Media Alert

03 Mar 2022

Arm introduces MDK-Community edition

Arm's industry-leading software development environment, Keil MDK, is now available as a completely free edition which is targeted at hobbyists, makers, students, academics, and for evaluation purposes. The MDK-Community edition has no code size limits and supports all non-commercial use cases. If you need support, the active community forum is the place to look for help.

MDK-Community overview

The following elements are part of MDK-Community:

• MDK-Core with the µVision editor and debugger.
• Arm Compiler 6 offering superior code size and performance for all Cortex-M targets.
• Access to more than 9,500 supported Arm Cortex-M based microcontroller devices.
• CMSIS - the standard framework for working with Arm-based microcontrollers.
• A long list of middleware that can be used freely for your next project:
  • Keil RTX5, a comprehensive, open-source real-time operating system.
  • lwIP, a light-weight TCP/IP networking stack.
  • CMSIS-FreeRTOS, a CMSIS-RTOS2 API enabled derivative of FreeRTOS.
  • Mbed TLS for securing your network communication.
  • TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers (TFLu), the framework for deep learning algorithms on IoT edge devices.
  • Various IoT connectors for popular cloud service providers.

How to obtain your MDK-Community license

To be able to use MDK-Community, you need a valid license. Go to keil.arm.com/mdk-community to receive a product serial number and learn how to convert it into a license.

Note:
Use in commercial applications is not permitted. For use in commercial projects, please obtain an MDK-Essential, MDK-Plus, or MDK-Professional license.