rust_stm32f446re_blinky

• A mini application to demonstrate embedded development using Rust. Created using a NUCLEO-F446RE development board. Blinks an LED on pin PA5.

• The application uses Visual Studio as IDE to build source files and flash the board.

• The repository provides a compressed cargo package located in rust_stm32f446re_blinky\toolchain\cargo\bin.7z. Unpack the cargo package before building the application.

Using rust_stm32f446re_blinky with visual Studio (Windows)

Required tools

• Visual Studio

cross compilation

• After unpacking the zip folder (bin.7z), open a CMD window and run the following commands

- rustup default stable
- rustup target add thumbv7em-none-eabihf
- cargo install cargo-embed cargo-binutils

Build the rust_stm32f446re_blinky application

• Open the solution rust_stm32f446re_blinky.sln in the ./rust_stm32f446re_blinky directory.
• Select the stm32f446re_blinky_build configuration.
• Then rebuild the entire solution.

Flash NUCLEO-F446RE with rust_stm32f446re_blinky

• connect the NUCLEO-F446RE board to your pc
• Select the stm32f446re_blinky_flash configuration.
• Then rebuild the entire solution.

Using rust_stm32f446re_blinky in Linux

Cross-compilation installation

- curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
- rustup target add thumbv7em-none-eabihf
- cargo install cargo-embed cargo-binutils

Build application

- cargo build

flash target (NUCLEO-F446RE)

- cargo embed

Continuous integration and quality

Testing and continuous integration runs on GitHub Actions.

An additional quality check rustfmt is performed on a pull request and merge to master.

Useful Rust references

• https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
• https://github.com/probe-rs/cargo-embed/blob/master/src/config/default.toml