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| 1 | +# Survey questions |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +This is the first Rust Embedded Working Group community survey. The goal is to gather feedback from users of Rust on bare-metal or RTOS based embedded devices including microcontrollers. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## Your use of embedded Rust |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +### Where do you plan to use embedded Rust in the next 12 months? |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +Type: select all that apply (optional) |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +- Hobby or personal projects |
| 12 | +- School or university projects |
| 13 | +- Work or professional projects |
| 14 | +- Not currently using embedded Rust, but have in the past for projects |
| 15 | +- I have not used embedded Rust for any projects |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +### How long have you been using embedded Rust? |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +Type: select one (optional) |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +- Zero to one years |
| 22 | +- One to two years |
| 23 | +- Two to three years |
| 24 | +- Three to four years |
| 25 | +- Four to five years |
| 26 | +- Five to six years |
| 27 | +- More than six years |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +### If you are using embedded Rust for work, how many embedded devices per year is your company shipping using Rust? |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +Type: select one (optional) |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +- Unsure or unable to disclose |
| 34 | +- Zero devices (only internal or non-production usage) |
| 35 | +- 1 to 10 devices per year |
| 36 | +- 10 to 100 devices per year |
| 37 | +- 100 to 1,000 devices per year |
| 38 | +- 1,000 to 10,000 devices per year |
| 39 | +- More than 10,000 devices per year |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +### What architectures are you planning to use embedded Rust with in the next 12 months? |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +Type: select all that apply (optional) |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +- Arm Cortex-A |
| 46 | +- Arm Cortex-R |
| 47 | +- Arm Cortex-M |
| 48 | +- RISC-V 32-bit |
| 49 | +- RISC-V 64-bit |
| 50 | +- Xtensa |
| 51 | +- Other (open response) |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +### What chip families are you planning to use embedded Rust with in the next 12 months? |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +Type: select all that apply (optional) |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +- Apollo (Ambiq) |
| 58 | +- ATSAM (Atmel/Microchip) |
| 59 | +- ESP32 (Espressif Systems) |
| 60 | +- LPC or i.MX RT (NXP) |
| 61 | +- nRF (Nordic Semiconductor) |
| 62 | +- RP2xxx (Raspberry Pi) |
| 63 | +- STM32 (STMicroelectronics) |
| 64 | +- TI (Texas Instruments) |
| 65 | +- Other (open response) |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +### How do you typically use embedded Rust in your firmware projects? |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +Type: select all that apply (optional) |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +- Exclusively Rust for firmware |
| 72 | +- Majority Rust for firmware, with some components or libraries in other languages (C/C++/other) |
| 73 | +- Majority other languages (C/C++/other) for firmware, with some Rust components or libraries |
| 74 | +- Exclusively other languages (C/C++/other) for firmware |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +### What other languages do you use with Rust in your firmware projects? |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +Type: select all that apply (optional) |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +* Ada |
| 81 | +* C |
| 82 | +* C++ |
| 83 | +* Micro/Circuit Python |
| 84 | +* Swift |
| 85 | +* Zig |
| 86 | +* None - exclusively Rust |
| 87 | +* Other (open response) |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +## Typical tools and libraries used |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +### What frameworks or RTOSs are you using with embedded Rust? |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +Type: select all that apply (optional) |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +- Embassy |
| 96 | +- ESP-IDF (`std` support on ESP32) |
| 97 | +- Hubris OS |
| 98 | +- RTIC |
| 99 | +- Tock-OS |
| 100 | +- Non-Rust based RTOSs (such as Zephyr, FreeRTOS, RIOT-OS, etc.) |
| 101 | +- Other (open response) |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | +### What tools do you use as part of your development process? |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | +Type: select all that apply (optional) |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | +- bindgen |
| 108 | +- Cargo |
| 109 | +- cbindgen |
| 110 | +- cross |
| 111 | +- defmt |
| 112 | +- espflash |
| 113 | +- probe-rs |
| 114 | +- Rust Analyzer |
| 115 | +- Other (open response) |
| 116 | + |
| 117 | +### What are the most common crates or libraries you use in your embedded projects? |
| 118 | + |
| 119 | +Type: free text (optional) |
| 120 | + |
| 121 | +## Personal feedback |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | +### What are your biggest complaints or blockers for using Rust in your embedded projects? |
| 124 | + |
| 125 | +Type: free text (optional) |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | +### How happy are you with using Rust for embedded projects? |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | +Type: select one (optional) |
| 130 | + |
| 131 | +- 1 (least happy) |
| 132 | +- 2 |
| 133 | +- 3 |
| 134 | +- 4 |
| 135 | +- 5 (most happy) |
| 136 | + |
| 137 | +### Is there anything else you would like the Embedded Working Group to know? |
| 138 | + |
| 139 | +Type: free text (optional) |
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