cargo-embed VS probe-rs

Compare cargo-embed vs probe-rs and see what are their differences.

cargo-embed

a cargo extension for working with microcontrollers (by probe-rs)

probe-rs

A debugging toolset and library for debugging embedded ARM and RISC-V targets on a separate host (by probe-rs)
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cargo-embed probe-rs
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293 1,479
- 3.0%
6.2 9.8
over 1 year ago 6 days ago
Rust Rust
Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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cargo-embed

Posts with mentions or reviews of cargo-embed. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-22.

probe-rs

Posts with mentions or reviews of probe-rs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-13.
  • Where my STM32 Rust compiler?
    1 project | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 11 May 2023
    Want debugging capabilities with anything with an am st link/jtag/other compatible probe? https://probe.rs/
  • 174 dependencies to get the temperature. Still worth it
    3 projects | /r/programmingcirclejerk | 13 Aug 2022
    /uj The SVG usage looks to be in a visualisation helper. Maybe ought to be a separate module, but I've seen worse.
  • probe-rs 0.13.0 is out! 🎉
    3 projects | /r/rust | 12 Jul 2022
    There is a command to list supported chips for *flashing* in all our CLI tools. Furthermore https://github.com/probe-rs/probe-rs/tree/master/probe-rs/targets contains all targets for which we support *flashing*.
  • Oxide on My Wrist: Hubris on PineTime was the best worst idea
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Mar 2022
    Under the hood, cargo-embed, knurling's probe-run, and Humility are all built atop probe-rs (https://probe.rs/) to provide debugging - I think in this case it's actually a great example of cooperation between projects! Probe-rs has received PRs from both Knurling and Oxide devs; it provides the common interface to use various types of debug hardware and talk to various types of microcontroller cores, essentially replacing OpenOCD.
  • Rust on M1 What experience?
    3 projects | /r/rust | 17 Mar 2022
    Ryzen 3700X, 3200Mhz DDR4 tower builds http://probe.rs in 1m47s with fans fully spinning. M1 Pro: zero noise, 1m21s. Ryzen 3950X is on par with the M1 Pro. Actual speed difference will very much depend on your actual workload. Compiling for aarch64 apparently is more efficient than for amd64. Which is why compiling for you locally gives much more speed benefit than some generic benchmarks would indicate :) Also, you cannot forget that I can easily work for 10hrs on my MBP M1 Pro with rust-analyzer and frequent compiles running. You can forget that with any other suggested "on par" notebook. They will drain your battery instantly. Also, with the same thermal mass, other laptop builds will go into throttling much faster, which will lead to slower effective speed. XPS laptops and old macbooks know this issue very well :)
  • Async Rust vs RTOS showdown! - Spoiler: Rust is faster!
    2 projects | /r/rust | 2 Feb 2022
    Anyone who fancies doing some coding for fun should have a go at an embedded project using rust's tools. Not just embassy, but the PACs, the HALs, probe-rs (probe-rs is bonkers good), and the community on matrix. My bet is on rust embedded seeing huge growth in the next few years.
  • C Is Not a Low-level Language: Your computer is not a fast PDP-11.
    4 projects | /r/rust | 22 Jan 2022
    probe-rs (embedded debugging toolkit for ARM and RISC-V which is supposed to be used in place of the above if you code with it as it aims to fully replace the GDB portion of the stack for Rust embedded development)
  • Doing M1 MacBook Pro (M1 Max, 64GB) Compile Benchmarks!
    37 projects | /r/rust | 26 Oct 2021
  • We finally released 0.11.0 of probe-rs! 🎉
    1 project | /r/rust | 24 Jun 2021
    cargo install --git https://github.com/probe-rs/probe-rs probe-rs-debugger

What are some alternatives?

When comparing cargo-embed and probe-rs you can also consider the following projects:

probe-run - Run embedded programs just like native ones

rust-getting-started - Develop Rust Apps in Kubernetes with Okteto

defmt - Efficient, deferred formatting for logging on embedded systems

rvemu - RISC-V emulator for CLI and Web written in Rust with WebAssembly. It supports xv6 and Linux (ongoing).

cargo-flash - a cargo extension for programming microcontrollers

pyOCD - Open source Python library for programming and debugging Arm Cortex-M microcontrollers

tock - A secure embedded operating system for microcontrollers

www.rust-lang.org - The home of the Rust website

stm32f7xx-hal - A Rust embedded-hal HAL for all MCUs in the STM32 F7 family

rust-analyzer - A Rust compiler front-end for IDEs [Moved to: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer]

cross - “Zero setup” cross compilation and “cross testing” of Rust crates

cumulus - Write Parachains on Substrate