With 18 teams coming from Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia, the Freescale Cup Qualification event at the University of Zilina attracted lots of attention and has shown a strong progress in performance from the teams. 10 teams have successfully completed the track with the following times (including penalties where applicable): University Team Name Lap Time Slovak University of Technology Bratislava FEI-Minetors 00:13.4 Wroclaw University of Technology The Polish Team 00:15.8 AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow KNE Fideltronik 00:15.8 Slovak University of Technology Bratislava For Seal 00:16.1 University of West Bohemia - Plzen 3G 00:17.5 Technical University of Ostrava Blue Dragon 00:19.2 Technical University of Ostrava The Solar Forces - Expendables 00:20.2 Czech Technical University Jaderka 00:21.3 Wroclaw University of Technology Konarowi jezdzcy 00:22.1 Brno University of Technology AROS 00:27.0 The 4 top teams have qualified for the Freescale Cup EMEA Finals and will join the other top qualified teams on 29-30 April at the Fraunhofer Institute in Erlangen. Here are a few pictures taken during the event.

Under cloudy skies, the 1st Freescale Cup Challenge for North Africa was held today at the University of Mundiapolis (Casablanca, Morocco). Students from Tunisia and Morocco came to get their 1st taste of this global competition. With a very energy-contagious and great camaraderie, students from ENSEM Casablanca, EHTP Casablanca, Mundiapolis Casablanca, ISSAT Sousse and ENIS Sfax have been challenged with the Freescale Cup competition track. I am happy to report that team EHTP Casablanca has qualified and will join us in Germany for the EMEA Finals.

Here is a great deal of information for the teams participating into the Freescale Cup Qualification race hosted by the University Politehnica of Bucharest: Date of the race: 07-Mar-2014 Address: Universitatea "Politehnica" of Bucharest Central Library/Biblioteca Centrala, Splaiul Independentei 313 Corp A, parter Bucharest Romania Race location at the University: UPB Library GPS coordinates 44.441194,26.051923 Universitatea "POLITEHNICA" din Bucuresti - Biblioteca Centrala Agenda 8:30 - 9:30 Registrations 9:30 Opening 10:00 Training period 14:00 Cars at technical inspection 15:00 Qualification race 16:00 Awards and Certificates 16:30 End of the event Organizing Committee For Freescale Andreea Oprea andreeaFlorina.Oprea@freescale.com Andrei Vasiliu andrei.vasiliu@freescale.com Bogdan Costinescu bogdan.costinescu@freescale.com Cristina Petrescu cristina.petrescu@freescale.com Roxana Dragomir roxana.dragomir@freescale.com For University Politehnica Bucharest Prof.dr.ing. Corneliu Burileanu corneliu.burileanu@upb.ro Prof.dr.ing. Nicolae Tapus ntapus@cs.pub.ro Conf.dr.ing. Mihnea Udrea mihnea@comm.pub.ro S.I.dr.ing. Dan Tudose dan.tudose@cs.pub.ro

Congratulations to the 4 qualified teams during the event held at the Politecnico of Torino on 04-Feb-2014. We also had a team from the Agnelli Institute as first high school team (not competing for the qualification). Here are a few pictures taken during the event. The time log is in attachment.

As introduced in Qualification Race Information: University of Zilina, students can accommodate at the dormitory for 10,- EUR per night. What is more important - if you are IEEE Student member, your accommodation here is for free! How to become IEEE Student member? It's very simple: visit IEEE web page, follow the "Join" button and "Join as a student". You will be asked to fill in some information and finally to pay the registration fee (for 2014 it's $27.00 per year). You will receive your own personal number and this will serve as an identification during the Freescale Cup accommodation registration. Why should you join? First of all, IEEE is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities. IEEE has: more than 425,000 members in more than 160 countries, more than 50 percent of whom are from outside the United States; more than 116,000 Student members; 333 Sections in 10 geographic regions worldwide; 2,195 Chapters that unite local members with similar technical interests; 2,354 student branches at colleges and universities; 800 student branch chapters of IEEE technical societies; 428 affinity groups - IEEE Affinity Groups are non-technical sub-units of one or more Sections or a Council. The Affinity Group patent entities are the IEEE-USA Consultants' Network, Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD), Women in Engineering (WIE), and Life Members (LM). IEEE: has 38 Societies and 7 technical Councils representing the wide range of IEEE technical interests; has more than 3 million documents in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library, with more than 8 million downloads each month; has more than 1,400 standards and projects under development; publishes more than 148 transactions, journals, and magazines; sponsors more than 1,300 conferences in 80 countries while: partnering with more than 1,000 non-IEEE entities globally; attracting more than 400,000 conference attendees; publishing more than 1,200 conference proceedings via IEEE Xplore. The official IEEE benefits page is available here. The "streetsmarts'" reasons: Two nights at the dormitory is for 20,- EUR, what is 27,- USD. If you are planning to stay for two nights, joining IEEE could be just beneficial You will get an access to the IEEE database (IEEE Xplore) with many scientific books and publications. With MSDNAA cooperation, you'll get many free licences for Microsoft development software and tools, operating systems, etc. IEEE, especially Czechoslovakia Section organizes many contests, conferences, events and scholarship programmes for IEEE members. If you are a member, you have an access to these activities. IEEE membership can be a valuable item in your CV. After five years in profession, you can get the IEEE Senior member grade, what is a great community recognition. The accommodation is sponsored by Joint Chapter IA03/IE013 - IEEE Czechoslovakia Section, www.ieee.uniza.sk, matej.pacha@ieee.org.

Congratulations to Haute Ecole ARC Ingénierie, ESEO Angers and ENSEEIHT Toulouse for their qualification to attend the Freescale Cup EMEA Finals. 10 teams from France and Switzerland did compete today in the 1st Freescale Cup Qualification challenge hosted by the ENSEEIHT in Toulouse (France). Only the top 4 teams get to go the next challenge level. Similar qualification events will be held across EMEA to select the best teams to attend the Freescale Cup EMEA finals that will be hosted by the Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Circuits on 29-30 April. Results on the track where Haute Ecole ARC Ingenierie: Team FollowerStarTwo: 24.7s ENSEEIHT: Team 7Robot: 28.5s Haute Ecole ARC Ingenierie: Team FollowerStar: 29.9s ESEO Angers: Team Triumvirat: 41s All other teams did get any time due to exiting the racetrack.

On January 16th, 2014 we have receive the visit from students of the University of Applied Sciences of Landshut (Germany). They came under snowy skies to our Munich facility to test their Freescale Cup cars in preparation for the upcoming Germany Qualification event scheduled for 18Mar14. In a matter of a couple of hours they were able to improve the performance of their vehicles and leave with new ideas about how to improve them and make them go even faster. Here are a few pictures taken on that afternoon

