Bart Massey gave an enthusiastic talk at Rust Week 2025 about Embedded Rust. He presented the status and the unique position of Rust in this space. In the talk he encouraged everyone to get involved to make Embedded Rust even better. Highlighting ways in which we can contribute to making Embedded Rust better besides contributing code. Like providing better training materials, helping others or just spreading the word. All valuable contributions to enhance the experience and bring more people into the community.
The talk inspired me!
For a long time now, I've wanted to tinker more with electronics and microcontrollers. I do already have a Micro:bit development board laying around with a microcontroller well supported by Embedded Rust. Perfect opportunity for me to get into this space. The community in fact maintain a Rust book, The Rust Embedded Discovery MB2 Book, that focuses on getting started using this exact development board.
After seeing the talk I decided to buy a development kit from Nordic Semiconductor, the nRF52840-DK. This board has a similar microcontroller, but a lot of other capabilities compared to the Micro:bit. This kit should make it possible to further explore the world of Embedded Rust. Either using the training material from Nordic Semiconductor, or by exploring the Embassy project.
I will document my journey into Embedded Rust and share it with you on this site.
Thank you for reading!