MicroEJ

MicroEJ (pronounced "micro-EDGE")^[2] is a French-American independent software vendor with headquarters in Nantes, France^[3] and offices in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.^[4] It was founded by Fred Rivard in 2004.^[5][6][7] It is known for developing MICROEJ VEE, a Virtual Execution Environment for embedded software development and other software development tools such as the software development kit MICROEJ SDK.^[6][8]

MicroEJ

Company type	Private
Industry	Virtualization, computer programming
Founded	2004
Founder	Fred Rivard
Headquarters	Nantes, France
Area served	Worldwide
Number of employees	60 (in 2021)[1]
Website	microej.com

History

Fred Rivard founded MicroEJ under the name Industrial Smart Software Technologies (IS2T).^[5] MicroEJ established its offices in Boston in 2016.^[9]

At the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), MicroEJ announced plans to release an app store platform for IoT devices.^[10]

MicroEJ partnered with Groupe SEB to integrate MICROEJ VEE into its food processor products in 2021.^[11] In the same year, MicroEJ also partnered with NXP Semiconductors to offer a MICROEJ VEE platform on NXP's i.MX RT500 MCU for wearables.^[12][13]

At CES 2022, MicroEJ launched the first containerized software platform for smart home and industrial devices connected using the Matter protocol.^[14] In 2022, MicroEJ also partnered with Thales to offer MICROEJ  VEE on the Thales Cinterion IoT Module and Plug and Play IoT Devices.^[15] MicroEJ also partnered with Telit to develop Telit IoT cellular modules' software development ecosystem.^[16]

In 2023, MicroEJ announced collaboration with Polar Electro to integrate MICROEJ VEE several wearable products.^[17] The company also revealed collaboration with Schneider Electric to integrate MICROEJ VEE technology in Industrial IoT products^.[18]

In 2024, MicroEJ and NXP Semiconductors introduced the NXP Platform Accelerator, a joint solution combining MICROEJ VEE software containers with NXP hardware. The platform was designed to facilitate modular software development for embedded and industrial applications.^[19]

Also in 2024, MicroEJ launched VEE Wear, an operating system for wearable devices. VEE Wear was developed to support low-power operation, modular software deployment, and compatibility with Android development tools. The platform includes support for the Facer Engine to enable customizable watch faces.^[20][21][22]

In 2025, MicroEJ introduced VEE Energy, a software platform aimed at enhancing smart grid and utility applications. The platform supports edge intelligence by enabling artificial intelligence and remote software updates on existing metering infrastructure.^[23][24]

Products

MICROEJ VEE (Virtual Execution Environment) comes in the form of a runtime environment and its associated software libraries for running containers (also called virtual machines) reproducing the behavior of embedded systems.^[2][6] MicroEJ uses Instruction Set hardware virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers^[2][25] and enable the creation of app stores.^[4][10]

MicroEJ also provides a simulator allowing the development of software applications on virtual devices (actual embedded devices simulated on workstations).^[25][26]

MicroEJ provides an IDE based on Eclipse for creating embedded software and applications on desktop.^[25] MICROEJ SDK supports programming languages such as C, Java, Javascript, and Kotlin.^[27][6] Applications can also be developed using Android Studio and Gradle.^[8]