Description Earlier this year NXP organized a promotional opportunity for amateur radio enthusiasts to use their creativity and build their own power amplifier designs. NXP received numerous creative submissions in this competitive Homebrew RF Design Challenge. We appreciate the dedication and enthusiasm from the community that made this contest a success. First place winner An MRF101AN broadband amplifier design with 1 W Input, 100 W Output 1.8-54 MHZ Amplifier deck. (For more information visit:NXP MRF-101 - RFPowerTools )  It is an amplifier with a bandwidth of 1.8MHz to 54MHz. Maximum output power of 100W up to 30MHz and 70W up to 50MHz. Maximum power supply 50V to 4A, with a Voltage Standing Wave Ratio of 1.5:1 maximum. The design dimensions of the PCB is 5x5 cm (2x2 in). and 310g weight including fan and heat sink. Second place winner A 600W broadband HF amplifier using affordable LDMOS devices (For more information visit: https://qrpblog.com/2019/10/a-600w-broadband-hf-amplifier-using-affordable-ldmos-devices/  ) This project is meant to demonstrate the capabilities of the MRF300 transistors as linear broadband devices in the 2-50MHz range and to be used by radio amateurs as a starting point for a medium-high power amplifier. This is also my entry to the NXP Homebrew RF Design Challenge 2019. To achieve the target of 600W output while also minimizing the level of even-number harmonics, a “push-pull” configuration of two transistors is used. Luckily, the manufacturer made it easy to design the PCB layout for such a thing by offering two versions (the MRF300AN & MRF300BN) that have mirrored pinout. The common TO-247 package is used, with the source connected to the tab. Each individual MRF300 LDMOS transistor is specified at 330W output over a 1.8-250MHz working frequency range, a maximum 28dB of gain and over 70% efficiency. The recommended supply range is 30-50Vdc. By studying the specifications, it looks like with correct broadband matching and some operational safety margin we can get close to 600W output at a voltage of around 45V across a resonably large bandwidth; the aim is to cover 1.8 to 54MHz. Main challenges when designing this amplifier are related to achieving good input and output matching over the entire frequency range as well as maintaining high and flat gain. Good linearity and a low level of harmonic products are mandatory. As the TO-247 is not a package specifically designed for high-power RF, there are some challenges with thermal design and PCB layout as well. Information taken from the essay by the winner. Third place winner A High Efficiency Switchmode RF Amplifier using a MRF101AN LDMOS Device for a CubeSat Plasma Thruster (For more information visit: Research - SuperLab@Stanford ) The Class E amplifier utilizes the active device as a switch, operating in only cutoff (off) and saturated (on) conditions. This minimizes the overlap of voltage and current, reducing losses in the active device. To further reduce loss the Class E amplifier utilizes an inductively tuned resonant network to achieve zero voltage switching, bringing the voltage across the switch to zero before turn on, eliminating energy stored in the output capacitance of the active device that would otherwise be dissipated. This is achieved with an inductively tuned series resonant output filter.  In the Class E amplifier losses are almost entirely determined by the current conducted by the active device so a high drain impedance is desired to maximize efficiency. The drain impedance is ultimately limited by the voltage rating of the switch. For our desired output power of 40W and the maximum voltage rating of 133V for the MRF101AN this impedance is still less than 50 ohms, so a L match circuit is used to match the drain impedance to 50 ohms. The load network in our design provides a drain impedance of 15.4+12.8j. As the MRF101AN will operate in saturation a high drive level is desired. To eliminate the need for a preamplifier and allow for digital control, we use a high speed gate drive chip typically used in switch-mode power supplies, LMG1020, to drive the MRF101AN instead of a RF preamplifier. A resonant network is used to provide voltage gain at the fundamental and third harmonic, providing a quasi-square wave on the gate which helps insure the device remains in saturation. Conclusion It was a close call and highly competitive! Each participant had their own creative, unique and impressive way of displaying the capabilities of these new parts. NXP is always up for new design challenges. Ready for the next challenge?

