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Embedded Rust skill for bare-metal microcontroller development. Use when using probe-rs or cargo-embed for flashing and debugging, setting up defmt logging, using the RTIC framework, configuring cortex-m-rt startup, writing no_std + no_main firmware, or choosing between panic-halt and panic-semihosting. Activates on queries about embedded Rust, probe-rs, cargo-embed, defmt, RTIC, cortex-m-rt, no_std embedded, or panic handling in embedded Rust.
npx skill4agent add mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills embedded-rust# Cargo.toml
[package]
name = "my-firmware"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2021"
[dependencies]
cortex-m = { version = "0.7", features = ["critical-section-single-core"] }
cortex-m-rt = "0.7"
defmt = "0.3"
defmt-rtt = "0.4"
panic-probe = { version = "0.3", features = ["print-defmt"] }
# Embassy (async embedded) — alternative to RTIC
# embassy-executor = { version = "0.5", features = ["arch-cortex-m"] }
[profile.release]
opt-level = "s" # size optimization for embedded
lto = true
codegen-units = 1
debug = true # keep debug info for defmt/probe-rs
# .cargo/config.toml
[build]
target = "thumbv7em-none-eabihf" # Cortex-M4F / M7
[target.thumbv7em-none-eabihf]
runner = "probe-rs run --chip STM32F411CEUx" # auto-run after build
rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=-Tlink.x"] # cortex-m-rt linker script// src/main.rs
#![no_std]
#![no_main]
use cortex_m_rt::entry;
use defmt::info;
use defmt_rtt as _; // RTT transport for defmt
use panic_probe as _; // panic handler that prints via defmt
#[entry]
fn main() -> ! {
info!("Booting up!");
// Access peripherals via PAC or HAL
let _core = cortex_m::Peripherals::take().unwrap();
// let dp = stm32f4xx_hal::pac::Peripherals::take().unwrap();
loop {
info!("Running...");
cortex_m::asm::delay(8_000_000); // rough delay
}
}| MCU family | Target triple |
|---|---|
| Cortex-M0/M0+ | |
| Cortex-M3 | |
| Cortex-M4 (no FPU) | |
| Cortex-M4F / M7 | |
| Cortex-M33 | |
| RISC-V RV32IMAC | |
rustup target add thumbv7em-none-eabihf# Install probe-rs
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/probe-rs/probe-rs/releases/latest/download/probe-rs-tools-installer.sh | sh
# Flash firmware
probe-rs run --chip STM32F411CEUx target/thumbv7em-none-eabihf/release/firmware
# Interactive debug session
probe-rs debug --chip STM32F411CEUx target/thumbv7em-none-eabihf/release/firmware
# List connected probes
probe-rs list
# Supported chips
probe-rs chip list | grep STM32cargo# Using the runner in .cargo/config.toml
cargo run --release # builds, flashes, and streams defmt logs
cargo build --release # build onlyuse defmt::{info, warn, error, debug, trace, Format};
// Basic logging
info!("Temperature: {} °C", temp);
warn!("Stack usage: {}/{}", used, total);
error!("I2C error: {:?}", err);
// Derive Format for custom types
#[derive(Format)]
struct Packet { id: u8, len: u16 }
info!("Received: {:?}", pkt);
// Assertions (panic with defmt message)
defmt::assert_eq!(result, expected);
defmt::assert!(condition, "message with {}", value);# RTT (fastest, needs debug probe connected)
defmt-rtt = "0.4"
# Semihosting (slower, works without RTT support)
defmt-semihosting = "0.1"// Cargo.toml
// rtic = { version = "2", features = ["thumbv7-backend"] }
#[rtic::app(device = stm32f4xx_hal::pac, peripherals = true, dispatchers = [SPI1])]
mod app {
use stm32f4xx_hal::{pac, prelude::*};
use defmt::info;
#[shared]
struct Shared {
counter: u32,
}
#[local]
struct Local {}
#[init]
fn init(cx: init::Context) -> (Shared, Local) {
info!("RTIC init");
periodic_task::spawn().unwrap();
(Shared { counter: 0 }, Local {})
}
#[task(shared = [counter])]
async fn periodic_task(mut cx: periodic_task::Context) {
loop {
cx.shared.counter.lock(|c| *c += 1);
info!("Count: {}", cx.shared.counter.lock(|c| *c));
rtic_monotonics::systick::Systick::delay(500.millis()).await;
}
}
#[task(binds = EXTI0, local = [], priority = 2)]
fn button_isr(cx: button_isr::Context) {
info!("Button pressed!");
}
}| Crate | Behavior | Use when |
|---|---|---|
| Infinite loop | Production, no debug probe |
| defmt message + halt | Development with probe-rs |
| GDB semihosting output | Development with GDB |
| Hard reset | Watchdog-style recovery |
# Choose exactly one panic handler
[dependencies]
panic-halt = "0.2" # or:
panic-probe = { version = "0.3", features = ["print-defmt"] }skills/embedded/openocd-jtagskills/rust/rust-no-std#![no_std]skills/embedded/linker-scriptsskills/rust/rust-cross