Zbus 2030: Community-Driven Directions for Zbus

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Survey runs June 7–Aug 22 and collects 55 survey responses showing mainly experienced embedded software engineers across all continents using Zbus mostly for IoT and consumer electronics, typically one‑to‑many intermodule IPC on ARM cores and Zephyr 3.3–3.7. Roadmap items include multiprocessor agent proxies (UART and RPMsg demos), ProtoBuffers support requested, improved trace/debug via zview and logging, and a critical note to attach message subscribers to a thread to avoid priority inversion with HLP. Documentation, static vs dynamic allocation, and C++ macro issues need work.

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1. 0:00Zbus 2030 survey intro
2. 1:06Survey methodology
3. 3:17Zbus user geography
4. 4:43Zephyr versions and UX
5. 5:49Zbus use cases
6. 7:20Industry vs academic adoption
7. 8:01Zbus communication patterns
8. 9:49Zbus benefits and goals
9. 11:16Core coupling importance
10. 12:44Zbus external integration
11. 13:48Zbus features and Protobuf
12. 15:13Zbus debugging and logging
13. 16:41Zbus ease of use
14. 18:51Zbus top features
15. 20:16Priority inversion in subscribers
16. 22:46Selling with Zbus
17. 23:28Zbus architecture impact
18. 24:29Alternatives considered
19. 25:55Community feedback
20. 26:37Simpler Zbus examples
21. 27:40Compatibility and innovation
22. 28:44Static vs dynamic memory
23. 31:36Zbus for embedded constraints
24. 32:38Memory management challenges
25. 33:19C++ compatibility and macros
26. 34:07Subscriber type choices
27. 35:11Virtual distribution and listeners
28. 36:39Low memory handling
29. 37:44Q&A
30. 38:06Q&A: Agent proxies
31. 39:29Q&A: Message buffer sizing
32. 41:01Q&A: Subscribers and priority

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