Today, mobile network operators make it easy to get your own Smart Home Kit. The complexity often comes with the first setup of devices that are as diverse as the standards in which they operate. NFC promises to make this process as easy as tap and connect. The inforgraphic gives 5 reasons to equip smart homes with NFC, plus benefits for the ecosystem.

Watch the new NXP high power RF highlights from IMS 2016. With more than 50 years of technology development and innovation, NXP's new RF Power group enables our customers to develop cutting edge cellular infrastructure, industrial and commercial solutions. Catch the Wave! We hope to see you next year in Hawaii at IMS 2017!     Explore NXP RF at IMS 2016: Highlights - YouTube      NXP Recommends Digital Front End Processors Car radio Tuners Low Power TX/RX Discrete Transistors PLLs and Oscillators RF Mixers RF Power Transistors RF Amplifiers - Low / Medium Power Millimeter - Wave Solutions Control Circuits Low Power TX/RX ICs   For specific product on the RF portfolio per above, please click on this link: RF|NXP   Links to Video links Explore NXP RF at IMS 2016: Highlights Outdoor Small Cells for Cellular Infrastructure 4 New Cellular GaN Technology Doherty RF Power Transistors Wideband GaN Communications for Military Applications Different RF Low Power Devices, Different Line-Ups RF Powers Up Digital Front End Processor for Really Big Spaces Small Cell Doherty Evaluation Board: Richardson RFPD and NXP Smart Antenna Solutions for "Internet Everywhere" L-Band and S-Band Radar Devices for Aerospace Aerospace Communications with Highest Power LDMOS Narrowband Transistor Millimeter Wave Radar for Breakthrough Auto Designs Wayv Portable, Battery-Operated RF Cooking Appliance NXP’s 1500 W MRF1K50 RF Power Transistor Benchmark Small Cell Solution for MIMO Radios

In this document you can find some pictures taken in the process of building the LED Panel.   Mounting the LED's:   First prototype for controlling only one LED strip using Level Shifter 74AHCT125: Final Panel:     Wiring LED's:     The interface board between LED stripes and the multiplexer board:   Interface board mounted: First test of the panel without multiplexer board : The multiplexer board using NXP CBT3257A:   Testing Mutiplexer board:     Adding the  Power  Supply and cables:   Panel  Test:     Part 2: LED control method using the FlexIO Or Return to Project page: LED Panel control with FlexIO Product Link Freedom Development Platform for Kinetis® K82, K81, and K80 MCUs FRDM-K82F|Freedom Development Platform|Kinetis® MCUs | NXP 

The project solution is a IAR Workbench project with the three main application componentes on top of FreeRTOS: eGUI low level drivers:   Part 3: Software for LED Panel emulation Or Return to Project page: LED Panel control with FlexIO Downoload Full Project:

For showing text, graphics, animations in the LED panel, I decided to use the well known eGUI graphic library, porting the code to Kinetis SDK 1.3 + FreeRTOS and develop an eGUI low level driver for the LED panel.   http://www.nxp.com/egui http://github.com/Gargy007/eGUI   This porting will have two goals:   Use the eGUI for controlling the LED panel Use a QVGA display connected to FRDM-K82 to develop and simulate applications that will work in the LED panel   FRDM-K82 + Uctronics display:     eGUI Demo running:   I also ported PEG to FRM-K82 and Uctronics display in case could be used for bigger panels, 30 x 16 is not supported by PEG, so eGUi will be used as graphic library in this project. http://www.nxp.com/peg   PEG running in this platform:     Emulating the application that  will work on the LED panel is possible using the QVGA display:   Find attached  : eGUI Porting to FRDM-K82 with KSDK 1.3 and FreeRTOS running the eGUI demo application eGUI Porting to FRDM-K82 with KSDK 1.3 and FreeRTOS running the same application we will run in the LED panel. It also includes SEGGER_SYSVIEW.   Part 2: LED control method using the FlexIO Part 4: Software for panel control Or Return to Project page: LED Panel control with FlexIO

