Projects sharing features with Mbed Os

RIOT is a real-time operating system designed for resource-constrained microcontrollers. It provides a kernel for managing hardware peripherals, memory, and multitasking on embedded devices, featuring a microcontroller hardware abstraction layer to unify hardware access across different chipsets. The system employs a preemptive tickless task scheduler with priority-based execution to maximize energy efficiency in battery-powered hardware. It also includes an embedded security framework consisting of cryptographic APIs and secure transport protocols to facilitate authenticated over-the-air fir

RT-Thread is an IoT real-time operating system and embedded device kernel. It provides a lightweight execution environment for microcontrollers, combining a real-time kernel with a hardware abstraction layer to manage multi-threaded task scheduling and hardware resource allocation. The project is built as a modular framework that utilizes a package-based ecosystem. This allows for the integration of reusable software libraries and high-level services through a loosely coupled architecture. The system covers real-time task scheduling, resource-constrained memory management, and embedded hardw

Blynk is an embedded device framework and IoT cloud connectivity library designed to establish secure, bi-directional communication between microcontrollers and a remote management platform. It provides the core identity of an IoT device management tool, enabling the synchronization of device states, remote hardware control, and the mapping of hardware data to cloud-based interfaces. The project distinguishes itself through a virtual-pin system that decouples cloud communication from physical pins, allowing for hardware-independent data exchange. It also supports advanced architectural offloa

NuttX is a POSIX-compliant real-time operating system designed for resource-constrained embedded environments. It functions as a scalable microcontroller OS that provides a Unix-like environment for managing hardware and running applications across architectures ranging from 8-bit to 64-bit. The system ensures high software portability by implementing a kernel that follows POSIX and ANSI standards. This allows developers to create portable embedded applications using standardized API calls across diverse hardware architectures. The project includes a modular kernel architecture and a hardwar

LiteOS is a lightweight real-time operating system kernel designed for constrained devices with limited memory and processing power. It provides a foundation for embedded IoT development, focusing on stable and predictable system resource management. The system implements a preemptive task scheduler and interrupt-driven resource management to ensure real-time responsiveness. It incorporates a tickless idle mechanism and optimized sleep-wake cycles to reduce power consumption in battery-powered hardware. The kernel includes capabilities for task synchronization via semaphores and static memor

FreeRTOS-Kernel is a real-time operating system kernel for microcontrollers. It provides a multitasking environment through a priority-based task scheduler, an embedded memory manager, and an inter-process communication framework to ensure time-critical tasks meet their deadlines. The kernel includes a software timer engine for executing functions at predefined intervals or after set delays. It supports a minimal model of concurrent tasks and lightweight co-routine execution for systems with limited memory resources. The project covers a broad surface of embedded resource management, includi

This project provides educational resources and technical guides for microcontroller firmware development. It focuses on writing low-level C code that runs directly on hardware without an underlying operating system, covering the fundamentals of hardware registers, memory mapping, and system clocks. The guides detail the creation of hardware abstraction layers to wrap raw memory-mapped registers into structured interfaces and provide walkthroughs for integrating TCP/IP stacks and HTTP servers into bare-metal environments. It also outlines the implementation of embedded systems build pipelines

Lua RTOS for ESP32 is a real-time operating system designed for ESP32 microcontrollers that integrates a lightweight Lua interpreter to manage hardware resources and application logic. It utilizes a micro-kernel architecture to provide preemptive task scheduling, ensuring deterministic timing and reliable concurrency for embedded operations on resource-constrained hardware. The system distinguishes itself by providing a unified hardware abstraction layer that maps high-level programming commands directly to peripheral registers. This allows developers to interact with sensors, actuators, and

This project is an embedded C++ development kit and hardware abstraction layer that enables the Arduino programming environment to target ESP8266 WiFi microcontrollers. It provides a comprehensive framework for compiling and flashing code to microcontroller memory via serial or wireless interfaces. The system includes a specialized WiFi microcontroller framework for managing TCP/IP stacks and internet connectivity. It features a dedicated over-the-air firmware update system that allows software updates to be delivered to remote hardware without a physical cable connection. The kit covers emb

