Embedded Systems Weekly – Issue 58

Issue 58 – 24 June 2016

Hardware

World’s First 1,000-Processor Chip

A microchip containing 1,000 independent programmable processors has been designed by a team at the University of California, Davis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.Share on Twitter ∙ Share on Facebook

Inside the tiny RFID chip that runs San Francisco's 'Bay to Breakers' race

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Bluetooth PS2 Controller Mod Adapter (Arduino Gamepad Hack)

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Software

Apache Mynewt RTOS for IoT Includes an Open Source Bluetooth 4.2 LE Stack for MCUs

The Apache Software Foundation has recently released version 0.9 Apache Mynewt open source real-time operating systems for micro-controllers under… an Apache 2.0 license. The RTOS works on STMicro STM32 Cortex-M4, and Arduino Zero / M0 Cortex-M0 boards, but they’ve also implemented the first open source Bluetooth Low Energy stack for MCUs, starting with support for Nordic Semi nRF52 Cortex-M4 and nRF51 Cortex-M1 evaluation boards, and acting as a replacement for Nordic SoftDevice Bluetooth Smart / LE solution.
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Exploiting Recursion in the Linux Kernel

On June 1st, Jann Horn reported an arbitrary recursion bug in the Linux kernel that can be triggered by a local user on Ubuntu if the system was installed with home directory encryption support. Share on Twitter ∙ Share on Facebook

Checked C

An extension to C developed by Microsoft with builtin detection or prevention of buffer overruns, out-of-bounds memory accesses, and incorrect type castsShare on Twitter ∙ Share on Facebook

Embedded Systems Security: BusyBotNet

A fork of busybox that aims to add dozens of security tools to embedded devicesShare on Twitter ∙ Share on Facebook

Misc

Car Hacker's Handbook

Diving in ECUs architectures and communication networks of modern cars by Craig Smith, founder of opengarages.orgShare on Twitter ∙ Share on Facebook

Doing Linux Sysadmin Tasks From Your 8-Bitter

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