I am using Adafruit LED stripes with 60 LED's per meter. Each LED integrates the W2812B controller. WS2812B uses a serial protocol, and you can control each LED individually. The strip is made of flexible PCB material, and comes with a weatherproof sheathing.   https://www.adafruit.com/products/1138   WS2812B is an intelligent control LED light source that the control circuit and RGB chip are integrated in a package.   The data transfer protocol use single NZR communication mode. After the pixel power-on reset, the DIN port receive data from controller, the first pixel collects initial 24bit data, then send to the internal data latch, the other data is sent to the next cascade pixel through the DO port.   LED's in cascade: My LED panel uses 16 rows x 30 columns = 480 leds.   In a first approach, in order to generate the bit stream, a timer in PWM mode could be used and generate two different duty cycles for sending a "0" logic or "1" logic. Using PWM's + DMA can unload the CPU in the generation of each single bit. FlexIO module in the Kinetis K82 can do that in a very effective mode and generate 8 channels simultaneously.   But my objective is to unload the CPU as much as possible in the bit stream generation task and find an easy method of multiplexing the 8 FlexIO outputs. In this way, we can control more LED rows and get a minimum number of interrupts and CPU intervention.   I will use the FlexIO internal data shifters to send the data bit stream. One shifter for each row. As we only have 8 shifters, I can use external multiplexor to increase the number of rows. Unloading the CPU for the LED refresh process, we can mux several rows in each shifter output. The limit of LED’s will be the refresh time of the full panel.   FlexIO block diagram:     How are the "1" and "0" generated?   Each pixel needs 24 bits of Red-Green-Blue value (RGB)   For each row, I need to send 30 x 24 bits of RGB information. But I have to encode the data in the NZR/PWM protocol. I use a lookup table to transform 24 bpp information in 24 x 3 = 72 bits per pixel.     In this way the  DMA can send 30 x 24 x 3 = 1440 bits (A full row)  in 60 transfers of 24 bits into the shifter. We get only one DMA interrupt for each row:       Multiplexer implementation:       Frame Buffer LED:   typedef union { uint32_t  rgb;     struct{       uint8_t  b;       uint8_t  r;         uint8_t  g;       uint8_t  a;     }bytes; }ledrgb;   Extended LED encoded data:   typedef struct {   uint32_t g;   uint32_t r;   uint32_t b; }ledrgb_ext;     Lookup Table:   void init_conv_matrix(void) { videoconv[0]=0x92492400; videoconv[1]=0x92492600; videoconv[2]=0x92493400; videoconv[3]=0x92493600; videoconv[4]=0x9249A400; videoconv[5]=0x9249A600; videoconv[6]=0x9249B400; videoconv[7]=0x9249B600; videoconv[8]=0x924D2400; videoconv[9]=0x924D2600; videoconv[10]=0x924D3400; ... };   Part 3: Software for LED Panel emulation Or Return to Project page: LED Panel control with FlexIO

Demo This development board for RF power products is now available from Richardson, one of NXPs distributors Demo / product features This next generation board provides RF design engineers with best efficiency, a range of frequencies and voltage. Richardson has a combined depth of real-world RF technical experience and a solid partnership with NXP that enables us to serve the unique needs of the RF design engineer. Richardson and NXP serve customers across a similar set of vertical markets, including aerospace and defense, military, wireless infrastructure, mobile, broadcast and ISM. Links RF | NXP Richardson RFPD - NXP Semiconductors

Demo NXP boosts aerospace communications and radar performance for defense systems. See this demo for how our transistors deliver highest RF output power for radar and identification, friend-or-foe (IFF) systems     Demo / Product features MMRF1314H 1000 W Pulse 52 V LDMOS Transistor 100 W Peak, 1200-1400 MHz reference circuit Ceramic package NI-1230H-4S Internal prematch > 20:1 VSWR   MMRF1317H 1500 W Pulse 50 V LDMOS Transistor Highest power narrowband IFF transistor for defense and civil use Ceramic package NI-1230H-4S 1500 W Peak, 1030-1090 MHz reference circuit > 10:1 VSWR   MMRF1312H 1200 W Pulse 52 V LDMOS Transistor Highest power broadband L-Band transistor for military and civil use Ceramic package NI-1230H-4S 1200 W Peak, 900-1215 MHz reference circuit > 20:1 VSWR   NXP Recommends MMG2010N MMRF1317H MMRF1314 MMRF1312 MMRF5300 MMRF5301  