This post entry aims at explaining the debugging process oriented to EMVCo Contactless certification of a device integrating NXP's PN5180. The structure is the following: PN5180 Antenna design considerations Before going into the debugging process for the EMVCo Contactless Analog tests we will see some important considerations for an antenna design and impedance tuning oriented for an EMVCo compliant device. Antenna tuning recommendations The first recommendation is that with the Dynamic Power Control feature the PN5180 allows us to perform symmetrical antenna tuning instead of the typical asymmetrical tuning. This symmetrical tuning provides us with a better transfer function, being able to drive more power to the antenna. The following figure shows the Smith Chart with the S11 parameter plot of a device using a symmetrical antenna tuning:   The only disadvantage of the symmetrical tuning is that we need a current limiter to avoid destroying the chip because of exceeding the chip’s limits. In the case we are documenting today, the PN5180 DPC feature is used to limit the supply voltage and therefore the transmitter current depending on the load detected by the chip. Regarding the EMC filter, the inductor should fit with the following condition to guarantee a good relation between the AGC and the ITVDD: Another consideration is about the resistor used in the reception branch. This resistor controls the receiver sensibility and as a starting point is recommended to use a value to obtain an AGC in free air of: Reader Mode only design: AGC value in free air around 600dec Full NFC design: AGC value in free air around 300dec Finally, EMV contactless transactions are performed at 106kbps which would allow us to work with a high Q factor of the overall system. This means that the power gain can be higher, but at the same time it might also lead to some issues because of the lower bandwidth. In light of this, we have to bear in mind, that if the Q factor is too high it may lead to problems in the waveform tests. PN5180 DPC calibration The Dynamic Power Control is a feature that uses the AGC value to establish different power configurations depending on the load applied to the antenna. As I mentioned before, the main goal is to protect the chip from a transmitter current level that might destroy it. The first step before calibrating the DPC is to check the correlation between the AGC value and the transmitter current or ITVDD when different loads are applied to the antenna. Basically, we will play with the distance between the load and the device to get several points with different AGC values. Based on those measurements, we can plot a graph like the following: Normally we would use a reference PICC and a metal plane or phone to check that the behavior is linear and with no big difference between those loads. Once we have checked the correlation we can proceed with the calibration process, which can be done very easily with the NFC Cockpit software. Here the important thing is to control the ITVDD and keep it always below the chip’s limit. As you can see in the figure below, without the DPC, this symmetrical tuning would lead to a voltage above the limit for positions close to the reader antenna. However, with DPC we can control that voltage at any moment. Another consideration is that we have to make sure that the DPC is calibrated to have maximum power when the reference PICC is far from the reader to avoid a lack of power in the tests at those positions. EMV L1 Analog Tests Debugging process We are going to divide this debugging process into 3 main phases which are the power tests in the first instance, followed by the waveform tests and the reception tests. The reason why we set this order is to first debug the tests that may require HW modifications which have a strong impact on the other tests. This way, for example, if you have passed all power and waveform tests, debugging the reception tests may not have an impact on the results obtained previously. Power tests Tests setup In order to debug the power tests, we will need just an oscilloscope and an EMVCo reference PICC. We will need to connect the outputs J9 and J1 of the EMVCo reference PICC to the oscilloscope and set the jumper J8 of the reference PICC in non-linear load mode. The J9 of the EMVCo reference PICC is the DC_OUT output that we will use to measure the power received by the antenna. The J1 is the LETI_COIL_OUT output and we will use it to capture the command in the oscilloscope. The overall setup is depicted in the figure below. Performing tests We have to use the trigger to capture the REQA command sent from the DTE when the reference PICC is in the position we want to test. This capture can be seen in the two figures below. The yellow channel is the LETI_COIL_OUT of the EMVCo reference PICC and the blue channel represents the DC_OUT obtained from the J1 connector. As said previously, we will use the DC_OUT to measure the voltage in the period of the signal where there is no modulation, like this part highlighted with the red squared. We have zoomed into the period to get the average value using the oscilloscope measurement features. We will use this same procedure to evaluate the power tests in all positions. Depending on the position tested, the specifications define and certain range where the voltage measured should be fitted. In this sense, the maximum voltage level is common for all planes, but the minimum voltage allowed will decrease for positions further from the terminal.  In order to identify the critical positions for the power tests, we have to identify two different scenarios, the first one with the positions that might not reach the minimum voltage established, and the positions that might exceed the maximum value. For the first scenario the critical positions are the outer positions of the plane z = 4cm and the plane z=3cm as the external positions for plane z= 3cm have a bigger radius. The other scenario is that where you can be exceeding the maximum level. This situation can happen in the central positions of the lower planes, like plane z=1 or z=0. Debugging hints In order to overcome possible issues, we will give some tips that can be used for your design. Regarding a case of lack of power, first, we have to make sure that the DPC is correctly calibrated, meaning that you are operating in gear 0 for the external positions of planes 3 and 4 and that gear 0 is operating with full power. If we have verified those two things and we still have issues, we would need to change the tuning of the antenna and reduce the target impedance. This is graphically represented in the following Smith Chart: By reducing the impedance we increase the current that the PN5180 is driving to the antenna so the voltage would increase. Is important to always verify that we are working within the recommended operating range of the chip and that we are not exceeding the transmitter current limit. In a worst-case scenario, if we cannot achieve the voltage with these HW changes we would need to evaluate changes in the hardware design, like adding a ferrite sheet or changing the antenna dimensions or position. On the other hand, if the problem comes because we are exceeding the maximum voltage allowed by the specifications we can easily solve it by reducing the power configuration of the gear used in that specific position. Waveform tests Test setup For the waveform group of tests, we will use a setup consisting of the EMVCo reference PICC along with an oscilloscope and a PC software to evaluate the signal obtained from the oscilloscope. In our case, we will use the Wave Checker software from CETECOM. We need to connect the output J9 of the EMVCo reference PICC to the oscilloscope and set the jumper J8 of the EMVCo reference PICC in the fixed load position. The oscilloscope needs to be connected to the PC or laptop, so the software is able to get the waveform and analyze the parameters needed. Type A tests The waveform group of tests for Type A consists of the following test cases: TA121: t1 TA122: Monotonic Decrease TA123: Ringing TA124: t2 TA125: t3 and t4 TA127: Monotonic Increase TA128: Overshoot Some of these test cases are directly related to the parameters defined for the specific modulation phase for Type A at 106 kbps. This modulation phase along with the respective parameters is depicted in the figure below. When the Wave Checker gets the oscilloscope capture, it automatically analyzes the signal, performing all the measurements and comparing them with the specifications limits. Debugging hints for Type A The PN5180 has a few registers and parameters to control the wave shape generated by the NFC chip and transmitted by the antenna. These are the most relevant ones: TX_CLK_MODE_RM (RF_CONTROL_TX_CLK register) Rise and Fall times (RF_CONTROL_TX register) TX_OVERSHOOT_CONFIG register From all the different test cases we will show how to debug the t3 and t4 test case as it is usually the most problematic. For this purpose, we will start from a certain configuration where the waveform tests show the following results, with a fail in the t3 and t4 test case. In order to tackle this problem, we will rely on the TAU_MOD_RISING parameter from the RF_CONTROL_TX register of the PN5180. In this case, as the timings are slightly above the maximum allowed in the specifications we will decrease the TAU_MOD_RISING 3 points and execute again the tests. The results after the modification show that all test are passing with a certain margin:   Another parameter that the PN5180 has and can be used for the waveform tests is the TX_CLK_MODE_RM parameter from the RF_CONTROL_TX_CLK register. Below you can see two graphs that clearly illustrate the effect of this parameter over the waveform.  