# Get started with FreeRTOS
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**Topics**
+ [Get started with Quick Connect](#freertos-getting-started-quick-connect)
+ [Explore FreeRTOS libraries](#explore-freertos-libraries)
+ [Build a secure and robust Amazon IoT product](#secure-robust-iot)
+ [Develop your Amazon IoT application](#develop-application)

## Get started with Quick Connect
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 To quickly explore Amazon IoT, start with [Amazon Quick Connect Demos](https://www.freertos.org/Why-FreeRTOS/Quick-connect). Quick Connect demos are simple to setup and connect a partner provided, FreeRTOS qualified board to [Amazon IoT](https://aws.amazon.com/iot/). 

 Follow the [Amazon IoT Getting Started](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/iot-gs.html) tutorial for a better understanding of Amazon IoT and the Amazon IoT console. You can modify the demo source code provided with the Quick Connect demos using the chosen board’s build system and tools to connect to your Amazon account. The data flow from the Amazon IoT console on your account is visible now. 

## Explore FreeRTOS libraries
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 Once you have an understanding of how an IoT device and Amazon IoT work together, you can start exploring [FreeRTOS libraries](https://www.freertos.org/Documentation/03-Libraries/01-Library-overview/01-All-libraries), and the [Long-Term Support (LTS) libraries](https://www.freertos.org/lts-libraries.html). 

 Some commonly used libraries for FreeRTOS based Amazon IoT devices are: 
+ [FreeRTOS Kernel](https://www.freertos.org/RTOS.html)
+ [coreMQTT](https://www.freertos.org/mqtt/index.html)
+ [Amazon IoT Over-the-Air (OTA)](https://www.freertos.org/ota/index.html)

Visit [freertos.org](https://freertos.org/) for library-specific technical documentation and demos.

## Build a secure and robust Amazon IoT product
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 Refer to [ Featured FreeRTOS Amazon IoT Integrations](https://www.freertos.org/featured-freertos-iot-integrations.html) to learn about best practices in making IoT device software more secure and robust. These FreeRTOS IoT integrations are designed for improved security using a combination of FreeRTOS software, and a partner-provided board with hardware security features. Use them in production as is, or use them as a model for your own designs. 

## Develop your Amazon IoT application
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 Follow these steps to create an application project for your Amazon IoT product: 

1.  Download the latest FreeRTOS or Long Term Support (LTS) version from [freertos.org](https://www.freertos.org/a00104.html), or clone from the [FreeRTOS-LTS](https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-LTS) GitHub repository. You can also integrate the required FreeRTOS libraries into your project from the [MCU vendor’s toolchain](https://freertos.org/2021/10/freertos-lts-libraries-are-now-part-of-our-partner-toolchains.html) if available. 

1.  Follow the [FreeRTOS Porting guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/freertos/latest/portingguide/porting-guide.html) to create a project, set up the development environment, and integrate FreeRTOS libraries into your project. Use the [FreeRTOS-Libraries-Integration-Tests](https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Libraries-Integration-Tests) GitHub repository to validate the porting.