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    Qt for MCUs-2

    Qt for MCUs

    Design & Develop High-performance Applications for Embedded Microcontrollers

    Qt for MCUs is a complete graphics framework and toolkit to create and deliver smartphone-like user experiences on resource-constrained devices.

    Available under Qt Device Creation license, Qt for MCUs brings the creative power of Qt to the realm of embedded microcontrollers, enabling UI reuse across MPUs and MCUs and rapid development with ready-made components.

    Try Qt for MCUs
    OPTIMIZE

    With MCU-grade Tooling

    Harness the power of a toolchain tailored to resource-constrained devices.

    With its low footprint and highly optimized libraries, Qt for MCUs is designed to deliver high-performance UI applications on MCUs and low-end MPUs.

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    SCALE

    Across Any Platform

    Run your application on any type of device.

    Qt's truly cross-platform architecture lets you reuse code, tools, and assets across different projects, with major gains in terms of time-saving and consistency across devices—including mobile, desktop, MPUs, and MCUs. 

    Learn how to port Qt Quick apps to MCUs
    SAVE

    Time & Money

    Deliver a premium UX in a cost-effective way.

    Thanks to its optimized performance and ultralight libraries, Qt for MCUs lets you run visually compelling applications on the most resource-constrained devices, helping you reduce time to market and BOM. 

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    ASSURE

    MCU Software Quality

    Ensure the highest quality of your MCU code and UI.

    By harnessing Qt Quality Assurance portfolio, Qt for MCUs helps you deliver best-in-class MCU software that meets the industry standards of safety and security.

    Learn more about Qt Group's QA offering

    Limitless Scalability with a Flexible and Agile Framework

     

     

    Included in Qt for MCUs

    Lightweight Graphics Engine

    Ensure optimal performance on resource-constrained embedded systems by leveraging Qt Quick Ultralite out-of-the-box hardware acceleration, low memory footprint, and ultra-light UI controls.

    QML

    Quickly develop your user interfaces with an intuitive and expressive UI definition language whose declarative syntax is easy to understand even for non-programmers. The QML language offers all the creative resources and the flexibility to build outstanding UIs on any device—including MCUs. 

    Ready-made Ultralight Controls

    Save time and money by leveraging highly optimized UI elements tailored to low-end devices that can be customized to fit your own brand's look and feel.

    Fonts and Images

    Render fonts at runtime or compile-time, with high-quality anti-aliasing for smooth text rendering.

    Qt for MCUs offers extensive support for various pixel formats—8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit—and efficient PNG and RLE compression for optimized image storage and transmission.

    Powerful Animation Capabilities

    Create an interactive, dynamic, smartphone-like UX on any low-end device with a rich set of animation tools. Qt for MCUs supports keyframe animation, built-in animation effects, property animation, and different interpolation methods and easing curves to bring your UI to life.

    Long-term Support and Maintenance

    Enjoy API stability and a steady roadmap committed to fulfilling our customers' needs. Qt for MCUs' long-term support and backward compatibility ensure your product's market permanence over the years.

    Developer Tooling

    Boost your software development experience with Qt Creator, a complete and intuitive cross-platform IDE featuring WYSIWYG design, code editor with syntax completion, debugging & profiling tools, and more!

    Additionally, Qt for MCUs' tools and workflow integrate seamlessly with the most popular embedded third-party IDEs—such as IAR, Green Hills, and others.

    Development Tools

    From PC to Target Device

    Enjoy the freedom to develop your application on PC even before the actual hardware is ready for deployment. By decoupling UI app development from deployment and testing on target, Qt for MCUs allows great flexibility and major time savings. 

    Design Tooling

    Boost your productivity by importing designs straight from Figma, Photoshop, and other content authoring tools and automatically converting them into functional code. Qt Design Studio allows UI/UX designers to bring their designs to life with compelling animations, simulation tools, and web sharing capabilities.

    Qt Design Studio

    Internationalization

    Scale across markets and regions with advanced Internationalization and Localization tools helping you translate your software to any language—including right-to-left, bidirectional scripts, complex diacritics, scriptio continua, etc.

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    Success Stories Built with Qt

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    Ducati

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    Qt enabled Ducati to achieve modern, sophisticated graphics for their instrument clusters, delivering smartphone-like performance despite hardware constraints.

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    B/S/H

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    B/S/H utilized Qt to create reusable atomic UI components, enabling a consistent and optimal UX across different devices and projects.

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    Hasselblad

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    Hasselblad used Qt for the X2D 100C camera's displays, overcoming initial challenges with Qt's strong support and extensive online resources.

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    EM Microelectronic

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    EM Microelectronic employed Qt for MCUs to ensure high performance with a low memory footprint and instant boot, critical in their wearables.

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    ESAB

    ESAB, a leader in welding equipment, chose Qt for MCUs. The intuitive TFT display with physical knobs allows fine-tuned control, ensuring usability with gloves and scalability across hardware.

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    BCS Automotive Interface Solutions

    "Developing our touchscreen controller on an NXP i.MX RT1170, Qt for MCUs enabled efficient deployment of all features in half the time, saving effort with its hardware-software separation."

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    Novatron

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    Novatron uses the Qt framework in heavy-duty equipment control systems for seamless data flow and sensor-based visualizations, emphasizing the need for reliable systems in their work.

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    BOMAG

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    BOMAG uses Qt for their myCOCKPIT HMI, enabling efficient operation of complex systems with integrated camera displays, process parameters, and system status.

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    Project Eclipse: a Reference Design for Two-Wheelers

    Built in partnership with Crossware on Infineon TRAVEO T2G, our Reference Design delivers unprecedented functionality to the realm of two-wheelers. This highly cost-efficient MCU-based HMI can be customized with ease according to your brand and requirements. Key features include:

    • Cinematic startup animation
    • Gauges, vehicle status, telltales, ADAS
    • Map navigation, media player, and more streamed from smartphone
    • User interaction via hardware buttons and touchscreen

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    LifeTrack: a Demo for Patient Monitoring System

    Created in collaboration with Spyrosoft, Infineo, this demo helps you leverage the lightweight Qt for MCUs on Traveo T2G MCU devices for state-of-the-art medical applications that have nothing to envy to more costly and complex MPU-based solutions.

    While enabling secure access to patient data from smartphones, the app delivers high-resolution and live visuals—including integration with Qt Safe Renderer for safety-critical usage—instant boot time, and live dynamic graphs. Additionally, being an MCU-based technology, it comes with built-in security.

    • Instant boot and real-time performances
    • Large, high-resolution display (1920x720)
    • Live dynamic graphs
    • Simple and robust software stack
    • Displaying safety-critical information with IEC 62304 certified Qt Safe Monitor
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    Learn from MCU Examples and Reference Code

    Qt for MCUs' rich documentation and large community offers a wealth of resources to create fluid, high-performance UIs on microcontrollers and get you ready for production in no time.

    Access Qt for MCUs documentation

    Discover supported hardware platforms

    Expert articles on embedded development
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    Try Qt for MCUs 

    To get you started in no time, we provide a number of demo applications showcasing Qt for MCUs' capabilities on a number of platforms. Download pre-built demo images, check the how-to guide, and run demos on a wide range of embedded hardware.

    Demos on NXP
    Demos on Renesas
    Demos on Infineon
    Demos on STMicroelectronics

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    Ready for Your Next Microcontroller Project?

    Sometimes, a little expert help goes a long way. Qt Professional Services are here to help you tackle your embedded and MCU challenges.

    • Optimize your project to any hardware
    • Adapt to a new platform
    • Port to a new RTOS
    • Create a prototype for a specific platform
    • Extend support and maintenance
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