As you can see from the two figures, by changing the default high impedance configuration of 001, to a low side pull configuration the waveform results in a smoother decay of the envelope. Type B tests For Type B waveform, the specifications define the following test cases:  TB121: Modulation Index TB122: Fall time TB123: Rise time TB124: Monotonic Increase TB125: Monotonic Decrease TB126: Overshoots TB127: Undershoots Again, these tests are based on the different parameters that can be identified for the modulation phase of the Type B commands: Debugging hints for Type B The register and parameters that the PN5180 includes to control the waveform for type B are: TX_RESIDUAL_CARRIER (RF_CONTROL_TX register) TX_CLK_MODE_RM (RF_CONTROL_TX_CLK register) TX_UNDERSHOOT_CONFIG register TX_OVERSHOOT_CONFIG register For Type B, we will study the modulation index test case, as it is the one that needs to be adjusted more often. In this case, we start from a situation where the device presents problems in the modulation index at 1 cm, with a value below the limit. In order to make corrections of the modulation index we will use the TX_RESIDUAL_CARRIER parameter from the RF_CONTROL_TX register. This parameter controls the amplitude of the residual carrier during the modulated phase. For the present problem, we will increase it by 4 points and rerun the test. As you can see in the picture below, the modulation index is within the specifications limits with margin.  Adaptative Waveform Control The PN5180 has another interesting feature called Adaptative Waveform Control that is used to set a different transmitter configuration depending on the gear and protocol used at any moment. This way we can easily debug by positions and use specific configurations for a certain group of positions without the need of rerunning all the tests for the rest of the positions. With the AWC feature we can control the: TAU_MOD_FALLING TAU_MOD_RISING TX_RESIDUAL CARRIER We can see in the table an example of an AWC configuration for Type B. Where we have changed the Residual Carrier from gear 2 onwards. As you can see, It is also configured with a change in the falling and rising times from Gear 1. As you can see this Adaptative Waveform Control feature along with the DPC represent a powerful tool to easily debug waveform tests without a change in the HW. Reception tests The reception tests purpose is to evaluate the ability of the device to identify and correctly demodulate the responses from the PICC when this response comes in the limits of the specifications for amplitude and polarity of the modulation.  Tests setup The tools and setup needed to debug the reception tests for EMVCo are depicted in the following figure: Oscilloscope to capture the signal received by the reference PICC. Arbitrary Waveform Generator to generate the response of the PICC. PC Software to control the AWG and load the EMVCo responses to the EMVCo reference PICC. For our case, we will use the Wave Player software from CETECOM. EMVCo reference PICC. This time, we will use the output J9 of the reference PICC to the oscilloscope to capture the command from the reader and trigger the injection of the response from the waveform generator to reference PICC, connected to J2. We should connect the waveform generator to the computer that has the Wave Player software installed to load the EMVCo responses. Performing tests As said previously, the reception tests aim at testing the ability of the device to correctly interpret the response when it is generated at the limit of the amplitude and polarity of the modulation. Considering the positive and negative polarity and the maximum and minimum amplitude of the modulation we have the following four test cases that are performed both for Type A and Type B: Tx131: Minimum positive modulation Tx133 - Maximum positive modulation Tx135 - Minimum negative modulation Tx137 - Maximum negative modulation To debug these tests with the PN5180 we will use: RX_GAIN (RF_CONTROL_RX register) RX_HPCF (RF_CONTROL_RX register) MIN_LEVEL (SIGPRO_RM_CONFIG register) MIN_LEVELP (SIGPRO_RM_CONFIG register) The procedure is basically to use the Waveplayer to set the amplitude and polarity of the response and check in the device is the response was correctly received and demodulated. Debugging hints To debug the reception we will test different configuration for the RX_GAIN and RX_HPCF parameters that control the reception filters, amplifier and ADC blocks from the receiver branch. These receiver blocks are pictured in the diagram below. Depending on the values used for the RX_GAIN and RX_HPCF parameters, the filter will be defined accordingly. The following table shows the filter characteristics in relation to those values: If we don’t find a correct value to pass the test at a certain position, we should modify the Rx resistor in order to increase or decrease the receiver sensibility. Adaptative Receiver Control In the same line as the Adaptative Waveform Control, the PN5180 includes the Adaptative Receiver Control that can be used to define different reception configurations depending on the gear and protocol used. With the ARC we can control all the registers involved in the reception and apply a correction to the preconfigured value depending on the gear used.  We can see an example of the Adaptative Receiver Control configuration in the following table, where we have defined a correction of -1 to the MIN_LEVEL and the HPCF parameters from gear 1. We can also see that the RX_GAIN parameter has a correction of +2 from gear 0. The ARC is very useful when we can't find a proper configuration for all positions and we need a different set of values depending on the positions tested. Rx Matrix tool Another interesting tool for debugging the reception tests is the Rx Matrix tool. This tool is used to launch and tests different receiver configuration in an automated way. The Rx Matrix tool is integrated into NXP's NFC Cockpit and you can control the Arbitrary Waveform Generator to set the amplitude of the modulation used for the tests. We can select which parameters we want to change and in which range we want them to be tested and the Rx Matrix will automatically run all the possible combinations in a sweep.   With the Rx Matrix tool, we can select the expected response and the number of iterations we want to try for every possible configuration. That way we can obtain a success ratio for the communication and easily identify the best configuration for the position tested. An example of the Rx Matrix is given in the figure below. We have fixed the RX_GAIN and RX_HPCF parameters and performed a sweep for the MinLevel, testing it from a value of 0 to 8. We have set the Rx Matrix to execute 50 iterations for every configuration, obtaining the success ratio results plotted below. As you can see the Rx Matrix along with a Waveform Generator is a powerful tool to find the optimum receiver configuration in a short time and in an effortless way. PN5180 Ecosystem The PN5180 comes with a complete and useful product support package including: The demokit, that can be used to get introduced to the product and check its features. The NFC Cockpit, that we have talked about during this article, and that represents a powerful tool to control the PN5180 with a very intuitive and useful interface. We srongly recommend that you integrate this tool in your final device as it may save you a lot of time during the debugging phase. A complete documentation including the updated product datasheet, or a set of application notes to guide you through all the designing process, from the antenna design guide to the DPC configuration or use of the Rx Matrix tool. Last but not least, the NFC Reader library which is the recommended software stack for NXP's NFC frontends and NFC controllers with customizable firmware. NFC Reader Library The NFC Reader Library comes with built-in MCU support, but it can also run on different MCU platforms, as well as non-NXP. The library has been built in such a way that you can adapt it and implement the required driver for your host platform. Other characteristics are: It is free of charge and you can download the latest release from NXP’s website. It is a complete API for developing NFC and MIFARE-based applications. Includes an HTML-based API documentation for all the components, which is generated from source-code annotations.  Finally, the release includes several examples and applications. Among the examples and applications included in the NFC Reader Library we can highlight two applications that are very useful for the preparation of the Device Test Environment required for the EMVCo certification:  The SimplifiedAPI_EMVCo for the digital testing The SimplifiedAPI_EMVCo_Analog for the Analog testing. You can control all the parameters involved in both applications using the phNxpNfcRdLib_Config.h configuration file. The identification and modification of these parameters should be very easy as the code is well documented, like you can see in the code chunk in the image: Further information You can find more information about NFC in: Our NFC everywhere portal: https://www.nxp.com/nfc You can ask your question in our technical community: https://community.nxp.com/community/identification-security/nfc You can look for design partners: https://nxp.surl.ms/NFC_AEC And you can check our recorded training: http://www.nxp.com/support/online-academy/nfc-webinars:NFC-WEBINARS Video recorded session

