The product launch was successful, but after a few firmware releases we received alerts from the device management system telling us that there were intermittent problems. Problems that we could not reproduce.
If you’ve been building embedded systems for a while, chances are you know Percepio for Tracealyzer. For over a decade, Tracealyzer has been helping engineers visualize and solve complex RTOS issues But in 2025, embedded systems demand more. They’re always on. Always connected.
Regulations like the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) are top of mind for many in the embedded software world right now, and understandably so. But as disruptive as these mandates might feel, they also present an opportunity to strengthen the software we build, far beyond compliance.
At Percepio, we appreciate Zephyr’s hardware abstraction and kernel architecture, which make it easy to get up and running on a wide range of hardware. Thanks to this, we have validated that Percepio Tracealyzer works on over 600 Zephyr-supported development boards.
This update provides various bug fixes and also been verified to support FreeRTOS 11, including multicore SMP traces. There are also minor improvements for Zephyr in the TraceRecorder library. See https://percepio.com/update for details.
The world of embedded systems grows ever more sophisticated and software-centric. In this new landscape,a reactive, fire-fighting mentality is no longer sufficient. Developers need a proactive strategy to gain continuous visibility into system behaviour—a strategy known as observability-driven development (ODD).
FreeRTOS 11 introduced symmetric multi-processing (SMP) support in the mainline kernel, meaning a single FreeRTOS kernel is managing multiple processor cores. Percepio Tracealyzer has supported FreeRTOS for many years and we have now verified the support FreeRTOS 11, including SMP systems.
There have been significant improvements in Tracealyzer over the last years. If you haven’t tried it in a while—or if you’re just getting started—here are some tips and tricks that can be handy when analyzing your FreeRTOS applications. As you may know, the...
Later this fall, Percepio will release Detect, a powerful quality and testing tool designed to enhance systematic testing and observability for embedded software developers. A pre-release version will soon be made available through Percepio’s Detect Early Access Program.
You hear us at Percepio talking about Observability a lot. Let me share with you the reasons we are putting so much emphasis on our Continuous Observability solutions.
Today, we’re excited to share how the Joanneum Racing team from the University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria, leveraged Percepio Tracealyzer to optimize a custom Battery Management System (BMS) for their electric formula racing car.
Software complexity grows exponentially, developer efficiency grows far slower. Siloed views for development, integration, testing, deployment, and field maintenance leads to massive value being locked in due to lack of comprehensive observability. Development never stops, and that is why we never stop talking about continuous observability.
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