The Rust Working Group for Embedded Systems

Allen Wyma talks with Jonathan Pallant, Senior Embedded Engineer of Ferrous Systems and member of Rust Embedded Working Group 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: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma