NXP Model-Based Design Toolbox for LAX v1.2.0 - Product Release Announcement

Product Release Announcement

Automotive Embedded Systems

NXP Model-Based Design Toolbox

for LAX – version 1.2.0 RTM

The Automotive Embedded Systems, Model-Based Design Tools Team at NXP Semiconductors, is pleased to announce the release of the Model-Based Design Toolbox for LAX version 1.2.0 RTM. This release supports automatic code generation for ARM Cortex-A53 and NXP LAX Accelerator cores from MATLAB for NXP S32R45 Automotive Microprocessors. This release adds support for RSDK 1.2.0, improves to code generation and Radar processing demo, and adds support for new trigonometric LAX kernels. The product comes with 60 examples, covering the supported RSDK LAX Kernels by MATLAB API and demonstrating the programming of the LAX accelerator from MATLAB environment.

Target audience:

This product is part of the Automotive SW – Model-Based Design Toolbox.

FlexNet Location:

https://nxp.flexnetoperations.com/control/frse/download?element=3983168

Technical Support:

NXP Model-Based Design Toolbox for LAX issues will be tracked through the NXP Model-Based Design Tools Community space.

https://community.nxp.com/community/mbdt

Release Content:

Automatic C code generation from MATLAB® for NXP S32R45:

ARM Cortex-A53
NXP LAX Accelerator

Support Linux application build and run

NXP Auto Linux BSP 37.0 for S32R45

Includes MATLAB API for additional RSDK LAX Kernels highly optimized for LAX accelerator

add, sub, mul, div, times, cT, inv
abs, abs2, sqrtAbs ¸conj, norm, norm2
diag, eye, zeros, ones, find, sort
cospi, sinpi, tanpi, cispi, sincpi
acospi, asinpi, atanpi, atan2pi

Improved code generation and reduced memory usage
Support for Radar SDK version 1.2.0
Support for MATLAB versions:

R2021a
R2021b
R2022a
R2022b
R2023a
R2023b
R2024a

More than 60 examples showcasing the supported functionalities:

Cholesky
Gauss-Newton
Eigen (new)
Kalman Filter
Linear Regression
Navier-Stokes
QR Factorization (updated)
MUSIC DoA (updated)

Radar processing demo (updated)

Range FFT, Doppler FFT, and Non-Coherent Combining offloaded to NXP SPT accelerator
MUSIC DoA offloaded to NXP LAX accelerator

For more details, features, and how to use the new functionalities, please refer to the Release Notes and Quick Start Guides documents attached.

MATLAB® Integration:

The NXP Model-Based Design Toolbox extends the MATLAB® experience by allowing customers to evaluate and use NXP LAX Accelerator from NXP’s S32R45 MPU and evaluation board solutions out-of-the-box. NXP Model-Based Design Toolbox for LAX version 1.2.0 is fully integrated with MATLAB® environment.

Target Audience:

This release (1.2.0 RTM) is intended for technology demonstration, evaluation purposes, and prototyping on NXP S32R45 MCUs and Evaluation Boards.

Useful Resources:

Examples, Trainings, and Support: https://community.nxp.com/community/mbdt