The Kinetis software development kit (SDK) provides a comprehensive software framework for Kinetis MCU-based applications. Join this session to get hands-on experience with the basics of Kinetis SDK, including MCU boot-up, board setup, interrupt handling, HAL and drivers.

This session will outline the design challenges that healthcare and medical device designers face when designing a product and selecting components. Special attention will be paid to IC selection, wireless connectivity, system security and regulatory concerns. Following this class, you should be better prepared to utilize Freescale products to get your products to market faster.

Introducing a temperature dependent current limit for motor drivers. This thermal management scheme ensures high efficient operation by reducing switching losses when motor is experiencing heavy loads or binding. In the presentation we will discuss factors determining power dissipation in a motor driver integrated circuit examining dynamic and steady state operation and their effect on junction temperature. We will review how to calculate an estimate of power dissipation using the information provided in a typical motor driver data sheet. With an understanding how power is dissipated in a motor driver, we will introduce a new system using temperature dependent current limit that will protect both the driver and the motor. Presented by Thomas Zemites Presented at DwF Silicon Valley - March 26, 2015 Session ID: AMF-IND-T0987

Introduction to functional safety at Freescale and understanding the generic fundamentals. This session will discuss the key content of the Safety Manual and Dynamic FMEDA, plus how they are used by the Automotive and Industrial customer.

How Freescale's RF device portfolio can solve problems for many different industries. The focus on uses outside of the traditional cellular infrastructure and how Freescale devices bring unique capabilities to these application areas that include: Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) applications, including laser, MRI and heating; Land mobile, including public safety, dispatch and remote monitoring; Avionics, including communication, navigation and radar systems. Presented by Yan Vainter Presented at DwF Tel Aviv - January 27, 2015 Session ID: EUF-IND-T0977

In this hands-on workshop, learn how to build your next motor control application using Kinetis V series MCUs and Freescale’s comprehensive set of complimentary motor control software and tools, such as Freescale's Embedded Software Motor Control and Power Conversion Libraries (FSLESL), Kinetis SDK, Kinetis Design Studio IDE along with Tower System Module rapid prototyping - all designed specifically to reduce you development time.

Kinetis Microcontrollers (MCUs) consist of multiple hardware- and software-compatible ARM Cortex-M0+, Cortex-M4 and Cortex-M7-based MCU series. Kinetis MCUs offer exceptional low-power performance, scalability and feature integration.

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. 

In this session, attendees will learn what types of applications can be built on a wearable reference platform for the healthcare and fitness markets. Design challenges and requirements for creating your own designs using WaRP, a wearable reference platform (WaRP), with Kinetis MCUs, i.MX applications processors and Freescale sensors will be discussed.

The training will focus on the DDR controller used in the i.MX53 and i.MX6 series processors. It will include operation, register programming and calibration techniques to properly tune the various DDR types supported: LPDDR2, DDR2 and DDR3. Hardware layout considerations will also be discussed. Presented by Mark Middleton Presented at DwF Silicon Valley - March 26, 2015 Session ID: AMF-DES-T1060

The QorIQ T1040 and T1042 communication processors support four integrated 64-bit e5500 Power Architecture® processor cores with high-performance data path acceleration architecture (DPAA) and network peripheral interfaces required for networking and telecommunications. This session will provide an in-depth look at the new features being introduced in the T1040 family such as the Single Source Clock, L2 Switch, sSDXC, QSGMII and DDR4. The session will also cover power-saving schemes of T1040. Presented by Du Chen​ Presented at DwF Digital Networking - Nanjing - 21 May 2015 Session ID: APF-SNT-T1359

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.

Some IoT installations are required to maintain operations in the field for over 10 years. Selecting sensor components for these applications is significantly different from mobile and consumer products. This presentation examines environmental compatibility and long term operating characteristics of sensors and provides an overview of the design considerations for embedded industrial applications.

How to develop a proper GUI with FreeMASTER and integrate it to a MCU for development and debugging purposes.  FTF-ACC-F1244

Kinetis M series MCUs are based upon the low-power ARM® Cortex®-M0+ core and are designed for single-chip 1, 2 and 3-phase electricity meters as well as flow meter and other precision measurement applications.

High power RF customers also use low power MMICs and GPAs as smaller drivers and pre-driver which are included in Freescale's RF small signal portfolio. This class will cover the mathematics for computing the required driver and pre-driver output power in a line-up, discuss key product differentiators and review the small signal RF device portfolio. Since all radio communications systems include both a transmit path and a receive path, Freescale’s small signal portfolio contains an extensive array of low noise amplifier (LNA) devices used in the receive path of the radio link. This class will also cover the techniques used to create line-up suggestions utilizing these devices.

This session will discuss Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) product and solution update plus feature guidelines on product mapping for different ADAS applications.

Introducing a temperature dependent current limit for motor drivers. This thermal management scheme ensures high efficient operation by reducing switching losses when the motor is experiencing heavy loads or binding.  In the presentation we will discuss factors determining power dissipation in a motor driver integrated circuit examining dynamic and steady state operation and the effect on junction temperature. We will review how to calculate an estimate of power dissipation using the information provided in a typical motor driver data sheet. With an understanding of how power is dissipated in a motor driver, we will introduce a new system using temperature dependent current limit that will protect both the driver and the motor.

As geometries continue to shrink and switching speeds increase, designing electromagnetic systems and printed circuit boards to meet the required signal integrity and EMC specifications has become even more challenging. A new design methodology is required, specifically, the utilization of an electromagnetic physics-based design methodology to control the field energy in your design. This session will walk through the development process and provide guidelines for building successful printed circuited boards.