The Internet of Things on AWS – Official Blog

Category: FreeRTOS

How to access and display files from HAQM S3 on IoT devices with AWS IoT EduKit

AWS IoT EduKit is designed to help students, experienced engineers, and professionals get hands-on experience with IoT and AWS technologies by building end-to-end IoT applications. The AWS IoT EduKit reference hardware is sold by our manufacturing partner M5Stack. Self-paced guides are available online. The code and tutorial content are open to the community to contribute via their […]

Your Guide to AWS IoT at Embedded World 2021

Embedded World 2021 is almost here! Embedded World is the place for all things embedded-system technologies and distributed intelligence. This year’s exhibition and conference will be entirely digital, running the week of March 1-5, 2021. In this blog post, we share sessions you won’t want to miss from AWS experts and our AWS Partners as […]

AWS IoT named Best Consumer IoT Solution at 2020 IoT World Awards

AWS IoT Named “Best Consumer IoT Solution” at 2020 IoT World Awards

At AWS, we build technology to help customers and partners like Bose, Vizio, LG, British Gas Centrica Connected Home, Ayla, NXP, and more solve real world problems and unlock possibilities to create better business outcomes and new consumer experiences. Yesterday, IoT World named AWS IoT the “Best Consumer IoT Solution” for 2020. We are grateful to […]

How to perform secondary processor over-the-air updates with FreeRTOS

Many embedded architectures include a connectivity processor connected to one or more secondary processors that perform business logic. The ability to perform secondary processor over-the-air (OTA) updates is just as critical as updating the connectivity processor. This is because it allows for low-cost patching of bugs and security vulnerabilities as well as delivering new features […]

Support for Secure Elements in FreeRTOS

Secure elements represent a category of devices intended to enhance security in connected devices. For microcontroller (MCU)–based devices, secure elements provide tamper-resistant storage of private keys and certificates, and offloading of cryptographic functions from the host microcontroller. You can now leverage two new qualifications that include support for secure elements within HAQM FreeRTOS.  These qualifications […]

Securing HAQM FreeRTOS devices at scale with Infineon OPTIGA Trust X

Post by David Walters, Senior Partner Specialist Solutions Architect, IoT at HAQM Web Services, and Artem Yushev, Applications Engineer, Embedded Security Systems, at Infineon. One of the most significant challenges for device manufacturers developing new microcontroller-based IoT devices is how to manufacture and provision those devices at scale without compromising security. In this blog post, we […]

Building microcontroller-based IoT applications using HTTPS client in HAQM FreeRTOS

Today, AWS announced general availability for HTTPS client support in HAQM FreeRTOS. Now you can use the HTTP/HTTPS protocol to connect your microcontroller-based IoT devices to AWS IoT Core and download files to those devices. You might want to use HTTPS on your IoT devices running HAQM FreeRTOS for a variety of reasons: To download […]

HAQM Key for Business solution with AWS IoT

Building a virtual fob with HAQM Key for Business and AWS IoT

For many people, getting a package delivered from HAQM is painless. However, problems can arise in access-controlled properties such as apartment complexes, condominiums, and businesses. This post tells how an HAQM team developed HAQM Key for Business to address this issue. Overview HAQM strives to make its package delivery process quick and easy for customers. […]

Announcing HAQM FreeRTOS 201906.00 Major

HAQM FreeRTOS 201906.00 Major is now generally available. HAQM FreeRTOS extends the FreeRTOS kernel with individual software libraries, making it faster and easier to securely connect microcontroller-based IoT devices to the cloud. This major release provides significant improvements to several underlying libraries, as well as an update to overall HAQM FreeRTOS versioning: General availability of […]

Announcing support for Bluetooth Low Energy in HAQM FreeRTOS

Announcing support for Bluetooth Low Energy in HAQM FreeRTOS

Today, AWS announced general availability for Bluetooth Low Energy support in HAQM FreeRTOS. This release simplifies your development process to securely connect HAQM FreeRTOS devices using Bluetooth Low Energy to AWS IoT Core via Android and iOS devices. It also makes it easier to remotely update firmware on HAQM FreeRTOS devices using Bluetooth Low Energy. […]