Arm open source group address IoT software confusion

An open source software reference design for the design of secure IoT node device such as sensors and Arm controllers has been introduced by Linaro, developer of open source software for the Arm architecture.

Richard Wilson , Sept. 28, 2016 – 

Linaro has worked with Arm, Canonical, Huawei, NXP, RDA, Red Hat, Spreadtrum, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and ZTE on the new IoT software, as part of what it calls the Linaro IoT and Embedded (LITE) Segment Group.

Group says it wants to address the design problems created by the proliferation of choices for IoT device operating systems, security infrastructure, identification, communication, device management and cloud interfaces.

It hopes to be able to reduce fragmentation in operating systems, middleware and cloud connectivity software, through the creation of open source device reference platforms.

Initial technical work will be focused on delivering an end to end, cross ­vendor solution for secure IoT devices using the Arm Cortex-M architecture.

This will include a bootloader, RTOS platform, security, communications, middleware and a choice of application programming tools. LITE will also work on Cortex-A based smart device and gateway solutions for IoT using Linux.

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