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27 d ago
Meta open-sourced device SDKs and firmware that connect an ESP32 board or a Raspberry Pi to its Muse app. ESP32 gadgets can show images, handle audio and read sensors; Linux gadgets run custom commands for sysadmin or Home Assistant chores. The README points coding agents to an AGENTS.md in each directory.
2 mo ago
Arduino released App Lab 0.10 with Agentic Mode, which connects a bring-your-own-key model to an UNO Q project through MCP and the App CLI. Claude is the first supported provider. The agent can create and edit files, run and stop the App and read errors as they happen. The post does not show it reaching the board's pins directly.
3 mo ago
HARDWARIO published a repository on 30 June that holds its TOWER IoT kit's protocol, STM32L083 firmware, CLI, flasher and hardware-in-the-loop bench. It began as a Claude Code control plane over submodules and is now a Rust monorepo with agent instructions. The README says bench runs flash a physical Core Module and measure power with a PPK2.
5 mo ago
Memfault released an MCP server with 12 read-only tools covering devices, issues, metrics and software versions. In the launch post, Claude Code finds the day's worst new crash, matches its stack trace to the checked-out firmware and drafts a fix. A GitHub MCP server opens the pull request. Memfault says the tools cannot change devices or trigger OTA updates.
5 mo ago
Penglin Dai and co-authors describe AutoMCU, an LLM multi-agent system that designs neural networks to fit a microcontroller's RAM and flash limits. Vendor toolchain checks reject candidates that would not fit before any training. The paper reports competitive CIFAR accuracy after 1 to 2 hours of customization and tests on several STM32 parts; no code is linked.
5 mo ago
Espressif published a recap on 14 May of ESP32 projects from Anthropic's Code with Claude event, where each attendee got an ESP32-S3 M5Stack Cardputer. Attendees described a program in plain language, and Claude Code wrote and flashed it. The post also covers Claude Desktop Buddy, a BLE reference design on the M5StickC Plus, and Espressif's own ESP Desktop Buddy library.
