What we've been reading in January (2026)

Hope everyone has had a great start to the year. Here are the articles, videos, and tools that we’ve been excited about this January!

What have you been reading? Share in the comments or on the Interrupt Slack.

Articles & Learning

• Logging RTT data directly to Google Sheets | M0AGX / LB9MG
  Neat discussion of a script that reads RTT data from a J-Link TCP socket

• Making C Less Dangerous in the Linux Kernel
  Shared by Interrupt community member Joshua Goldstein.

• Job Interview Questions for Embedded Systems Developers | Windriver
  Written and shared by Interrupt community member Esther Schindler.

• Coredump #020: The Hidden Architecture of Autonomy: How Skydio Drones Think, See, and Connect
  ICYMI, listen to #020 of the Coredump Webinar Series! François and Chris sat down with Ross Yeager, VP of Device Platform Software at Skydio. Ross walks through the embedded and software architecture behind Skydio’s platform, including the mix of microcontrollers, SoCs, sensors, and radios onboard each drone.

• MicroQuickJS | bellard/mquickjs
  From Fabrice Bellard (author of QEMU), a new JavaScript runtime for embedded systems – Noah

• MemBrowse
  A new cheap hosted solution that keeps track of firmware code size – Tyler

• Mousefood | ratatui/mousefood
  A tool to build embedded terminal UIs for microcontrollers – Tyler

• Explore the Stratosphere With a DIY Pico balloon | IEEE Spectrum
  High-altitude balloon with a Raspberry Pi Pico – Noah

News & Announcements

• Particle acquired by Digi | Particle Blog
  Particle got acquired by Digi (announced last week)

• Open Source Summit NA Call for CFPs
  Open Source Summit (OSS) is a conference umbrella composed of a collection of events covering the most important technologies, topics, and issues affecting open source today. This year, OSS North America will be May 18-20 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. CFPs are open through February 16!

Upcoming Events

• March 10-12, 2026 | Embedded World 2026
  The Embedded World Conference Program is live! Heading to Embedded World next month? With Memfault being part of Nordic Semiconductor this year, we will be at the Nordic Semiconductor booth. Come by and say hello! We will be at Hall 4A, Booth 310.

Gillian Minnehan is a firmware solutions architect at Memfault. Gillian previously worked on embedded software teams in space and defense.