Wind River's Ka Kay Achacoso demonstrates VxWorks 7 with graphics on the i.MX6 series applications processor. Features Demonstration of Graphics using VXWorks 7 The drivers are taking advantage of the i.MX processor's GPU to render hardware accelerated 3D graphics Using the accelerometer to show the orientation of the board The display shows a 3D view of how the board is being positioned taking into consideration perspectives and lighting shadows Featured NXP Products ARM® Cortex®-A9 Cores: i.MX 6 Series Multicore Processors Links NXP Connect - Wind River

This post entry provides a detailed description of the OM29263ADK kit, a new antenna tuning development kit specially designed to facilitate the NFC antenna prototyping process. This document has been structured as follows: OM29263ADK kit contents This kit consists of a single PCB board that includes:  A pre-matched antenna of 2 turns and a size of 77 by 113 mm.  A second pre-matched antenna of 4 turns and a smaller size of 20 by 20 mm.  And, 8 extra boards to prepare the matching for custom antennas. As a result, this kit is a perfect resource for different purposes such as evaluating the RF performance of different antenna sizes and, for prototyping your custom antenna quickly. In addition, this NFC antenna development kit is compatible with our existing product support package. You can directly connect it to CLRC663 demoboards, as well as to PN5180 and PN7462 demoboards after a minor tuning. Using OM29263ADK kit with CLEV6630A or CLEV6630B The process is really straightforward… First, take one CLRC663 demoboard and separate the main PCB from the antenna & matching circuit. The board includes cut lines, so you can divide both sections easily by only using your hands. Second, break the kit OM29263ADK PCB so that you separate the pre-matched antenna from the other PCB parts. Then, it is just a matter of connecting the two parts together. The kit antenna includes pin male connectors while the CLRC663 board includes the corresponding female connectors. Therefore, hook up the antenna with the main board, solder the connectors and that’s all. We can observe that when we connect the kit large antenna to the reader PCB, the  impedance measured with our network analyzer shows that the tuning is adjusted to approximately, 19 Ohms. This is the result obtained without any hardware modification The same process applies for the smaller antenna: Similarly, we can observe that when we connect the kit small antenna to the reader PCB, the  impedance measured with our network analyzer shows that the tuning is adjusted to approximately, 36 Ohms. This is the result obtained without any hardware modification: Using OM29263ADK kit with PNEV5180B or PNEV7462C In case you are interested to connect the OM29263ADK kit antennas to the PNEV5180B or PNEV7462C boards, the preparation process is the following: First, separate the antenna and the matching section from the PN5180 or PN7462 demoboards, as before, using the cut lines. Then, take one kit sample, and separate the pre-matched antennas for the other PCB parts. And finally, adjust the EMC filter. The EMC filter adaptation is required because the kit antenna is prepared for asymmetric tuning while the PN5180 and PN7462 original antenna use a symmetrical tuning. The main difference between both types of tuning is the cut off frequency. The symmetric tuning uses a cutoff frequency around 15MHz, while the asymmetric can go up to 22 MHz. In practice, for this adaptation, we only need to change the value of the capacitor C0 in the main board. For instance, the existing 220 pF capacitor can be replaced for another one of 68 pF. Using OM29263ADK kit to connect your own antenna coil This section describes how to use the kit PCB boards for our custom antenna tuning. For this task, the list of material that we need is: A reader PCB board, in the example, we picked CLRC663 One of the PCBs for antenna matching included in the kit And, the any antenna to be matched  In our case, we have selected one sample antenna available in our lab. The following explanation will be guided using this antenna as a reference, but any antenna can be tune using the same process. The usual list of steps to tune a custom antenna are: First, we need to define target impedance and Q factor, as design parameters for our reader Then, we will characterize the antenna coil and find its parameters After that, we will design the EMC filter With this, we will calculate the matching components using an Excel sheet Afterwards, we will assemble the calculated components and measure the first results. We will take field measurements, which probably will show that it is not perfect, so we may need to adapt the matching values With these fine-tuned vales, we will re-assemble again And finally, we will design the receiver circuit. Define target impedance and Q-factor First, we start defining the target impedance and Q-factor. The target impedance is a design parameter, which needs to be chosen according to our needs whether we want to go for maximum field strength or minimum battery consumption or a trade-off in between. Typically, reasonable values are between 20 Ohms and 80. Another important design parameter is the Q factor. The Q factor is a dimensionless parameter indicating the performance of a resonant circuit. The higher the Q factor, the higher the read range. On the other hand, increasing the Q factor also reduces the bandwidth of the circuit. As a result, in practical implementation, Q-factor values below 30 are demonstrated to fit well for the ISO14443 wave form timing requirements and corresponding spectrum.  For our tuning exercise, the design parameters chosen are an impedance of 20 ohms and a Q factor of 25 Measure antenna coil Next step is to characterize the antenna coil. Any antenna coil has an input impedance. This input impedance is complex and consists of an inductance, capacitance as well as some losses represented by a resistance (R). The actual values depend, among others, on antenna material, thickness of conductor, distance between the windings, number of turns, etc.  The coil characterization needs to be done with a network analyzer. It could be a high end, such as Agilent or Rohde & Schwarz, which is powerful, accurate, easy to use, but expensive. Or we can also go for low end solutions, such as the miniVNA PRO, which is cheap compared with the previous ones, and accurate enough for our needs. In our case, the characterization of our lab antenna shows:  An inductance around 1.3 uH And a resistance of 2.5 Ohms Design EMC filter The next step is to design the EMC filter. As we are using CLRC663, we will go for an asymmetric antenna tuning. Good inductor values are between 330nH and 560nH. and 21MHz cutoff frequency is ideal for asymmetric tuning. Fixing this two parameters, we can easily calculate the required capacitor component for our EMC filter with the formula below. In our example, we need to use a capacitor of C= 122 pF. With this, we just pick up the closer commercial value from our components box Calculate matching circuit components We have characterized the antenna coil and completed the EMC filter. Now, we can calculate the matching network components. The matching components need to be calculated so that the maximum power from the reader is transmitted to the antenna. This happens when the equivalent impedance seen from the reader IC only has the real part, without the complex part. There are some complex calculation involved in the process. In order to avoid these cumbersome formulas, NXP provides a useful Antenna Tuning excel sheet that calculate the appropriate components for you. Below, you can see a screenshot of the Excel sheet in the slide. This sheet calculates C1 and C2 matching values according to the inputs expected from the user. These are The measured antenna coil parameters The EMC filter parameters. The target impedance and Q-factor of our design With these values, The Excel sheet calculates and outputs the value of the matching components: C0, C1, C2 and Rs. In our exercise, the output values calculated for the matching network by the Excel sheet are C1 around 43 pF and C2 around 144 pF Assemble and measure Typically, the calculated values do not match with commercial components. The easiest way is to add components in parallel to get as close as possible to the calculated values. If we take a closer look to the kit antenna matching PCB board, the pad location is the following: We have two slots for C0 – so we can have two capacitors in parallel to achieve a better accuracy on the capacitance value we need to achieve We also have two slots for C1, for the same purpose We have two more slots for C2 soldering We also have two slots for the dampening resistor, in case we need to reduce the Q-factor of our antenna. And finally, one slot for the receiver resistor circuit. After the first component assembly, it is worth performing a field measurement to find out how accurate our matching is in reality. Typically, the measured impedance is different than the impedance calculated in the simulation. Therefore, the calculated matching components were not 100% accurate. But we knew that in advance. We were aware that we were just getting a rough approximation to the antenna parameters. As a result, a good matching is achieved after a number of iterations according to the field measurements that we obtain. As a general rule,  C1 changes the magnitude of the matching impedance and C2 changes its imaginary part. In our exercise, after soldering the first components, the equivalent impedance is around 19 Ohms but it also has a significant imaginary part. As a result, it can be fine-tuned towards better performance. We modified C1 and C2 a couple of times until we found out the final values that work better. obtaining a impedance with only real part at 22 Ohms (C1= 36pF and C2=154 pF). Adjust receiver circuit The last step of tuning our antenna is to design the receiver circuit. The Rx circuit that consists of a voltage divider and a coupling capacitor connected from the output of the EMC filter to the RX pins of the NFC reader. The objective is to set the voltage level at the reception pins to achieve the compromise between a good sensitivity. For CLRC663 plus, the serial resistor is in the range of 7 and 15 kΩ. You can start with a 11 KOhm value, then, the resistor can be adjusted depending on the voltage measured in the Rx pins. If the voltage at Rx pin is higher than 1.7 V, it is recommended to increase the resistor value and if the voltage at Rx pin is below than 1.2 V, it is recommended to decrease the resistor value. Using OM29263ADK kit to evaluate the performance of different antenna shapes The section covers how you can use the antennas included in the kit for performance comparison. Please note that this lab exercise is shown only for illustrative purposes on how the kit can be used to evaluate the performance of different antenna shapes. As an example, we defined a sample scenario where we want to characterize how the field strength decreases with distance when using antennas of different size. For that, we used the following setup: A class 1 ISO14443 Reference PICC A scope A CLRC663 board connected to the small antenna A CLRC663 board connected to the large antenna A ruler to measure the distance The measurements were taken in this way: We tuned the large and small antennas to 20 Ohms We connected the board to the laptop, and we executed the NFC Cockpit tool to control the RF field. We measured with the scope the voltage level obtained by the ISO14443 Class 1 Reference PICC while we increased the distance. Background information Before actually showing you the results, it is worth it to review a couple of antenna design principles to properly understand the results. Coupling coefficient Before actually showing you the results, it is worth it to review a couple of antenna design principles to properly understand the results. The coupling coefficient is a parameter that indicates how much of the magnetic field generated by the reader is picked up by the card. The coupling coefficient takes a value between 0 and 1 If the coupling equals 1, it means we have a perfect coupling, all magnetic field lines are picked by the card If the coupling equals 0, it means we have no coupling at all, no magnetic field lines are picked by the card The key message is that the coupling coefficient is just a geometric quantity. It depends on: The reader and card antenna dimensions (both antenna radius) Their relative position (whether in parallel or perpendicular, they will pick a different amount of magnetic field lines) The distance between them And the magnetic properties of the medium Mutual inductance Very related to the coupling coefficient, we have the mutual inductance. The mutual inductance allows us to determine the voltage induced in the card antenna, that depends on: Coupling coefficient  Better coupling, higher the voltage Driver current  The higher the current we drive in the reader antenna, the stronger the magnetic field Antenna inductance Precisely, in this setup, we are going to measure the voltage perceived by the reference PICC when using two different antennas. Antenna tuning components used for the large antenna First, we prepared a tuning of 20 Ohms in the large antenna. This task was done using the process described above. As an example, we selected a low Q-factor of 10, which helped us to accommodate high bit rates for ISO14443. In the figure below, you can see the components we assembled to tune the large antenna near to 20 Ohms. Antenna tuning components used for the small antenna Second, we prepared a tuning of 20 Ohms in the small antenna so that the results are comparable. The same Q-factor and EMC filter values were used, but obviously, as the antenna size is different, we used different C1, C2 and Rs values to achieve the same equivalent impedance OM29263ADK large antenna vs small antenna The following graph shows the results we obtained: The blue line, represents the DC output voltage obtained from the Class 1 Reference PICC as we increase the distance from the reader using the large antenna… The green line, represents the DC output voltage obtained from the Class 1 Reference PICC but using the reader with the small antenna connected. As a result, what we see is that at close distance, both antennas are able to deliver the same field strength. However, as distance increases, the RF field of the small antenna starts to attenuate quickly from 2 cm distance of the reader while the RF field of the large antenna is more or less stable until 5 cm, after that, it starts to attenuate quickly as well. Potentially, what we can conclude is that for this setup, we might be able to get more reading distance with the large antenna. ISO/IEC14443 vs ISO/IEC15693 reader - Quality factor We need to bear in mind that our antenna is not only for energy transfer, but also it should match with the waveform requirements. Therefore, from the practical point of view, the Q factor of the system is limited by the bandwidth as if we increase the Q, we increase the field strength but we decrease the bandwidth. Our reader can be optimized whether we are designing a reader for ISO14443 or ISO15693 as the signals modulation and timing requirements of the rise and fall times for both RF protocols are different. Actually, in practice, ISO15693 allows us a higher Q factor because there is a lower bandwidth requirement as the waveform timings are more relaxed and, the power transfer requirement is lower than ISO14443. For such optimization, you can refer again to NXP antenna tuning excel sheet. If you recall, one of the input fields of the excel sheet is the Q-factor. Therefore, you can introduce here a value below 30 for ISO14443 readers or below 100 for ISO15693 readers. The excel will output reasonable matching values for the first components adjustment. After that, you can do a fine tuning according to the process I explained before. Further information You can find more information about NFC in: Our NFC everywhere portal: https://www.nxp.com/nfc You can ask your question in our technical community: https://community.nxp.com/community/identification-security/nfc You can look for design partners: https://nxp.surl.ms/NFC_AEC And you can check our recorded training: http://www.nxp.com/support/online-academy/nfc-webinars:NFC-WEBINARS Video recorded session On 21 June 2018, a live session explaining this topic. You can watch the recording here:

Overview   As gaming application needs real time, quick and fast reaction, user would like to have low latency solution for gaming application. Existing BT solution has higher latency. Also power consumption is critical in the design with limited battery capacity. NXP’s gaming headset solution combined with low latency and lower power consumption than competitors. We provide two platforms. One use KL27 MCU and the other one use LPC5528 MCU as processor. The key different feature between these two MCU platform is the audio resolution support. KL27 platform supports 48K sampling rate and LPC5528 platform supports USB audio up to 96K sampling rate. We design USB dongle and headset side solution, either module or Arduino interface H/W design. Also PMIC is important in the headset side. NXP can provide MCU, BLE and PMIC for this application. Block Diagram Products Category MCU Product URL 1 KL2x: Kinetis® KL2x-72/96 MHz, USB Ultra-Low-Power Microcontrollers (MCUs) based on Arm® Cortex®-M0+ Core  Product Description 1 The Kinetis® KL2x is an ultra-low-power MCU family that adds a full-speed USB 2.0 On-the-Go (OTG) controller or a full-speed crystal-less USB 2.0 device controller in addition to the Kinetis KL1x series. Product URL 2 LPC552x/S2x: Mainstream Arm® Cortex®-M33-based Microcontroller Family  Product Description 2 The LPC552x/S2x MCU family further expands the world’s first general purpose Cortex-M33-based MCU series   Category Power Management Product URL PCA9420: PMIC for Low Power Applications  Product Description The PCA9420 is a highly integrated Power Management IC (PMIC), targeted to provide power management solution for low-power microcontroller applications or other similar applications powered by Li-ion battery.   Category Wireless Product URL NXH3670: Ultra-low Power, Low Latency Audio for Wireless Gaming Headphone  Product Description The NxH3670 constitutes a highly integrated, single-chip ultra-low-power 2.4 GHz wireless transceiver with embedded MCU (Integrated Arm® Cortex®-M0 processor), targeted at wireless audio streaming for gaming headphones, delivering low latency audio and ultra-low power consumption.

