https://github.com/pixix4/ev3dev-lang-rust
Rust language bindings for http://ev3dev.org
https://github.com/pixix4/ev3dev-lang-rust
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Rust language bindings for http://ev3dev.org
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/pixix4/ev3dev-lang-rust
- Owner: pixix4
- License: mit
- Created: 2018-06-09T15:59:32.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2026-03-02T17:22:38.000Z (3 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-02T20:50:03.423Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: ev3, ev3dev, lego, mindstorms, rust
- Language: Rust
- Size: 225 KB
- Stars: 86
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 18
- Open Issues: 6
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Rust language bindings for ev3dev
[](https://crates.io/crates/ev3dev-lang-rust)
## Notice
To use this project with the BrickPi platform the corresponding feature has to be enabled. The features `ev3`, `brickpi` and `brickpi3` are mutual exclusive.
```toml
[dependencies]
ev3dev_lang_rust = { version="0.13.0" default-features=false, features=["brickpi"] }
```
## Usage
```rust
extern crate ev3dev_lang_rust;
use ev3dev_lang_rust::Ev3Result;
use ev3dev_lang_rust::motors::{LargeMotor, MotorPort};
use ev3dev_lang_rust::sensors::ColorSensor;
fn main() -> Ev3Result<()> {
// Get large motor on port outA.
let large_motor = LargeMotor::get(MotorPort::OutA)?;
// Set command "run-direct".
large_motor.run_direct()?;
// Run motor.
large_motor.set_duty_cycle_sp(50)?;
// Find color sensor. Always returns the first recognized one.
let color_sensor = ColorSensor::find()?;
// Switch to rgb mode.
color_sensor.set_mode_rgb_raw()?;
// Get current rgb color tuple.
println!("Current rgb color: {:?}", color_sensor.get_rgb()?);
Ok(())
}
```
There is a [template repository](https://github.com/pixix4/ev3dev-lang-rust-template/) that contains all the required configurations for cross-compilation and performance/binary-size optimizations for this "Hello World" example.
## Supported features
- Motors:
- `LargeMotor` [`lego-ev3-l-motor`, `lego-nxt-motor`]
- `MediumMotor` [`lego-ev3-m-motor`]
- `TachoMotor`: Useful wrapper around `LargeMotor` and `MediumMotor` to make common functions easier to use
- Sensors:
- `ColorSensor` [`lego-ev3-color`]
- `CompassSensor` [`ht-nxt-compass`]
- `GyroSensor` [`lego-ev3-gyro`]
- `InfraredSensor` [`lego-ev3-ir`]
- `IrSeekerSensor` [`ht-nxt-ir-seek-v2`]
- `LightSensor` [`lego-nxt-light`]
- `TouchSensor` [`lego-ev3-touch`, `lego-nxt-touch`]
- `UltrasonicSensor` [`lego-ev3-us`, `lego-nxt-us`]
- Utility
- `Button`: Provides access to the integrated buttons on the ev3 brick
- `Led`: Provides access to the integrated led's on the ev3 brick
- `PowerSupply`: Provides access to the power supply information
- `Screen`: Provides access to the integrated display of the ev3 brick
- `sound`: Provides access to the integrated speakers of the ev3 brick
## Cross compilation for the ev3 robot - using `musl` toolchain
1. Install the `armv5te-musl` toolchain
```bash
rustup target add armv5te-unknown-linux-musleabi
```
2. Create `.cargo/config.toml` with the following content
```toml
[build]
target = "armv5te-unknown-linux-musleabi"
[target.armv5te-unknown-linux-musleabi]
linker = "rust-lld"
```
3. Build binary
```bash
cargo build --release
```
The `--release` flag is optional. However, it can speed up the execution time by a factor of 30.
The target binary is now in `target/armv5te-unknown-linux-musleabi/release/{application_name}`.
## Cross compilation for the ev3 robot - using docker
If you need to cross compile other dependencies (eg. `openssl` or `paho-mqtt`) it is much easier to use a complete cross compile toolchain. For this you can use the provided docker image `pixix4/ev3dev-rust:latest`.
1. Setup a docker environment
2. Create `.cargo/config.toml` with the following content
```toml
[build]
target = "armv5te-unknown-linux-gnueabi"
[target.armv5te-unknown-linux-gnueabi]
linker = "/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc"
```
3. Build binary
```bash
docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/build -w /build pixix4/ev3dev-rust:latest \
cargo build --release
```
The `--release` flag is optional. However, it can speed up the execution time by a factor of 30.
The target binary is now in `target/armv5te-unknown-linux-gnueabi/release/{application_name}`.
If you do this you will notice that each build gets stuck at `Updating crates.io index` for a long time. To speed up this step you can use the vendoring mechanic of cargo.
```bash
cargo vendor
```
Execute the above command and add this additional config to `.cargo/config`.
```toml
[source.crates-io]
replace-with = "vendored-sources"
[source.vendored-sources]
directory = "vendor"
```
## Optimize binary size
- Enable "fat" link time optimizations and strip debug symbols:
By default rust only performs lto for each crate individually. To enable global lto (which result in a much more aggressive dead code elimination) add the following additional config to your `Cargo.toml`. This also removes additional debug symbols from the binary. With this you can reduce the binary size of the "Hello World" example by more than 90%.
```toml
[profile.release]
lto = true
strip = "debuginfo"
```
The strip option requires rust `1.59.0`. If you are using an older version you can do this manually with docker:
```bash
# Run in interactive docker shell
docker run -it --rm -v $(PWD):/build/ -w /build pixix4/ev3dev-rust
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-strip /build/target/armv5te-unknown-linux-gnueabi/release/{application_name}
# Run directly (e.g. via Makefile)
docker run --rm -v $(PWD):/build/ -w /build pixix4/ev3dev-rust \
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-strip /build/target/armv5te-unknown-linux-gnueabi/release/{application_name}
```
## Editor support
If you have problems with code completion or inline documentation with rust analyzer it may help to enable to following settings:
```json
{
"rust-analyzer.cargo.loadOutDirsFromCheck": true,
"rust-analyzer.procMacro.enable": true
}
```
(Example from VSCode `settings.json`)
## Docs.rs documentation
To build the complete documentation (including the `screen` feature) use:
```bash
RUSTDOCFLAGS="--cfg docsrs" cargo +nightly doc --features ev3,screen
```