mbed Cloud Client PAL - R1.1

Platform Abstraction Layer R1.1 Release Notes

Introduction

This version is a new release of the Platform Abstraction Layer (PAL) package. The target of PAL is to support easy porting of the mbed Cloud Client services to different platforms and operating systems.
The version also includes a reference porting to the mbedOS 5.2 operating system, running on Cortex-M SoC.

Content

Version R1.1 includes the following features:

1. Service APIs:
   A set of APIs to be used by the mbed Cloud Client services. Currently supported:
   1. RTOS API: OS primitives: Threads, Semaphores, memory pools, ...
   2. Network API: networking API. Supporting TCP & UDP in synchronous & asynchronous modes.
   3. Update API: image update API. Supporting device image data I/O in synchronous & asynchronous modes.
2. Platform APIs
   Set of APIs the platform owner is expected to implement for the specific device and operating system.
   The APIs include: RTOS, Network and Update functionality.
3. Documentation:
   1. API documentation
   2. Porting guide
4. Reference implementation of the Platform APIs for the mbedOS 5.2 OS.

Changes in R1.1

1. Implementation of Update device image APIs
2. Documentation enhancement. Including new PAL Porting Guide format.

Release

Unless differently stated in file, the PAL package is released as an Open Source, under the Apache-2.0 license model. You can find a copy of the license here.

The repository of PAL can be found at: https://github.com/ARMmbed/pal

The Release tag is: PAL-R1.1

Known issues

No known issues exist at the time of release.

Since not all interfaces needed by the services are covered yet, we assume mbedTLS is supplied by the platform.

Reporting issues

Please report any issue on the PAL GitHub project.