rust

Even for space systems, TCP/IP is oftentimes an important component in some shape or form because the majority of development might still occur on ground where an internet connection is still available. The special thing about space is that instead of using newline and/or UTF-8 based data, the data is generally in binary format and packet based. The most prevalent of the space packet standards is probably the CCSDS Space Packet Protocol....

After exploring Rust for smaller bare-metal systems like Cortex-M based microcontrollers, I am trying to learn using Rust when using a Linux runtime. The most common example for this is the Raspberry Pi, but there are a lot of other boards out there which support Embedded Linux, for example the Beagle Bone Black or Xilinx hybrid CPU / FPGA solutions like the Zynq 7020. Embedded Linux Boards: Raspberry Pi Image Source...

In my last blog post, I described how I set up a small Rust ecosystem for the Vorago REB1 development board. This development board also has a MAX11619 10-bit ADC device by Maxim devices. I thought this was a good opportunity to develop my first device driver crate because there isn’t one for this device yet. The REB1 development board also has a 2K potentiometer connected directly to a channel of the ADC which makes testing convenient....

UPDATE 2024 I have recently converted the VA108xx Rust support into monocrates which can now be found here. I have also started working on the support for the VA416XX family of devices which can be found here. The new repositories also now use the embedded-hal v1 release. Blogpost The last few weeks I have been busy diving into the Rust ecosystem and learning the language through practical projects. I finishing the excellent Rust book and the Rust Embedded Book first and then tinkered with Rust on some STM32 MCUs....