Demo NXP has a complete portfolio of RF low power devices. These include: Drivers and pre-drivers for RF designs Output RF devices for small cell solutions Low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) for transceiver applications     Demo / product features MMZ27333B 2 W BTS Driver Amplifier 1500 – 2700 MHz operation P1 dB  = 33 dBm Gain = 36 dB @ 2600 MHz LTE 10 MHz ACLR = - 48 dBc at 20 dBm 4 x 4 mm QFN Package MMG30271B 1/2 W BTS Pre-Driver GPA 300 – 4000 MHz operation P1dB = 27 dBm Gain = 17 dB at 2600 MHz ICC = 135 mA SOT89 Package MMG30301B 1 W BTS Pre-Driver GPA 900 – 4300 MHz operation P1 dB = 30 dBm Gain = 16 dB @ 2600 MHz ICC = 280 mA SOT89 Package NXP Recommends MMZ27333B MMG30271B MMG30301B  

Demo NXP demonstrates the industry’s highest power LDMOS narrowband transistor for IFF and civil transponders     Demo / product features MMRF2010N 250 W Pulse 50 V LDMOS Transistor 250 W Peak, 1030-1090 MHz reference circuit Plastic package TO-270WB-14 50 Ohm Input matching Singe ended   MMRF1317H 1500 W Pulse 50 V LDMOS Transistor Highest power narrowband IFF transistor for defense and civil use Ceramic package NI-1230H-4S 1500 W Peak, 1030-1090 MHz reference circuit > 10:1 VSWR   NXP Recommends MMG3005N MMRF2010N MMRF1317H                                                                                                                         

Demo Summary Our Smart Antennae Solutions make up our Internet Everywhere segment. NXP offers and develops several types of solutions for small-cell PA designers, optimized for performance and integration     Smart Antenna Solutions for "Internet Everywhere" - YouTube      Demo / product features BGA5022 High Performance Small Cell Power Amplifier 4 W peak power 400 MHz bandwidth 40% efficiency DPD agnostic   Links RF | NXP   Fast-Track 5G with NXP   Fast-Track 5G with NXP - YouTube 

New Family of Doherty IC Power Amplifiers Coupled with a Dual-Path Pre-distortion Linearizer Demo / product features A2I20D040N 5 W final 42% efficiency 1.8-2.2 GHz wideband Doherty NXP’s A2I20D040N The Maxim SC2200 dual path linearizer enhances the already high linearity of the NXP devices with LTE signals as wide as 3x20 MHZ Maxim’s solution provides improvement of up to 28 dB in ACLR and 38 dBm in IMD NXP Recommends A2I20D040Nhttp://www.nxp.com/products/rf/rf-power-transistors/rf-cellular-infrastructure/1450-2200-mhz/1400-2200-mhz-5-w-avg.-28-v-wideband-integrated-rf-ldmos-amplifier:A2I20D040N?fsrch=1&sr=1&pageNum=1 SC2200: www.maximintegrated.com/SC2200 Fast-track 5G with NXP Application Note AN5296 - Effective Small Cell Solutions for MIMO Radios

Demo NXP has released the 1500 W MRF1K50H and MRF1K50N. The industry’s highest power transistors for ISM, FM broadcast and sub-GHz aerospace applications. These are pin-compatible so can be situated on the same PCB as existing solutions on the market Demo / product features MRF1K50H 1.5 kW LDMOS Transistor 1–500 MHz, 1500 W CW 74% efficiency 23.5 dB gain Extremely rugged  (65:1 VSWR) MRF1K50N 1.5 kW LDMOS Transistor 1–500 MHz, 1500 W CW 73% efficiency 23 dB gain 30% lower thermal resistance compared to ceramic package Extremely rugged  (> 65:1 VSWR) NXP Recommends MRF1K50H MRF1K50N

