Awesome ESP Rust

A curated list of resouces for development in the Rust programming language for ESP32, ESP32-C2/C3/C6, ESP32-H2, and ESP32-S2/S3.

Table of Contents

• Community
• Books, Blogs, and Training Materials
• Video Courses and Talks
• Tools
• Templates
• Open Hardware
• Projects
  • std
  • no_std
• License

Community

You can usually find community members (including some employees of Espressif) in the #esp-rs:matrix.org Matrix room.

Books, Blogs, and Training Materials

• [EN] The Rust on ESP Book - The goal of this book is to provide a comprehensive guide on using the Rust programming language with Espressif SoCs and modules.
• [EN] Embedded Rust (std) on Espressif - Training for Rust using std approach development on ESP32-C3 by Ferrous Systems.
• [EN] Embedded Rust (no_std) on Espressif - Training for Rust using no_std approach development on ESP32-C3.
• [EN] Scott Mabin - Rust on Espressif chips - Quarterly updates about Rust on Espressif chips.
• [EN] Bare-Metal Rust on ESP32: A brief overview - Overview of the no_std ecosystem on ESP32 chips.
• [EN] Making a Dino Light with the ESP32 and WS2812
  • Making a Dino Light with the ESP32 and WS2812
  • Making a Dino Light with the ESP32 and WS2812 Pt. 2
• [EN] ESP32 with Embedded Rust at the HAL - Blog series about learning Rust at the HAL level with the ESP32-C3.
• [EN] A getting started guide to ESP32 no-std Rust development
• [JP] 倒立振子ロボットを現代制御で動かしたい (I want to run an inverted pendulum robot with modern control)
  • (1) モデル化 (Modelling)
  • (2) 直立制御 (Upright Control)
  • (3) 遠隔操縦 (Remote Control)
• [JP] ESP32 で std な Rust 開発入門
  • その 1 環境構築 (Part 1: Building the environment)
  • その 2 L チカ (Part 2: Blink an LED)

Video Courses and Talks

• [EN] Rust on ESP32-C3
• [EN] Andrei Litvin / @embedded-rust
• [EN] Rust embedded at Espressif @ Copenhagen Rust Community
• [EN] Embedded Rust on ESP32 - Juraj Michálek - Rust Linz November 2022
• [EN] Rust on Espressif chips - Scott Mabin - DevCon22
• [EN] Rust Bare-metal and Async - Scott Mabin, Juraj Sadel - DevCon23
• [EN] Rust on ESP32 - Video series live coding esp32 examples in Rust

Tools

• espup - Tool for installing and maintaining the required toolchains for developing applications in Rust for Espressif SoC's.
• espflash - Serial flasher utility for Espressif SoCs and modules based on esptool.
• esp-web-flash-server - WebSocket server for flashing from Visual Studio Code Remote Containers using a web browser.
• wokwi-server - WebSocket server for running simulations in Wokwi from Visual Studio Code Remote Containers using a web browser.
• Wokwi Simulator - Web browser simulator that supports Rust language on ESP32 chips.

Templates

• esp-idf-template - A cargo-generate template for projects using the Rust std library (via ESP-IDF).
• esp-template - A cargo-generate template for bare metal projects (ie. no_std).

Open Hardware

• esp-rust-board - A development board based on the ESP32-C3 and designed in KiCad EDA which is compatible with the Adafruit Feather specification.

Projects

std

• anemometer - Rust based anemometer incl. OTA and GPS based calibration process.
• bluedroid - Safe wrapper for the Bluedroid Bluetooth stack.
• Dark Sky Meter - Open Hardware low-cost night sky sensor that measures light levels as well as several ambient parameters.
• dephy-esp32c3-rust-boilerplate - A std ESP32-C3 application boilerplate on production with tokio for async support and examples for IO, Wi-Fi provisioning, eFuse, GPIO, I2C, HTTP, BLE advertising, etc.
• esp-clock - Clock with environment stats. Wokwi project
• esp32-idf-nmea-example - Example of integration ESP-IDF application with Rust code as component.
• esp32-s3-rust-axum-example - Example of running Tokio + Axum web server on the ESP32-S3.
• esp32c3-rust-std-temperature-logger - MQTT temperature logger running on ESP32-C3.
• esp32cam-rs - Examples of Rust on ESP32-CAM, including a fully-featured Telegram bot capable of taking pictures.
• gateway-rs - A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet(like frp but running on ESP32).
• mch2022-rust-app - Example that shows a nice rust screensaver in MCH2022 badge.
• M5Stack-Cardputer - Rust support for the Cardputer, including an interactive 3d graphics demo
• OFMon - Offline-first smart energy monitor using littlefs, Rust, ESP32, and Thingsboard. See details.
• OxidESPark - Rust library for the Rust ESP Board that uses the ESP-IDF framework and provides tools to easily build applications that interact with the physical world.
• rust-esp32-std-demo - A demo std binary crate for the ESP32[XX] and ESP-IDF, which connects to WiFi, Ethernet, drives a small HTTP server and draws on a LED screen.
• rust4mch - Example to run Rust code on the MCH2022 badge.
• rustzx-esp32 - ZX Spectrum emulator based on RustZX project.
• self-balancing robot - Self-balancing robot using Atom Matrix and Atom Motion. See details.
• twatch-idf-rs - Experimental firmware for the Lilygo T-Watch
• wrover-experimental - Display line directions and departure times of public transport vehicles in Brno, CZ.

no_std

• esp32-rust-nostd-temperature-logger - MQTT temperature logger running on ESP32.
• esp32-conways-game-of-life-rs - Conway's Game of Life in Bare metal Rust for ESP32-BOX using GDMA.
• esp32-spooky-maze-game - Bare metal Rust implementation of simple game for ESP32.
• ps2keyboard-esp32c3 - PS/2 keyboard implementation for ESP32-C3.
• esp32c3-ota-experiment - ESP32-C3 Bare Metal OTA Experiment.
• SlimeVR-Rust/firmware - Async & no_std rust firmware for SlimeVR Full Body Tracking.
• esp32s3-box-examples - Various graphic examples for ESP32-S3 Box.
• nostd-wifi-lamp - A Wi-Fi Lamp built with an ESP32 and Neopixel Lights controllable via Wi-Fi
• plantineers-edge - Firmware for edge devices for an Open Source Plant Monitoring solution using esp-now
• esp32c3-no-std-async-mqtt-demo - ESP32-C3 application that measures temperature (using BMP180) and sends the results with MQTT via WiFi - everything is done asynchronously. Also available for ESP32 and ESP32-S3
• esp32-rust-lilygo-t5-epaper - ESP32 LilyGo T5 ePaper with WiFi
• esp32-buddy-rs - Bare metal Rust examples for ESP-Buddy board
• bradipograph - A sloth-like drawing robot.

License

This list is licensed under

• CC0 1.0 Universal License (LICENSE or https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode)