Welcome! This project is designed to run a baremetal rust program on the beaglebone black. I am actively developing the various modules for this project, and you can expect more support for board features over time.
My motivation for this project is primarily to act as a forcing function to help me practice writing technical articles. Each module I develop will eventually be turned into a blog post. Here is a list of the documentation I've written so far:
- Compiling: https://sharpcoder.medium.com/baremetal-rust-for-beaglebone-black-part-1-compilation-6609cdc2545c
- Creating a Stack Datastructure: https://medium.com/baremetal-rust/baremetal-rust-for-beaglebone-black-implementing-a-stack-6da5af43f677
You will need the following in order for the build.sh script to run successfully.
# Install gcc tools
sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-none-eabi
# Configure rust
rustup default nightly
rustup target add arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
Simply run the build.sh script. This will generate out/ files. The final is rom.img which you can flash to an SDCard. From there, you must hold down the "user program" button (labeled S2 on my beaglebone black) in order for the image to load.
The rom.img which is generated as part of the build process is a valid .img file and can be flashed with a variety of tools. On Windows, I use the Win32 Disk Imager application.
This project is primarily written in rust.
- (Primary board documentation) http://www.sal.wisc.edu/st5000/datasheets/tq-systems/spruh73p.pdf
- (My articles) https://medium.com/baremetal-rust
- (Details about Beaglebone) https://beagleboard.org/black