Introduction¶

mbed is the easiest and fastest way to prototype with ARM microcontrollers. To find out how it works, take the Tour.

About mbed¶

• Tour - New to mbed? Take the tour and find out more

• mbed Microcontroller - All about the mbed microcontroller hardware
• mbed Compiler - All about the mbed Compiler
• About - The background of mbed, press resources and press articles about mbed
• Nontechnical FAQs - Frequently asked questions about accounts, university/college use, etc. See also Technical FAQ.

• Sponsorship - The mbed Sponsorship Program
• Education - The mbed Educational Program
• Events - mbed-related events around the world

Getting started with mbed¶

• Setup guide - Getting signed up with an mbed account
• Downloading a program - Running a program binary on your mbed microcontroller for the first time
• Creating a program - Creating your own program with the mbed compiler
• Communicating over USB Serial - Communicate between an mbed Microcontroller and a PC
• Help - How to ask for help

mbed Library reference¶

Digital I/O¶

• DigitalOut - Configure and control a digital output pin.
• DigitalIn - Configure and control a digital input pin.
• DigitalInOut - Bi-directional digital pins

• BusIn - Flexible way to read multiple DigitalIn pins as one value
• BusOut - Flexible way to write multiple DigitalIn pins as one value
• BusInOut - Flexible way to read/write multiple DigitalIn pins as one value

• PortIn - Fast way to read multiple DigitalIn pins as one value
• PortOut - Fast way to write multiple DigitalIn pins as one value
• PortInOut - Fast way to read/write multiple DigitalIn pins as one value

• PwmOut - Pulse-width modulated output

Analog I/O¶

• AnalogIn - Read the voltage applied to an analog input pin
• AnalogOut - Set the voltage of an analog output pin

Networking & Comms¶

• Serial - Serial/UART bus
• SerialHalfDuplex - Half-duplex Serial bus

• SPI - SPI bus master
• SPISlave - SPI bus slave
• SPIHalfDuplex - Half-duplex SPI bus master

• I2C - I²C bus master
• I2CSlave - I²C bus slave

• CAN - Controller-area network bus
• Ethernet - Ethernet network

Time & Interrupts¶

• Timer - Create, start, stop and read a timer
• Timeout - Call a function after a specified delay
• Ticker - Repeatedly call a function

• InterruptIn - Trigger an event when a digital input pin changes.

• wait - Wait for a specified time
• time - Get and set the realtime clock

Other¶

• LocalFileSystem - Read and write files to the mbed USB disk

Working with mbed¶

• Help - The best way to get help, and how to help others
• FAQs - Frequently asked technical questions about working with mbed
• deadmbed - Is your mbed dead? Here are some things you can try!

• Debugging - A guide to help find and solve errors and bugs in your programs
• SerialPC - Communicate between an mbed Microcontroller and a PC
• Windows serial configuration - Windows serial driver installation
• Terminals - Guide to using terminal applications

Implementation details¶

• mbed NXP LPC1768 - Details about the mbed NXP LPC1768 hardware
• Memory Model - The memory model used by the mbed Library