what is Kotlin able to do on embedded systems? Lik...

# embedded-kotlin

[maarten ha]

what is Kotlin able to do on embedded systems? Like is it able to replace c++ for the arduino and python for the raspberry pi?

[louiscad]

Cannot run on AVR microcontrollers currently, but it can run on a Raspberry Pi.

[maarten ha]

what do you mean with AVR microcontrollers?

[maarten ha]

I’m really new to these kind of things

[louiscad]

This is what powers Arduino boards.

[maarten ha]

what about the esp32?

[louiscad]

No Kotlin there yet either

[maarten ha]

😢 hopefully someone will add it so we can use kotlin for it instead of c++ or python

[louiscad]

I believe you can use Rust instead of C++ on AVRs

[louiscad]

But its syntax is not as straightforward as Kotlin for sure.

[maarten ha]

never used Rust before might look into it

[Piotr Krzemiński]

FYI, we're working on Kotlin to Python transpilation: https://github.com/krzema12/kotlin-python I'm looking forward to using it on embedded systems as well. You'll get type safety of Kotlin, but the maturity of libraries of Python (like for handing GPIO, timers, whatever)

[Piotr Krzemiński]

I sent more info as a separate post on this channel

[maarten ha]

I'll look into it, thanks