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Love computers and coding. While I'm particularly passionate about Rust, it's not the only language I work with. Recently started loving embedded programming

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Pico and oled example circuit

Pico and oled example circuit

⚑️impl Rust for Pico - Embedded Programming with Rust

- If you have an older Raspberry Pi Pico(RP2040 chip) and want to learn Embedded Rust, this book is for you

- Ported from the "Pico Pico" book which is written for Raspberry Pi Pico(RP2350 chip)

github.com/ImplFerris/r...

#rustlang #embedded

08.02.2026 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cool πŸ‘

08.02.2026 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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⚑️ Using PIO for LED Blinking on Raspberry Pi Pico in Embedded Rust

- Intro to PIO in Raspberry Pi Pico

- Simple PIO assembly code to blink LED

- Guide to use the PIO Simulator to visually understand the signal generated corresponding to asm

rp2040.implrust.com/pio/index.html

#rustlang #embedded

08.02.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pio simulator

Pio simulator

Blinking LED the hard way with PIO in Raspberry Pi Pico

Nice simulator

07.02.2026 06:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Litebox overview

Litebox overview

πŸ¦€ Microsoft's New Open-Source Project: LiteBox As A Rust-Based Sandboxing Library OS

> A sandboxing library OS that drastically cuts down the interface to the host, thereby reducing attack surface

www.phoronix.com/news/Microso...

GitHub:
github.com/microsoft/li...

#rustlang #linux

05.02.2026 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

impl Rust for Rp2040

03.02.2026 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I meant to ask which one you have ?

30.01.2026 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you have Pico(RP2040) or Pico(RP2350)?

#embeded #pico #raspberrypi

30.01.2026 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
WhatsApp architect overview and rust

WhatsApp architect overview and rust

πŸ¦€ WhatsApp adopts Rust for media security

> Rust version showed performance and runtime memory usage advantages over the C++

> We anticipate accelerating adoption of Rust over the coming years

engineering.fb.com/2026/01/27/s...

#rustlang #whatsapp

29.01.2026 05:48 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Uart transmission decoded by the pulseview

Uart transmission decoded by the pulseview

⚑ Analyzing UART Signals in Embedded Rust Using a Cheap USB Logic Analyzer

> Send text over UART from a Raspberry Pi Pico and inspect the signal with a logic analyzer

blog.implrust.com/posts/2026/0...

28.01.2026 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
logic analyzer output

logic analyzer output

⚑️Using a Cheap USB Logic Analyzer for Embedded Rust Debugging

- A beginner-friendly post on logic analyzers (Rust is a small part of the post).

> Focuses on understanding samples, capture duration, and reading waveforms with PulseView.

blog.implrust.com/posts/2026/0...

#rustlang #embedded

26.01.2026 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just watched a video short(AI generated I think) referring to ESP32 as "E S P 3 2" (Three Two) 😢

Do you pronounce it as "Thirty two" or "Three Two"?

24.01.2026 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Circuit diagram from the book shows the connection between pico and oled display

Circuit diagram from the book shows the connection between pico and oled display

πŸ¦€ Free Book - Learn Embedded Rust with Raspberry Pi Pico

- Aimed towards hobbyists. Learn to work with sensor, RFID, sdcard and others

- Book has now been revised. It is open source available on GitHub. For any feedback, you can raise the GitHub issue

pico.implrust.com/index.html

#rustlang

22.01.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Embedded Rust πŸ₯°

22.01.2026 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Intro to Embedded Rust - Part 1: What is Rust? | DigiKey
YouTube video by DigiKey Intro to Embedded Rust - Part 1: What is Rust? | DigiKey

Rust has been gaining traction for a few years, and it's becoming more usable in the #embedded space. In my latest series, I cover the basics of #Rust and build up to using it on an #RaspberryPiPico 2. Check out the first video here:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz-v...

#microcontroller #programming

22.01.2026 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Meme from toy story with title "I don't want to play with you anymore". But with caption of "after seeing zed editor performance" dropping vs code logo

Meme from toy story with title "I don't want to play with you anymore". But with caption of "after seeing zed editor performance" dropping vs code logo

I was thinking today, If Zed improved the git panel, it would be great

Just went ahead and checked the status of git diff. The new PR merged an hour ago 🀩

github.com/zed-industri...

