From 444e802b9328b7a302fe451c96cdc46b30dff760 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emilio Monti Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:07:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2be6092c5a..42ec2569b0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,16 @@ mbed ==== -mbed libraries and tools +The mbed Software Development Kit (SDK) is a C/C++ microcontroller software platform relied upon by tens of thousands of +developers to build projects fast. + +The SDK is licensed under the permissive Apache 2.0 licence, so you can use it in both commercial and personal projects +with confidence. + +The mbed SDK has been designed to provide enough hardware abstraction to be intuitive and concise, yet powerful enough +to build complex projects. It is built on the low-level ARM CMSIS APIs, allowing you to code down to the metal if needed. +In addition to RTOS, USB and Networking libraries, a cookbook of hundreds of reusable peripheral and module libraries +have been built on top of the SDK by the mbed Developer Community. * [Tools documentation](http://mbed.org/handbook/mbed-tools): how to setup and use the build system. * [mbed library internals](http://mbed.org/handbook/mbed-library-internals) documentation @@ -29,5 +38,5 @@ API Documentation * [USB Device API](http://mbed.org/handbook/USBDevice) * [USB Host API](http://mbed.org/handbook/USBHost) * [DSP API](http://mbed.org/users/mbed_official/code/mbed-dsp/docs/tip/) -* Flash File Systems: [SD](http://mbed.org/handbook/SDFileSystem), [semihosted](http://mbed.org/handbook/LocalFileSystem) +* Flash File Systems: [SD](http://mbed.org/handbook/SDFileSystem), [USB MSD](http://mbed.org/handbook/USBHostMSD), [semihosted](http://mbed.org/handbook/LocalFileSystem) * [Peripheral Drivers API](http://mbed.org/handbook/Homepage)