This session covers the  QorIQ T4240/T2080  and next-generation QorIQ LS series processors as iNIC solutions supporting the emerging high performance requirements of virtualized servers. The sessions with cover such topics as implementing virtualized functions with SR-IOV thru the DPDK interface. Also covered will be L2 offload using Open vSwitch controlled by standard SDN controllers.

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.

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.

This session will explain how to migrate between the QorIQ T2081 and T1040 communications processor families by achieving hardware and software compatibility. The session will also discuss hardware, software and board-level considerations that exist while migrating between these processors and designing a common board for these processors. 

The large scale deployment of the IoT will not be possible without resolving current major security issues and challenges. This can be resolved using few key security software components. From its experience securing smartcard systems, P&R is the first in the industry to get certification agencies to work on certifying its formally proven software to the highest security level. The speaker will describe the key software components already developed by P&R and the ones soon to be available as COTS to Freescale’s customers and partners. He will illustrate them using representative examples showing how such key security components can be used to answer all the critical security challenges of the IoT. The speaker will also present how ProvenCore, a fully secure microkernel and a major component of P&R range of security bricks, has been designed to reach the highest level of security.

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.

S12ZVM family provides ideal combination of high integration and high-performance for space constrained motor control applications. S12ZVM family is expanding to cover many more applications with capability to directly interface with LIN or CAN networks. It is an ideal controller to have a platform strategy for multitude of motor control applications. This session will provide a basic understanding on 3 phase motor control, value of using S12ZVM in various applications and overview of the mature S12ZVM enablement solutions that can help spin the motor in no time and can help to extract the highest performance from the device.

Learn about Freescale’s pressure sensors and how they specifically support patient monitoring data collection. These sensors can maximize content collected from patient analytics to transfer to the cloud (Big Data) to enable doctors and health providers to determine patient health, analytics, compliance to medical protocols and adherence of the patient to doctor’s instructions.

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.

This session will cover Human Machine Interface (HMI) design principles, best practices for developing a user experience, and optimizing art assets for embedded devices. This session is for people in the trenches - designers, programmers, marketers, even your boss. Put the "H" in the HMI and learn how to make interfaces for real humans. Learn how to optimize your assets. Take that million polygon count with 4k textures and run it in your device. Save the day, make it work.

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.

Network functions virtualization is promising to be a disruptive influence in the networking marketplace, leveraging software defined networking capabilities to virtualize network services that are currently carried out by dedicated special-purpose hardware. If successful, NFV will reduce operator dependencies on proprietary hardware and software, providing operators greater control over time-to-market, reduced cost structures and significantly lower operational costs. The market forces behind NFV will be examined and the NFV architecture will be introduced with particular attention paid to mapping of QorIQ LS series technology to anticipated NFV needs for greater levels of acceleration and offloads.

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.

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.

Lauterbach company profile and Lauterbach product overview. 

With both the i.MX range of application processors, and the QorIQ Layerscape communications processors, Freescale is at the forefront of producing leading edge ARM-based solutions for Wearable, Automotive, Industrial, and Enterprise segments. These devices provide highly integrated, energy efficient, solutions, typically with significant software requirements. With DS-5, ARM provides a common toolchain supporting all of these platforms, delivering best in class compilation, full multi-core debug support, and advanced profiling functionality.

Many existing safety applications, e.g., in railway signaling, are based on aging, proprietary computing systems. These range from hard lock-step, hardware voting architectures, to software-based voting. Each approach brings costs in performance, scalability, life cycle and software development/portability. Some have not achieved Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 4 certification (per the EN 5012x rail standards), which is now a worldwide requirement. This presentation gives an overview of an architecture for a COTS fail-safe computer (ControlSafe™) that combines “loose” lock-step with hardware voting, to provide software transparency, scalability and SIL4 certification. The platform employs distributed Freescale QorIQ processors. Leveraging such a platform, safety application providers can plan technology refresh while maintaining the investment in/focus on their application software.

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.