In addition to fail safe system architectures, fault tolerance is gaining more and more importance in the context of highly-automated vehicles. This session addresses the theoretical foundations about fault tolerant system architectures and shows how those can be built with Freescale microcontrollers especially in the area of Advanced Driver Assistant Systems (ADAS). Leveraging key functional safety concepts built into Freescale's Automotive product portfolio enables efficient and scalable solutions spanning the range from fail safe systems to fault tolerant and fail operational architectures.

This presentation will highlight the key lessons learned of these deployments and how today's designs need to be architectured to be prepared to this massive innovation wave seen in the metering space including wide variety of markets requirements, wide variety of networks topologies, wide variety of communications protocols and silicon innovation acceleration. The presentation will also review how Freescale has developed a complete strategy around its Kinetis product line that will enable customers to quickly start their designs with low risk, high flexibility and security while being at the optimum price point. 

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.

During this presentation we will explain what makes the SoloX special within the i.MX 6 family, why you should use the SoloX for your real-time product, and how you can make the most of it. We will provide an analysis of the architecture and shop a demo we developed on the SoloX reference platform. The demo will show how the M4 core controls the backlight of a LVDS with MQX and MMA8451Q accelerometer input (placeholder for a sensor/real time processing), and will the A9 for advanced UI (HTML 5 + Node.js). To emphasize the advantage of such heterogeneous architecture, we will load/unload the A9 CPU via an button, to show that the UI is degraded, but the real-time processing is not.

This session provides an introduction to a new unified bootloader solution for Kinetis MCUs. An overview of the bootloader and accompanying  utilities will be provided along with a live demo of some common bootloader use cases. Presented by Anthony Huereca Presented at DwF Silicon Valley - March 26, 2015 Session ID: AMF-DES-T1057

As new Automotive and Industrial systems increase their features and complexity, nowadays most of the features are being controlled by MCU upon human or mechanical interaction such as buttons, switches, sensors, etc. Along with tighter and more robust requirements, markets are pushing for the best price-per-feature solutions for switch monitoring and feature control systems. To address such needs, Freescale created the MSDI family of devices, to provide integrated solutions, with multiple switch detection channels and flexible programmability through SPI communication, addressing many different needs in the Automotive and Industrial market without the need of sacrificing space, robustness, resources and design effort related to the implementation of discrete solutions that may provide limited capabilities for today’s demanding markets.

This workshop intends to provide a basic overview of the LIN protocol and guide assistants through creating a basic LIN network with Freescale’s driver and MagniV devices. At the end of this training you will be capable of: Describing the LIN protocol and understand its main features. Create a basic LIN application with any of the devices supported by the driver.

In this class, participants will learn how to leverage model-based design technology (MATLAB/Simulink) to more quickly develop motor control algorithms for BLDC, ACIM, and PMSM motors using Freescale MagniV MCUs on the S12ZVM automotive reference platform. Learn the basics of the motor control toolbox to generate C-code from simulation models. The toolbox will utilize and demonstrate peripheral driver blocks, optimized automotive math/motor control blocks, software and processor in the loop techniques for algorithm verification, and other utilities for MCU profiling and algorithm development.

Learn how to setup, configure, build and install images for a Yocto Project™ based i.MX BSPs and QorIQ SDK boards. Learn about the Yocto Project environment and how Freescale releases i.MX and QorIQ Linux distributions. Details will be shared about bitbake, build environment, customization and board bringup. For QorIQ, additional topics will cover the emulation, ADT and pre-bootloader code. Learn about new layer meta-Freescale that supports combined i.MX and QorIQ product lines with common build environment.

This session covers thermal mechanical design options for routing and dissipating heat within an enclosure that utilizes the i.MX 6Quad processor. Additionally, the course will cover passive thermal options such as graphite paper, thermal pads, the pros/cons of metal heat spreaders like copper and suggestions for implementation based on which i.MX 6 series processor is being utilized. Presented by Asim Zaidi Presented at DwF Silicon Valley - March 26, 2015 Session ID: AMF-DES-T1059

With the increasing number of things connecting to the internet, protecting your devices and data from external threats will be a priority design consideration.  Avnet and Wind River will present a comprehensive solution IoT Security for the Freescale LS1021A, running on the LS1021A-IOT Gateway, including secure boot, access control, device authentication, and application-level security.

Linux has rapidly become the OS of choice for embedded product development. The Yocto project is an open source initiative to standardize Embedded Linux development across many different platforms, providing a framework to create your own custom Linux Distribution. The i.MX 6SoloX is Freescale’s latest addition to the i.MX 6 series product line-up, with dual-core ARM® Cortex®-A9 and Cortex-M4. This two part hands-on class will take you through the foundational elements of Embedded Linux as well as a lab session that will run you through the entire Yocto flow (setup, configure, build and installation) for a Yocto Project™ based on real development hardware. You will also be shown the Yocto Project recipe structure which can be customized in your own layer for your hardware. You will walk away from this session equipped with the primary skills to get started with your own Embedded Linux development.

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.

This session will provide an opportunity to view a demo with the QorIQ LS1021A Tower board. We will go over using CodeWarrior for Digital Networking ARM®-based products, learn how to use the Processor Expert for QCS tool to generate RCW, how to load up uboot and RCW to the Tower board, and gain experience with the SDK.

In this session, we will define what the IoT is and how it can be used in a healthcare environment to lower cost, improve patient outcomes and prevent future illness.

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.

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.

This session will provide an update on Freescale's analog portfolio and value proposition. It will cover industrial, automotive and consumer product families: MCU and system power management, analog power switches, battery and energy management, physical layer interfaces such as Chokeless CAN and isolated network transceivers, radar 77GHz and motor control and power drive. It will highlight safety features of the products as well as new enablement tools such as Tower board or Processor Expert analog software component. Presented by Emmanuel Carcenac Presented at DwF Tel Aviv - January 27, 2015 Session ID: EUF-IND-T0662