Introduction to Embedded Systems with Rust

Course details

Get an introduction to embedded systems in this course with developer Senyo Simpson. Senyo covers the basics—the what and why of embedded systems, the typical components on an embedded system, and how to develop applications for an embedded system.

This course focuses on using Rust—an increasingly popular language—to develop applications and shows you how to set up a development environment that works with Rust. Learn how to build small applications using the language as Senyo guides you through writing your first program in Rust. Plus, gain an understanding of the hardware running embedded systems, as well as how to debug the applications you’ve created.

Learning objectives
Explain and describe what embedded systems are, why we use them, and the challenges of writing applications for embedded systems (in comparison to software for general purpose computers).
Know the main components of an embedded system and can explain at a high level what they do.
Be able to write basic programs that interact with these components in the Rust programming language.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Rust on Embedded Systems
02 - What you should know

1. Introduction to Embedded Systems

03 - What are embedded systems
04 - Challenges writing embedded software

2. Write Your First Program

05 - Setting up the development environment
06 - Writing your first program - Using no std
07 - Writing your first program - Defining the panic handler
08 - Writing your first program - The main function, part 1
09 - Writing your first program - The main function, part 2

3. Understanding the Embedded System Hardware

10 - Interrupts
11 - Registers
12 - Understanding the control registers
13 - Programming registers
14 - Clocks
15 - Timers
16 - Programming timers

4. Debugging Programs

17 - Debugging

Conclusion

18 - Advanced topics and next steps

Introduction to Embedded Systems with Rust

Authors

Senyo Simpson