Infineon, a global leader in semiconductor solutions, signed a cooperation agreement with RT-Thread, a well-known IoT operating system manufacturer, and became a gold member of the RT-Thread open source community. Infineon will provide developers in the RT-Thread ecosystem with innovative solutions from products to systems with its technical expertise in core IoT areas such as perception, computing, execution, connectivity, and security.
Digitalization drives a new era of smart IoT
The wave of digitalization has spawned various intelligent applications and scenarios, which will continue to boost the development momentum of the Internet of Things. After Infineon completed the acquisition of Cypress in 2020, it has actively integrated the product and technology advantages of both parties, expanded its business to important aspects of the Internet of Things such as perception, computing, execution, connection, and security, and is committed to becoming a comprehensive Internet of Things application. 's enabler.
Perception - Infineon's extensive sensor portfolio features high reliability, high accuracy and low power consumption, giving devices the ability to "see", "hear" and "feel".
Computing - Infineon has a broad portfolio of microcontrollers, including low-power PSoC microcontrollers designed for IoT applications. PSoC 6 products also integrate CapSense capacitive touch technology to provide a stable and reliable touch interface.
Execution - Infineon has both silicon, silicon carbide and gallium nitride wide energy gap material solutions, which can provide excellent solutions for motor drive and energy management of IoT devices according to different customer needs.
Connectivity - Infineon provides secure cellular connectivity based on eSIM solutions, as well as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB and USB C/PD products for a wide range of IoT applications covering consumer, commercial, industrial, automotive and more. Infineon is also the market leader in USB and USB C with more than 1 billion shipments since 2008.
Security - Infineon has a wealth of professional experience in the security field and provides complete solutions based on software and hardware, enabling IoT devices to easily have security protection capabilities.
RT-Thread is an open source real-time operating system with complete and rich components, highly scalable, easy development, ultra-low power consumption, high security features, supports a variety of architectures and compilation tools, and supports various standard interfaces such as POSIX, CMSIS, C++ application environment, Javascript execution environment, etc.
As an open source project, RT-Thread can help developers solve the problem of device development fragmentation, and has also attracted many contributors to participate in it. You can see various types of contributions from college teachers and students, enthusiasts, terminal companies, semiconductor companies, etc. Stability and reliability are verified and enhanced. At present, RT-Thread has more than 1.4 billion installed units (as of December 2021) and more than 100,000 developers. It is one of the embedded operating systems with the most complete software and hardware ecology and is widely used in smart home, security, industrial vehicles, Wearables, smart cities and many other industries.
Nan Zheng, Marketing Director of Infineon Technologies Greater China Security Interconnect Systems Division, said: "Infineon's MCU products and solutions are widely used in the global market and enjoy a high reputation around the world. The Infineon Greater China team has always been deeply rooted in the local area. market, based on Infineon's advanced MCU products, combined with the needs of customers, we continue to introduce solutions suitable for the Chinese market. As one of the leading open source operating system suppliers in China, RT-Thread has a large user group and a large number of Applicable to various IoT scenarios. The cooperation between Infineon and RT-Thread will help to provide developers with a more cost-effective integrated software and hardware solution, which will be of great help to shorten development time and improve product differentiation. ."
RT-Thread COO Cheng Zou said: "We are delighted that Infineon has joined the RT-Thread open source community, bringing a unique perspective and expertise to the RT-Thread ecosystem. Building RT-Thread into a world-class OS is our long-term goal. Vision, Infineon is an important partner for us to achieve this vision. The cooperation between the two parties is rooted in the local area and radiates global developers, which will inspire developers to bring innovative solutions to the interconnected world, and help manufacturers and developers reduce physical The development of networked devices is difficult and the time-to-market of products is shortened.”