Demo Hexiwear platform combines the style and usability found in high-end consumer devices, with the functionality and expandability of sophisticated engineering development platforms, making Hexiwear the ideal form factor for the wearable market, as well as other edge-node IoT solutions. Completely open-source and developed by MikroElektronika in partnership with NXP, the Hexiwear hardware includes the low power, high performance Kinetis K6x Microcontroller based on ARM Cortex-M4 core, the Kinetis KW40Z multimode radio SoC, supporting BLE in Hexiwear. The Hardware features included 6 on-board sensors such as Optical Heart Rate Monitor, Accelerometer and Magnetometer, Gyroscope, Temperature, Humidity, light and Pressure sensor's. Hexiwear also includes Color OLED Display, Rechargeable battery and External flash memory. $49 NXP Hexiwear, IoT and Wearables development platform – ARMdevices.net   Hexiwear is supported with its own application for Android and iOS, so customers can connect the device to the cloud straight out of the box, without any additional software development. Hexiwear uses FreeRTOS, the Kinetis software development kit (SDK) and the Kinetis Design Studio IDE. The Hexiwear platform is also expandable with the option to add nearly 200 different, additional sensors through click boards™      Features •       Eye-catching small form factor (smaller than 2” by 2”) board with open source hardware with 7 NXP components and 8 sensors on-board. •       Designed for wearable applications with the onboard rechargeable battery, OLED screen and onboard sensors such as optical heart rate, accelerometer, magnetometer and gyroscope. •       Designed for IoT end node applications with the onboard sensor’s such as temperature, pressure, humidity and ambient light. •       Complete software solution with open source embedded software, cell phone apps and cloud connectivity. •       Flexibility to let you add the sensors of your choice from 180+ plug and play add on boards. NXP Products Recommended ARM Cortex-M4|Kinetis K64 120 MHz 32-bit MCUs|NXP  ARM Cortex-M0+|Kinetis KW40Z 2.4 GHz 32-bit MCUs|NXP  FXOS8700CQ Accelerometer and Magnetometer FXAS21002 Gyroscope MPL3115A2R1 Altimeter MC34671 Battery charger Other Links Kickstarter Hexiwear Design Files Hexiwear|NXP     News Module Targets Rapid IoT Development | Embedded content from Electronic Design  NXP Accelerates Smart Wearable Product Development | Business Wire  Mouser Stocking the Hexiwear Open Source IoT Platform from MikroElektronika and NXP | Electronics360  Contest Hexiwear: The Do-Anything Device! - Hackster.io  Hexiwear: Quickly Build Quality IoT Devices - HWTrek  http://www.rs-online.com/designspark/electronics/eng/blog/test-drive-hexiwear-the-wearable-iot-development-kit  Blogs https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hexiwear-complete-iot-wearable-development-solution-powered-kedia?trk=prof-post  Introduction to Hexiwear – a wearable development kit for the IoT era – HWTrek Blog  Win an Oculus Rift! Hexiwear Design Contest | mbed  https://mcuoneclipse.com/2016/07/12/hexiwear-teardown-of-the-hackable-do-anything-device/  Freedom development platform: Hackster.io conte... | element14 Community  JavaScript mobile apps for your NXP Hexiwear BLE device | Evothings 

Android Open Accessory support allows external USB hardware (an Android USB accessory) to interact with an Android-powered device in a special accessory mode. When an Android-powered powered device is in accessory mode, the connected accessory acts as the USB host (powers the bus and enumerates devices) and the Android-powered device acts in the USB accessory role. This ADK library is based on NXP Kinetis Microcontroller KL26, It implements some functions to communicate with android phone.  

The purpose of this project is the control of a RGB LED panel using the FlexIO peripheral included in the Kinetis K82 microcontroller. The FlexIO peripheral offers a great advantage, unloading the CPU in the process of refreshing the LED color and brightness information, comparing with other control methods using GPIO bit-banging or PWM + DMA. I will use different method. The panel will use LED stripes with the WS2812B controller. We will also have a simulation platform for developing the applications. Hardware: 30 x16 LED WS2812B Panel Multiplexer board FRDM-K82 Uctronics QVGA display Software: IAR Workbench 7.50.1 SDK 1.3 for the Kinetis K82 FreeRTOS eGUI graphic library You can watch the video with the LED panel working: Video Link : 4707 Part 1: Building the LED Panel Part 2: LED control method using the FlexIO Part 3: Software for LED Panel emulation Part 4: Software for panel control

Description   Sigfox is a French company founded in 2009 that builds wireless networks to connect IoT devices. Their original focus was on industrial/professional applications such as water meters. Sigfox has recently been applying their technology to consumer applications such as smart watches and home alarms. The key parameters for the application is the requirement to exchange continuously and securely small amounts of data. A wireless base station is a transceiver that connects other devices to one another and/or to a wider area. In this particular application we are implementing a Sigfox base station.   Features Low power Securely Small amounts of data Securely transmitting small amounts of data   Block Diagram     Products   Category Name 1: MCU Product URL 1 Layerscape LS1012A Communication Processor for the IoT | NXP  Product Description 1 The QorIQ® LS1012A processor, optimized for battery-backed or USB-powered, space-constrained networking and IoT applications.   Category Name 2: Wireless Product URL 1 Low-Power Multi-Channel UHF RF Wireless Platform | NXP  Product Description 1 The OL2385 device is a radio frequency transceiver with an embedded MCU designed for a wide range of industrial and home applications requiring a very high link budget for bi-directional RF communication.   Category Name 3: Power Management Product URL 1 VR5100 Multi-output DC-DC for COMM Processor | NXP  Product Description 1 The VR5100 is a high-performance, multi-output DC-DC regulator designed to power single or dual core LS1 processors like LS1012A and LS1024A.   Category Name 4: Peripherals Product URL 1 Logic controlled high-side power switch | NXP  Product Description 1 The NX5P2190 is an advanced power switch with adjustable current limit. It includes under-voltage and over-voltage lockout, over-current, over-temperature, reverse bias and in-rush current protection circuits. Product URL 2  TJA1101 | 2nd generation PHY Transceiver | NXP  Product Description 2 TJA1101  offers 100Mbit/s transmit and receive capability per port over up to at least 15m of unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable.   Tools   Product Link OM2385/SF001 - OL2385 Wireless sub-GHz Transceiver SIGFOX Development Kit with KL43Z OM2385/SF001 - SIGFOX Development Kit | NXP  Layerscape FRWY-LS1012A board FRWY-LS1012A Development Platform | NXP  KITVR5100FRDMEVM: Evaluation Kit for VR5100 Power Management Integrated Circuit Evaluation Kit for VR5100 Power Management Integrated Circuit | NXP 