This project is an implementation of the Arduino framework for ESP32 microcontrollers, providing a core that enables firmware development using a familiar API. It functions as a microcontroller hardware abstraction layer and a firmware toolchain integration, bridging external development environments to the hardware for compilation and flashing. The system includes an embedded real-time operating system wrapper to manage multi-core execution and task scheduling, alongside a wireless communication suite for TCP/IP networking and Bluetooth Low Energy. It distinguishes itself by providing an obj

Cylon is a JavaScript robotics framework and hardware abstraction layer designed for controlling robots, drones, and IoT devices. It functions as an IoT device orchestrator that translates high-level JavaScript commands into hardware signals and manages multiple sensors and components concurrently. The system utilizes a modular architecture of drivers and adaptors to normalize diverse hardware signals into a unified programming interface. It enables the deployment of hardware control logic across various environments, including web browsers and mobile applications, through cross-platform bund

Blinker is an IoT cloud connectivity library designed to link embedded hardware to cloud services. It functions as a communication layer that connects physical devices to mobile applications for remote triggering, state monitoring, and remote data transmission. The library provides a development framework for ESP32 microcontrollers and a set of tools for interfacing Arduino R4 hardware with cloud backends. It enables the establishment of secure links between embedded devices and cloud services to store and transmit data remotely. The project includes capabilities for remote hardware manageme

Blinker-py is a Python library and asynchronous hardware interface designed to connect Linux-based single board computers, such as the Raspberry Pi, to a remote IoT cloud platform. It functions as a communication bridge and hardware abstraction layer that enables the remote monitoring and control of physical components. The project provides a TCP socket communication client for bidirectional, real-time data exchange. It maps cloud-side virtual controls to physical GPIO pins, allowing remote interfaces to trigger physical actions on connected hardware through a cloud bridge. The library incor

This project is a Lua-based firmware environment for the ESP8266 WiFi chip, providing an embedded Lua interpreter and a development framework for WiFi SoC hardware. It functions as a C-based wrapper around the Espressif non-OS SDK, enabling the execution of asynchronous scripts to manage wireless communication and hardware peripherals. The environment integrates a SPIFFS flash filesystem for storing persistent scripts and data directly on non-volatile memory. To optimize limited hardware resources, the system utilizes execute-in-place flash execution, running read-only constants and instructi

Zephyr is a real-time operating system and cross-platform embedded framework designed for resource-constrained hardware architectures. It provides an embedded kernel that manages memory, power consumption, and hardware peripherals across multiple microcontroller architectures. The project utilizes a hardware abstraction layer to decouple high-level kernel services from physical hardware through standardized driver interfaces. It employs a device tree hardware description format and a hierarchical configuration system to optimize binaries and feature sets for specific hardware constraints. Th

Side-Menu.Android is a reusable UI component for Android applications that provides a slide-out navigation drawer. It is designed to help developers organize application sections and user options into a structured, hidden panel that maintains a clean interface for the primary content area. The component distinguishes itself through its visual presentation, which follows Material Design guidelines to ensure a consistent and intuitive user experience. It features a data-driven menu hierarchy that allows for logical grouping of navigation items, and it incorporates fluid circular reveal animatio

Tock is a secure embedded operating system and microcontroller kernel designed to isolate untrusted applications and drivers. It functions as a memory-safe process isolator that uses a combination of hardware memory protection and language-level type safety to execute mutually distrustful applications on bare metal. The system distinguishes itself through a hardware abstraction layer that decouples high-level components from specific microcontroller implementations using standardized traits. It further employs a virtualization layer to allow multiple independent software components to share a

Contiki is an operating system designed for resource-constrained embedded devices and the Internet of Things. It provides a lightweight, event-driven kernel that enables multitasking and low-power wireless network connectivity on hardware with extremely limited memory and processing power. The system distinguishes itself through a stackless threading model that allows for a blocking-style programming interface while maintaining a minimal memory footprint. It supports dynamic module and firmware management, enabling the loading and linking of relocatable binary code at runtime to update applic

