The document provides an overview of mbed OS, an operating system for Internet of Things devices. It discusses mbed OS's core functionality, connectivity options like Bluetooth Low Energy, WiFi and Thread, security features including mbed TLS and uVisor, tools for development and testing, and the growing partner ecosystem. The goal of mbed OS is to provide a full-featured, open source platform to accelerate development of IoT devices that can securely connect to cloud services.

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mbed OS technical overview
Sam Grove
LasVegas / Linaro Connect
Principal software engineer
09 / 26 / 2016

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IoT Cloud Applications
Challenges for IoT integration
App Management,
Monitoring, Logging
Web Servers,
Load Balancing
Analytics and Rules
Engines
VMs, Compute,Auto-
scaling
Databases, Caching,
Storage,Archiving
Events, Streaming,
Message Busses
mbed Device
Connector
3rd Party Cloud Platforms & Services
mbed Client
Software
ARM Partner Silicon
IoT Device
Applications
Device Ecosystem

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mbed IoT Device Platform and ecosystem
 mbed Device Connector
 A cloud service connecting a wide diversity of devices to any 3rd party cloud
 mbed Client
 A device software library which enables any device to use mbed Device Connector services
 mbed OS and tools
 An ARM Cortex-M Platform OS which provides a complete solution for security and
connectivity in IoT devices.
 mbed OS is pre-integrated with mbed Client
 mbed Ecosystem
 A rapidly growing and vibrant ecosystem built around mbed products and services

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mbed Device Connector and mbed Client

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mbed TLS
mbed OS Security Architecture
Connectivity Client
Connectivity Service
Cloud Applications Platforms
Lifecycle
Security
Communication
Security
Device
Security
Device Hardware
uVisor or TEE
mbed TLS
KeysCrypto StorageIdentity
Deployment ManagementData Flow Management
mbed Security

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mbed OS and Tools

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Platform OS requirements
 Accelerate the development of IoT devices
 Integrate all the necessary software components needed for constrained IoT devices (MCUs)
 Bring modern development methodologies and choice to MCUs to improve productivity
 Provide OS functionality and APIs across many vendor solutions to enable choice
 Accelerating the deployment of IoT devices
 Provide standardised connectivity to the cloud across different transports
 Provide manageability from the cloud to open opportunities and reduce cost/risk
 Develop and leverage an ecosystem
 Freely available and open source to remove barriers to entry and enable adoption
 In collaboration with partners to provide maximum gearing of investment for everyone
 The tools and web infrastructure to support an ecosystem and create network effects

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mbed licensing, contributions and governance
 Licensing and delivery
 Almost all code in mbed OS is open source under an Apache 2.0 license
 Some components are only supplied to end developers under a permissive binary license
https://www.mbed.com/en/licenses/permissive-binary-license/
 mbed partners get access to full source code
 Contributions
 mbed contributor license agreement
https://www.mbed.com/en/about-mbed/contributor-license-agreements/
 Submitted via pull requests
https://docs.mbed.com/docs/getting-started-mbed-os/en/latest/Full_Guide/contributing/#contributing-new-features-to-mbed-os
 Code style guide (broadly K&R style)
https://docs.mbed.com/docs/getting-started-mbed-os/en/latest/Full_Guide/Code_Style/
 Governance
 ARM is the lead maintainer for the core of mbed OS
 mbed silicon partners are lead maintainers for their target specific drivers
 mbed ecosystem partners are responsible for supporting their components

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mbed OS 5
mbed OS
Cortex-M
RTOS
Kernel
Portable
Drivers
Integrated
Security
IoT
Connectivity
Management
Services
Development
Tools
Developer
Community
Partner
Ecosystem
A platform operating system
for the internet of things
https://partners.mbed.com https://developer.mbed.com

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mbed OS technical overview
 mbed OS Core
 Consistent kernel and hardware abstraction providing application portability
 mbed Connectivity
 Developer friendly APIs to increase productivity and portability
 Wide choice of low level communication stack implementations and supported hardware
 mbed Security
 Comprehensive lifecycle, communication and device security framework
 mbedTools
 Configuration, build, component management and testing

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mbed OS Core
 Includes an RTOS Kernel
 Built on the open source CMSIS-RTOS RTX
 Established, widely used RTOS kernel
 Very small kernel optimised for constrained memory devices
 For more information, see www.keil.com/cmsis/rtx
 Includes peripheral driver APIs, consistent across devices
 Start-up and environment initialisation
 Memory maps and cross-toolchain support and integration
 Driver APIs for all common peripherals, supported across all MCUs
 Application and component libraries can be built unchanged
 Provides portability for developers and helps to deliver network effects
mbed OS Core
CMSIS-RTOS RTX
Events Threads
Peripheral HAL
Peripheral Drivers
CMSIS-Core
Thread Safety
Core
Startup
C/C++
Environment
RTOS APIs
Basic I/O
APIs
Serial
Interface
APIs
Networking
Interface
APIs
mbed OS Core