Description The user interface of a product is a key element that design engineers need to address to provide a compelling user experience. Touchpads, slides and rotaries offer a more intuitive and effective way of user interaction than traditional buttons. And, designing a touch-based user interface is simplified with this NXP touch solution. The touch function is more and more popular in the consumer market, especially in the white-good field. The KE15Z series of MCUs offers the Touch Sensing Interface (TSI) which recognizes finger touch by sensing capacitance changes. Features Advanced EMC robustness, pass IEC61000-4-6 standard test Supports both self-cap sensor and mutual-cap sensor, up to 36 touch keys Low BOM cost per touch key, no need for external devices Adjustable touch sensing resolution and sensitivity, high-performance for waterproof applications Low-power support Block Diagram Products Category Name 1: MCU Product URL 1 Arm Cortex-M0+|Kinetis KE1xZ 32-bit 5V MCUs with Touch Interface | NXP  Product Description 1 The KE1xZ includes a robust TSI module which provides a high level of stability and accuracy to any HMI system. These MCUs support up to 256 KB flash, 32 KB RAM, and a complete set of analog/digital features. Category Name 2: Wireless Product URL 1 Arm® Cortex®-M0+|Kinetis® KW41Z 2.4 GHz Bluetooth Low Energy Thread Zigbee Radio MCUs | NXP  Product Description 1 The KW41Z is an ideal solution for true single-chip designs that require concurrent communication on both a Bluetooth Low Energy network and an 802.15.4-based network such as Thread and Zigbee. Documentation KE15Z TSI Development for Low Power Applications:  https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/application-note/AN5420.pdf  Demos Touch Sense Interface for Kinetis KE15Z MCUs  Tools Product Link FRDM-KW41Z: Freedom Development Kit for Kinetis® KW41Z/31Z/21Z MCUs FRDM-KW41Z |Bluetooth Thread Zigbee enabled Freedom Development Kit | NXP  FRDM-TOUCH: Touch Module for Freedom Board FRDM-TOUCH|Touch Module for Freedom Board | NXP 

Demo FlexIO Demos below: Title Link Luminaire: A tale of woe https://www.hackster.io/0xtj/luminaire-a-tale-of-woe-263189 FlexIO Based Multi-Copter Rotor Control https://www.hackster.io/agent-titanium-c6063b/flexio-based-multi-copter-rotor-control-57d124 Automated water level https://www.hackster.io/andre-pereira-da-silva/automated-water-level-2fb900 IOT" Hydrometer E-mailer" https://www.hackster.io/benf2/iot-hydrometer-e-mailer-7a7ca5 FlexIO 3D Printer https://www.hackster.io/BigLazyPlayer/flexio-3d-printer-7e9d57 IoT with Kinetis FlexIO https://www.hackster.io/bltrobotics/iot-with-kinetis-flexio-0d4c3e Air Quality Control https://www.hackster.io/claude4/air-quality-control-2e7d65 Wireless Digital scale https://www.hackster.io/dhq/wireless-digital-scale-238e83 FRDMK82F Servo and Brushless Motor Control https://www.hackster.io/ElvisWolcott/frdmk82f-servo-and-brushless-motor-control-6461fb FRDM-K82F Camera Based Parking Assistant https://www.hackster.io/inakizi/frdm-k82f-camera-based-parking-assistant-9dfa6f KD2 Droid https://www.hackster.io/jreese/kd2-droid-7fbed1 NXP Kinetics Smart Web Multimedia IoT - Flexduino Platform https://www.hackster.io/mhanuel/nxp-kinetics-smart-web-multimedia-iot-flexduino-platform-1a76f7 Ultimate Hardware Expansion Board https://www.hackster.io/myriaddev/ultimate-hardware-expansion-board-494906 MIDI-USB Theremin https://www.hackster.io/razulued/midi-usb-theremin-65b521 Marveloucycle  https://www.hackster.io/skywalker-efe247/marveloucycle-4aafdb Port MySensors Library https://www.hackster.io/storycrafter/port-mysensors-library-1df3b6 Face match doorbell https://www.hackster.io/user015606/face-match-doorbell-db49bc Twitter Bot https://www.hackster.io/user1713477/twitter-bot-0687fe Agricultural flow estimator https://www.hackster.io/uLipe/agricultural-flow-estimator-1ad21d Directional Motion-Detecting USB Web Cam Using a FRDM-K82F https://www.hackster.io/stephanick/directional-motion-detecting-usb-web-cam-using-a-frdm-k82f-f81b81 How to build an Air Mouse with NXP K82F https://www.hackster.io/asadzia/how-to-build-an-air-mouse-with-nxp-k82f-56fb60 Intelligent Elbow Motion-Assistance Actuator https://www.hackster.io/hal-flynn-f79994/intelligent-elbow-motion-assistance-actuator-6a6c73 Water quality flow control https://www.hackster.io/mikey0000/water-quality-flow-control-030b2e Flex-WS2812B https://www.hackster.io/momososo/flex-ws2812b-a6beaf Freedom K82F Sport Kit Companion https://www.hackster.io/nghiajenius_iot/freedom-k82f-sport-kit-companion-319878 Freedom Maraca https://www.hackster.io/wesee/freedom-maraca-6f7bfc Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Musical Cup https://www.hackster.io/wesee/twinkle-twinkle-little-star-musical-cup-45a584 Smart DICE: The Physical + Digital RNG https://www.hackster.io/whatnick/smart-dice-the-physical-digital-rng-18ee03 Navisys https://www.hackster.io/YasithLokuge/navisys-03aa5f Flash! https://www.hackster.io/acylbotr/flash-6c1959 Freedom Flight Controller for Autonomus Drones https://www.hackster.io/bluetiger9/freedom-flight-controller-for-autonomus-drones-9efba4 Camera modules for Self-Driving Car. https://www.hackster.io/gawad/camera-modules-for-self-driving-car-fb37fb The Freedom Infinity Mirror https://www.hackster.io/MarcelK/the-freedom-infinity-mirror-9a2c13 Kinetis FlexIO Ultrasonic Radar https://www.hackster.io/mirkix/kinetis-flexio-ultrasonic-radar-573b40 Self-powered weather station https://www.hackster.io/user52242/self-powered-weather-station-b4252d Android Guided Vehicle https://www.hackster.io/11bharath11/android-guided-vehicle-6892d3 PHYSICALLY REGULATED OPERATING SUITE LIMB https://www.hackster.io/20321/physically-regulated-operating-suite-limb-89a61e Energy Efficient Cooler for home https://www.hackster.io/20986/energy-efficient-cooler-for-home-de0dc5 FRDM K82F-Play X-0 Game https://www.hackster.io/akashchandran30/frdm-k82f-play-x-0-game-0ebccb Working With FRDM-K82F https://www.hackster.io/akashchandran30/working-with-frdm-k82f-9459cd The Portable All Season Clothes Dryer https://www.hackster.io/alz190/the-portable-all-season-clothes-dryer-76626a NXP Scarab Robot https://www.hackster.io/asokfair/nxp-scarab-robot-eb6c6d Tip Tap Game https://www.hackster.io/bharathegr/tip-tap-game-e700e1 Read accelerometer x and y axis readings from the FRDM K82F https://www.hackster.io/gauravmishra/read-accelerometer-x-and-y-axis-readings-from-the-frdm-k82f-b47cc6 VIRTUAL SPEECH FOR VOCALLY CHALLENGED https://www.hackster.io/JagadeeshKumar/virtual-speech-for-vocally-challenged-5233cb Alexa Intelligent Personal Assistant / Home Automation Usi https://www.hackster.io/lalitnandandiwakar/alexa-intelligent-personal-assistant-home-automation-usi-862ea8 Musical Alarm Clock https://www.hackster.io/LiLShReDdeR/musical-alarm-clock-83edfc Eternal Pose to Antarctica: South Pointing Smart LED Compass https://www.hackster.io/PSoC_Rocks/eternal-pose-to-antarctica-south-pointing-smart-led-compass-5fb86f Gesture Drive: Accelerate with Freedom  https://www.hackster.io/PSoC_Rocks/gesture-drive-accelerate-with-freedom-e9dde1 Setting Up GPIO, PWM, I2C for K82 Freedom Board in KDS https://www.hackster.io/PSoC_Rocks/setting-up-gpio-pwm-i2c-for-k82-freedom-board-in-kds-e5b73d Accident Alert system https://www.hackster.io/ROBINTHOMAS/accident-alert-system-e97f34 NeerAssure: Water Usage Statistics https://www.hackster.io/Shachindra/neerassure-water-usage-statistics-03268b Getting Started with FRDM-K82F https://www.hackster.io/sowmith/getting-started-with-frdm-k82f-05b3ed FlexIO Car https://www.hackster.io/SURESH_V_S/flexio-car-13a692 FlexIO Based Smart Helmet https://www.hackster.io/taifur/flexio-based-smart-helmet-82efe9 SMART BAND https://www.hackster.io/user355388807/smart-band-6d3d31 Theft Alarm K82F TSI_LAUNCHPAD https://www.hackster.io/Vignesh_Jaishankar/theft-alarm-k82f-tsi-launchpad-2ff06c FlexIO security keypad https://www.hackster.io/nxp/flexio-security-keypad-15d9fd NXP Recommends http://www.nxp.com/products/microcontrollers-and-processors/arm-processors/kinetis-cortex-m-mcus/k-series/k8x-scalable-secure-mcus:K8X-SCALABLE-SECURE-MCU?cof=0&am=0 AN5275: Using FlexIO for parallel Camera Interfacehttp://cache.nxp.com/files/microcontrollers/doc/app_note/AN5275.pdf?fsrch=1&sr=1&pageNum=1 AN5280: Using Kinetis FlexIO to drive a Graphical LCD Training

