embassy VS rust-mos

The other comment implied it but I think it's worth pointing out that:

> embedded applications that can't have asynchronous execution

Is most definitely not the case.

They can't have the same type of async runtime that would be optimal for a web server or the likes (and I'm not sure all desktop applications and web servers are going to always benefit from the same runtime in the same way), but that's a point in favour of Rust's model imho

If you're interested this is an embedded async runtime that's expected to run in no-std and no-alloc environments

https://embassy.dev/

In this article, I will guide you through creating a Snake game in embedded Rust on the BBC Micro:bit using the asynchronous framework Embassy.

Rust solved this by autogenning code from mfgr published device xml descriptors. Eg https://embassy.dev/

Better than any C(++) embedded hal I've used

If I get your question right, you still need some host software (like a rust compiler)! It's not exactly micropython experience.

The bare minimum would be one of the examples [1] compiled with a Rust compiler and then transformed into a .uf2 file with elf2uf2 [2]. You can then just drag and drop the .uf2 file into the "mass storage device" presented by the bootloader. To get the bootloader to mount, you press a button on a Raspberry Pico (or short two outputs if you're using bare RP2040) while plugging it in.

You'll probably want a debug probe [3] driven by probe-rs [4] at some point, it's just much more convenient to flash and debug with it.

[1]: https://github.com/embassy-rs/embassy/tree/main/examples/rp/...

[2]: https://github.com/JoNil/elf2uf2-rs

[3]: https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/microcontrollers/d...

[4]: https://probe.rs/

thanks. looked that up. for the curious: https://embassy.dev/

For Commodore the computer, there is a Rust and LLVM fork for MOS:

- https://github.com/mrk-its/rust-mos

It's able to generate binaries that are executed on C64. Tried it on the

rust the compiler, hell no.

But there is an llvm-mos project to generate 6502 code and that can be used to cross compile rust code.

https://llvm-mos.org/wiki/Welcome

https://llvm-mos.org/wiki/Rust

https://github.com/mrk-its/rust-mos

It was possible thanks to great https://llvm-mos.org/wiki/Welcome project (it adds 6502 target to LLVM). Adding 6502 support to rust was easy part :] https://github.com/mrk-its/rust-mos

This is a super fun project to play around with. I'm currently trying to build a C64 sprite multiplexer in mostly straight C++ using LLVM-MOS and while it's definitely not going to be the most optimized multiplexer out there, I'm finding it most adequate performance-wise.

Whereas it's probably a long way away from being able to use this for democoding due to the mostly cycle-accurate nature of the effects, for creating homebrew games and utilities this is really quite suitable: write high-level logic and sprinkle in some inline assembly here and there for the really performance critical parts.

The code that is being generated is already quite good and (on first glance) looks better than what's coming out of cc65, for instance.

There's also rust-mos which uses LLVM-MOS to compile Rust code. It unfortunately still has some issues (e.g. [1]) but that is looking really promising as well.

Kudos to all involved :)

[1] https://github.com/mrk-its/rust-mos/issues/16

The MEGA 65 doesn't appear to have shipped yet. The best data I could find is the MEGA 65 is based on a "GS4510". The "GS4510" is compatible with a "4502", which in turn is compatible with the 65CE02. The 65CE02 uses a different manufacturing process but the same ISA as the 6502, which is supported by rust-mos and lvm-mos](https://github.com/llvm-mos/llvm-mos).

Using llvm-mos, rust-mos, a lot of time compiling compilers and support from Mariusz (the rust-mos author), I was finally able to program like it was 1982...

This fork is handy for that. It’s fun to play with, but you need to do a decent amount yourself to get it set up.

https://github.com/mrk-its/rust-mos

Thanks to llvm-mos project there is also working rust fork for MOS-6502: https://github.com/mrk-its/rust-mos/tree/mos_target, so you can target 8-bit atari and c64