Here is a great deal of information for the teams qualified to participate into the EMEA Freescale Cup Finals race hosted by the Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Circuits in Erlangen (Germany): Date of the event: 29-30 April 2014 Address: Fraunhofer IIS Am Wolfsmantel 33 91058 Erlangen Germany How to get to Fraunhofer IIS Erlangen - Fraunhofer IIS Recommended accommodation location: Nuremberg Youth Hostel - just went through full renovation in the center of Nuremberg: Porträt der DJH Jugendherberge Nürnberg, Bayern B&B Erlangen B&B Hotel Heilbronn - B&B Hotels Deutschland Erlangen Youth Hostel Porträt der DJH Jugendherberge Erlangen, Bayern Ibis Budget Hotel Hotel in ERLANGEN TENNENLOHE - Book your hotel ibis budget Nuernberg Tennenlohe (ex ETAP HOTEL) Arvera Business Hotel http://www.arvena-business.de Albertinum Hotel GmbH (just across from the Fraunhofer Institute) http://www.albertinum.com Public transports The closest bus stop to the Fraunhofer Institute is "Brückleingasse" on bus line 295 connecting to the Erlangen Train Station that is in turn connected to the S-Bahn (Commuter train) connecting with Downtown Nuremberg line S1. Transfer time is just short of 1hr (56min). Timetable from the VGN public transport services can be found in English at VGN - Timetable A sample of timetable has been added as attachment with pricing and example of commute time between Nuremberg's Main Station and the bus stop outside of the Fraunhofer Institute. From Erlangen City Center to Fraunhofer IIS = price category Z: From Erlangen Main Station to Fraunhofer IIS (bus stop Brückleinsgasse) it's € 2,00 one way Visitors could also buy a Day-Pass "Tages Ticket Plus" for € 7,60. It is valid for two adults the whole day From Nuremberg to Fraunhofer IIS = price category 4: From Nuremberg Main Station to Fraunhofer IIS (bus stop Brückleinsgasse) it's € 4,20 one way Visitors could also buy a Day-Pass "Tages Ticket Plus" for € 11,00. It is valid for two adults the whole day From Fürth Main Station to Fraunhofer IIS = price category 3: From Fürth Main Station to Fraunhofer IIS (bus stop Brückleinsgasse) it's € 3,20 one way Visitors could also buy a Day-Pass "Tages Ticket Plus" for € 11,00. It is valid for two adults for the whole day Tickets can be bought inside the bus from the driver or at the VGN ticket machines, that can be found at all bigger stops. Agenda 29-Apr-14 Time Activity Audience Location 8:30 - 10:00 Arrivals, race registration Racing and support teams Lobby 10:00 - 10:45 Event Opening Press and participants West Wing 10:45 - 13:00 Open Training Press and participants Lobby area 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Press and participants Cafeteria Area 14:00 - 17:30 Open Training Press and participants Lobby area 14:00 - 15:30 Sponsors presentations about university programs Press and coordinators West Wing 18:00 - 20:30 Discover Fraunhofer Press and participants West Wing 30-Apr-14 Time Activity Audience Location 8:00 - 8:30 Surprise breakfast Press and participants West Wing 8:30 - 9:15 Keynote Speaker (Elektrobit Automotive) Press and participants West Wing 9:30 - 10:30 Coordinators/Freescale Meeting Freescale and Coordinators West Wing 10:30 - 11:30 Fraunhofer presentation to Sponsors and Freescale Sponsors, Freescale and Fraunhofer Fraunhofer site 9:30 - 13:00 Open Training Press and participants Lobby area 13:00 - 14:00 Technical Inspection Freescale and Fraunhofer Lobby area 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Press and participants Cafeteria Area 14:00 - 15:30 Finals Press and participants Lobby area 15:30 - 17:00 Awards Ceremony and Closing Press and participants Lobby area Contact point Flavio Stiffan: flavio.stiffan@freescale.com

Here is a great deal of information for the teams participating into the Freescale Cup Qualification race hosted by the University of Applied Sciences in Munich: Date of the race: 18-Mar-2014 Address: Hochschule München Lothstraße 64 80335 Munich Germany Hochschule M�nchen - Campus Lothstra�e Location of the race at the Hochschule Munchen Follow signs from the entrance of the building. Race will be in the in the upper floor of the main building at Lothstraße 64. Recommended accommodation location (see attached document) Agenda 8:30 - 9:30 Registrations 9:30 Opening 10:00 Training period 14:00 Cars at technical inspection 15:00 Qualification race 16:00 Awards and Certificates 16:30 End of the event Contacts point at the University Prof. Markus Krug: markus.krug@hm.edu Prof. Walter Tasin: tasin@hm.edu

Here is a great deal of information for the teams participating into the Freescale Cup Qualification race hosted by TUSUR in Tomsk: Date of the race: 14-Mar-2014 Address: TUSUR 40 Lenin Prospekt Tomsk     Russia Recommended accommodation location: Hotel "Bon-Apart" Gertsena St. 1A 634029 Tomsk Russia "Бон Апарт" - гостиница в Томске :: Главная :: Лучшие гостиничные номера в Томске. Phone Info +7 (3822) 53-46-50 Phone Booking +7 (3822) 53-46-55 Email contact: info@bon-apart.ru Agenda March 13th, 2014 Training period available 12:00 - 17:00 March 14th, 2014 9:00 - 10:00 Registrations 10:00 - 10:30 Opening ceremony 10:30 - 11:30 ARM University Program presentation 11:30 -14:00 Training period 14:00 - 14:30 Cars at technical inspection 14:30 - 16:00 Qualification race 16:00 - 17:00 Awards and Certificates Contact point at the University Prof. Evgeny Shandarov evgenyshandarov@gmail.com Phone +7 (913) 8295087

