AliOS Things was released at the 2017 Hangzhou Yunqi Conference. It is a highly scalable IoT operating system under the AliOS family for IoT. It was announced as open-source on GitHub on October 20, 2017. The latest version is AliOS Things 3.3. AliOS Things supports multiple CPU architectures, including ARM, C-Sky, MIPS, RISCV, etc. AliOS Things adapts layered architecture and component architecture. Alibaba's value-added and commonly used IoT components, including LinkSDK, OTA (safety differential upgrade), ulog (log service), uData (sensor framework), uDisplay (graphic interface), WiFi distribution network, etc. All modules exist in the form of components, configured through yaml, the application can easily select the required components. Unified VFS access mode, more standard application development mode. More comprehensive JavaScript and MicroPython light application development framework support.
Features
- Board Support Package
- Hardware adaptation layer, including WiFi, Bluetooth, I2C, SPI, UART, Flash, etc.
- Includes Rhino RTOS kernel, VFS, KV Storage, CLI, C++, etc.
- LwIP lightweight TCP/IP protocol stack, BLE low energy Bluetooth protocol stack, LoRaWAN protocol stack, etc.
- API provided by AliOS Things to application software and components
- VFS driver framework, the service interface provided by device drivers to components and applications