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STMicroelectronics joins ARM mbed project

19th December 2013
Nat Bowers
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STMicroelectronics has joined the ARM mbed Project, which will give developers using ST’s STM32 microcontroller range (which are based on the ARM Cortex-M processor series) free access to the mbed software, development tools and online collaboration platform. This enables them to realise their own visions for the new wave of intelligent electronics products.

A collaborative industry project to nurture the IoT, ARM mbed meets the needs of a new professional developer audience: it delivers free tools and fundamental open-source hardware and software building blocks for the rapid development of innovative ARM-based devices. The project also enables the easy integration of connectivity, sensor and cloud service software components and the tools and support for a dynamic, collaborative developer and partner ecosystem.

Providing 32-bit performance from as little as $0.32 (USD), the STM32 microcontroller range addresses the full spectrum of applications from simple products to entire platform solutions. Combined with the mbed platform, this offers software portability, diverse connectivity options and a rapid development approach for a full range of IoT applications.

Simon Ford, Sirector, IoT Platforms, ARM, commented: “The mbed project is bringing together leading technology companies to create a step change in productivity for embedded device development. We have learnt from the web and smartphone revolutions that by building an open-source software platform with reusable software components and free development and collaboration tools, we can enable the creation of IoT and smart devices on a previously unimagined scale.”

“By joining the mbed project, ST is enabling developers across diverse markets to quickly prototype and create new products based on leading-edge STM32 microcontrollers. The support for mbed will be launched in Q1 with a brand new line of STM32 microcontroller development boards to provide a consistent way to develop with devices across the STM32 portfolio at hardware and software levels,” comments Daniel Colonna, Marketing Manager, Microcontrollers, STMicroelectronics.

The first mbed-enabled STM32 development boards will be launched in February 2014, and support for other boards and targets will follow.

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