Microchip unveils ecosystem programme for embedded designers

On the hardware side, the MPLAB Harmony framework makes it even easier to port code, thereby simplifying migration among all of Microchip's 32bit PIC32 MCUs, enabling a highly profitable, multi-tiered end equipment offering with minimal code redevelopment. Middleware and OS developers who take advantage of Microchip's ecosystem development programme will be better able to offer customers solutions that leverage MPLAB Harmony's efficiency and reliability advantages.

The MPLAB Harmony Integrated Software Framework is also supported by Microchip's free MPLAB Harmony Configurator and MPLAB XC32 Compiler v1.40, all of which operate within Microchip's MPLAB X integrated development environment (IDE), and all of which are available for free download. Additionally, MPLAB Harmony and the PIC32 are supported with a comprehensive set of low-cost development boards available from microchipDIRECT or by contacting one of Microchip's authorised distribution partners.

MPLAB Harmony Configurator

MPLAB Harmony is available and the basic framework is free. Once downloaded, there is a modular menu of free and premium software options. The expanding list of offerings includes RTOSs, FreeRTOS from Real Time Engineers Ltd and OPENRTOS from Wittenstein High Integrity Systems, a TCP/IP stack from InterNiche Technologies, an Embedded SSL/TLS Library from wolfSSL, and IoT enablement from PubNub, among many other software offerings from vendors such as Micrium, SEGGER and Express Logic.

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