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Matter, Thread & Zigbee: What IoT Developers Need to Know Before Choosing

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

If you’re building a connected product in 2026, you’ve almost certainly been asked: “Are you doing Matter or Zigbee?” The answer is less straightforward than the marketing suggests. Having recently built a working Matter pressure sensor on ESP32-C6 and gone through CSA certification on the Zigbee side, here are the practical differences that actually affect your development timeline, cost, and product viability.

Debugging a Blank Display on an Embedded Board

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The One-Line Fix That Took Days
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or: why your mental model of the hardware matters more than your register dumps
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A step-by-step debug walkthrough for diagnosing a blank display on an embedded board — the checks, tools and pitfalls from a real engineering project.

AI-Assisted Hardware-in-the-Loop for Embedded Linux

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

AI-Assisted Hardware-in-the-Loop for Embedded Linux
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AI coding assistants are genuinely useful for embedded Linux work — navigating unfamiliar build systems, writing device tree overlays, debugging kernel configs. But they hit a wall the moment physical hardware is involved. The agent can modify source files and run builds, but it cannot flash the board, watch it boot, or read back what happened.

CSA Testing — Lessons Learned

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

CSA Testing — Lessons Learned
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TL;DR — Lessons learned bringing Zigbee end devices through CSA certification testing: what to expect, common failure modes and how to prepare your firmware.

EFR32 — Accessing Serial Output via RTT from the Command Line

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

EFR32 — Accessing Serial Output via RTT from the Command Line
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Setting up Segger RTT for fast debug output on Silicon Labs EFR32 microcontrollers — practical configuration notes from an embedded engineering consultancy.

On-Device Elephant Detection with Edge Impulse and ESP32

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

On-Device Elephant Detection with Edge Impulse and ESP32
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Human-elephant conflict is one of the leading causes of elephant deaths across Southeast Asia. When herds move through farmland, the consequences for both people and animals can be severe. Early warning gives communities time to respond before a confrontation develops.

ESP32 — Enabling PSRAM

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

ESP32 — Enabling PSRAM
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How to enable and use PSRAM on the ESP32, with the configuration steps and gotchas you’ll hit in real firmware projects. Notes from an embedded consultancy.

ESP32 Partition Calculations

Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

ESP32 Partition Size Calculations
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How to calculate and configure ESP32 flash partitions for OTA updates, NVS and SPIFFS. A practical walkthrough from an embedded engineering consultancy.

Blogs on Electronics Consult

Matter, Thread & Zigbee: What IoT Developers Need to Know Before Choosing

Debugging a Blank Display on an Embedded Board

The One-Line Fix That Took Days #

or: why your mental model of the hardware matters more than your register dumps #