diff --git a/libcommon/include/libcommon/microvty.h b/libcommon/include/libcommon/microvty.h
index c83250e..1475bbd 100644
--- a/libcommon/include/libcommon/microvty.h
+++ b/libcommon/include/libcommon/microvty.h
@@ -42,3 +42,8 @@ void microvty_print_prompt(void);
 /* to be provided by implementation: tell the code if UART Rx is non-
  * empty and hence if a subsequent getchar() would return something */
 bool microvty_cb_uart_rx_not_empty(void);
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_NO_FIBRE
+#include <librfn/fibre.h>
+extern fibre_t microvty_fibre;
+#endif
diff --git a/libcommon/src/microvty.c b/libcommon/src/microvty.c
index cdf4e36..a0d2a87 100644
--- a/libcommon/src/microvty.c
+++ b/libcommon/src/microvty.c
@@ -88,6 +88,28 @@ void microvty_print_prompt(void)
 	printf(g_cmds.prompt);
 }
 
+
+static bool microvty_process_char(int c)
+{
+	if (c == '\r' || c == '\n' || g_cmds.buf_idx >= sizeof(g_cmds.buf)-1) {
+		/* skip empty commands */
+		if (g_cmds.buf_idx == 0) {
+			printf("\r\n");
+			microvty_print_prompt();
+			return true;
+		}
+		cmd_execute();
+		cmd_buf_reset();
+		microvty_print_prompt();
+		return true;
+	} else {
+		/* print + append character */
+		putchar(c);
+		cmd_buf_append(c);
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 /*! try to receive characters from the console, dispatching them */
 void microvty_try_recv(void)
 {
@@ -98,23 +120,8 @@ void microvty_try_recv(void)
 		int c = getchar();
 		if (c < 0)
 			return;
-		if (c == '\r' || c == '\n' || g_cmds.buf_idx >= sizeof(g_cmds.buf)-1) {
-			/* skip empty commands */
-			if (g_cmds.buf_idx == 0) {
-				printf("\r\n");
-				microvty_print_prompt();
-				return;
-			}
-			cmd_execute();
-			cmd_buf_reset();
-			printf(g_cmds.prompt);
+		if (microvty_process_char(c))
 			return;
-		} else {
-			/* print + append character */
-			putchar(c);
-			cmd_buf_append(c);
-		}
-
 		i++;
 	}
 }
@@ -125,3 +132,31 @@ void microvty_init(const char *prompt)
 	g_cmds.prompt = prompt;
 	microvty_register(&help_cmd);
 }
+
+
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_NO_FIBRE
+#include <librfn/fibre.h>
+
+static int microvty_fibre_fn(fibre_t *fibre)
+{
+	PT_BEGIN_FIBRE(fibre);
+
+	while (true) {
+		/* we could use PT_WAIT_UNTIL() herre, but then we'd have to hack
+		 * a fibre_run_atomic() call into the USART2 ISR, which is ugly and
+		 * violates the separation of the stdio/bio layer and the microvty */
+		if (!microvty_cb_uart_rx_not_empty())
+			PT_YIELD();
+
+		int c = getchar();
+		if (c >= 0)
+			microvty_process_char(c);
+	}
+
+	PT_END();
+}
+
+fibre_t microvty_fibre = FIBRE_VAR_INIT(microvty_fibre_fn);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_NO_FIBRE */
diff --git a/projects/rfdsatt/rfdsatt.c b/projects/rfdsatt/rfdsatt.c
index bdd22ab..9e64d62 100644
--- a/projects/rfdsatt/rfdsatt.c
+++ b/projects/rfdsatt/rfdsatt.c
@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@
 #include <libopencm3/cm3/systick.h>
 
 #include <librfn/time.h>
+#include <librfn/util.h>
+#include <librfn/fibre.h>
 
 #include <libcommon/iob.h>
+#include <libcommon/utils.h>
 #include <libcommon/microvty.h>
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -213,6 +216,34 @@ static void print_banner(void)
 	printf("======================================================================\r\n\r\n");
 }
 
+typedef struct {
+	uint32_t time;
+	fibre_t fibre;
+} led_fibre_t;
+
+int led_fibre(fibre_t *fibre)
+{
+	led_fibre_t *led = containerof(fibre, led_fibre_t, fibre);
+
+	PT_BEGIN_FIBRE(fibre);
+
+	led->time = time_now();
+
+	while (true) {
+		led->time += 500000;
+		PT_WAIT_UNTIL(fibre_timeout(led->time));
+		gpio_toggle(GPIOB, GPIO15);	/* LED on/off */
+	}
+
+	PT_END();
+}
+
+led_fibre_t led = {
+	.fibre = FIBRE_VAR_INIT(led_fibre)
+};
+
+extern fibre_t microvty_fibre;
+
 int main(void)
 {
 	/* get, store and clear the cause of the last reset */
@@ -224,6 +255,7 @@ int main(void)
 	usart_setup();
 	iob_init(USART2);
 	i2c_setup();
+	time_init();
 	attenuator_init(&board_att_cfg, board_att_st);
 
 	microvty_init("rfdsat4ch> ");
@@ -235,15 +267,10 @@ int main(void)
 	print_banner();
 	microvty_print_prompt();
 
-	/* Blink the LED (PB15) on the board with every transmitted byte. */
-	while (1) {
-		int i;
-		gpio_toggle(GPIOB, GPIO15);	/* LED on/off */
-		//printf("Hello world\r\n");
-		microvty_try_recv();
-		for (i = 0; i < 800000; i++)	/* Wait a bit. */
-			__asm__("nop");
-	}
+	fibre_run(&led.fibre);
+	fibre_run(&microvty_fibre);
+
+	fibre_scheduler_main_loop();
 
 	return 0;
 }