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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "What we've been reading this Spring/Early Summer (2026)" |
| 3 | +description: |
| 4 | + Here are the articles, videos, tools, and announcements we've been excited |
| 5 | + about in March through June 2026. |
| 6 | +author: gminn |
| 7 | +tags: [roundup] |
| 8 | +--- |
| 9 | + |
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| 11 | + |
| 12 | +It is officially the heart of summer! ☀️ Here are the articles, tools, and |
| 13 | +announcements that we've been excited about since last time. |
| 14 | + |
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| 16 | + |
| 17 | +What have you been reading? Share in the comments or |
| 18 | +[on the Interrupt Slack](https://interrupt-slack.herokuapp.com/). |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +## Articles & Learning |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +- [**VIC-II Chip Technical Reference | Zimmers.net**](https://www.zimmers.net/cbmpics/cbm/c64/vic-ii.txt)<br> |
| 23 | + Old-school game development and firmware have a lot in common. – François |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +- [**Cloning a Sennheiser BA2015 Accu Pack | brixit**](https://blog.brixit.nl/cloning-a-sennheiser-ba2015-accu-pack/)<br> |
| 26 | + A deep dive into reverse engineering and recreating a smart battery pack. – |
| 27 | + Noah |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +- [**Hosting a Website on an 8-bit Microcontroller | Maurycy's Projects**](https://maurycyz.com/projects/mcusite/)<br> |
| 30 | + A fun tour of serving a website from a tiny microcontroller. – Noah |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +- [**Using an LLM to Design a RISC-V CPU | arXiv**](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.08716)<br> |
| 33 | + Using an LLM to design a RISC-V CPU (pdf warning). – Noah |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +- [**CHERIoT First Silicon | CHERIoT**](https://cheriot.org/silicon/2026/03/04/cheriot-first-silicon.html)<br> |
| 36 | + The CHERIoT project has first silicon, and |
| 37 | + [CHERI Linux](https://cheri-linux.org/) is also looking workable. – Ash |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +- [**How a Broken Bike Sync Led Me to Reverse Engineering My Wahoo’s Hidden Debug Mode**](https://noahclements.com/Wahoo-Bolt-Hidden-Debug-Mode/)<br> |
| 40 | + Reverse engineering the Wahoo ELEMNT Bolt v3 BLE protocol unlocked a hidden |
| 41 | + debug mode. – Jon |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +- [**TLS Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) RFC**](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9849.html)<br> |
| 44 | + TLS Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) RFC is now published. – Noah |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +- [**Intentional flash corruption for STM32 microcontrollers | xarantolus**](https://blog.010.one/Dont-snipe-me-in-space-intentional-flash-corruption-for-stm32-microcontrollers)<br> |
| 47 | + Interrupt community member Mo Ger shared that provoking flash corruption in |
| 48 | + order to test ECCD handling was something they recently needed for work, so |
| 49 | + this article proved to be quite useful for them! |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +- [**The overclocked timer | Mr. PY**](https://mrpy.hashnode.dev/the-overclocked-timer)<br> |
| 52 | + Interrupt community member Andrew Kohlsmith shared that this article was a |
| 53 | + well-written horror story of an overclocked timer and marathon debug session. |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +## Projects & Tools |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +- [**LightInk | Hackaday.io**](https://hackaday.io/project/205564-lightink)<br> |
| 58 | + Very impressive battery life on an ESP32 watch project, achieved by booting |
| 59 | + and running directly from RTC RAM instead of the typical flash boot path. – |
| 60 | + Noah |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +- [**Xteink X4 with Open Source Firmware | Concretedog**](https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2026/04/xteink-x4-with-open-source-firmware.html)<br> |
| 63 | + A small e-ink reader with open source firmware and a nice web flashing tool. |
| 64 | + – Noah |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +- [**Kindle Typewriter | Adafruit Blog**](https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/04/25/kindle-typewriter/)<br> |
| 67 | + More e-paper shenanigans. – Jon |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +- [**KiCad 10.0.0 Released | KiCad**](https://www.kicad.org/blog/2026/03/Version-10.0.0-Released/)<br> |
| 70 | + Kicad v10.0.0 is out- changes include hopover display for non-connected wires |
| 71 | + in schematic mode, very nice! – Noah |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +- [**Rugix delta update cost-savings calculator**](https://rugix.org/docs/ctrl/updates/delta-updates/#cost-savings-calculator)<br> |
| 74 | + Rugix has a neat cost-savings calculator. – Ash |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +- [**dangdo44/sky130_adder_4bit | GitHub**](https://github.com/dangdo44/sky130_adder_4bit)<br> |
| 77 | + Interrupt community member Dangdo shared a hands-on tutorial they developed |
| 78 | + for embedded developers interested in ASIC design. It covers the manual design |
| 79 | + flow of a 4-bit ripple-carry adder using the SKY130 open-source PDK and |
| 80 | + open-source EDA tools. |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +## News & Announcements |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +- [**Linux Drivers for the ESP32-E22 Wi-Fi Module | CNX Software**](https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/06/13/espressif-esp32-e22-wifi-6e-module-gets-wi-fi-certified-certificate-an-open-source-wifi-and-bluetooth-linux-drivers/)<br> |
| 85 | + Espressif's ESP32-E22 Wi-Fi 6E module gets Wi-Fi certification, along with |
| 86 | + open source Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Linux drivers. – Noah |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +- [**Web Serial Support in Firefox | Mozilla Hacks**](https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/05/web-serial-support-in-firefox/)<br> |
| 89 | + Web Serial support is finally landing in Firefox. – Ash |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +- [**Flattened Image Tree Spec Hits 1.0 | Phoronix**](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Flat-Image-Tree-1.0)<br> |
| 92 | + The Flattened Image Tree (FIT) specification has reached 1.0. – Noah |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +- [**Zephyr Cyber Resilience Act Compliance | Zephyr Docs**](https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/security/standards/cyber-resilience-act.html)<br> |
| 95 | + Zephyr now has a dedicated page documenting Cyber Resilience Act compliance. |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +- [**Embedded World EU 2027 Call for Proposals**](https://events.componeers.net/embedded-world-conference/)<br> |
| 98 | + The CFP for Embedded World EU 2027 is open! Abstracts are due September 28th. |
| 99 | + The conference will be March 16-18 this upcoming year. |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | +## Upcoming Events |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | +- [**Nordic Webinar: Firmware Vulnerability Scanning in nRF Cloud | July 9th, 2026**](https://webinars.nordicsemi.com/events/57933710962?n=Firmware%20Vulnerability%20Scanning%20in%20nRF%20Cloud&event_id=57933710962&hsLang=en)<br> |
| 104 | + We are hosting a webinar for anyone who wants to learn more about our |
| 105 | + expanding CRA focused offering aimed at helping IoT device manufacturers |
| 106 | + monitor CVEs in their firmware and understand real fleet exposure. There will |
| 107 | + be a |
| 108 | + [US session](https://webinars.nordicsemi.com/events/57933710962?n=Firmware%20Vulnerability%20Scanning%20in%20nRF%20Cloud&event_id=57933710962&hsLang=en) |
| 109 | + and an |
| 110 | + [EU session](https://webinars.nordicsemi.com/events/57933151558?n=Firmware%20Vulnerability%20Scanning%20in%20nRF%20Cloud&event_id=57933151558&hsLang=en). |
| 111 | + Join us! |
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