NXP expands Microsoft Azure RTOS partnership for edge-to-cloud development
NXP Semiconductors expands its partnership with the Microsoft Azure real time operating system (RTOS) across its EdgeVerse scalable edge processing portfolio.
The collaboration will give NXP’s developer community using MCUXpresso software and tools seamless access to the capabilities of Azure RTOS, including fully integrated middleware and tools for file management, graphical user interface (GUI), security, networking and wired/wireless connectivity.
Azure RTOS support is available for many of NXP’s low power, secure 32-bit LPC and i.MX RT crossover microcontrollers. Now, Azure RTOS is enabled from within its popular MCUXpresso software development kit (SDK). This turn-key integration will simplify nearly every step of the development cycle, says NXP, namely choosing the right processor, developing and deploying secure, intelligent edge devices, building secure local area networks and connecting to the cloud.
The NXP and Microsoft collaboration is expected to reduce production costs for developers and help them bring new industrial and IoT edge applications to market faster.
Sam George, corporate vice president, Azure IoT, Microsoft, said: “As a result of this collaboration, developers can seamlessly connect devices to the Azure cloud, and quickly build and deliver innovative new intelligent edge solutions to customers.”
“The rapid adoption of edge processing has changed the landscape of operating systems for microcontrollers,” added Joe Yu, vice president and general manager of microcontrollers at NXP. “The industrial and IoT edge of today requires embedded software that is anchored by small footprint RTOS, combined with comprehensive middleware stacks, which Azure RTOS provides,” he said. “We’re happy to complement the breadth of our MCUs with Azure RTOS for our customers to unlock the limitless possibilities of the intelligent edge and secure connected world.”
NXP Semiconductors enables secure connections for a smarter world, delivering secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications in the automotive, industrial and IoT, mobile and communication infrastructure markets.
The company has approximately 29,000 employees in more than 30 countries.