Here is a great deal of information for the teams participating into the Freescale Cup Qualification race hosted by the ENSEEIHT in Toulouse: Date of the race: 28-Jan-2014 Address: ENSEEIHT École Nationale Supérieure d'Électronique, d'Électrotechnique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique, et de Télécommunications 2 rue Charles Camichel 31000 Toulouse France Venir à l'INP-ENSEEIHT - Site ENSEEIHT Location of the race at the ENSEEIHT: Rooms C101 and C103. Recommended Campus entrance is on Rue Riquet. Recommended accommodation location: Hotel Kyriad 5 Boulevard de la Gare 31500 Toulouse France Phone +33 5 6134 1171 Hotel Kyriad Toulouse Centre | Hotels Kyriad Agenda 8:30 - 9:30 Registrations 9:30 Opening 10:00 Training period 14:00 Cars at technical inspection 15:00 Qualification race 16:00 Awards and Certificates 16:30 End of the event Contact point at the University Prof. Ana M Llor: ana.llor@laplace.univ-tlse.fr

Here is a great deal of information for the teams participating into the Freescale Cup Qualification race hosted by the University of Zilina in Slovakia: Date of the race: 07-Mar-2014 Race organizers: University of Zilina and IA34/IE13 Joint Chapter of IEEE Czechoslovakia Section Address: Nova Menza Vysokoskolakov 22 010 08 Zilina Slovakia Vysokoškolákov /22, University of Žilina - Google Maps Recommended accommodation location: University Dormitory Internaty Velky Diel Vysokoskolakov 26 010 08 Zilina URL: Dormitory portal Location Vysokoškolákov 26, University of Žilina - Mapy Google Accommodation fees: 8-10 EUR/person/night (registration required) For IEEE Student members: 2 dormitory nights are for free (registration required by 31-Jan-2014) For more info on IEEE membership visit IEEE - Join IEEE or IEEE - Global Benefits Finder Other recommended hotels: http://www.econohotel.sk/ http://www.penzionkamelia.sk/ http://www.hotelgalileo.sk/ http://www.hoteldubnaskala.sk/ http://www.hotelslovakiazilina.com/ Connection/Transfer to the University: Public transport connections via train or bus www.dpmz.sk 14 – from “Zeleznicna stanica” to “Obchodna” (0,55,- EUR/5 stops ticket) 1 – from “Zeleznicna stanica” to “Obchodna” (0,65,- EUR ticket) 30 – from “Zeleznicna stanica” to “Internatna” (0,55,- EUR/5 stops ticket) Meals will be taken at the university canteen during the event (3 EUR/meal) - Registration required For IEEE IAS (Industry Application Society) or IES (Industrial Electronics Society) Student members one lunch for free (registration required by 31-Jan-14) Agenda 06-Mar-14 Optional training time from 17:00 until 20:00 - please send confirmation of participation to Prof. Matej Pacha (matej.pacha@ieee.org) 07-Mar-14 8:30 - 9:30 Registrations 9:30 Opening 10:00 Training period 14:00 Cars at technical inspection 15:00 Qualification race 16:00 Awards and Certificates 16:30 End of the event 20:00 Party Contact point at the University Prof. Matej Pacha: matej.pacha@ieee.org Phone number for emergencies: +420 41 513-2167