Demo NXP has a full range of high power LDMOS ICs for powering outdoor small cell base stations. Our small cell portfolio delivers industry leading performance with powerful, efficient and diverse range of outdoor small cells targeting rapidly growing frequencies and regions in the world. This demo features new devices that cover all cellular bands from 700 to 3800 MHz     Outdoor Small Cells for Cellular Infrastructure - YouTube        Demo / product features A2I08H040N 9 W IC Final Small Cell Solution Frequency 728-960 MHz Gain 30.7 dB Efficiency 46% TO-270WB-15 plastic package   A2I20H060N 5 W IC Final Small Cell Solution Frequency 1800–2200 MHz Doherty performance at 8 dB OBO 1805-1880 MHz Gain 28.5 dB Efficiency 44% Peak 48.5 dBm TO-270WB-15 plastic package   A2I25H060N 5 W IC Final Small Cell Solution Frequency 2300–2690 MHz Doherty performance at 8 dB OBO 2496-2690 MHz Gain 27.5 dB Efficiency 41% Peak 48.2 dBm TO-270WB-17 plastic package   A2I35H060N 5 W IC Final Small Cell Solution Frequency 3400–3800 MHz Doherty performance at 8 dB OBO 3400-3600 MHz Gain 24 dB Efficiency 33% Peak 48 dBm TO-270WB-17 plastic package   A2I25D025N 5 W IC Final Small Cell Solution Frequency 2100–2900 MHz Doherty performance at 8 dB OBO 2400-2600 MHz Gain 29.1 dB Efficiency 40% Peak 45.8 dBm TO-270WB-15 plastic package   A2I25D012N 2.2 W IC Final Small Cell Solution Frequency 2100-2900 MHz Gain 27.7 dB Efficiency 40% TO-270WB-15 plastic package   A2I20D040N 5 W IC Final Small Cell Solution Frequency 1400–2300 MHz Doherty performance at 8 dB OBO 1850-1950 MHz Gain 29.7 dB Efficiency 46% Peak 47.6 dBm TO-270WB-17 plastic package   A2I20D020N 2.5 W Final Small Cell Solution Frequency 1400-2300 MHz Gain 29.7 dB Efficiency 43% TO270WB-17 plastic package   NXP Recommends A2I08H040N A2I20H060N A2I25H060N A2I35H060N A2I25D025N A2I25D012N A2I20D040N A2I20D020N   Fast Track 5G with NXP   Fast-Track 5G with NXP - YouTube 

Demo NXP’s new Doherty amplifier-optimized power transistors provide high power, small footprints, and higher frequencies required for use in current and next-generation cellular base stations. The four new transistors collectively cover cellular bands from 1805 to 3600 MHz, meeting the needs of wireless carriers for superior performance at higher frequencies     Demo / product features A2G35S160-01S / A2G35S200-01S 48 V GaN Doherty Power Amplifier Solution Frequency 3400–3500 MHz Asymmetrical Doherty performance at 8 dB OBO Gain 13.8 Db Efficiency 45.8% Peak power 55.2 dBm NI-400S-2S package   A2G26H281-04S 48 V GaN Doherty Power Amplifier In-package Solution Frequency 2496–2690 MHz Doherty performance at 8 dB OBO Gain 15.3 dB Efficiency 57% Peak power 54.6 dBm NI-780S-4L package   A2G22S251-01S 48 V GaN Single-ended Transistor Frequency 1805–2200 MHz Class AB performance at 7 dB OBO Gain 18 dB Efficiency 35% Peak power 53.8 dBm NI-400S-2S package   NXP Recommends A2G22S251-01S – Single-ended GaN for 1805-2200 MHz cellular base stations A2G26H281-04S – In-package asymmetric Doherty GaN for 2496-2690 MHz cellular base stations A2G35S160-01S – Single-ended GaN for 3400-3600 MHz cellular base stations A2G35S200-01S – Single-ended GaN for 3400-3600 MHz cellular base stations   Fast Track 5G with NXP