#zed #vscode

22.01.2026 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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No wonder reddit rust hates AI

20.01.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Digital oscilloscope DSO138 displaying a square wave. The oscilloscope is connected to GND and CLKOUT pins of Waveshare breakout board for PCF8563 real time clock chip, which in turn is connected to Seeedstudio Xiao ESP32C3 microcontroller board.

Digital oscilloscope DSO138 displaying a square wave. The oscilloscope is connected to GND and CLKOUT pins of Waveshare breakout board for PCF8563 real time clock chip, which in turn is connected to Seeedstudio Xiao ESP32C3 microcontroller board.

Good news everyone! That solder-it-yourself digital oscilloscope I put together some time ago is actually useful! Here showing the 32Hz output on the PCF8563 clockout pin. Neat! #rustlang #embedded

18.01.2026 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
"All of the product code that we deploy to end users and customers is currently in Rust. We do EEG analysis with our software and that's being deployed to ICUs, intensive care units, and patient monitors." -- Rust developer at a medical device company

"All of the product code that we deploy to end users and customers is currently in Rust. We do EEG analysis with our software and that's being deployed to ICUs, intensive care units, and patient monitors." -- Rust developer at a medical device company

πŸ¦€ What does it take to ship Rust in safety-critical?

blog.rust-lang.org/2026/01/14/w...

#rustlang #embedded

15.01.2026 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Infrastructure Team 2025 Q4 Recap and Q1 2026 Plan | Inside Rust Blog Want to follow along with Rust development? Curious how you might get involved? Take a look!

The #rustlang infra team just published a new blog post to summarize the most important achievements of Q4 and what we plan to do in Q1 2026

blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust...

13.01.2026 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Drone

Drone

✈️ Flight Controller running on copper-rs: Adding Optical Flow & Range Sensors [tutorial]

> Copper is to robots what a game engine is to games - build, run, and replay your entire robot deterministically

youtu.be/TB4oo9S3pfw

GitHub Project:
github.com/copper-proje...

#rustlang #robotics #embedded

13.01.2026 04:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GitHub - wezterm/picocalc-wezterm: A hardware WezTerm running on the PicoCalc A hardware WezTerm running on the PicoCalc. Contribute to wezterm/picocalc-wezterm development by creating an account on GitHub.

πŸ¦€ WezTerm for PicoCalc

> Implementation of an ssh client and terminal emulator that runs on a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W installed in a PicoCalc

> PicoCalc, a Pico-based portable device with a screen, keyboard, and SD card

github.com/wezterm/pico...

#rustlang #embedded #pico2

11.01.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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crates.io: Rust Package Registry

Integrated a preprocessor mdbook-tabs into a chapter to provide two tutorial paths: one for users with a debug probe, and one using USB serial

crates.io/crates/mdboo...

#rustlang #pico

11.01.2026 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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EchoKit EchoKit is an open-source platform that helps you build your own voice-based AI assistant β€” combining both hardware and software in one unified stack. You can assemble a smart, customizable device tha...

πŸ¦€ EchoKit, Build your own voice-based AI assistant

> ESP32-S3 development board with other components

> Open-source, Written in Rust

echokit.dev/docs/intro

#rustlang #embedded #esp32

10.01.2026 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&str While adding a failing test to the Rust compiler, I stumbled upon a peculiar code generation test: pub fn thirteen_ref(input: …

this is a very fun #rustlang blog post

ohadravid.github.io/posts/2026-0...

09.01.2026 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
The Rapier physics engine 2025 review and 2026 goals | Dimforge 🎊🎊🎊 Happy new year 2026 everyone! 🎊🎊🎊

The Rapier physics engine 2025 review and 2026 goals

> Rapier is a set of 2D and 3D physics engines for games, animation, and robotics. These crates are rapier2d, rapier3d, rapier2d-f64, and rapier3d-f64.

dimforge.com/blog/2025/01...

#rustlang

10.01.2026 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

> Built around a Raspberry pi Pico and connects to your PC over usb to send user configurable HID keyboard and mouse events

05.01.2026 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot from the video showing shared code snippet between firmware and wasm part

Screenshot from the video showing shared code snippet between firmware and wasm part

πŸ¦€ DPedal : an Open Source and DIY directional foot pedal

- It has intuitive controls for up, down, left and right plus some extra buttons, which can be mapped to anything at all

Firmware written in Rust(embassy)

github.com/rukai/DPedal

Detailed video
youtu.be/cKfQDGv7vjg

#rustlang #embedded

05.01.2026 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's Mifare 1k memory layout. Just for the RFID chapter.

02.01.2026 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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