mbed OS and Freescale Freedom-K64F development board

RS Components is strengthening its ARM mbed portfolio with the latest mbed innovations for connected, low-power, security-conscious projects. The mbed OS addresses key Internet of Things (IoT) development challenges and the Freescale Freedom-K64F platform supports the OS.

The OS helps engineers handle the complexity of IoT development at scale, enabling IoT development to take advantage of platform principles used in Web 2.0 and smartphone application development. Features include pre-integrated security IP, as well as connectivity transports and interfaces supporting standards such as Bluetooth Smart, Wi-Fi, Thread low-power wireless mesh networking, 6LowPAN and GSM. Enhancements to the mbed IoT Device Platform and support for energy-efficient drivers help developers make devices run for longer from a limited energy source.

The Freescale Freedom-K64F platform brings mbed OS development to the engineer’s bench. mbed OS and the mbed Thread networking stack, which is suitable for smart-home applications, run on the onboard Kinetis K64F microcontroller. The board contains a MEMS accelerometer and magnetometer constituting a full e-compass, microSD card slot and ethernet port. It is form-factor compatible with the Arduino R3 board, thereby giving access to a wide range of shields for adding functions like 2.4 GHz radio, RFID or cellular connectivity.