Here is a great deal of information for the teams participating into the Freescale Cup Qualification race hosted by the Politecnico of Torino in Italy: Date of the race: 04-Feb-2014 Address: Politecnico di Torino Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica Corso Castelfidardo 10129 Torino Italy Race location at the University: Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica 5th floor hotel loc: Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica (DAUIN), Torino, Italia - Google Maps Recommended accommodation location: Hotel Residence San Paolo Via Spalato 7 Torino, Italy Phone +39 011 3853953 (position C on Google Map link hotel loc: Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica (DAUIN), Torino, Italia - Google Maps) Hotel website http://www.sanpaolo-to.com/ Connection/Transfer to the University: Recommended Hotel is walking distance to the Politecnico. Politecnico can be easily reached by public transport with bus line 58 at stop 3283 - CASTELFIDARDO N.29. From the bus stop, cross the street, pass the gate, enter the building and take the elevator to the 5th floor Agenda 8:30 - 9:30 Registrations 9:30 Opening 10:00 Training period 14:00 Cars at technical inspection 15:00 Qualification race 16:00 Awards and Certificates 16:30 End of the event Contact point at the University Prof. Massimo Violante: massimo.violante@polito.it Phone number for emergencies: +39 33 8615-2210

Here is a great deal of information for the teams participating into the Freescale Cup Qualification race hosted by the University Mundiapolis in Casablanca Morocco: Date of the race: 21-Feb-2014 Address: Université Mundiapolis Aéropole de formation 20180 Nouacer / Casablanca Morocco Race location at the University: Gymnase de l'Université Mundiapolis - École d'Ingénieurs Recommended accommodation location: Hotel Ibis Casa Voyageurs Boulevard Bahmad Place de la Gare Casa - Voyageur 2000 Casablanca Phone +212 0520 480000 Connection/Transfer to the University: Train every hour from Hotel to Airport Mohammed V The University Mundiapolis will assist you with transfer service from your hotel. Please communicate which hotel you are staying at. Agenda Heure Activités 8h30-9h00 Arrivée des équipes Accueil + enregistrements des équipes 9h30-10h00 Mot de Bienvenue salle de conférence 10h00-13h30 Vérification technique +test et essai + tirage au sort «ordre de passage des équipes» À partir de 12h00 déjeuner 15h00 Début  des compétitions : chaque équipe à droit à 3 essais suivis 16h00 Résultats 16h00 La clôture Contact at University Mundiapolis Prof. Fatima Mastour: f.mastour@mundiapolis.ma

All, just in case you missed it, here is the wiring info for using the TFC Shield with the MPC5604/6-B boards Connection Diagram for TRK-MPC560xB to TFC-Shield and TFC-Camera

Interested into participating at the EMEA Freescale Cup Challenge 2014?? Here is some important information for you to get started with. For any questions or sign up instructions, please contact me at flavio.stiffan@freescale.com

The attached rules are valid for the EMEA Freescale Cup Challenge with beginning of enrollment on June 10th, 2013 and EMEA Finals Race scheduled for 29-30 April 2014. The rules and conditions are subject to change by Freescale if necessary. Freescale reserves the right in their sole discretion to cancel, suspend and/or modify The Freescale Cup race at any time. These official rules are drawn up in the English language. If these official rules are provided in any other language and there is a conflict in the text, the English language text shall prevail.

Find below the final agenda for the Freescale Cup Finals that will be held at the ESIEE in Paris 26-27 March 2013 Reminder: All cars have to be ready for inspection on March 27th at noon. Cars that are not ready for inspection at that time won't be allowed to participate in the final race. 26-Mar-13 Time Activity Location 8:00 - 10:00 Arrivals, race registration and Hotel Check-In Lobby of the University 10:00 - 10:30 Event Opening Amphitheater Marcel Dassault 10:45 - 13:00 Open Training Sport's Aula 13:00 - 13:45 Lunch Cafeteria Area 13:45 - 18:00 Open Training Sport's Aula 19:00 - 20:30 Dinner Cafeteria Area From 20:30 Activities and Departure for Hotel 22:00 Lobby of the University 27-Mar-13 Time Activity Location 7:30 Departure from Hotel 8:00 - 8:45 Keynote speaker Amphitheater Marcel Dassault 9:00 - 12:00 Open Training and Challenges Sport's Aula 13:00 - 13:45 Lunch Cafeteria Area 13:45 - 14:00 Preparation for the Finals Sport's Aula 14:00 - 15:00 Finals Sport's Aula 15:30 - 16:15 Awards Ceremony Amphitheater Marcel Dassault 16:15 - 16:30 Closing of the Event Amphitheater Marcel Dassault

For the ones that are lost about where the Season's rules are.... Here they are!!