pi-pico-rs

Program a Raspberry Pi Pico with pure Rust.

Get Started

0. Install dependencies

sudo apt update
sudo apt install pkg-config
sudo apt install libudev-dev

1. Install the latest version of Rust and the thumbv6m-none-eabi target. This is the primary language we use to write programs for the Pico

https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
rustup self update
rustup update stable
rustup target add thumbv6m-none-eabi

2. Install the Rust port of ELF2UF2. This is used for flashing the program to the board

cargo install elf2uf2-rs

3. Install Clippy. This is used to help lint the Rust code

rustup component add clippy

4. Install just. This is used for running certain tasks, (just build will build the program, for example)

cargo install just

5. Build the project to make sure everything's setup

just build

Flashing the program to the Pico

To flash the program to the Pico:

1. Plug in the Pico to your host machine in bootloader mode (with the on-board button held down)
2. Run just flash

Only generate UF2 binary

1. Open .cargo/config.toml file
2. Remove -d on runner setting to skip auto-flash and only generate UF2 file

Additional Resources

• The rp-pico crate
• The rp-hal crate