The Embedded Working Group Newsletter - 19
2019-10-03This is the 19th newsletter of the Embedded WG where we highlight new progress, celebrate cool projects, thank the community, and advertise projects that need help!
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Embedded Projects
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Google is working on a Coreboot replacement called Oreboot, i.e. Coreboot minus the 'C'. Slides for a talk about oreboot are also available.
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@eldruin released a platform-agnostic driver for the VEML6075 UVA and UVB light sensor (so you can optimize your suntan) and published a blog post with some pictures of the device in action.
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@therealprof wrote a blog post about porting an Embedded HAL impl of the digital::v1 traits for GPIOs to digital::v2.
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embedded-hal Ecosystem Crates
As part of the Weekly Driver Initiative, crates that are part of the embedded-hal ecosystem are now tracked in the Awesome Embedded Rust repository. Here is a current snapshot of what is available there:
| Type | Status | Count | Diff |
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| Peripheral Access Crates | released | 30 | +8 |
| HAL Impl Crates | released | 26 | +1 |
| Board Support Crates | released | 19 | +1 |
| Driver Crates Released | released | 27 | +2 |
| Driver Crates WIP | WIP | 68 | +1 |
| no-std crates | released | 28 | +2 |