MicroEJ (pronounced "micro-EDGE")[2] is a French-American independent software vendor with headquarters in Nantes, France[3] and offices in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.[4] It was founded by Fred Rivard in 2004.[5][6][7] It is known for developing MICROEJ VEE, a Virtual Execution Environment for embedded software development and other software development tools such as the software development kit MICROEJ SDK.[6][8]

MicroEJ
Company typePrivate
IndustryVirtualization, computer programming
Founded2004
FounderFred Rivard
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Number of employees
60 (in 2021)[1]
Websitemicroej.com

History

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Fred Rivard founded MicroEJ under the name Industrial Smart Software Technologies (IS2T).[5] MicroEJ established its offices in Boston in 2016.[9]

At the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), MicroEJ announced plans to release an app store platform for IoT devices.[10]

MicroEJ partnered with Groupe SEB to integrate MICROEJ VEE into its food processor products in 2021.[11] In the same year, MicroEJ also partnered with NXP Semiconductors to offer a MICROEJ VEE platform on NXP's i.MX RT500 MCU for wearables.[12][13]

At CES 2022, MicroEJ launched the first containerized software platform for smart home and industrial devices connected using the Matter protocol.[14] In 2022, MicroEJ also partnered with Thales to offer MICROEJ  VEE on the Thales Cinterion IoT Module and Plug and Play IoT Devices.[15] MicroEJ also partnered with Telit to develop Telit IoT cellular modules' software development ecosystem.[16]

In 2023, MicroEJ announced collaboration with Polar Electro to integrate MICROEJ VEE several wearable products.[17] The company also revealed collaboration with Schneider Electric to integrate MICROEJ VEE technology in Industrial IoT products.[18]

Products

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MICROEJ VEE (Virtual Execution Environment) comes in the form of a runtime environment and its associated software libraries for running containers (also called virtual machines) reproducing the behavior of embedded systems.[2][6][19] MicroEJ uses Instruction Set hardware virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers[2][20] and enable the creation of app stores.[4][10]

MicroEJ also provides a simulator allowing the development of software applications on virtual devices (actual embedded devices simulated on workstations).[20][21]

MicroEJ provides an IDE based on Eclipse for creating embedded software and applications on desktop.[20] MICROEJ SDK supports programming languages such as C, Java, Javascript, and Kotlin.[22][6] Applications can also be developed using Android Studio and Gradle.[8]

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Is This the Future of Embedded Systems and IoT Things? – EEJournal". eejournal.com. 2022-03-10. Archived from the original on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  3. ^ "Bodet Software scelle un partenariat technologique avec MicroEJ". Les Echos (in French). 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  4. ^ a b Fléchaux, Reynald (2017-05-24). "La start-up française MicroEJ se voit en Android de l'IoT". Silicon (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  5. ^ a b "INDUSTRIAL SMART SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY par abréviation IS2T à NANTES (452870579), CA, bilan, KBIS - Infogreffe". www.infogreffe.fr. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  6. ^ a b c d "Embarqué : MicroEJ, le spécialiste français de la virtualisation". LeMagIT (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  7. ^ Etherington, Darrell (2020-01-14). "MicroEJ is taking over IoT on Earth and beyond". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  8. ^ a b Flaherty, Nick (2022-06-30). "MicroEJ kit boosts Android portability in the IoT eeNews Europe". EENewsEurope. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  9. ^ Basyn, Dirk (2016-10-03). "MicroEJ ouvre une filiale aux Etats-Unis". ChannelNews (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  10. ^ a b Golightly, Daniel (2020-01-08). "MicroEJ Wants IoT To Welcome Its Third Wave Revolution With App Stores". Android Headlines. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  11. ^ "SEB annonce sa collaboration avec MicroEJ". Boursier.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  12. ^ Manners, David (2021-09-02). "NXP and MicroEJ hook up for wearables". Electronics Weekly. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  13. ^ "2022, l'année des montres connectées pour MicroEJ". www.journaldunet.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  14. ^ Flaherty, Nick (2022-01-07). "First containerised software for Matter connected devices eeNews Europe". EENewsEurope. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  15. ^ "MicroEJ, Thales partner to deliver efficient IoT customer experience". Connected Real Estate Magazine. 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  16. ^ "IT, Telecom and Technology Industry News | Pipeline Magazine | IoT & the Device Revolution". www.pipelinepub.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  17. ^ "IoT : MicroEJ, le petit Nantais qui monte". Les Echos Executives (in French). 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  18. ^ Higginbotham, Stacey (2023-02-13). "The industrial IoT is ready to embrace developers". Stacey on IoT | Internet of Things news and analysis. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  19. ^ Halaris, A. E.; Belendiuk, K. T.; Freedman, D. X. (1975-10-15). "Antidepressant drugs affect dopamine uptake". Biochemical Pharmacology. 24 (20): 1896–1897. doi:10.1016/0006-2952(75)90412-8. ISSN 0006-2952. PMID 19.
  20. ^ a b c "The Choices for Programming ARM Cortex-M Microcontrollers". eeweb.com. 2013-10-24.
  21. ^ "Embedded Java for RX microcontrollers from Renesas collaboration". Smart Energy International. 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  22. ^ Waters, John K. (September 2, 2021). "MicroEJ Open Sources Kifaru JavaScript Framework for Embedded Development -". ADTmag. Retrieved 2023-06-15.