Embedded Rust Training in Dublin, Ireland

This training provides a deep dive into Embedded Systems Programming using Rust, focusing on safety, performance, and reliability for resource-constrained environments. Participants will learn how Rust’s ownership model, zero-cost abstractions, and strong type system make it ideal for embedded development.

Introduction to Embedded Rust

• Why Rust for Embedded Systems

• Comparison with C/C++

• Embedded Rust ecosystem overview

• Rust toolchain for embedded development

Rust Language Fundamentals for Embedded

• Ownership, borrowing, and lifetimes

• Stack vs heap in embedded environments

• Error handling without exceptions

• Zero-cost abstractions

Embedded Development Environment Setup

• Installing Rust toolchains and targets

• Cargo for embedded projects

• Cross-compilation basics

• Using rustup and target specifications

Bare-Metal Programming with Rust

• no_std and core libraries

• Startup code and linker scripts

• Memory layout and stack management

• Writing bare-metal Rust applications

Microcontroller Architecture & HALs

• Understanding MCU architecture

• Rust Embedded HAL

• Working with vendor-specific HALs

• GPIO, timers, and interrupts

Peripheral Interfaces

• UART, SPI, and I2C communication

• ADC and PWM basics

• Sensor interfacing

• Writing and using device drivers

Concurrency and Real-Time Concepts

• Interrupt handling in Rust

• Shared resource management

• Mutexes and critical sections

• Introduction to RTIC (Real-Time Interrupt-driven Concurrency)

Debugging and Testing Embedded Rust

• Debugging tools (GDB, probe-rs)

• Logging and tracing

• Unit testing with embedded targets

• Hardware-in-the-loop testing

Performance Optimization & Safety

• Memory optimization techniques

• Power-efficient programming

• Safe vs unsafe Rust in embedded

• Common pitfalls and best practices

Hands-on Exercises

Summary and Conclusion