Articles by Tanmoy Sen

• FreeRTOS website now available in Simplified Chinese
  by Tanmoy Sen on 20 Dec 2022
  Over the years, more and more FreeRTOS users, including customers and partners, have been visiting the FreeRTOS website (https://www.freertos.org) from the Greater China region. We are excited to announce Simplified Chinese language support for the FreeRTOS website, enabling customers from the Greater China region to easily search and browse content in their preferred language. With […]
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• New FreeRTOS Long Term Support version released
  by Tanmoy Sen on 14 Oct 2022
  It has already been 18 months since we introduced FreeRTOS Long Term Support (LTS). With FreeRTOS LTS, developers can rely on a FreeRTOS version that provides feature stability, and security patches and critical bug fixes for two years from the release date. We released the first LTS version (FreeRTOS 202012 LTS) with all libraries needed […]
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• FreeRTOS Extended Maintenance Plan registration now open
  by Tanmoy Sen on 15 Sep 2022
  We are excited to announce that registration for the FreeRTOS Extended Maintenance Plan (EMP) is now open. FreeRTOS EMP subscriptions allow embedded developers to receive critical bug fixes and security patches on their chosen FreeRTOS Long Term Support (LTS) version for up to 10 years beyond the end of its initial support period. During the […]
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• Announcing the official release of FreeRTOS CMSIS Packs
  by Tanmoy Sen on 20 Jun 2022
  In keeping with our philosophy of enabling users to consume our software in the environment of their choice, we are excited to announce the official release of FreeRTOS Long Term Support (LTS) libraries in the Common Microcontroller Software Interface Standard (CMSIS) Pack format. Based on the Arm Cortex processors, CMSIS-Pack defines a standardized way to […]
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• What's New in December 2021 FreeRTOS Releases
  by Tanmoy Sen on 21 Dec 2021
  We're excited to share these latest updates: FreeRTOS now includes a MCUBoot demo project that can be used as a reference for a secure bootloader for FreeRTOS-based applications. MCUBoot is a configurable secure bootloader for 32-bit microcontrollers. It can operate as the first or second stage bootloader, with support for cryptographic verification of software images. […]
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• Announcing Extended Maintenance Plan for FreeRTOS
  by Tanmoy Sen on 01 Dec 2021
  Today, we are excited to announce the Extended Maintenance Plan for FreeRTOS. Provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), the FreeRTOS Extended Maintenance Plan (EMP) allows embedded developers to receive critical bug fixes and security patches on their chosen FreeRTOS Long Term Support (LTS) version for up to 10 years beyond the expiry of the initial […]
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• What's New in November 2021 FreeRTOS Releases
  by Tanmoy Sen on 12 Nov 2021
  We're excited to share these latest updates: The FreeRTOS download now contains an example of code that demonstrates a method of minimizing the time that an application spends in privileged mode in FreeRTOS ports on microcontrollers (MCUs) with Memory Protection Unit (MPU) support. These FreeRTOS ports with MPU support enable MCU applications to be more […]
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• FreeRTOS LTS libraries are now included in our partner toolchains
  by Tanmoy Sen on 19 Oct 2021
  In December 2020 we introduced the first FreeRTOS Long Term Support (LTS) version. With the LTS version, developers can rely on a FreeRTOS version that provides feature stability, and security patches and critical bug fixes for two years from the release date. Response from our partners was strong, and they are integrating the LTS version […]
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• FreeRTOS adds reference implementations for symmetric multiprocessing (SMP)
  by Tanmoy Sen on 14 Oct 2021
  Earlier this year, we introduced the FreeRTOS Symmetric Multiprocessing GitHub branch for multi-core microcontrollers. We are excited to share that we now have reference implementations on two platforms - xcore from XMOS and Raspberry Pi Pico. With FreeRTOS SMP, developers can use the SMP capabilities of multi-core microcontrollers to design applications. Multi-core microcontrollers, in which […]
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• FreeRTOS 202107.00 now includes the SNTP library for time information in IoT applications
  by Tanmoy Sen on 23 Jul 2021
  FreeRTOS 202107.00 now includes the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) client library to make it easier for developers to add support for time information in their FreeRTOS-based IoT applications. The SNTP client library, named coreSNTP, is used to synchronize clocks between a device and the cloud. You can use coreSNTP in IoT applications where devices […]
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• FreeRTOS AWS reference integrations now include FreeRTOS 202012.01 LTS libraries
  by Tanmoy Sen on 14 Jul 2021
  FreeRTOS AWS reference integrations are pre-integrated FreeRTOS projects ported to microcontroller-based evaluation boards that demonstrate end-to-end connectivity to AWS IoT Core. This helps developers save months of development effort and accelerate time to market. FreeRTOS AWS reference integrations now include the new managed AWS IoT Over-the-Air (OTA) update library, AWS IoT Jobs library, the AWS […]
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• FreeRTOS 202104.00 includes new managed OTA and MQTT capabilities for IoT applications
  by Tanmoy Sen on 29 Apr 2021
  FreeRTOS version 202104.00 includes managed AWS IoT Over-the-Air update (OTA) and coreMQTT Agent libraries, and the AWS IoT Device Defender custom metrics feature. Developers can use these libraries to remotely update IoT device firmware, manage IoT device fleets, and monitor IoT device fleet metrics. These libraries have been optimized for modularity and memory usage for […]
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• FreeRTOS Long Term Support now includes AWS IoT over-the-air update, AWS IoT Device Defender, and AWS IoT Jobs libraries
  by Tanmoy Sen on 01 Mar 2021
  FreeRTOS Long Term Support (LTS) release 202012.01 now includes the over-the-air update (OTA), AWS IoT Device Defender, and AWS IoT Jobs libraries in the first LTS release (FreeRTOS 202012.00 LTS). With this release, developers can use the FreeRTOS LTS libraries to update firmware, manage device fleets, and monitor fleet metrics for their microcontroller-based IoT devices. […]
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• Introducing FreeRTOS Long Term Support
  by Tanmoy Sen on 14 Dec 2020
  Over the last few years, we have been working with our embedded developer partners and customers on increasing the pace at which we deliver feature updates for FreeRTOS kernel and libraries. Even as we do this, we recognize that there is tension between iterating quickly to add new capabilities, and embedded developers’ needs for feature […]
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• What's New in July 2020 FreeRTOS Releases
  by Tanmoy Sen on 17 Jul 2020
  We are excited to share these latest updates: Progress toward the FreeRTOS LTS release: Refactored MQTT library: The 200717_LTS_development_snapshot.zip file contains, among other things, our progress toward completing the refactoring and quality checklist for the MQTT library. It is now simpler to bring the MQTT library into any project – including projects that do not […]
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