Slint Bare Metal Microcontroller Rust Template

A template for a Rust Microcontroller(MCU) application that's using Slint for the user interface.

About

This template helps you get started developing a bare metal MCU Rust application with Slint as toolkit for the user interface. It shows how to implement the slint::platform::Platform trait, and displays a simple .slint design on the screen.

For a template about using Slint with an operating system (Desktop, or Embedded Linux), check out the classic template at https://github.com/slint-ui/slint-rust-template.

Usage

1. Install cargo-generate

   cargo install cargo-generate
   

2. Set up a sample project with this template

   cargo generate --git https://github.com/slint-ui/slint-mcu-rust-template --name my-project
   cd my-project
   

3. Run on the Desktop (Simulator)

   cargo run --features simulator
   

4. If you have a RaspberryPi Pico with a 2.8 inch Waveshare Touch Screen:

   a. Install the cargo extension to create UF2 images for the RP2040 USB Bootloader

   cargo install elf2uf2-rs --locked
   

   b. Run on the device

   cargo run --target=thumbv6m-none-eabi --features=pico --release
   

In order to port to your device, you will have to replace all the code that is specific to the RaspberryPi Pico. See also the instructions on https://slint-ui.com/snapshots/master/docs/rust/slint/docs/mcu/index.html

Next Steps

We hope that this template helps you get started and you enjoy exploring making user interfaces with Slint. To learn more about the Slint APIs and the .slint markup language check out our online documentation.