Leading RTOS & middleware companies integrate with IAR Embedded Workbench to become part of unique development tools ecosystem

Current companies have been selected for the program are: CMX, eForce, Express Logic, FreeRTOS, Micrium, Micro Digital, Quadros, Sciopta, SEGGER and Wittenstein. New partners may be added in the future.



With the growing usage of 32-bit architectures among IAR Embedded Workbench customers, and the development of more complex embedded systems, there is an increased demand for RTOSes and middleware. However, the choice of RTOS and middleware is very dependent on the embedded system being designed. Some of IAR Systems' customers develop safety critical applications requiring an RTOS that compiles with high integrity standards. For other customers, it is the ability to support external communication such as TCP/IP and USB, or a very small memory footprint that are the important criteria. The IAR RTOS & Middleware Partner Program has been designed to meet these customer requirements, and to simplify the usage of RTOS and middleware in our customer's embedded systems.



Stefan Skarin, CEO IAR Systems comments, We recognize that embedded developers really appreciate when software solutions have been pre-integrated and fully tested. We don't think that one solution fits all so we are working very closely with our selected RTOS partners to ensure a high level of technical integration into IAR Embedded Workbench. By our combined efforts we are greatly aiding development efficiency, and this leads to reducing development time and costs. Integrated RTOSes & middleware will be available in the distribution of IAR Embedded Workbench & IAR KickStart Kits.



The Program will provide and support a broad offering of RTOSes and middleware that are highly integrated with IAR Embedded Workbench. This is a technical integration that ensures everything is ready from the port to IAR Embedded Workbench, the RTOS-aware debugging, example projects prepared, and all information about integrated products.



IAR Embedded Workbench is one of the most widely used embedded development tool chains in the world, with the broadest support for different architectures.