There has been a lot going on in the mbed Community lately, so I thought I would take a moment to roundup some of the recent developments, news and some of the upcoming events we’re going to be at. Also, a chance for you to provide some input on our future plans...

Team

A quick look at what Pzemek is up to with mbed test automation.

News

The new Nordic nRF51822-mKIT Bluetooth Smart kit has started shipping! This is a great solution if you are interested in developing any wearables of appcessories. You can see it in action here: mbed BLE APIs to easily implement a Bluetooth LE Health Thermometer.

Embedded Know-how interviewed Simon Ford on “ARM’s platform approach to Internet-of-Things device development” whilst at Embedded World. It covers some of the thinking behind mbed and where we might be going.

With the new ST Nucleo boards released, Mihail took the time to do a brief hands-on with how to use the four ST Nucleo boards running mbed with a shield.

A Japanese mbed developer, jksoft, and his team won the highest prize at TBS TV Hack Day with their “Interactive TV - Tere-Boo” which is a small soft toy that acts as a interactive TV control system.

Freescale launched the new mbed-enabled Freescale FRDM-K64F board based on a Cortex-M4 with 1MB FLASH and 256K RAM! It also includes some other goodies like RF expansion connectors for easier development of Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

NXP released the next generation of their development board platform, the NXP LPCXpresso Version 2 that are all mbed-enabled.

Projects

Here are some new projects to watch:

Robotiky – Small programmable robotic toy that makes learning to code fun with its drag and drop programming challenges.

AgIC – With AgIC you can print your own mbed circuit boards with your home printer saving time, money and makes PCB fabrication that much simpler.

Upcoming Events

April 27 - May 1, Las Vegas, NV

We’ll be showcasing some of the work we’ve been doing together with IBM. Look out for more soon.

May 17-18, Bay Area, CA

ARM and the mbed Team will be showcasing a wide variety of ARM-based appcessories, wearables, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices at the show. Stop by our booth (Booth #) to get an up close look that demos and chat with the experts who developed them.

We’re hiring!

We are looking for talented and driven embedded software engineers to join our expanding team in developing an open source platform for ARM Cortex-M based microcontrollers, suitable for use by 100,000s of developers to create Internet of Things devices that ship in the billions! We are recruiting for multiple positions at various grades up to principal engineer in Cambridge, UK and Austin, Texas, USA. See http://mbed.org/jobs and pass it on!

Help guide mbed development!

We are increasing our investment in mbed, and we want to make sure we prioritise the right areas. It'd be great if you could give us some feedback on our potential plans:

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