ZSWatch is a real-time operating system for wearable devices featuring a touch display and Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity. It provides a comprehensive software suite that includes a Bluetooth LE communication stack, an embedded UI framework for round displays, and a complete firmware toolchain for compiling, flashing, and simulating wearable hardware. The project is distinguished by its specialized wearable capabilities, such as a graphical framework for designing reactive screens and watchfaces via a visual editor. It implements a publish-subscribe messaging system to decouple hardware se

embedded-notes is a collection of technical study guides and development notes focused on embedded Linux, Linux kernel internals, and C programming. It serves as a reference for embedded systems development and a preparation resource for technical interviews in the field. The project provides detailed documentation on writing device drivers, managing virtual memory, and understanding kernel internals. It also includes guides on IoT network protocols, such as MQTT and TCP/IP, and outlines the architectural details of chip architectures and hardware peripherals. The material covers a broad sur

Embedded-hal is a hardware abstraction layer for embedded microcontrollers that defines common traits allowing peripheral drivers to remain entirely independent of specific hardware platforms. The library provides platform-agnostic interfaces that decouple driver logic from microcontroller architectures, utilizing zero-cost trait abstractions that compile down to direct hardware register manipulations without runtime overhead or memory allocation. The project features asynchronous execution support and synchronous-to-asynchronous adaptation, enabling non-blocking peripheral operations and coo

This project is flight control autopilot software designed as a real-time operating system for managing the flight dynamics and navigation of autonomous multicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, and rovers. It serves as a multi-vehicle autopilot framework that supports various aircraft configurations, including vertical takeoff and landing platforms across industrial environments. The system includes a MAVLink communication stack for exchanging telemetry and command data between unmanned vehicles and ground control stations. It also provides a software-in-the-loop flight simulator to test autopilot

OpenMower is an autonomous lawn mower controller and firmware system that uses high-precision RTK GPS to navigate robotic mowers without the need for physical boundary wires. It functions as a GPS-based path planner and hardware management system that converts manual machines into autonomous units. The project includes a remote management application for monitoring and controlling mowers via a web or mobile interface. It integrates an obstacle avoidance system and safety layers that execute emergency stops when the device is lifted or crashes. The system manages robotic hardware through firm

This project is a professional integrated development environment designed for microcontroller firmware engineering and embedded systems development. It provides a specialized interface for writing, compiling, and deploying code to Arduino-compatible boards and various other hardware platforms. The environment distinguishes itself through a modular architecture that separates the graphical user interface from the underlying build and hardware communication logic. By utilizing a language server protocol and a decoupled plugin system, it allows for consistent code analysis and extensible functi

rawdrawandroid is a framework for building Android applications using C and Make. It provides a native development system that compiles source code into standalone executable packages, bypassing the standard Java or Kotlin toolchains and virtual machines. The project features a native UI toolkit for creating hardware-accelerated graphics windows and a dedicated hardware interface for direct communication with USB peripherals and onboard sensors. It utilizes a containerized build environment to ensure consistent compilation and signing of binaries without requiring local toolchain installation

i2cdevlib is a collection of peripheral drivers and hardware abstraction layers designed for I2C devices. It provides a sensor driver collection, a register map database, and a peripheral manager to coordinate communication between microcontrollers and hardware components. The project utilizes a hardware abstraction layer to decouple device logic from specific microcontroller hardware and wire libraries. This transport-layer abstraction allows the same device drivers to remain portable across different hardware architectures. The library covers a broad range of hardware integration, includin

Arduino is a physical computing platform and an open hardware standard used to build interactive electronic objects and standalone devices. It provides a C++ microcontroller IDE and an embedded systems framework for writing, compiling, and uploading code to microcontroller boards. The ecosystem facilitates embedded systems programming and interactive hardware prototyping, allowing for the creation of devices that respond to environmental changes or user input. It enables the development of physical computing projects by managing the connection and flashing of code to various hardware boards.