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STM32 Embedded Rust: Foundations & Peripherals - Part 1
https://www.udemy.com/course/stm32-embedded-rust-foundations-
peripherals-part-1/
Year : 2026
Language : English
Level : All Levels
Category : IT & Software
Subcategory : Hardware
Duration : 5h 24m
Lectures : 45
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Students : 30
INSTRUCTOR(S)
HEADLINE
Learn Embedded Rust, no_std, STM32 HALs, GPIO, UART, timers,
interrupts, and safe peripheral programming from the ground
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
* Build STM32 firmware with Rust using no_std, HALs, GPIO,
UART,
timers, interrupts, and Rust's safety guarantees.
* Learn to program STM32 microcontrollers with Rust, from
no_std
fundamentals to safe, efficient peripheral control
* Master Embedded Rust on STM32: no_std, HALs, GPIO, UART,
timers, interrupts, ownership, and safe peripheral
programming.
* Develop safe STM32 firmware in Rust and gain hands-on
experience with peripherals, interrupts, HALs, and no_std
development.
* Learn how to apply Rust's ownership and type system to real
STM32 firmware while controlling GPIO, UART, timers, and
interrupts.
REQUIREMENTS
* A working knowledge of Rust is required. Familiarity with
embedded systems or STM32 is helpful, but not required for
this course.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR
* Rust developers who want to learn embedded programming on
STM32 and build safe, efficient firmware using real
microcontroller peripherals.
DESCRIPTION
Build Real STM32 Firmware with Rust Ready to move beyond Rust
tutorials and start building real embedded firmware on STM32
microcontrollers? STM32 Embedded Rust: Foundations &
Peripherals
? Part 1 takes you from the fundamentals of embedded Rust to
writing safe, efficient firmware that interacts directly with
real hardware. You?ll learn how to use Rust in a resource-
constrained no_std environment, work with STM32
microcontrollers
through Hardware Abstraction Layers (HALs), and control
essential peripherals such as GPIO, UART, and timers. Along
the
way, you?ll discover how Rust?s ownership and type systems can
help you write embedded software that is safer, more reliable,
and easier to maintain?without sacrificing the low-level
control
and performance that STM32 developers expect. What you'll
learn
By the end of this course, you'll be able to: Set up a Rust
development environment for STM32 embedded development
Understand the fundamentals of Rust in a no_std environment
Use
STM32 HALs to interact with microcontroller peripherals
Configure and control GPIO Implement serial communication
using
UART Work with hardware timers and timing Understand and use
interrupts Apply Rust's ownership and borrowing model to
embedded firmware Safely manage resources shared between
different parts of your application Build efficient firmware
without a garbage collector or runtime overhead Understand the
relationship between Rust's safety guarantees and embedded
systems programming Learn Embedded Rust by Building This isn't
a
course where you'll spend hours writing Rust code that never
leaves your computer. You'll apply what you learn to the
problems that embedded developers actually face: configuring
hardware, communicating with peripherals, responding to
interrupts, managing shared resources, and writing firmware
that
needs to behave predictably. You'll also develop an important
mental model for idiomatic embedded Rust. Rather than simply
translating C code into Rust, you'll learn how to take
advantage
of Rust's type system, ownership model, and compile-time
guarantees to design better firmware. Why STM32 and Rust?
STM32
is one of the most widely used microcontroller families in
embedded development. Rust brings modern language safety and
powerful abstractions to this world while retaining the
performance and hardware control required by resource-
constrained systems. That combination makes Rust particularly
compelling for developers who care about memory safety,
reliability, performance, and maintainable firmware. Who is
this
course for? This course is designed for: Embedded C/C++
developers who want to learn Rust for STM32 Rust developers
looking to enter embedded systems Firmware engineers
interested
in modern embedded development Electronics and hardware
developers who want to write firmware in Rust Students,
makers,
and experienced hobbyists interested in STM32 You don't need
to
be an expert in Rust to get started. The course introduces the
embedded-specific concepts progressively while maintaining the
technical depth needed to build a solid foundation. The
Beginning of Your Embedded Rust Journey This is Part 1 of the
STM32 Embedded Rust series. In this part, you'll establish the
foundations you'll need for more advanced firmware
development:
Rust, no_std, STM32 HALs, GPIO, UART, timers, interrupts, and
safe peripheral programming. Future parts build on these
concepts to explore increasingly advanced topics such as
performance, concurrency, reliability, and production-grade
STM32 firmware. If you're ready to take Rust out of the
desktop
environment and put it to work on real microcontrollers, this
course will give you the foundation you need to start building
STM32 firmware with confidence.
COURSE CONTENT
Chapter 1: Setting up Rust
1. Why Use Rust
2. Installing Rust
3. Creating A Project with Cargo
4. Reusing An Existing Directory For Project Setup with
Cargo
5. Understanding Rust Editions
6. Understanding Rust Channels
7. The Rust Target Tripples
8. The White House Recommends Rust For Safe Systems
Programming
9. How To Get The Most Out of This Course
Chapter 2: Embedded Rust Setup
10. Understanding Cross Compilation
11. Hosted Versus Non-Hosted Environments
12. Compiling For Bare-Metal Targets
13. From Reset To Main : The Execution Sequence
14. Runtime And Panic Crates
15. Understanding The Documents Needed For Bare-Metal
Development
16. ROM versus FLASH versus SRAM Memories
17. Automating Target Specification with Cargo
18. Customizing MCU Memory Layout For The Linker
19. Installing Cargo Generate
20. Streamlining Firmware Development with Cargo Generate
Chapter 3: Flashing Firmware Onto The MCU
21. OpenOCD versus Probe-rs
22. SWD JTAG And UART Interfaces
23. Host And Adapter Connections
24. Installing OpenOCD
25. OpenOCD Interfaces And Target Specifications
26. Flashing Firmware with OpenOCD
27. Introduction To Semihosting
28. Knurling Tools And Probe-rs
29. The Knurling Tools App Template
Chapter 4: ARM versus MCU Vendors
30. Relationship Between ARM And MCU Vendors
31. Core Peripherals Versus Vendor-Specific Peripherals
32. SYSTick Timer Interrupts with Cortex-m Crate
Chapter 5: Bit Fiddling In Rust
33. Unsigned 32-bit Integers
34. The Left Shift Operator
35. Creating Masks
36. Checking If A Bit Is Set
37. Setting A Bit
38. Clearing A Bit
39. A Visual Summary
40. Toggling A Bit
Chapter 6: Layers of Abstraction in Embedded Rust
41. Installing STM32CubeCLT
42. MMIO PAC HAL And BSP
43. Choosing Between The PAC And HAL
44. SVD To Rust
45. Understanding Memory-Mapped IO
DATES
Published : 2026-08-09
Last Updated : 2026-08-09
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