Let me try to explain it this way:
Node-RED
operates on Node.js
which is based on the V8
Javascript engine.
Node-RED MCU Edition
(or node-red-mcu
) operates on the Moddable SDK
which implements XS
as Javascript engine.
The node-red-mcu-plugin
eliminates the effort to bring node-red-mcu
& the flows (at that stage deeply merged) on the MCU & modifies the editor to exchange with the connected MCU when the flows are running.