Cloud Connectivity on NXP Microcontrollers

Libraries and examples provided through MCUXpresso SDK

AWS

• Source code provided
• FreeRTOS based
• Certified platforms available
• Free to use on any NXP device
• WiFi and Ethernet connectivity options

Microsoft Azure

• Source code provided
• Free to use on any NXP device
• WiFi and Ethernet connectivity options
• Azure RTOS support for easier integration

Google Cloud IoT

• Source code provided
• Free to use on any NXP device
• WiFi and Ethernet connectivity options

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

The cost and complexity to develop, deploy and manage secure connected nodes has continued to gate the market from realizing the true potential of the IoT. Reducing these complexities, AWS and NXP ensure developers are able to create secure, cost effective IoT solutions, increasing the accessibility of node-to-cloud connection for engineers. FreeRTOS – an open-source MCU operating system built on the FreeRTOS kernel, offers developers a universal connection to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. Together, MCUXpresso SDK and FreeRTOS, with easy-to-use software libraries and examples, bring multiple layers of network transport security, simplify cloud on-boarding and over-the-air device management.

All driver and middleware libraries are provided with full source code, and along with examples to show how to connect to the AWS Cloud (AWS account required) and use commonly required elements:

• Device configuration from a mobile application
• Remote control from an Android mobile application
• Discovery process with a Greengrass gateway
• Device shadowing in the AWS cloud
• Amazon AWS Certification tests (certified platforms only)

AWS supported platforms (from SDK 2.7)

*FreeRTOS certified platform.

**Not available on all platforms/boards.

***Support available from March 2020.

Microsoft Azure

NXP has partnered with Microsoft to provide Azure RTOS middleware for our mutual customers as part of MCUXpresso SDK. This software is free to use on supported platforms and is designed enable seamless connection to the power of Azure IoT. All supported platforms provide all the elements of Azure RTOS, with examples provided to connect to Azure IoT where a network connection is available on the evaluation board supported.

Evaluation boards with Azure RTOS support and Azure IoT connectivity examples

For some platforms NXP provides FreeRTOS / LwIP based example implementations to connect Azure IoT hub to client communications using commonly used protocols:

• AMQP
• HTTP
• MQTT

Microsoft Azure supported platforms

Google Cloud IoT applications

MCUXpresso SDK includes open source examples based on FreeRTOS, with options to connect via Ethernet and LWIP, or WiFi to the Google Cloud using MQTT.

Google Cloud IoT supported platforms (from SDK 2.7)