The Five Pillars of Embedded Rust — Omar Hiari at Rust in Paris 2025 🦀 Conf

In Rust in Paris 2025 , Omar Hiari, Head of Research at Connected Motion and Founder of The Embedded Rustacean , explored the foundations of a strong Embedded Rust ecosystem .

⚙️ He presented five essential pillars that support building successful embedded applications:

Development Tools
Crates Ecosystem
Education & Community Resources
Debugging & Testing Capabilities
Frameworks & RTOSs

💡 Through practical insights, Omar examined the strengths and limitations of the current ecosystem, and shared where further contributions could have the most impact.

🔍 What you’ll learn in this talk:

How Embedded Rust compares to traditional C/C++ in embedded systems
The five pillars that form a robust embedded ecosystem
Best practices for development tools and debugging
How to grow the crates ecosystem and community resources
The role of frameworks and RTOSs in embedded Rust
Future directions for Embedded Rust

💡 About the speaker:
Omar Hiari is Head of Research at Connected Motion and Founder of The Embedded Rustacean , with a passion for embedded systems, Rust, and open-source community building.

📅 Rust in Paris 2026 is coming soon — stay tuned for updates!

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