Demo New S32V234 silicon demonstrating the MIPI CSI camera connection with execution of ISP algorithm and comparison with original camera image. New ADAS solution for vision, sensor fusion and surround view application Quad-core ARM® Cortex®-A53 processor, CogniVue APEX™, Vivante GC3000 GPU, and advanced memory bus system architecture Integrated ISP for camera video input and filtering Featured NXP Product S32V230 Family of Processors for Advanced Dri|NXP Other Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)|NXP

Demo Kinetis KW4x MCU is an ultra low power, highly integrated single-chip device that enables Bluetooth low energy (BLE) connectivity for portable, extremely low-power embedded systems.     Features iBeacon Location-based Messages The KW4x is an ultra low power, highly integrated single-chip device that enables Bluetooth low energy (BLE) or IEEE Std. 802.15.4/ZigBee RF connectivity for portable, extremely low-power embedded systems. Applications include portable health care devices, wearable sports and fitness devices, AV remote controls, computer keyboards and mice, gaming controllers, access control, security systems, smart energy and home area networks.  The KW4x SoC integrates a radio transceiver operating in the 2.36GHz to 2.48GHz range supporting a range of FSK/GFSK and O-QPSK modulations, an ARM Cortex-M0+ CPU, 160KB Flash and 20KB SRAM, BLE Link Layer hardware, 802.15.4 packet processor hardware and peripherals optimized to meet the requirements of the target applications.  The KW4x’s radio frequency transceiver is compliant with Bluetooth version 4.1 for Low Energy (aka Bluetooth Smart), and the IEEE 802.15.4-2011 standard using O-QPSK in the 2.4 GHz ISM band and the IEEE 802.15.4j MBAN frequency range spanning from 2.36 GHz to 2.40 GHz. In addition, the KW4x allows the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol to be used in the MBAN frequency range for proprietary applications. Enabled by Kinetis KW4x MCUs Discover location-based context A Bluetooth® Smart low-power application   Bluetooth Smart and 802.15.4 Dual Mode Communication BLE heart rate sensor on a KW40Z connecting, pairing and exchanging data with an iPod while the 802.15.4 end device (on the same KW40Z chip) associates and exchanges data with a coordinator. The OTA packets are displayed in sniffer applications on a Windows PC.  The KW4x is an ultra low power, highly integrated single-chip device that enables Bluetooth low energy (BLE) or IEEE Std. 802.15.4/ZigBee RF connectivity for portable, extremely low-power embedded systems. Applications include portable health care devices, wearable sports and fitness devices, AV remote controls, computer keyboards and mice, gaming controllers, access control, security systems, smart energy and home area networks.  The KW4x SoC integrates a radio transceiver operating in the 2.36GHz to 2.48GHz range supporting a range of FSK/GFSK and O-QPSK modulations, an ARM Cortex-M0+ CPU, 160KB Flash and 20KB SRAM, BLE Link Layer hardware, 802.15.4 packet processor hardware and peripherals optimized to meet the requirements of the target applications.  The KW4x’s radio frequency transceiver is compliant with Bluetooth version 4.1 for Low Energy (aka Bluetooth Smart), and the IEEE 802.15.4-2011 standard using O-QPSK in the 2.4 GHz ISM band and the IEEE 802.15.4j MBAN frequency range spanning from 2.36 GHz to 2.40 GHz. In addition, the KW4x allows the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol to be used in the MBAN frequency range for proprietary applications. Concurrent communication on BLE and 802.15.4 Suited for configuring 802.15.4 devices from your smart phone Automatic synchronization completely transparent to the application   BLE-enabled Smart Zumo Robot The Smart Zumo Robot is powered by the new Kinetis KW40X MCU and is enabled by Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology. Low-power, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) application Running simple control implementation over BLE to interact and control with the robot Highly-integrated radio solution with scalable memory options   Featured NXP Products   Product Link Bluetooth Low Energy/IEEE® 802.15.4 Packet Sniffer USB Dongle for Kinetis® KW40Z/30Z/20Z MCUs Bluetooth Low Energy/IEEE® 802.15.4 Packet Sniffer USB Dongle for Kinetis® KW40Z/30Z/20Z MCUs | NXP      Development Hardware Used   Freedom Development Platform for Kit Bluetooth Low Energy/IEEE® 802.15.4 Pack

Smart Thermostat reference demo is based on Kinetis family MCU (K70F120M) and KW24D512 zigBee coordinator. The demo kit has an HVAC application which controls the heat/cool temperature, hvac mode etc of the remote temperature sensor via zigBee coordinator. The demo kit Connects to WAN via Ethernet or wifi. The wifi module used is a wifi module from Qualcomm.  The embedded DeviceCloud cloud agent provides firewall agnostic instant cloud connectivity. The device can be registered and authenticated with DCIO cloud platform and the remote temperature sensor can be monitored and controlled through DCIO Mobile Application.   The K70 application is built for MQX RTOS v4.0.2 and uses our PEG graphics library for the user interface displayed on an LCD. The K24 application is built on MQX-Lite RTOS, uses our BeeStack ZigBee stack. The demo will also connect with an off-the-shelf ZigBee light bulb and wirelessly controls it.   The reference design provides guidelines for building solutions using connected devices that can be managed, provisioned and monitored from Cloud and Mobile applications.   Features Kinetis Smart Thermostat Qualcomm-Atheros GT 202 Carrier board MQX Software Solutions RTOS 4.0.2 BeeStack ZigBee stack HVAC application deviceCloud.io's cloud agent deviceCloud.io's Mobile App deviceCloud.io's web based solution   NXP Products Product Link Kinetis® KW2x Tower System Modules TWR-KW2x|Tower System Board|Kinetis® MCUs | NXP  Kinetis K70 120 MHz Tower System Module TWR-K70F120M|Tower System Board|Kinetis MCUs | NXP  Links Connected HVAC Demo with deviceCloud.io Cloud Solution   System Diagram Hardware Diagram Software Diagram Connectivity Diagram  

