Embedded Rust

This is a curated list of resources related to embedded and low-level programming in the programming language Rust, including a list of useful crates.

Table of contents

• Community
• Books, blogs and training materials
• Tools
• Device crates
  • Nordic
  • NXP
  • STMicroelectronics
  • MSP430
• HAL implementation crates
  • OS
  • Nordic
  • NXP
  • STMicroelectronics
  • Texas Instruments
• Architecture support crates
  • ARM
• Board support crates
  • Nordic
  • NXP
  • STMicroelectronics
• Driver crates
  • WIP
• no-std crates
• Rust forks
  • AVR
• License

Community

In 2018 Rust community has created an embedded workgroup to help drive adoption in the Rust ecosystem.

• Embedded WG, including newsletters with progress updates.

• You can usually find the members of the embedded WG on the #rust-embedded channel (server: irc.mozilla.org).

• embedded.rs Telegram chat about Rust for microcontrollers in Russian language.

Books, blogs and training materials

• Discovery by @japaric — this book is an introductory course on microcontroller-based embedded systems that uses Rust as the teaching language.
• Exploring Rust on Teensy by @branan — Beginner set of articles on getting into embedded dev in Rust.
• Pragmatic Bare Metal Rust A starter article about starting Rust development on STM32 microcontrollers (cubeMX + FFI).
• Using Rust in an Embedded Project: A Simple Example Article and some links on setting up Rust cross-compiling.
• Robigalia IoT operating system in Rust running on secure seL4 microkernel.
• Tock An embedded operating system designed for running multiple concurrent, mutually distrustful applications on low-memory and low-power microcontrollers
• intermezzOS A small teaching operating system in Rust. A book with some explanations is also included.
• Raspberry Pi Bare Metal Programming with Rust
  • 32-bit Version (most Pi1 and Pi2 variants) A starter article on OSdev with Rust on RPi (cross-compiler setup and a very basic LED-blinking kernel).
  • 64-bit Version (Pi2 Model B v1.2 and all Pi3) A growing collection of tutorials, from simple booting to interfacing components like UARTs or random number generators; Features a painless cross-toolchain setup.
• Fearless concurrency by @japaric — How to easily develop Rust programs for pretty much any ARM Cortex-M microcontroller with memory-safe concurrency.
• RTFM v2 Real-Time For the Masses — Cortex-M programming framework for building concurrent applications.
• cortex-m rtfm RTFM framework for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers
• msp430 rtfm RTFM framework for MSP430 MCUs
• FreeRTOS.rs Rust interface for the FreeRTOS API

Tools

• xargo Rust package manager with support for non-default std libraries — build rust runtime for your own embedded system.
• svd2rust Generate Rust structs with register mappings from SVD files.
• μtest unit testing for microcontrollers and other no-std systems.
• bindgen Automatically generates Rust FFI bindings to C and C++ libraries. -
• cortex-m semihosting Semihosting for ARM Cortex-M processors

Device crates

Register definition for microcontroller families. Usually generated using svd2rust. -

NOTE You may be able to find even more device crates by searching for the svd2rust keyword on crates.io!

Nordic

• nrf51 Peripheral access API for nRF51 microcontrollers (generated using svd2rust) -

NXP

• lpc82x -
• mkw41z -
• k64 -

STMicroelectronics

• stm32f042 -
• stm32f103xx Peripheral access API for STM32F103XX microcontrollers (generated using svd2rust) -
• stm32f100xx Peripheral access API for STM32F100XX microcontrollers (generated using svd2rust) -
• stm32f30x Peripheral access API for STM32F30X microcontrollers (generated using svd2rust) -
• stm32f429 Peripheral access API for STM32F429 microcontrollers (generated using svd2rust) -
• stm32l151 -

MSP430

• msp430g2553 Peripheral access API for MSP430G2553 microcontrollers (generated using svd2rust)
• rust on msp Simple blinking LED example that runs on MSP430.
• msp430 quickstart some examples for msp430

HAL implementation crates

Implementations of embedded-hal for microcontroller families and systems running some OS. -

NOTE You may be able to find even more HAL implementation crates by searching for the embedded-hal-impl and embedded-hal keywords on crates.io!

