Programming The Arduino Due in Rust

Rust on Arduino Due

Tim Kellogg@kellogh

Source: https://github.com/tkellogg/dueboot

Getting started on OSX:• http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoDue• brew install rust• brew install llvm --all-targets• edit Rakefile of dueboot repository

• As fast as C/C++• No manual memory management, no GC• Functional goodies• Built-in unit testing• Polymorphism (but no inheritance)• Compiles to ARM (Android, Raspberry Pi, Due)

CPU Power?

Battery Life?

Quality?

Ariane 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYUrqdUyEpI

"We've demonstrated how as little as a single bit flip can cause the driver to lose control of the engine speed in real cars due to software malfunction that is not reliably detected by any fail-safe"

• Buffer overflow• Unsafe casting• Race conditions between tasks

C binding generator:https://github.com/crabtw/rust-bindgen

Remaining Issues• Heap allocations• Interrupts as Tasks• Non-trivial language features

Book: Practical Internet of Things

@kellogh