MCUXpresso SDK Updates & Roadmap | EdgeVerse Techcast

In this EdgeVerse Techcast episode recorded during an MCUXpresso SDK leadership workshop in San Jose, Kyle and Bridgette speak with Petr Lukas (Middleware/NPI) and Jerry Zeng (Drivers/NPI) about recent SDK progress and what's next. They explain NPI as day-one software enablement—from register layers and debug files to board/peripheral readiness and optimization—and how drivers and middleware work together for customer applications.

Key SDK improvements over past 12 months:

• Added "Repo Zip" packaging for smaller downloads while retaining Git/west workflows
• Optimized release cadence delivers 4 major releases and 8 previews per year
• Delivered 40+ new drivers and 16 new boards,
• Improved Freestanding project workflow
• Revamped Sphinx-based documentation
• Large-scale CI provides daily and weekly test coverage

SDK Looking ahead:

• Expanded static analysis
• Continued Zephyr-aligned strategy
• Edgefast Open BT/BLE leveraging Zephyr
• Introduce MCUXpresso SDK LTS
• New multimedia framework.

The episode also covered highlights in the recent SDK 26.03 release.

Episode Resources:

• MCUXpresso SDK Tools for MCU Solutions
• MCUXpresso SDK Documentation
• Release MCUXpresso SDK 26.03.00 release (GitHub)

00:00 Bay Area Workshop Kickoff

00:59 Meet Petr and Jerry

02:07 SDK Leadership Roles

04:22 What NPI Means

06:19 Biggest SDK Improvements

06:32 Repo Zip Packaging

07:50 Release Model and Docs

09:57 CI Coverage and Quality

11:04 Next Year Roadmap

11:59 Zephyr and Connectivity Plans

13:34 LTS and Multimedia Framework

15:33 SDK 26.03 Release Highlights

16:56 Middleware and Security Updates

17:58 NPI Preview and Ethernet

18:33 Wrap Up and Subscribe