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Nov 14 2022

Bluetooth Mesh networking pathfinding algorithm development using Renode

Bluetooth Mesh networking pathfinding algorithm development using Renode

Antmicro’s open source Renode simulation framework offers support for the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol and multi-node simulation capabilities, which makes it a great environment for development, debugging and testing of local area radio networks, such as IoT consumer devices, smart home applications or multi-sensor telemetry systems. On top of device-level debugging through virtual machine code execution, Renode features probabilistic packets loss simulation, global network state analysis and, perhaps most notably in this case, automated testing of various network configurations with the Robot Framework. Read more

Oct 26 2022

Renode now supports .NET 6

Renode now supports .NET 6

The latest version of Antmicro’s open source simulation framework, Renode 1.13 was released some months ago, bringing a variety of improvements all across the board. Since then, there have been even more updates in the form of 1.13.1 and 1.13.2, reflecting the rapid development of the framework. One of the most significant changes for the long term development of Renode, but perhaps less prominently discussed so far while the work was underway, is introducing support for the .NET 6 runtime, alongside the original Mono framework that Renode was built around. Read more

Oct 4 2022

Demystifying software - different methods of execution tracing with Renode

Demystifying software - different methods of execution tracing with Renode

Tracing software execution on real hardware can be challenging, as to access the internal state of the components and the software itself you often need to attach specialized debugging hardware or instrument the source code. Since additional hardware can throw off the timing of events and desynchronize the whole system, and instrumented software may not always be able to use the highest level of compiler optimization, the gathered information may not be the same as for the normal binary. Read more

Sep 2 2022

Renode gains support for Maxim Integrated’s MAX32650

Renode gains support for Maxim Integrated’s MAX32650

Antmicro assists its customers in developing products using advanced methodologies based on open source tools, and where the relevant tools don’t exist, not shying away from building them. The need to deterministically simulate complex hardware sparked the creation of Renode, the open-source development framework, which can help product development teams implement test-driven workflows throughout all the stages of their product’s lifecycle. Read more