What is MBED?

MBED is a 32-bit microcontroller platform which is developed by ARM and is based on the NXP LPC1768 microcontroller, with an online compiler and a many software library.

Arm Mbed is the idea that the Internet of Things (IoT) is a collaboration between the people who make things, the people who use things and the people who make the services all these things use.

What is MBED OS?

Arm Mbed OS is an open source embedded operating system designed specifically for the "things" in the Internet of Things. It includes all the features you need to develop a connected product based on an Arm Cortex-M microcontroller, including security, connectivity, an RTOS and drivers for sensors and I/O devices.

Why MBED?

MBED provides many types of boards which are useful for various applications.

MBED also provides its own online Compiler which is free to all commercial and non-commercial use or you can use offline compiler also like uVision Keil, eclipse.

Many libraries provided with the software and a large number of libraries developed by people from around the world are available for free. The functions implemented in these libraries can be used for quick development purposes.

This allows the user to use certain interfaces or modules without having in-depth knowledge about the internal structure or working.

The point is that lack of technical or coding knowledge should not become an obstacle for development or creative thinking.

All of these enable fast and easy development.

MBED Boards

A wide range of boards is supported to ARM MBED Enable manufactured by different companies. These have different sizes, different microcontrollers, and different processing capabilities.

There are entry-level boards like the mbed LPC1768, mbed 11U24, FRDM-KL25Z, NXP LPC-800 MAX, etc;

Depending on the need of application and the processing requirements, users can choose from any of these.

For more information about MBED boards, click here.

MBED online Compiler

The lightweight online compiler with C/C++ IDE provided by ARM MBED to write a quick program, compile and download to run your MBED board.

You don’t need to install extra setup on your computer because it is web IDE.

You can use offline compiler also like keil, eclipse, etc. and extract online compiler code to the appropriate version that you are going to use.