Micrium µC/RTOS software is now available for free licensing
Latest update time：2020-02-05
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Micrium µC/RTOS
Software Open Source License
Developers now have free access to all leading embedded
RTOS
software components
Silicon Labs
(also known as
"
Silicon Labs
"
) announced
a new open source licensing business model for the
Micrium µC/RTOS
family of software. By adopting
an open license for
µC/RTOS
and related components,
Silicon Labs
can
extend the benefits of
µC/
software to a wider user base and allow the embedded developer community to play a role in future software development efforts.
Silicon Labs
will propose a comprehensive plan to ensure a smooth transition to the open source licensing model for
µC/
Software
for all users
. The company will continue to provide customers with effective maintenance agreements and technical support.
Silicon Labs
will also work closely with partners and is expected to provide similar support services in the near future.
The new
µC/
open source licensing model will
take effect on
February
28
,
2020.
The open source license applies to all
µC
/
software and related components, including
µC/OS-II
,
µC/OS-III
,
µC/FS
,
µC/TCP-IP
,
µC/USB-Device
,
µC/USB-Host
,
µC/CAN
, and
µC/Modbus
.
The change in open source licensing does not affect
Silicon Labs
'
Micrium OS
software, which
is optimized for the company's products
and available
to designers
through
the Simplicity Studio
development environment. The
Micrium OS
system was designed to provide commercial support for
users of
Silicon Labs
'
EFR32 Wireless Gecko
wireless
SoC
series and
EFM32
microcontroller (
MCU
) series without charging any licensing fees. Although it is not open source,
the source code of
Micrium OS
is
available
to all
Silicon Labs
customers.
“The µC/
family of
RTOS
components has been firmly established in the embedded market for many years, and the new open source licensing model will facilitate the next phase of growth for this popular software,
”
said
Riku Mettala,
vice president of IoT software and tools
at Silicon Labs.
“
This new open source model means that
µC/
software will be freely available to developers seeking to prove their embedded projects in the commercial arena. The licensing model transition also helps ensure
continued market adoption of
µC/
components, as open source software is particularly popular across a wide range of
IoT
application segments.
”
For
more information on
µC/
component open source licensing, visit
silabs.com/uc-licensing
.
About
the Micrium µC RTOS
Family
Founded in
1999
and acquired
by
Silicon Labs
in
2016
,
Micrium
has been a leader in embedded software components. The company's flagship
µC/RTOS
product family is recognized for its reliability, high performance, near-perfect source code, and rich documentation.
Micrium
's
widely deployed
RTOS
software has been ported to
more than
50
MCU
architectures and has more than
250,000
downloads
worldwide
. Its solutions have been certified to meet safety-critical standards in fields such as medical electronics, avionics, communications, consumer electronics, and industrial control.
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