mbed Handbook

Getting Started

• Setup Guide - Getting signed up with an mbed Account
• Downloading a Program - Running a program binary on your mbed Microcontroller for the first time
• Compiling a Program - Creating your own program with the mbed Compiler

• For examples, see the "Hello World!" of each mbed Library Interface, or visit the Cookbook

mbed Library Interfaces

The mbed Library supports a range of interfaces to control the mbed Microcontroller hardware:

• DigitalOut
• DigitalIn
• DigitalInOut

• BusIn
• BusOut
• BusInOut

• InterruptIn

• PwmOut
• AnalogOut
• AnalogIn

• Serial
• SPI
• I2C
• CAN
• Ethernet

• Timer
• Timeout
• Ticker

• LocalFileSystem - Access to the mbed USB Disk using fopen, fprintf, fread, etc
• USB Serial - Communicate between an mbed Microcontroller and a PC
  • Windows Driver

mbed also supports the standard C libraries such as stdio (e.g. printf, scanf) and time (see details of the RTC implementation)

mbed Microcontroller Hardware

Information specific to the different mbed Microcontrollers, including pinouts and schematics, can be found on the individual microcontroller pages below.

• mbed NXP LPC1768 (a.k.a the new Cortex-M3 mbed Microcontroller)
• mbed NXP LPC2368 (a.k.a the original ARM7 "mbed Microcontroller" used during the beta)
• Firmware - Updates for the mbed Microcontroller firmware

Reference Guides

• Programming - A brief guide to programming the mbed Microcontroller
• Debugging - A guide to help find and solve errors and bugs in your programs