The Zephyr Podcast

The Zephyrtastic Episode

* Build there, flash here [https://github.com/Mattemagikern/Lace/blob/master/tether] workflow for remote builds and local flashing * A Zephyr-native Meshtastic stack [https://github.com/kartben/meshtastic-zephyr], with LoRa, Protobuf, GNSS, sensors, MQTT and more * minmax.h [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/109231] cleanup for the new lowercase min/max macros * Min/max constraints [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107190] for devicetree binding properties * BCM2711 mailbox controller [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107536] support for Raspberry Pi * nsim_mount [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107662], a native_sim filesystem for mounting host directories * A new DALI lighting subsystem [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/88128] * DT_DESCENDANT_NUM_ON_BUS [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/96213] devicetree helper * CS40L26/27 [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/106934] haptic driver support * Titan Micro TM6605 [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/shields/dfrobot_gravity_tm6605/doc/index.html] LRA haptic driver * LP586x [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108801] I2C LED matrix driver * New and updated boards: Arduino Nesso N1 [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108505], Wio Tracker L1 [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/seeed/wio_tracker_l1/doc/index.html], W6100-EVB-Pico2 [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/wiznet/w6100_evb_pico2/doc/index.html], KC868-A8 [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/kincony/kincony_kc868_a8/doc/index.html] * The Zephyr Developer Survey 2026 [https://zephyrproject.org/devsurvey2026] is open! * The Documentation Working Group RFC and Robotics WG have been created [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/wiki/Zephyr-Committee-and-Working-Groups] * Upcoming Zephyr meetups [https://www.zephyrproject.org/events/] in London, Wrocław, Vienna, Sapporo, Lyon, and more Join us on Discord! // #podcast at https://chat.zephyrproject.org

My IPv6 Mouse Runs SSH

* Search boards by available RAM/Flash [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108888] in the board catalog. * New Documentation Working Group RFC [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/issues/109060] * The very important days without GitHub incident [https://www.dayswithoutgithubincident.com/] counter * Daniel Stenberg on curl, AI reports, and high-quality chaos [https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/04/22/high-quality-chaos/] * Mythos finding a curl vulnerability [https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/05/11/mythos-finds-a-curl-vulnerability/] * Shell alias support [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107542] * A proposed buzzer subsystem [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108911] for portable beeps and tones * Reversing devicetree dependencies [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108892] for tricky initialization-order cases * HTTP/3 server support [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/106359] on top of QUIC * SSH support [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107110], including a shell backend * IPv4 routing [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108520] support in Zephyr's networking stack * MMIO latch GPIO [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/105732] driver * New boards: Pico Ultra [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/luckfox/pico_ultra/doc/index.html], Trenz Electronic TE0950 [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/trenz/te0950/doc/index.html], SC-OBC Module V1 [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/sc/scobc_v1/doc/index.html], and Heltec T114 v2 [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/heltec/heltec_t114_v2/doc/index.html] * Don't forget the CFP for Zephyr Developer Summit [https://sessionize.com/open-source-summit-europe26] / Open Source Summit Europe! Join us on Discord! // #podcast at https://chat.zephyrproject.org [https://chat.zephyrproject.org/]

Smart Amps and Smarter Docs

* Valve publishes Steam Controller 3D files [https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/SteamHardware/SteamController] and STEP/STL models * The weekly "is GitHub broken? [https://www.githubstatus.com/]" weather forecast * cpu_freq thermal cap constraints [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108242] for runtime frequency scaling * GPIO keys shutdown behavior [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108294] and low-power pin handling * Twister multi-DUT testing [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/develop/test/twister.html#twister-multi-duts-testing] for coordinated tests across multiple devices * DEVICE_API_EXTENDS [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/106371] for devices exposing multiple APIs * More options for HTTP client shell commands [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108229] * TAS2563 [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/103148] I2S smart amplifier driver * FDC1004 [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107233] 4-channel capacitance sensor * Renesas SLG47910 FPGA [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107551] driver * Kapa.ai [https://www.kapa.ai/] chatbot now live in the Zephyr documentation [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/] * New shields and boards: M5Stack Unit Gesture [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/shields/m5stack_unit_gesture/doc/index.html], Arduino Nesso N1 [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/arduino/nesso_n1/doc/index.html], Tomu [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/kosagi/tomu/doc/index.html], XIAO ESP32C5 [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/seeed/xiao_esp32c5/doc/index.html], FlySky FS-i6S [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/flysky/fs_i6s/doc/index.html], Alif Balletto B1 [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/alif/balletto_b1_dk/doc/index.html], and reTerminal E1003 [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/seeed/reterminal_e1003/doc/index.html] * CFP is open [https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-europe/program/cfp] for Open Source Summit Europe / Zephyr Developer Summit Join us on Discord! // #podcast at https://chat.zephyrproject.org [https://chat.zephyrproject.org/]

