Integrate Memfault into a Zephyr RTOS project to capture coredumps and upload them to the Memfault cloud

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Verified steps

  1. Add the Memfault Zephyr module to your west manifest and run west update; enable it in your project by adding CONFIG_MEMFAULT=y and CONFIG_MEMFAULT_NCS_PROJECT_KEY=YOUR_PROJECT_KEY (or CONFIG_MEMFAULT_PROJECT_KEY for non-NCS projects) in prj.conf
  2. Configure the device serial, hardware version, and software version via Kconfig (CONFIG_MEMFAULT_DEVICE_INFO_*) so that each device appears with the correct identity in the Memfault dashboard
  3. Implement the memfault_platform_coredump_storage_regions function (or use the built-in flash storage backend) to point the coredump writer at an unused flash region
  4. Add a transport mechanism: on cellular or Wi-Fi devices, call memfault_packetizer_get_chunk() in a background task to retrieve chunks and POST them to https://chunks.memfault.com/api/v0/chunks/<device_serial> with the Memfault-Project-Key header
  5. Trigger a test fault (e.g., a Zephyr kernel oops) and reboot; on the next connection the coredump chunks should upload and a new issue should appear in the Memfault console
  6. Set up alert rules in Memfault to notify on new crash signatures and track crash-free session metrics in the fleet dashboard

Known gotchas

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