Description A gamepad is a device used to interact with a videogame through a PC or console.  This gamepad in particular, includes an LCD display and touch panel for a better gaming experience. In addition, as the play environment becomes more mobile and a game can easily be connected to any network (at a friend’s house, an Internet café, a community gaming center or even an amusement park) NXP offers secure, connected devices and technologies. Add in our sensing solutions with high-performance sensing capability, processing capacity and customizable software, power management ICs and wireless charging solutions to get a complete system solution.   Features   LCD Display Touch Panel NFC Pair BLE connectivity USB Type C LED driver Smart amplifier for speaker     Block Diagram       Products   Category Name 1: MCU Product URL 1 LPC546XX Microcontroller (MCU) Family | NXP  Product Description 1 Offering the ultimate in flexibility and performance scalability, the LPC546xx MCU family provides up to 220 MHz performance while retaining power-efficiency as low as 100 uA / MHz. Its 21 communication interfaces makes it ideal for the HMI and connectivity needs of next-generation IoT applications.   Category Name 2: Drivers Product URL 1 PCA9955BTW | NXP  Product Description 1 The PCA9955B is an I2C-bus controlled 16-channel constant current LED driver optimized for dimming and blinking 57 mA Red/Green/Blue/Amber (RGBA) LEDs in amusement products. Product link 2 9.5 V boosted audio system with adaptive sound maximizer and speaker protection | NXP  Product Description 2 The TFA9890A is a high efficiency class-D audio amplifier with a sophisticated speaker boost and protection algorithm. Product link 3 TEA172x | NXP  Product Description 3 These highly integrated devices enable low no-load power consumption below 10 mW, reduce component count for a cost-effective application design, and provide advanced control modes that deliver exceptional efficiency. Product link 4 Logic controlled high-side power switch | NXP  Product Description 4 The NX5P2190 is an advanced power switch with adjustable current limit. It includes under-voltage and over-voltage lockout, over-current, over-temperature, reverse bias and in-rush current protection circuits.   Category Name 3: USB Product URL 1 USB PD and type C current-limited power switch | NXP  Product Description 1 The NX5P3290 is a precision adjustable current-limited power switch for USB PD application. The device includes under voltage lockout, over-temperature protection, and reverse current protection circuits to automatically isolate the switch terminals when a fault condition occurs. Product link 2 PTN5150 | NXP  Product Description 2 The PTN5150 enables USB Type-C connector to be used in both host and device ends of the Type-C cable. It can support Type-C to USB legacy cables and adapters defined in USB Type-C Spec.   Category Name 4: Wireless Product URL 1 PN7150 | High performance NFC controller for smart devices | NXP  Product Description 1 PN7150 is the the plug andn play NFC solution for easy integration into any OS environment, reducing Bill of Material (BOM) size and cost. Product link 2  NTAG213F, NTAG216F | NFC Forum Type 2 Tag compliant IC with field detection | NXP  Product Description 2 The NTAG213F offers innovative functionalities such as: the configuration of a field detection, the SLEEP mode, the FAST_READ command, and a configurable password protection. These capabilities fit perfectly for applications in electronics that require the following features: connection handover, Bluetooth® simple pairing, Wi-Fi protected set-ups, device authentication or gaming. Product link 3 QN908x: Ultra-Low-Power Bluetooth Low Energy System on Chip (SoC) Solution | NXP  Product Description 3 QN908x is an ultra-low-power, high-performance and highly integrated Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) solution for Bluetooth Smart applications such as human interface devices, and app-enabled smart accessories.   Documentation Connecting TFT LCD with LCD controller of LPC MCU:  https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/nxp/application-notes/AN12027.zip    Tools Product Link OM13098: LPCXpresso54628 Development Board OM13098 | LPCXpresso Development Board | LPC Microntrollers (MCUs) | NXP 

Classic board games with a touch of magic. NFC adds extra functionality to familiar fun. Interact more intuitively, speed up gameplay, and easily pick up where you left off. Experience board game immersions like you never have before. NFC helps bringing the 2-D board game experience to life. Players move their NFC-equipped pieces across the board as usual, but they can now be electronically tracked. The game processor uses this tracking data - coupled with information about the piece itself that can also be stored in the tag, creating an exciting gaming environment that's alive with action. It also enables new gameplay dimensions like on-line and interactive play scenarios.   Features enabled by NXP •Detection of up to 40 RFID Objects on large surface powered by single RFID reader •Direction detection of the game pieces •Connectivity to host system via USB or BLE   Recommended Products SLRC 610 – High perfromance RFIDreader Icode SLIx – Ultra low power RFID tag LPC11uxx – Microcontroler with embeded FS USB 74HCxxx – Ultra thin Analog Switches   Resources More information about NFC gaming: http://www.nxp.com/solutions/portable-wearable/gaming.html

Demo Owner Mike Stanley     Features Measuring the output from sensors, then computing the orientation of the device with the KL25 Kinetis Microcontrollers using advanced filtering techniques such as: Kalman filtering, Indirect Kalman filtering Built a representation of the current orientation of the device, linear acceleration Fusion software incorporated in standard OS systems Windows, iOS, Android Software library, visualization tools and full development suite are available for customers Featured NXP Products FXOS8700CQ (6- Axis Accelerometer + Magnetometer) FXAS21002 (3-Axis Gyroscope) Development Hardware Used FRDM- KL25Zhttps://community.nxp.com/external-link.jspa?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nxp.com%2Fproducts%2Fsoftware-and-tools%2Fhardware-development-tools%2Ffreedom-development-boards%2Ffreedom-development-platform-for-kinetis-kl14-kl15-kl24-kl25-mcus%3AFRDM-KL25Z FRDM-FXS-MULTI Design Resources Sensor Fusion Library for Kinetis MCUs Sensor Fusion Toolbox for Android Sensor Fusion Toolbox for Windows Training Hands on Workshop: Sensor Fusion Library for Kinetis MCUs Links Sensor Fusion NXP Community: Sensors Best of Sensors Expo (2014 Sensor's Expo)  

Demo Owner michaelestanley By monitoring the vibration signature of a rotating machinery we can predict the remaining useful life of that machine. Features Condition monitoring Visual characterization of the fundamental frequency of a  motor along with its harmonics Features that can be observed: wavelength, transfer coefficients, statistical measures, standard deviations, variances Preparing work flows where users can use machine learning algorithms to to figure out what feature sets are important, focusing only on the features that are needed to predict the remaining useful life of the machine Links Sensors

这篇文章通过覆盖与GFSK （通用频移键控）通信并行的 低功耗蓝牙 多节点连接，提供了混 合应用程序（ W ireless UART + GFSK Advertising ）的示例。这是 SDK 的另一个示例，其中我 们定义了 混合应用程序，用于与 GFSK 通信并行进行蓝牙 LE 广告和扫描。 Products Product Category NXP Part Number URL MCU KW36/35/34 https://www.nxp.com/products/wireless/bluetooth-low-energy/kw36-35-34-arm-cortex-m0-pluskinetis-kw36-35-34-bluetooth-low-energy-32-bit-mcus-nxp:KW36-35 MCU KW39/38/37 https://www.nxp.com/products/wireless/bluetooth-low-energy/kw39-38-37-32-bit-bluetooth-5-0-long-range-mcus-with-can-fd-and-lin-bus-options-arm-cortex-m0-plus-core:KW39-38-37   Tools NXP Development Board URL FRDM-KW36 Freedom Development Kit https://www.nxp.com/design/development-boards/freedom-development-boards/mcu-boards/frdm-kw36-freedom-development-kit-for-kinetis-kw36-35-34-mcus:FRDM-KW36 FRDM-KW38 Freedom Development Kit https://www.nxp.com/design/designs/freedom-development-kit-for-kw39-38-37-mcus:FRDM-KW38   SDK SDK Version URL MCUXpresso SDK Builder https://mcuxpresso.nxp.com/en/welcome

Demo Ricardo Anguiano describes a memory game demo built by Mentor Graphics for their Embedded Systems Division's 20th Anniversary. The game uses 36 FRDM-K64F boards with Adafruit 2.8" capacitive touchscreens in a 6 x 6 grid. The FRDM-K64F boards run the Nucleus RTOS from Mentor Graphics. The FRDM-K64F boards are connected over Ethernet to a touchscreen-driven Boundary Devices BD-SL-i.MX6 (formerly the SABRE Lite board) game controller which also runs the Nucleus RTOS. Players start the game by viewing and studying the position of all 36 digital cards, the cards are flipped and the player must touch matching pairs for points before time expires. The memory game generated lots of interest with players coming back multiple times. It was a great way to introduce the ARM TechCon crowd to the Nucleus RTOS, which enjoys wide success in a number of vertical markets and product categories like industrial, medical, IoT, wearables and automotive. The safety-certified version, Nucleus SafetyCert has been verified and documented to meet the certification requirements for device manufacturers developing safety related software for avionics requiring DO-178C Level A, industrial requiring IEC 61508 SIL 3, medical requiring IEC 62304 Class C, and automotive requiring ISO 26262 ASIL B. Features • A fun memory game built on Mentor Graphics' Nucleus RTOS, deployed on over 3 billion devices worldwide. • NXP FRDM-K64F and i.MX6 based hardware NXP products ARM Cortex-M4|Kinetis K64 120 MHz 32-bit MCUs i.MX6Q|i.MX 6Quad Processors|Quad Core Tools FRDM-K64F|Freedom Development Platform|Kinetis MCUs https://boundarydevices.com/product/sabre-lite-imx6-sbc/  Mentor Graphics Links https://www.mentor.com/embedded-software/nucleus/ https://www.mentor.com/embedded-software/nucleus/safety https://blogs.mentor.com/embedded/blog/2016/10/31/testing-your-memory-at-arm-techcon/