The latest and smallest addition to the NXP SCM portfolio, SCM-i.MX 6SoloX, plays a promotional video on repeat on an evaluation board. The SCM-i.MX 6SoloX integrates NXP i.MX 6SoloX applications processor, NXP PF0100 power management, and system passive components (de-coupling capacitors and resistors). It is designed and enabled for LPDDR2 and eMMC memory via vertical stacking (PoP/ePoP)   With this level of integration in an ultra-compact 13mm x 13mm footprint it can save as much as 50% in PCB area.   Features: Reduce overall hardware design time and bring products to market faster. Overall PCB area reduction over current discrete solutions. Reduces design complexity of integrating DDR memory and power management. Get started with an evaluation board and Linux OS, early access program now available. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Featured NXP Products: Single Chip System Modules (SCM)|NXP i.MX 6SoloX Family of Applications Processors|NXP

Boundary Devices demo is a handheld, battery powered wireless streaming application. The demo consists of an NXP SCM-i.MX 6SoloX V-Link device (i.MX6SoloX/PF0100/512MB LPDDR2) + Boundary Devices’ V-Link Top board with 802.11ac module + Boundary Devices’ Carrier board with 5MP MIPI Camera and Battery SCM V-Link technology is ideal for handheld/space-constrained applications allowing customers to integrate vertically. Features: The demo application streams data via wireless from the 5MP camera on the handheld device to a desktop board which shows the stream on a 7” display. There is a point-to-point link from the handheld device to the desktop device. V-Link Top board from Boundary Devices – QCA9377 802.11ac + BT4.1 module. Pre-certified and ready for production. Mounts on top of SCM V-Link module which is ideal for space constrained applications. 22mm x 19mm board dimensions. Available Linux/Android Drivers for easy Wi-Fi + BT software integration for kernel 3.14.28 and above. On 5GHz network utilizing SDIO 3.0, Wi-Fi throughput is 90Mb/s. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Featured NXP Products: Single Chip System Modules (SCM)|NXP Partner Boundary Devices

The demo from FirstView Consultants is a wearable medical EKG alert with Wi-Fi connection to enable Cloud reporting and diagnosis. The demo consists of an SCM-i.MX 6SoloX V-Link device (i.MX6SoloX/PF0100/512MB LPDDR2) + Firstview V-Link Top board with 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth     SCM V-Link technology is ideal for handheld/space-constrained applications allowing customers to integrate vertically.   Features: AFIB detection with diagnosis and report to Cloud via Wi-Fi. Top board contains: Wi-Fi/BT module (802.11 b/g/n), NXP 6-axis sensor and SPI NOR Flash 1 GB. Base SCM device: 15.5x15.5mm. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Featured NXP Products: Single Chip System Modules (SCM)|NXP Partner Firstview Consultants NXP FXOS8700CQ 6-axis Sensor

The demo from Code is an ultra-compact Sub-GHz to Wi-Fi Border Router solution for use in Home Automation Wireless Sensor Nodes, Smart Lighting, Smart City, Smart Meters, Smart Parking and IoT. The demo consists of an NXP SCM-i.MX 6SoloX V-Link device (i.MX6SoloX/PF0100/512MB LPDDR2) + Code V-Link Top board with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac module + Code Carrier board with the Phalanx Border Router. The Phalanx Border Router provides an optimized mesh network for sensing applications SCM V-Link technology is ideal for space-constrained applications allowing customers to integrate vertically. Features: Top board: Broadcom 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz Wi-Fi, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac , up to 390 Mbps. U.FL standard antenna connector. SCM-i.MX6 SX V-Link Top board form factor, 15.5mm x 15.5mm. Optimized mesh network for sensing applications. Thousands of nodes, minimizing deployment costs. 900 MHz Wireless. A new, clever routing algorithm which reduces routing overhead. IPv6 capable __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Featured NXP Products: Single Chip System Modules (SCM)|NXP Partner CODE Ing __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  

Demo     Prescient’s PA Module Demo / product features (Value proposition) NXP’s cutting edge RF solution for medical applications Compelling portfolio at 2.45 GHz with 140 W–300 W output power, high VSWR NXP 140 W LDMOS inside Neuwave’s Certus 140 Ablation System for cancer NXP Recommends MRF24300N MRF7S24250N RF Industrial, Scientific and Medical