Self-Aligning Dish in Rust: Introduction

Rust is a relatively new programming language with a lot of potential in systems programming. Its memory safety makes it a particularly useful choice in building secure software.

In the upcoming posts, we will be using Rust to program a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller. Beginner-level skills in Rust are therefore necessary. The crate. An example is the

In our model, we will use a pan-tilt (PTZ) to simulate the positioning of the dish. Servo motors will be used to actuate the kit. We will also use an electronic compass to get the general system's magnetic headings, a GPS module to acquire its coordinates, and a Bluetooth module for remote communication.

We have to accomplish the following for our project to work:

• Listen for commands


• Acquire GPS coordinates


• Calculate look angles


• Align the dish and


• Blink every second to indicate the program is running.

In the following post we'll begin implementing the different parts of the project.