Silicon Labs (News - Alert) has released a major update of its Simplicity Studio software development tools, which the company said is a significant redesign of the software infrastructure in order to make the tools faster to download and easier to install and use.
It also includes a new and more intuitive user interface for the comprehensive software tool set for developing IoT connected device applications. It is still the only embedded development environment that broadly supports 8- and 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), multiprotocol and multiband wireless SoCs, and fixed-function devices.
The latest release of Simplicity Studio is free for download here.
“I’m happy to see that Simplicity Studio is a cross-platform development environment that’s super-easy to download, install and launch,” said Andrew Tergis, electrical engineer, littleBits, a New York-based hardware startup and Simplicity customer. “The Simplicity wizards made it easy to license the Keil compiler without much fuss. It’s a brilliant idea to have Simplicity Studio auto-detect the connected development board, and it was easy to find source code and have the project already configured for my hardware.”
Silicon Labs has enhanced Simplicity Studio to provide more intuitive content and document navigation. A developer can click on a pre-defined solution, such as a wearable device, and the software will automatically set its context to the key components comprising the solution, such as an EFM32 MCU, a Bluetooth module and an optical sensor.
“With this new release of Simplicity Studio, we’ve completely reimagined the developer experience,” said Raman Sharma, director, Simplicity Studio, Silicon Labs. “Our latest version of Simplicity Studio tackles complex development challenges and gives IoT developers more capabilities and easier access to Silicon Labs’ full range of IoT products. Offering a rare combination of simplicity and sophistication, Simplicity Studio enables developers to create IoT applications that extend from end nodes to the cloud.”