Rust Embedded WG with Jonathan Pallant

Allen Wyma talks with Jonathan Pallant, Senior Embedded Engineer of Ferrous Systems (ferrous-systems.com) and member of Rust Embedded Working Group (rust-lang.org/governance/wgs/embedded) about Rust on embedded systems.

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Timestamps

• [@0:00] - Introduction

• [@2:23] - Jonathan’s projects

• [@10:3] - Keyboard drivers, CP/M, IBM history

• [@22:19] - Jonathan’s background in embedded systems

• [@23:46] - Understanding more about computers and laptops

• [@33:37] - Rust working group for embedded systems

• [@37:16] - The power of Rust on microcontrollers

• [@40:00] - The difference between a Microcontroller and a Central Processing Unit

• [@42:15] - Discussing System on Chip (SoC), Memory Management Unit (MMU), and Microcontrollers

• [@45:50] - RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) vs CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computing) architecture

• [@53:30] - How did the working group become an official working group?

• [@56:00] - Using Rust with microcontrollers

• [@59:54] - Choosing Rust over C or Python

Credits

Intro Theme: twitter.com/AerocityMusic

Audio Editing: Plangora (twitter.com/plangora)

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset (twitter.com/jonhoo)

Show Notes: Plangora (twitter.com/plangora)

Hosts: Allen Wyma (twitter.com/allenwyma)