OS

• linux-embedded-hal for embedded Linux systems like the Raspberry Pi. -

Nordic

• nrf51-hal -

NXP

Also check the list of NXP board support crates!

• lpc82x-hal

• mkw41z-hal -

STMicroelectronics

Also check the list of STMicroelectronics board support crates!

• stm32f042-hal -
  • Has examples that can run on boards like the Nucleo-F042K6 and similar boards

• stm32f103xx-hal
  • Has examples that can run on boards like the Blue pill, Nucleo-F103RB and similar boards

• stm32f30x-hal -

• stm32f429-hal -

• stm32l151-hal -

Texas Instruments

• tm4c123x-hal

Architecture support crates

Crates tailored for general CPU architectures.

ARM

• cortex-m Low level access to Cortex-M processors

Board support crates

Crates tailored for specific development boards.

Nordic

• microbit - micro:bit -

NXP

• frdm-kw41z - FRDM-KW41Z -

STMicroelectronics

• nucleo-f042k6 - Nucleo-F042K6
• nucleo-f103rb - Nucleo-F103RB
• f3 Board Support Crate for the STM32F3DISCOVERY -
• blue-pill Board Support Crate for Blue Pill.

Driver crates

Platform agnostic crates to interface external components. These crates use the embedded-hal interface to support all the devices and systems that implement the embedded-hal traits.

The list below contains drivers developed as part of the Weekly Driver initiative and that have achieved the "released" status (published on crates.io + documentation / short blog post).

1. L3GD20 - SPI - Gyroscope - Intro blog post -
2. LSM303DLHC - I2C - Accelerometer + compass (magnetometer) - Intro blog post -
3. MCP3008 - SPI - 8 channel 10-bit ADC - Intro blog post -
4. ENC28J60 - SPI - Ethernet controller - Intro blog post -
5. MCP3425 - I2C - 16-bit ADC - Intro blog post -
6. SGP30 - I2C - Gas sensor - Intro blog post -
7. HTS221 - I2C - Humidity and temperature sensor - Intro blog post -

NOTE You may be able to find even more driver crates by searching for the embedded-hal-driver keyword on crates.io!

WIP

Work in progress drivers. Help the authors make these crates awesome!

• MFRC522 - SPI - RFID tag reader/writer
• MPU9250 - SPI - Accelerometer + gyroscope + compass
• motor-driver - Motor drivers: L298N, TB6612FNG, etc.
• MAG3110 - I2C - Magnetometer
• SI5351 - I2C - clock generator
• SI7021 - I2C - Humidity and temperature sensor
• MAX7219 - SPI - LED display driver
• DS3231 - I2C - real time clock
• BH1750 - I2C - ambient light sensor (lux meter)
• SHT2x - I2C - temperature / humidity sensors
• INA260 - I2C - power monitor -
• SSD1306 - I2C - OLED display driver
• ILI9341 - SPI - TFT LCD display
• HD44780 - Parallel port - LCD controller
• MCP9808 - I2C - Temperature sensor -
• MMA7660FC - I2C - 3-axis accelerometer
• AXP209 - I2C - Power management unit
• DS3234 - SPI - Real time clock
• PCD8544 - SPI - 48x84 pixels matrix LCD controller
• HC-SR04 - DIO - Ultrasound sensor
• AFE4400 - SPI - Pulse oximeter
• SX1278 - SPI - Long range (LoRa) transceiver
• RFM69 - SPI - ISM radio transceiver
• LS010B7DH01 - SPI - Memory LCD
• MAX31855 - SPI - Thermocouple digital converter
• SHT3x - I2C - Temperature / humidity sensors
• SX1509 - I2C - IO Expander / Keypad driver

no-std crates

#![no_std] crates designed to run on resource constrained devices.

• bit_field: manipulating bitfields and bitarrays -
• heapless: provides Vec, String, LinearMap, RingBuffer backed by fixed-size buffers -
• managed: provides ManagedSlice, ManagedMap backed by either their std counterparts or fixed-size buffers for #![no_std]. -
• smoltcp: a small TCP/IP stack that runs without alloc

Rust forks

AVR

• AVR Rust Fork of Rust with AVR support.

License

This list is licensed under

• CC0 1.0 Universal License (LICENSE-CC0 or https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode)