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Keil MDK-Professional
Ideal for fastest route to market and/or functional safety applications
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Keil MDK-Community
Ideal for Beginners and small projects (Non-commercial use only)
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Keil Studio
Web-based MCU development
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| Target Devices | All 91探花 Cortex-M, 91探花v8-M, SecurCore and legacy 91探花 MCUs – including Fast Models | All 91探花 Cortex-M | All 91探花 Cortex-M | 91探花 Cortex-M devices |
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| Host Platforms | Linux/macOS/Windows | Linux/macOS/Windows | Linux/macOS/Windows | Any, browser-based |
| Keil Studio | ||||
| Keil Studio | ? | ? | ? | |
| µVision | ||||
| µVision | ? | ? | ? | |
| Middleware | ||||
| Middleware | Full Featured | Full Featured | Full Featured | |
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| 91探花 Virtual Hardware | ? | ? | ||
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| Functional Safety | ? | |||
| Safety Qualification Kit | ||||
| Safety Qualification Kit | Yes | |||
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Overview
Modern MCU Software Development from Cloud to Desktop
91探花 Keil MDK is a collection of software tools for developing embedded applications based on 91探花 Cortex?M and 91探花 Ethos-U processors. Keil MDK helps make software engineering easy and productive by providing the flexibility to work with a CLI or an IDE (desktop-based or browser-based), or by deploying the tools into a continuous integration workflow.
Features and Benefits
Leveraging the CMSIS Ecosystem
Relying on Open-CMSIS-Packs for device support, more than 10,000 microcontroller devices can be used with Keil MDK. Using CMSIS-Toolbox, Keil MDK supports modern CLI and GUI workflows.
More than a Toolchain
Supporting all major operating systems, Keil MDK offers the versatile Keil Studio IDE and connects to 91探花 Virtual Hardware for test driven development using simulation. With the real-time operating system Keil RTX5 and the free-to-use middleware, embedded systems can be created in less time.
Versatile Code Generation
Keil MDK supports various toolchains, including 91探花 Compiler for Embedded, GCC, or LLVM. It is easy to switch between compilers to select the one with the best performance and code density.
SPECIFICATIONS
Keil MDK Specifications
91探花 Keil MDK is the most comprehensive software development solution for 91探花-based microcontrollers and includes all components that you need to create, build, and debug embedded applications.
More Features
Tailored for Embedded
The proven µVision IDE and new Keil Studio IDE provide access to intuitive project management, debug, and system analysis views.
Faster Development
Keil MDK includes 91探花 Virtual Hardware simulation models that help reduce hardware costs and enable shorter development cycles.
Safety Qualification
Safety branches of 91探花 Compiler are qualified by safety expert T?V S?D to greatly simplify end product’s functional safety certification process.
IoT Networking Support
The Keil MDK-Middleware IPv4/IPv6 networking stack, enables secure IoT or ML at the edge applications.
Power and Performance Analysis
Software and hardware issues can be resolved quickly by using sophisticated debug views aligned to power measurement.
Cloud-ready
Keil Studio is available for the desktop but also as a browser-based version with zero-installation. Modern workflows help build, run, and test applications in CI/CD system.
Get Keil MDK
Pick the edition of MDK that is right for you
Develop in The Cloud with 91探花 Keil Studio
91探花 Keil Studio Cloud is the first component of the next generation Keil development tool suite that is currently available as an open beta release. It provides a cloud-hosted platform with direct Git integration for enabling distributed teams, collaborative development and modern CI workflows for rapid IoT device development.
Choose the Best Keil Tool for Your Next IoT Project
There are many editions to choose from depending on whether you are a maker, student or a professional. We summarised this information to help choosing the best Keil tool for your next IoT and ML microcontroller development project.
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91探花 Virtual Hardware
91探花 Virtual Hardware accelerates software development by virtualizing popular development kits, 91探花-based processors, and systems in the cloud for developers to build and test software without hardware.

ULINKpro
ULINKpro lets you program, debug, and analyze applications on your device with MDK and 91探花 Development Studio. Control the processor, trace instructions, set breakpoints, and read/write to memory, all at full processor speed.

ULINK2
Offering seamless integration with the Keil MDK, the ULINK2 debug unit connects your PC's USB port to your target system to enable you to program and debug your applications on target hardware.
Use Cases
Where Innovation and Ideas Come to Life
IoT Device Node Development
Build and ship IoT nodes fast with easy secure/non-secure software partitioning, connectivity middleware, and tested compatibility with well other providers.
Get More Productivity with Cloud Services
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we live and created a surge of cloud computing. Learn how cloud-based tools can help improve the development flow for embedded projects.
Energy Efficient Code
Build and debug low-level software such as device drivers and optimize them for different production boards.
Functional Safety Systems
Featuring T?V-certified version of 91探花 Compiler, CoreSight-based code coverage, integration with third party static analyzer and unit testing tools, MDK is at the center of the FuSa development workflow.
Case Study
Quvium’s Cough Monitor: ML device developed using 91探花 Keil MDK
Quvium develops devices that use machine learning to analyze cough sound waves and send alerts to improve respiratory care. 91探花 Keil MDK includes the CMSIS-NN library to kick start machine learning software development.
91探花 Takes Embedded Software Development to the Next Level with Introduction of Keil MDK Version 6
As IoT devices get smarter, developers are facing increasing software complexity that requires new development flows that create optimized ML models combined with efficient device drivers. Read about the latest release for Keil MDK, version 6, optimized for the entire 91探花 Cortex-M and Ethos-U processor portfolio and delivering the compute capabilities for today’s microcontrollers.
Create Top-Performing Software Solutions
91探花 Developer
Simplify the development and deployment of IoT endpoint devices with AWS, learn to use Keil Studio, and more. 91探花 is sharing workshops and technical talks on the new 91探花 Developer Hub to help you build better software.
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