Embedded Software and Tools


Freescale's software and development solutions take you beyond the silicon, helping to bring your embedded applications to life. We equip design engineers with comprehensive solutions including the silicon, the software and tools, ecosystem solutions and reference boards that are the best fit for their needs - reducing design complexity and accelerating their time to market. Freescale enables a wide variety of applications with our diverse array of software offerings, from drivers and simple demonstration software to highly integrated vertical solutions.


Freescale Connect Partner Program

Freescale has a strong, global, collaborative ecosystem of embedded hardware, software and application-level partners enabling fully integrated solutions on Freescale platforms. Our vibrant ecosystem preserves choice, gives developers the peace of mind that they can find the solution they need and fosters rapid innovation.

Professional Engineering Services

As value add to Freescale's quality products, the Professional Service team provides fee based engineering services in support of the silicon and software Freescale delivers to customers. The team's technical competency is concentrated on embedded systems and Linux, with domain knowledge in the automotive, industrial, networking and consumer electronics markets.

As product portfolio and software decisions are being made, the Freescale Professional Service team is committed to helping customers deliver their quality products to market, quickly, through the following offerings:

  • System Consulting
  • Project Assessments
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Custom Software Development
  • Porting/Migration
  • System Integration
  • Performance Analysis
  • Performance Optimization
  • Testing
  • Documentation


Featured Embedded Software and Tools




Freescale Embedded Software by Device




Freescale Embedded Software by Application


  • MCU 10.4

    CodeWarrior Development Studio for Microcontrollers v10.4

    Freescale's CodeWarrior Development Studio for Microcontrollers v10.4 is a new full product release with major enhancements including C++ support for DSC devices, 64-bit floating point support for S12Z devices and MQX-Lite - a lightweight kernel for Kinetis L and K MCU families

    Start debugging

  • CodeWarrior Developer Studio for Power Architecture

    CodeWarrior Developer Studio for Power Architecture v10.3

    Included in the release update are improved board and processor support for QorIQ Qonverge B4860 and QorIQ T4220, T4160, P3041, P1021 and P1025 processors. The release also provides users with improved trace, profiling and performance analysis on QorIQ Qonverge B4 family and QorIQ T4, P5, P4 and P2 families. Customers can also benefit from the enhanced debugging speed for faster shart up performance, an improved compiler and updated memory viewing option.

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  • Freescale Freedom development platform is now mbed enabled

    Freescale Freedom Development Platform Is Now mbed Enabled

    Easy-to-use, web-based mbed development tools are now freely available for the Kinetis L series of MCUs with the inclusion of the FRDM-KL25Z Freescale Freedom development platform. Customers can now utilize mbed.org at no charge, with full access to the online SDK, tools, reusable code—which means no downloads, installations or licenses—and an active community of developers. Embedded freedom is waiting in the wings.

    Get a FRDM-KL25Z today, or upgrade yours now


Featured Development Boards and Systems



Development Boards and Systems by Device




Hardware Debugging, Programming Interfaces and Adapters


Our Software Solutions

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