TI brings Zephyr RTOS support across its embedded portfolio
Texas Instruments has announced that its broad embedded portfolio, spanning microcontrollers, microprocessors and wireless connectivity devices, is now supported on the Zephyr Project, the open-source real-time operating system. TI describes the integration as delivering a unified, production-ready development experience across the full product range.
Scope of the integration
According to TI, the supported hardware includes MCUs from ultra-low-power Arm M0 devices through to higher-performance M33-core parts, alongside MPUs and wireless connectivity silicon. TI states the platform is designed to scale from simple sensing applications to more complex connected embedded systems.
TI says developers already working with Zephyr on other vendors' silicon can migrate to its devices without rewriting existing codebases or abandoning established toolchains. The company says its code is reviewed upstream by the Zephyr community before inclusion in any software development kit release, and that it maintains a public repository with continuous integration and deployment, giving access to new features ahead of formal SDK releases.
CRA compliance and long-term support
TI states that its Zephyr-based platform is compliant with the EU Cyber Resilience Act, which it says reduces a regulatory barrier for developers targeting EU markets. The company says it will continue to update its Zephyr-based SDKs to address security vulnerabilities, supporting product lifecycles it describes as extending beyond ten years.
Marian Kost, vice president and general manager of Wireless Connectivity at TI, said developers can remain in their existing open-source workflow on TI silicon while gaining hardware breadth, software support and supply reliability. Kate Stewart, vice president of Dependable Embedded Systems at the Linux Foundation, said TI's contribution demonstrates how a vendor-neutral RTOS depends on companies building on it together, with TI's portfolio now accessible on a common, upstream-first platform backed by a community focused on security and long-term maintenance.
TI points developers to ti.com/zephyr for full documentation, SDKs and reference designs.
