Recently, Keil announced news about MDK v6.
It mentioned an important point: the MDK middleware is now free, which includes file systems, USB, networking, RTX5, etc.
Then some netizens asked: What is the relationship between Keil MDK v6 and Keil Studio?
This question is actually quite simple. If you have carefully read the information provided by the official Keil MDK v6, you will understand their relationship.
Keil MDK v6 can be understood as a “big integration” tool, which actually includes both the desktop and web versions of Keil Studio, as well as Keil μVision, which is what we commonly refer to as Keil.
So, Keil MDK v6 is not the new, modern version of the Keil μVision desktop that everyone expected, like VS Code.
The official also released a video about various components of Keil MDK v6:
In fact, back in March last year, the official provided an article describing the block diagram of Keil MDK 6, stating that Keil Studio Desktop is a plugin for VS Code.
Keil Studio Desktop, an extension pack for Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code), provides an integrated development environment (IDE) for Cortex-M-based microcontrollers.
However, last year, the official said that MDK Version 6 would be officially launched by the end of the year, leading us to have an expectation that MDK Version 6 would be a brand new, modern IDE (integrated development environment), but the result disappointed us.
You can refer to a video I previously shared:
Finally, do you understand the relationship between Keil MDK v6 and Keil Studio now?
In fact, their relationship is: Keil MDK v6 includes Keil Studio.
