Project Template with cargo-generate

“cargo-generate is a developer tool to help you get up and running quickly with a new Rust project by leveraging a pre-existing git repository as a template.”

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Prerequisites

Before starting, ensure you have the following tools installed:

• Rust
• cargo-generate for generating the project template.

Install the OpenSSL development package first because it is required by cargo-generate:

sudo apt install  libssl-dev

You can install cargo-generate using the following command:

cargo install cargo-generate

Generate the Project

Run the following command to generate the project from the template:

cargo generate --git https://github.com/ImplFerris/rp2040-embassy-template.git --tag v0.1.4

This will prompt you to answer a few questions: Project name: Name your project. Enable defmt logging (requires a debug probe)?: true or false

The code structure may look like this:

src/main.rs: Contains the default blink logic.

Cargo.toml: Includes dependencies for the selected HAL.