Rust on micro:bit

Code

Clone microbit-rs fork providing Rust code and examples:

git clone https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/microbit-rs

Install

1. Install Rust using Rustup
2. From the command line, install toolchain required for micro:bit target:

   rustup target add thumbv7em-none-eabihf # for micro:bit V2
   rustup target add thumbv6m-none-eabi    # for micro:bit V1

3. Install additional dependencies:

   cargo install probe-run flip-link

Example

With a connected micro:bit V2, the following example should run from the root of the microbit-rs repo:

cargo run --release --manifest-path ./examples/display-text-rtic/Cargo.toml --features v2 --target thumbv7em-none-eabihf

For a micro:bit V1:

cargo run --release --manifest-path ./examples/display-text-rtic/Cargo.toml --features v1 --target thumbv6m-none-eabi