This technical session provides an overview of the i.MX 6UltraLite MMDC (DDR Controller), the DDR tools used for DDR testing and board bring-up, and hardware considerations for DDR board designs. Attendees should be familiar with the MMDC from previous i.MX 6 series processors, specifically the i.MX 6SoloX. The session covers the differences in the MMDC between the i.MX 6UltraLite and its predecessor, the i.MX 6SoloX applications processor. The first half covers the tool offerings used to assist the user with bringing-up and testing a new DDR interface: i.MX 6UltraLite DRAM Register Programming Aid tool and the DDR Stress Test. The second half of the session covers hardware considerations board designers should follow for DDR board designs.

Gain a deep dive into the GPU and display controller architecture of the i.MX 8 applications processor family. Discover the advanced features, design choices, and the HMI solutions enabled by the i.MX 8 series. This class provides a basic introduction to i.MX 8 graphics and is a precursor to the more advanced i.MX 8 classes around augmented reality, eCockpit, graphics SDK and Vulkan classes. Watch Video Presentation

Learn the basics of DDR4 and how to configure the DDR4 controller on QorIQ devices. Watch Video Presentation

This session will provide an overview of the QorIQ's hardware root of trust, key protection, and strong partitioning capabilities. Watch Video Presentation

This session will provide an overview of the QorIQ security accelerator block, its device driver, and its use in IPsec and SSL acceleration. Watch Video Presentation

The SR-IOV provides a cost-effective way to allow different software images achieve independent data movement targeting virtual functions while sharing IO resources on a single PCIe EP device. This session introduces the SR-IOV related features and programming model of the QorIQ LS2088 processor PCI Express Gen3 EP.

The new i.MX 6DualPlus and i.MX 6QuadPlus processors integrate multiple ARM® Cortex®-A9 cores and build upon the solid foundation of first-generation i.MX 6Dual and i.MX 6Quad processors by more than doubling the graphics performance and improving memory utilization by more than 50 percent. Learn about enhanced versions of 3D, 2D and composition GPUs, a newly optimized 64-bit DDR3/LVDDR3/LPDDR2-1066 memory interface to increase bus bandwidth, and more embedded SRAM, as well as added pre-fetch and resolve engines These new processors are ideal for automotive instrument clusters and infotainment systems, as well as medical equipment, industrial HMI, digital signage and media streaming applications. Watch Video Presentation

An overview of the i.MX 6 series of applications processors. Learn about the features, target applications and enablement of these performance scalable multicore platforms that include single-, dual- and quad-core families based on the ARM® Cortex® architecture, based on Cortex-A7, Cortex-A9 and combined Cortex-A9 + Cortex-M4 solutions up to 1.2 GHz. Watch Video Presentation

This session will cover emerging trends in crypto acceleration APIs, their benefits, and NXP's roadmap for supporting them. Watch Video Presentation

Start developing with Kinetis MCUs using the industry's most extensive tools and enablement offerings. Learn about the Kinetis Software Development Kit (SDK), Kinetis Design Studio, Kinetis Bootloader, FreeRTOS and other real-time operating systems.

This session will provide a demonstration led by the instructor that showcases how you can develop end products using the application solution kit (ASK) for QorIQ LS1043A processors. Watch Video Presentation

Experience the power of market leading real time operating system, FreeRTOS and Kinetis MCUs. Learn with experts about the FreeRTOS and how to enable FreeRTOS on Kinetis MCU's: Creating a Kinetis SDK project with FreeRTOS and Kinetis Design Studio, configure it for best code size and performance, debug it with Kernel Awareness in Eclipse and how to get detailed application and systems performance data using FreeRTOS+Trace performance analysis tools.

Though cryptographic algorithms like AES are crypto-analytically secure, real implementations must at least be tested against logical attacks such as API misuse. Smart cards and similar devices also face fault and side channel attacks. Such attacks exploit physical effects to manipulate the device or learn about secret information. As these attacks are very critical, customers in the smart card industry ask for third party evaluation (e.g. Common Criteria or EMVCo) to confirm high assurance levels. If passed, a certificate is issued by a trusted party. With the rise of the IoT, physical attacks and respective third-party witnessing of resistance might soon be relevant there as well. Watch Video Presentation

Electronics are part of everything we do nowadays, whether we are talking about mobile gadgets or a space rocket. Regardless of the complexity of the products designed, at some point, they have to be brought to actuality, so they have to be manufactured. This session addresses the impact of some of the most important printed circuit board attributes that affect quality, cost, and lead time.

This presentation shows case studies of e.g. devices support space savings, low power / low voltage applications and the usage of configurable logics. Associated demo boards will be shown. We would pick some typical examples and show how savings could be squeezed out of them. Watch Video Presentation

This will be a hands-on session covering the Kinetis Software Development Kit (SDK) and Kinetis Expert using the Kinetis Design Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE).  

Get a deep dive into the brand new Vulkan API from Khronos. Learn how the programming paradigms have changed from OpenGL ES, how to use Vulkan API and its enormous performance advantages, and how to unlock the full potential of i.MX 8 series GPUs. Watch Video Presentation

Learn how Qt for Device Creation may be used to create advanced user interfaces in a few simple steps. Qt is a cross-platform C++ framework that offers tools to create modern and fluid user experiences. The Qt framework may utilize the OpenGL ES capable i.MX6 or perform simplified rendering for the new i.MX7. We will take a look at Qt and use Qt for Device Creation to develop a GUI application optimized for projects requiring low power and real-time tasks which are suitable for wide-range of industrial applications, while keeping advanced security features to be used in IoT applications—all with confidence and convenience. Attendees will discover how easily it is to enable a low power device with performant GUI effects. This evolution requires virtually no changes to the software or hardware -- made possible by the Qt Framework and standardized pin-compatible computer modules from Toradex.

This session will present the structure of NXP Yocto layers and mechanism of software delivery. Various architectures (ARM®v7, ARM®v8 and PPC) can be supported, the common software components can be shared by different products (i.MX and QorIQ processors) via the unified NXP Yocto layer which manages the free software and maintained by Yocto community. The commercial software can be delivered via separated layers, QorIQ LS2 SDK is using the mechanism for commercial software delivery, e.g. nsp, openflow, ssp and tcpoffload. The session also introduces how to create Yocto layer for customization changes and commercial products. Watch Video Presentation

Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) are standards based hardware roots of trust with protected key storage. This session covers how QorIQ Trust Architecture primitives can be used as Soft TPM, thereby reducing BOM cost by eliminating a discrete TPM chip.