Feb 26
2021
Throughout Renode’s history, our open source framework has been applied in a variety of use cases, some of them entirely expectable, given that the tool was initially created to cover embedded software development and testing needs, while others quite ingenious. Recently, a growing trend has seen Renode gain many users in education contexts, with the forced switch to distance learning as well as the general increase in popularity of online education making Renode’s ability to abstract out the physical component from edge device development a valuable asset. Read more
Dec 4
2020
As more and more companies, organizations and educational institutions are using Renode's hardware simulation and testing capabilities, we get a lot of questions along the lines of "Can I run my board in Renode and how complicated is it?" One such inquiry came our way in some pretty unique circumstances last year when we bumped into Xobs, one of the lead engineers behind the Precursor project, at the last Hackaday Superconference - back in the seemingly distant past when we still had in-person events! Read more
Nov 24
2020
Version 1.11 of Antmicro’s open source Renode simulation framework is already available. As usual, the new release introduces a range of features, modifications and fixes, enabling developers to design complex embedded IoT systems more effectively than ever before. Read more
Oct 28
2020
The increasing availability of small, machine learning-capable devices is adding fuel to the growth of IoT, enabling ML tasks to be distributed from the cloud closer to where the data is produced. However, the development of complex edge-to-cloud ML systems which may involve many small, wirelessly-connected nodes, requires a new approach to designing and configuring complex systems of devices that enables testing at scale in a repeated and deterministic manner. Read more
Sep 7
2020
The increasing complexity of IoT applications comes with a bigger risk of potential cyber-attacks that can target multiple layers and components of a system. The ever-growing Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) list, with thousands of entries related to both hardware and software, constantly reminds system architects that security should be one of the industry’s top concerns. Read more