-space-calculator"> interactive storage calculators</a></li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108410">UDP logging backend for coredump</a></li> <li><a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/shields/mikroe_two_wire_eth_click/doc/index.html"> MikroElektronika Two Wire ETH Click</a>, a tiny 10BASE-T1S single-pair Ethernet shield</li> <li>Four new <a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/index.html#name=b-m2mem"> ST B-M2MEM-PACK1</a> M.2 memory packs, hexa/octa-SPI flash and RAM on an M.2-style connector</li> <li><a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/ti/am243x_evm/doc/index.html"> TI AM243x-EVM</a>, Sitara with dual R5 clusters, a Cortex-M4, gigabit Ethernet, EtherCAT, and PCIe</li> <li>One last nudge to fill out the <a href= "https://zephyrproject.org/devsurvey2026">Zephyr Developer Survey</a> before it closes!</li> </ul> <div class="listing__description"> <div class="listing__description"> <div class="listing__description"> <div class="listing__description"> <p>Join us on Discord! // #podcast at <a href= "https://chat.zephyrproject.org/">https://chat.zephyrproject.org</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div>

June 19, 2026
FIDO2 Comes to Zephyr
<ul> <li>The <a href= "https://www.hackster.io/news/the-new-orange-pi-6-is-way-more-powerful-than-your-current-sbc-42744f98815c"> Orange Pi 6</a>, a 12-core Cortex-A720 SBC, maybe powerful enough for hardware-in-the-loop CI</li> <li>Shell <a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/110368">command chaining</a> with <code>&&</code></li> <li>A <a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/111029">VirtIO input driver</a> bringing touch, mouse, and keyboard to QEMU</li> <li>A <a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/services/authentication/fido2/index.html"> FIDO2/CTAP2 authenticator</a> subsystem, with a button-press <a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/samples/subsys/authentication/fido2/README.html"> sample</a></li> <li>A native <a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/110846">u-blox M10</a> GNSS driver</li> <li>A <a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/111189">Linux LED <tt>native_sim</tt> driver</a> that maps host LEDs to Zephyr LED devices</li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/110278">Hardware JPEG encoding</a> on STM32 H7/H5/U5</li> <li>A native <a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/109912">LR1121</a> LoRa driver, sub-GHz and 2.4 GHz</li> <li>Ebyte <a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/ebyte/e80_900mbl_01/doc/index.html"> E80</a> node and <a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/ebyte/eora_hub_900tb/doc/index.html"> EORA hub</a> gateway, both LR1121-based</li> <li>The Arm <a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/arm/fvp_corstone1000/doc/index.html"> Corstone-1000 A320 FVP</a> (the chip, not the Airbus)</li> <li>The <a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/muselab/nano_ch32v317/doc/index.html"> MuseLab nanoCH32V317</a>, RISC-V with on-chip Ethernet PHY and high-speed USB</li> <li>The <a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/beagle/beagleconnect_zepto/doc/index.html"> BeagleConnect Zepto</a>, a tiny MSPM0 Click carrier</li> <li>Several new CAN boards from <a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/index.html#vendor=canmodule"> CANmodule</a></li> <li>The <a href= "https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-hardware/nRF54L15-tag"> nRF54L15 Tag</a>, coin-cell-sized with dual antennas and Bluetooth channel sounding</li> <li>A reminder to fill out the <a href= "https://zephyrproject.org/devsurvey2026">Developer Survey</a> and send topics for ZDS in Prague: <ul> <li><a href="https://bit.ly/3P8vqqM">ZDS Call for Papers</a></li> <li><a href="https://forms.gle/AfRDE36Nxuhyfqur7">Zephyr Maintainers Forum</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div class="listing__description"> <div class="listing__description"> <div class="listing__description"> <p>Join us on Discord! // #podcast at <a href= "https://chat.zephyrproject.org/">https://chat.zephyrproject.org</a></p> </div> </div> </div>

June 12, 2026
The Native Sim-phony
<ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/torvalds/GuitarPedal">Linus' guitar pedal project</a>, and why it clearly needs Zephyr next</li> <li>RISC-V Summit Europe recap: QEMU, custom instructions, DSPs, and low-power cores</li> <li><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7468777945881288704/"> ETM tracing</a>, CoreSight, and "time-travel" debugging</li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107668">Testplan v2</a> for faster, smarter CI</li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/110717">CMake unity build</a> experiments</li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108332">ESP-NOW broadcast sample</a> and ESP32 <a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108362">WPA Enterprise</a> support</li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/105614">Realtek Ameba</a> Wi-Fi support</li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/109522">BCM2711 framebuffer</a> driver for Raspberry Pi</li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/109898"><tt>native_sim</tt> DMIC</a> and <a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/109902">I2S file backend</a> for audio testing</li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/110390">DMIC shell</a></li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108756">nPM10xx LED</a> driver and <a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/110819">fake LED controller</a></li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107644">ARMv8-A AArch32</a> execution state support</li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/110315">DPLPMTUD probe tracking</a> for QUIC</li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/103204">Neighbor Awareness Networking</a>, aka Wi-Fi Aware</li> <li>Experimental <a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/105299">Model Context Protocol</a> support</li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108619">Mutex misuse detection</a> and <a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/110539">reverse iterable sections</a></li> <li><a href= "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108055">Himax HX8353E</a> display driver</li> <li>New shields and boards: <a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/shields/mikroe_eeram_33v_click/doc/index.html"> MikroElektronika EERAM 3.3V Click</a> and <a href= "https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/armfly/stm32h743xih6/doc/index.html"> Armfly STM32H743XIH6</a></li> <li>Upcoming <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/meet-zephyr-project-community-upcoming-events-around-m9bre"> Zephyr meetups</a> and <a href= "http://zephyrproject.org/devsurvey2026">developer survey reminder</a></li> </ul> <div class="listing__description"> <div class="listing__description"> <p>Join us on Discord! // #podcast at <a href= "https://chat.zephyrproject.org">https://chat.zephyrproject.org</a></p> </div> </div>
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