Learn about Freescale's first low-power, quad-core 64-bit ARM® processor.  This device is targeted for several growth segments including:  Industrial networking and control, small to medium services routers and gigabit rate residential gateway's.

Macronix Inc. launched its newest MX25R family of Flash memories, targeted specifically for the IoT and other energy conscious applications, such as wearable and mobile devices. The new MX25R product family focuses on lower power consumption to enabling extended battery life. This new product family will offer densities from 512Kbit up to 512Mbit. It support an industry standard memory interface, ultra-small product packages plus Known Good Die (KGD) option for System in Package solution.

As automotive applications become more complex, an increasing number of solutions require the use of external memories for cost-efficient program and data storage. This presentation reviews the characteristics of memory used in Freescale automotive processors and controllers and summarizes the application benefits of each. Memories interfaces and technologies included are: SDRAM, QuadSPI, I2C, SD and SDIO, NAND Flash and USB.

This session will introduce the latest Freescale 32-bit MCU designed for instrument cluster applications. We will spend time looking at the features and review the typical application configuration, software strategy and Freescale enablement built for this instrument cluster solution.

PROFIBUS, CAN and RS232 are extensively used in communications networks in factories, buildings, transport infrastructures and monitoring/control equipment in our cities. Ethernet offers higher bandwidth and, in many cases, lowers cost--especially when deployed in daisy-chain topology. Technologies such as EtherCAT, PROFINET and EtherNet/IP are testament to this. In this session, we will explore how QorIQ processor families can help equipment manufacturers span this landscape using a QUICC Engine (QE) controller for UART/Ethernet-based protocol implementation, a Enhanced Triple Speed Ethernet Controller (eTSEC) for intelligent Ethernet classification and 2-port switching, and an eight-port gigabit Ethernet switch for wire-rate switching. Reference design software and hardware files will be available to help you start your own PROFIBUS and PROFINET designs. Presented by Hao Sun Presented at DwF Digital Networking Shenzhen - January 28, 2015 Session ID: APF-IND-T0049

This session will cover some simple definitions of ESD and EOS while explaining the important differences in the energy involved and the resulting damage. The session will also review PCB design techniques for improving system robustness.

Kits include FRDM-34931S-EVB, FRDM-KL25Z, power supply, brushed DC motor and GUI on mbed™ site. We will show how to load and use a GUI from the mbed site to drive the motor, cover PEx software, and discuss the strengths of the MC34931S for industrial applications.

Beginning 2016, the European New Car Assessment program (NCAP) will allocate increased scoring measures for pedestrian detection capabilities. This means that any car fitted with technologies that enable detection of a pedestrian in a hazardous situation and as a result perform collision avoidance measures shall be rewarded with an increased NCAP score. These systems must be designed and manufactured based on a solid automotive development flow. This session will address the vision processing requirements for pedestrian detection and provide training on how vision algorithms may be implemented to respond to NCAP requirements in a safe, secure and reliable way.

S32 Design Studio for ARM is a hands-on training with the new Eclipse-based tool chain with C development tools in the integrated development environment including editor, compiler, and debugger support of Freescale's latest automotive ARM-based MCUs. Participants will learn about the project creation, editing, compiling, Processor Expert configuration tool, and debugging of a small example project under the direction of one of Freescale's tools experts. The class will focus on the Freescale KEA MCUs with the highly-integrated, easy-to-use tool chain. The student will start with a project from scratch, work through new project creation, configuration of the compiler, compilation, flashing executable onto the target MCU and complete the class with debugging the project on the target MCU evaluation board.

This session will feature Freescale's low voltage Li-Ion battery charger solutions. Switching and linear solutions will be discussed along with design tips for implementing several different charging solutions. A demo of our newest switching charger, BC3770 will be provided.

Along with the Linux SDK release based on Yocto, Freescale also provides a pre-installed Linux SDK based on a Virtual Machine (VM) with Virtual Box. This presentation introduces how to build Linux in a virtual environment and deploy to a development system. It also illustrates how to use other pre-built tools along with the SDK. Following this session, you will understand how easy it is to use the Freescale Linux solution for developing end products.

Simultaneous multithreading (SMT) is an advanced processor microarchitecture feature that allows independent execution threads to more effectively utilize a superscalar CPU pipeline organization. SMT implementations in a 2-way superscalar pipeline maximize dual-thread concurrency with relatively little incremental dynamic power dissipation. This session focuses on the SMT capabilities included in the next-generation Power Architecture e200z9 processor core, and the improved performance/power metric achievable through this microarchitecture.

The automobile is already the 2nd largest generator of data for the Internet of Things (IoT). But what is the data used for and where is the data converted to information? Freescale and IBM are working together to make the automotive IoT real. IBM offers a messaging protocol, MQTT and Blue Mix cloud application development environment while Freescale offers a portfolio of automotive devices, including connectivity needed for the gateway. The presentation will focus on the applications, the connectivity and the challenges of big data in the automotive IoT.

This session provides an overview on the security technologies Freescale offers to secure a system through two complementary technologies: 1) the Trust Architecture already present in QorIQ P and T series including Secure Boot and 2) the TrustZone® technology introduced in the ARM®-based QorIQ LS series processors. We will outline the motivations for offering these technologies in embedded processors and show how they can be complementary for making a final system “Trustable” in the sense it does what its users and suppliers expect it to do. 

The T1023/24 family of products are the newest QorIQ 28nm Power architecture devices running at 1.0-1.4GHz with both single and dual core options.  The T1023/24 devices deliver up to 2-10x performance over current QorIQ P1 family processor. Learn the key architectural difference between P102x and T1023/24 and recommendations for migrating from P series to T series. Discuss Data Path Acceleration Architecture (DPAA) and the benefits of the DPAA and SEC 5.X offload upgrades.

As technology becomes more closely integrated into all aspects of human life, the microcontroller is essential to delivering the human-to-machine interface, or HMI. Kinetis MCUs based on ARM® Cortex®-M cores integrate a number of HMI capabilities. This session will detail the input and output capabilities of Kinetis MCUs spanning from simple push buttons to advanced displays. You will receive an overview of how to meet the HMI requirements for your next embedded design.

The much-anticipated i.MX 7 series is designed for IoT applications, point-of-sale products and a host of other cost-sensitive embedded applications. This class will reveal additional details of this next-generation i.MX series, focusing on security, processing capabilities and low-power technology.

For the Internet of Things (IoT) in the home to become a reality along with mass adoption, companies need a protocol that improves network architecture and is also low-power, secure and scalable. This class will examine the latest efforts by the Thread Group to achieve network interoperability across devices in the home and the technical roadblocks that have prevented widespread adoption of the connected home to date. The session will further detail why the Thread Group was created, what it covers and how it solves reliability, security, power and compatibility issues in order to help manufacturers and consumers connect products around the home. An overview of Freescale's Thread solution will be presented along with a complete demonstration.

This session will introduce the standard AUTOSAR concepts and the Freescale AUTOSAR production grade software. The hands-on will focus on using the AUTOSAR MCU Abstraction Layer drivers (MCAL), AUTOSAR real-time operating system (OS) and getting started with an automotive application. The session will include a step-by-step approach, guiding the audience through the software configuration, code generation and up to running the application on a Freescale automotive microcontroller.