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Micrium's µC/ Software Moves to Open-Source Licensing

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Perhaps a sign of the times, but Micrium, the makers of the uC/ RTOS will be moving their code base to an Open Source license model.

 

The uC/ OS has been a staple in many stable environments including the Mars Curiosity Rover Platform and now it will be available without a hefty license cost to all. It will be interesting to see how this either grows or kills the platform.

 

https://www.micrium.com/buy/licensing/

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  • From what I gather, the code does not go full Open Source until next month, but it still can be used in a limited manner. 

     

    For the most part, Micrium uC has been used in areas where there is strict regulation with regards to code such as Medical, Automotive, Space and such.  I believe more of these areas are moving to more Open Source development, so something that requires a license is losing favor. I suspect the purchase of FreeRTOS by Amazon has something to do with Micrium opening up their code as well.  Even Wind River has a version of VxWorks that can run on a Raspberry Pi.

     

    Times are a changin'

     

    Oddly, one of the first projects I posted a vid for was a project from a UC Irvine Extension course class where I shown Micrium uC/OS III RTOS running on a Digilent chipKIT Max32. It is a bit rough though.

     

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  • From what I gather, the code does not go full Open Source until next month, but it still can be used in a limited manner. 

     

    For the most part, Micrium uC has been used in areas where there is strict regulation with regards to code such as Medical, Automotive, Space and such.  I believe more of these areas are moving to more Open Source development, so something that requires a license is losing favor. I suspect the purchase of FreeRTOS by Amazon has something to do with Micrium opening up their code as well.  Even Wind River has a version of VxWorks that can run on a Raspberry Pi.

     

    Times are a changin'

     

    Oddly, one of the first projects I posted a vid for was a project from a UC Irvine Extension course class where I shown Micrium uC/OS III RTOS running on a Digilent chipKIT Max32. It is a bit rough though.

     

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