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BLE
 BLE has huge potential beyond its current application areas
 Trusted robust radio, low cost chips, roadmap to longer range and IP
 mbed OS has established BLE APIs, already used widely and successfully
 Added support for RTOS, portability across different vendors
 Examples demonstrating functionality e.g. Google Eddystone
 Expanding support for BLE across more platforms
 Already supporting Cordio Radio IP, Nordic SoC, ST (transceiver)
mbed Connectivity
See demo at:
Demo Friday : Beetle test chip, BLE and mbed OS demo
Friday 12:10pm : Abhishek Pandit

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WiFi
 Support for integrated WiFi modules
 UpdatedWiFi APIs coming in mbed OS 5.2
 Working with partners to supportWiFi chipsets and stacks
 Supports MAC and Network Processor integration
 Flexibility in supported architectures
 Preferred modules include both WiFi+BLE
 Enables use of BLE for side-band configuration and control
 May be SoC or Wifi/BLE + MCU chipset
 e.g. ODIN-W2 module based on chipset solution
Socket
Wi-Fi
Config
lwIP
2.0
lwIP ethif
Wi-Fi HW adaptation
(driver)
data control
Wi-Fi HW adaptation
(driver)
Socket
Socket adaptation
internal IP stack
Wi-Fi
Config
mbed Connectivity

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Thread
 A secure wireless mesh network technology for home and beyond – analogous toWi-Fi
 Thread is a network and transport level stack
 Thread can support multiple application layers
 Built on proven, existing internet technologies
 mbedThread stack provides leading support
built into mbed OS
mbed Connectivity

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LoRa
 We invested early and have good support for LoRa in mbed
 7 LoRa hardware devices already in platform/component database
 mbed LoRa examples imported 1000's times
 Planning to increase investment in LoRa with interested partners
 Raising investment to be #1 LoRa development platform
 mbed OS 5.3: Standard mbed LoRa APIs, examples and showcase demos
 2017: Services support, widespread deployment of low cost mbed Enabled modules
 Low-cost modules, support for operator "starter kits", events and demos
mbed Connectivity

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mbed uVisor
 A tiny, hypervisor/microkernel-like security kernel
 Creates and enforces secure isolation boundaries within
the OS, between different parts of the system
 Enables secrets to be strongly protected against software
and network-bourn attackers
 Efficient hardware enforcement through the memory
protection unit (MPU) and TrustZone for v8-M
mbed Security
Discuss at:
LAS16-308 Mini Conference – Security Architecture for Cortex-M
Wednesday 12:10pm : Paul Bakker

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mbed TLS
 mbedTLS enables cryptographic and SSL/TLS
capabilities for use in embedded software
 mbedTLS is tightly integrated in to mbed OS
 Combined with the mbed uVisor, this provides
comprehensive device and communication security
for IoT products
mbed Security
Hear more at:
LAS16-203: Platform security architecture for embedded devices
Tuesday 10:10am : Mark Hambleton

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Core Tools
 Support via free Command Line and Online IDE tools
 Supports compilation, collaboration and test workflows
 Easily select build for differentTargets and Toolchains
 Integrated with DistributedVersion Control Systems
mbed.org/code
mbed CLI
Command Line Interface
mbed Compiler
Free Online IDE
mbed Tools

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3rd Party Tool Support
 Working with tools partners for support in industry standard IDEs
 Software built and tested across different compilers
armcc
mbed Tools

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Test Tools
 Greentea:
 This test suite provides a collection of tools that enable automated testing on
mbed platforms
 Related tools:
 CMSIS-DAP and DAPLink – Debug over standard SWD connections
 USB enumeration and identification – To allow connection and discovery of
hardware
 Flash, reset and instrument testing for USB debug-enabled devices to enable
test farms
 Specific system testing e.g. BLE test suite
mbed Tools

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Continuous Integration Support
 Reporting in standard, human friendly, and Continuous Integration
system formats:
 Junit
 XML/HTML
 JSON
 Tools available as Python modules and command line interfaces
 extendability
 reuse
mbed Tools

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mbed Ecosystem

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mbed OS partner ecosystem
 mbed OS runs on platforms from a wide range of MCU Partners
 From Cortex-M0 to Cortex-M7. From general MCUs to IoT SoCs
 Other partners expand the platform in other ways
 Incremental effort for each partner, network effects for all
 mbed OS 5.1 supported 40+ platforms at launch
mbed OS MCU Partners
mbed OS Platforms
Try them hands on at:
Board Games Night: mbed OS platforms tutorial
Wednesday 7pm : Paul Bakker

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mbed OS Developer Community
Components Database
2M+ mbed.comVisitors
400+ Contributed Components
200K+
Registered
Developers

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Join the mbed Partnership
at mbed Connect 2016!
Santa Clara, October 24th
Meet over 800 developers building IoT
of the future
Hands-on training
Exclusive partner insights
www.mbed.com/mbedConnect16

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Summary
 mbed OS
 A full functionality ARM Cortex-M IoT platform OS for use in production devices today
 Free to use; open source; very broad platform support
 mbed IoT Device Platform
 Device software for Cortex-A and Cortex-M end nodes
 Connectivity to 3rd party clouds
 Device management services for IoT deployments at scale
 mbed Ecosystem
 Broad ecosystem of developers and companies building IoT at scale

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