Rust BLE Embedded Gamepad

Overview

Demo of bringing up Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) using Embedded Rust, by turning a BBC Microbit (nordic NRF52833) into a wireless game controller.

Prerequisites

• BBC micro:bit v2
• Gamepad Adapter

Setup

Flash the softdevice onto the micro:bit (only needed the first time you run it):

cargo install probe-rs --features cli
probe-rs-cli erase --chip nrf52833
probe-rs-cli download softdevice/s140_nrf52_7.3.0_softdevice.hex --format hex --chip nRF52833_xxAA

cargo run --release