Press Any Kite to Start

* Linus Torvalds merges a 138k lines-of-code removal [https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Removes-Old-Net] in Linux networking * Highlights from Git 2.54 [https://github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-54/], including git history, split, and replay * WPA3 support for AIROC [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108213] and nRF Wi-Fi [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/106082] * Valve's new Steam Controller teardown [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVRfie61QyE], with Zephyr spotted in the firmware * Mapped partitions and ranges [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/108213] cleanup * Mermaid diagram support [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/105991] for Zephyr documentation * A new fixed-size FIFO [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/98255] implementation * Remote shell clients [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107243] support * Silergy SY6974B [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107439] 3A single-cell charger driver * EL073TF1 Spectra 6 [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107510] color e-ink display support * Sensylink CHT8315 [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/106391] temperature and humidity sensor * PAC194x [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/105902] multi-channel power monitor * Generic GPIO bitbang PWM [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/106536] driver * New boards: Sipeed M1S Dock [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/sipeed/m1s_dock/doc/index.html], Sipeed M0Sense [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/sipeed/m0sense/doc/index.html], and XIAO ESP32C5 [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/seeed/xiao_esp32c5/doc/index.html] * Zephyr 4.4's Bluetooth LE Host qualification [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/releases/release-notes-4.4.html#:~:text=Bluetooth%20LE%20Host%20qualification] * Upcoming events: RISC-V Summit Europe [https://riscv-europe.org/summit/2026/] and Open Source Summit North America [https://www.zephyrproject.org/event/open-source-summit-north-america-2026/] Join us on Discord! // #podcast at https://chat.zephyrproject.org [https://chat.zephyrproject.org/]

More Architectures Than IPs

* Yes, seriously: an IETF draft for IPv8 [https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-thain-ipv8-00.html] * More Zephyr-adjacent goodness in Framework hardware, with ZMK [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgZlzCd0DUU&t=1819s] powering the new keyboard * Windows 9x for Linux [https://codeberg.org/hails/wsl9x], because running a Linux kernel as a Windows 95 application is apparently a thing * ST's beefy STM32H7RS [https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32h7r7-7s7.html] "boot flash enabled" Cortex-M7 MCU * PebbleOS on Zephyr [https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/04/21/porting-pebbleos-to-zephyr/], spotted via Adafruit * OpenDeck [https://github.com/shanteacontrols/opendeck], a Zephyr-based hardware and software platform for MIDI controllers * New processor architectures coming: TriCore [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107516] and Hexagon [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107122] * A lightweight serial IPC backend [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107464] using COBS * PTP IEEE 802.3 transport [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/106464] support lands after a thorough review cycle * HTTP/3 [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/106359] support follows up on the recently merged QUIC work * A proposed Robotics Working Group [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LpmsIbbjHpWGnjszRY1L7-0rWLly0gNDMwK_fA2YdBA/edit?tab=t.0] for Zephyr * A kinematic tree subsystem RFC [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/issues/107078] for modeling robotics-style mechanical structures * Seeed Studio's COB LED driver board [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107839] support * Shell aliases [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107542] for taming long Zephyr shell command hierarchies * An overhaul of testplan discovery [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/107668] on pull requests, with hopes for faster and more accurate CI * The e-ink-powered BeagleBadge [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/beagle/beaglebadge/doc/index.html] board * CRSF remote controller support [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/106941] for drones, rovers, and other robotics use cases * A native LoRaWAN backend [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/105077], including OTAA and Class A support * The AD-APARDPFW-SL [https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/shields/ad_apardpfw_sl/doc/index.html] shield for single-pair Ethernet experiments * ADP5360 PMIC [https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/105258] support, showing another nice multi-function device integration Join us on Discord! // #podcast at https://chat.zephyrproject.org [https://chat.zephyrproject.org]