MBED is now free open-source

[bigtoy]

MBED is pretty cool, nice easy to program ARM (Cortex-M3 mostly) parts, but it used to be a little pricey, I thought. I have an MBED board and it's put to good use, but I wouldn't want to buy 10 of them.

MBED just announced all their stuff is now open-source, and freely useable under the Apache 2 license. Which means you can use the code for commercial products, you don't need to release your code, etc. Very nice.

http://mbed.org/blog/entry/mbed-SDK-is-now-Open-Source/

So now we can build our own cheap boards, and use all the MBED code on them, however we see fit. I'm planning on trying it out.

[Cain]

Checked it out a few years ago but a product that forcing you to develop on-line is a no-go so I looked elsewhere! Really don't understand their thinking here, having it as an option would be OK but forcing it???

[bigtoy]

Agreed, the on-line thing is a bit strange. Good for beginners (in fact really good for beginners, because setting up an ARM GNU toolchain can be a bit of work) but limiting for experienced users. However there is info on the site how to compile on your own machine if you prefer.