Circuit Cellar 429 April 2026 (PDF)

Issue #429
April 2026
INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS

4 Static Libraries in the ESP IoT Development Framework Protecting Proprietary Source Code and More 
By Pedro Bertoleti

10 Analog Meets Digital Part 5: Power Supplies By Andrew Levido

20 Software-Defined Systems Reshaping the Future of Modern Cars By Conhas Thakkar 

24 Raspberry Pi in Real-World Industry Beyond the Classroom and into Edge Computing
By Ignacio Siccardi

30 A Tribute to Robert Tinney A Captivating Artist in the Early Days of Circuit Cellar
By Curtis Franklin

32 TECHNOLOGY FEATURE
IDEs Converge Toward VS Code Your Next IDE Might Look Very Familiar
By Curtis Franklin

38 DATASHEET  
Haptic Components Things That Go Buzz in the App Haptic Devices Bring Physical Feedback to the Human Interface
By Curtis Franklin

42 The Sensor Edge Meshtastic Telemetry Part 1: Sensors in the Real World
By Brian Chee

46 Modern Embedded Insights Getting Started with Zephyr RTOS
By Jacob Beningo

52 Start to Finish MCU Real-Time Tracing How to Trace MCU Code in (Almost) Real Time
By Stuart Ball

63 TECH THE FUTURE
The Future of Autonomous Transportation Wireless Convergence Reshaping Autonomous Transportation
By Jean Paul Talledo Vilela