The Freescale Cup EMEA 2015 Finals have been held at the Politecnico of Torino on 28-29 April 2015. Full results can be found in the attachment below. Highlights Freescale Cup Challenge: EMEA Champion: Team ARCar1 of the Haute Ecole of Ingenerie - Switzerland 16.360s 2nd Place: Team Sumery of the Politecnico of Torino - Italy 16.955s 3rd Place: Team KNE FreeMasters from AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow - Poland 16.982s Highlights Innovation Challenge: 1st Place with Special Award: Team INNOV-Kafar for AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow - Poland Highlights Freescale Cup High School Challenge: 1st Place: Team SADDred from the ITIS Ferrari di Susa - Italy 9.927s 2nd Place: Team MALSred from the ITIS Ferrari di Susa - Italy 10.262s 3rdPlace: Team Valasi from Stredni Skola informatiky, Elektrotechniky a Remesel Roznov - Czech Republic 12.9s Full results in attachment below. Track statistics for the Freescale Cup EMEA Finals track and Innovation Challenge: 2 intersections 15 straight 18 curves 1 start/stop 2 bumpers (speed bumps) 2 chicanes 2 hills Agenda 28 April 2015 8:30: Registrations and Teams' setup 9:30: Opening presentation 11:00: Training Start 14:00: Start Sequence for High Schools and Universities 17:30: End of Training / Clean Up 18:00: Welcome Event by the Politecnico of Torino 29 April 2015 8:30: Training Start 9:30: Sponsor Presentations (in parallel to training for professors and external audiences) 13:00: End of Training - Technical Inspection 14:00: Freescale Cup EMEA Finals 15:30: Awards and Conclusion of the Event 17:00: End of the Event

All, Here are some pictures of the event in Casablanca hosted by the University Mundiapolis. Unfortunately, we could not get any team to qualify on that race. We are looking forward to 2016 with new track and better results. Here are a few pictures of the good spirit before and after the challenge The Freescale Cup Qualification race for North Africa will be held on March 5th 2015: Location of the race: Mundiapolis University - Casablanca Pole Formation ONDA - Aeroport Mohamed V 26202 NOUACEUR - CASABLANCA Morocco http://www.mundiapolis.ma Direction on Google Maps Contacts: Mr.Mohamed Barkaoui +212 671-823-763 m.barkaoui@mundiapolis.ma Mrs. Fatima Mastour +212 662-241-576 or +212 529-013-701 f.mastour@mundiapolis.ma Free car parking in the parking area in the back of the university Airport transfer available on demand: Please contact Mr. Barkaoui or Mrs. Mastour for more information. Recommended hotels: Hotel IBIS Casa Voyageurs http://ibis-casa-voyageurs.h-rez.com/index.htm?lbl=ggl-en&gclid=CO6KwsitqsMCFa_JtAodlzgAtQ Hôtel Club Val d'Anfa Casablanca Challenge will be held in the University's Gymnasium Agenda of the event Thursday March 05, 2015 8:30 - 9:30 Registrations 9:30 Opening 10:00 Start of training 14:00 End of training period: Technical inspection 14:30 Innovation Challenge (does not count for Freescale Cup qualification) 15:00 Freescale Cup Qualification race 16:00 Qualification Results 16:30 End of the event Food and travel at charge of the attendees.

The Innovation Challenge EMEA 2015 is a pilot program for a limited number of teams. The Innovation Challenge might be different every year. Teams enrolled into the Innovation Challenge EMEA 2015 will use a new car kit with 1 motor. The aim of the challenge is to run multiple laps on the Freescale Cup track, the winner is the team that goes the fastest with the least battery consumption. Innovation enrolled teams will participate in the Freescale Cup qualification event as demo cars. A selection of the best Innovation teams might attend the Freescale Cup EMEA Finals. Schedule for the events is listed on The Freescale Cup main page. Pictures of the timer last lap notification: A special power meter has been created at Freescale to measure the battery drain. Information about the smart meter is also attached to this document. Please make sure that the connectors between your MCU board and the battery are the Tamiya connectors More information see the rules and the rest of the information attached in this section. For any questions regarding this pilot program, please contact me directly

All, Here are the qualification results of the event in Wroclaw. The 3 top teams have qualified for participation into the Freescale Cup EMEA Finals Institution Team Name Qualifying Time AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow KNE Freemasters 15.2s University of West Bohemia Plzen 3G+ 16.0s Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava 3KD 18.7s Czech Technical University Pragu Jakerda Turbo 18.8s Wroclaw University of Technology Piraci drogovi 20.7s Wroclaw University of Technology Na przypale albo wcale 23.5s Czech Technical University Jakerda 24.1s Wroclaw University of Technology Last Team 30.1s Track statistics: Start/Stop 1 Bumps 2 Chicane 2 Curves 16 Straight 10 Intersection/crossing 1 Hill - none - In addition, the Innovation Challenge team Kafar from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow has marked 842.4 points on the Innovation Challenge and they will be joining us at the EMEA finals with team For Seal from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. The Freescale Cup Qualification Race hosted by the Wrocław University of Technology at Audiovisual Technology Center will be held on February 17th, 2015: Location of the race: Audiovisual Technology Center 1 Wystawowa St, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland http://filmstudioceta.pl/en/ Parking places at Centennial Hall parking and in the indicated places on the streets (payable). Contact at location: Mateusz Cholewiński +48 606 477 039 Recommended Hotels: Green Hostel http://www.greenhostel.wroclaw.pl/ Grape Hotel http://www.grapehotel.pl/ B&B Hotel Wrocław Centrum https://www.hotelbb.pl/en/portal/hotels/overview.html?id=5003&type=hotel Royal Hostel http://royalhostel.pl/en/ Apartment: Grunwald Apartment http://www.booking.com/hotel/pl/grunwald-apartament-wroclaw.pl.html Agenda of the event Tuesday February 17th, 2015 8:30: Registrations 9:30: Start of training 14:00: End of training period: Technical inspection 14:30: Innovation Challenge race (does not count for the Freescale Cup EMEA Qualification) 15:00: Qualification race 16:00: End of the event Food and travel at charge of the attendees.

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.

Congratulations to team KNE::HardFault_Handler from AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow in Poland for finishing the track under 12 seconds! Thanks to all the other teams for their hard work! Statistics of the final track 1 intersection 8 straight 14 curves 1 start/stop 1 bumpers (speed bumps) 1 chicanes 1 hills The NXP Cup 2016 qualifications hosted by the  University of Technology in Bratislava on the 10th of March 2016 Location of the race: Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies of Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Ilkovičova 2, 841 04 Bratislava, SLOVAKIA Room: Big Turing hall (0.58) + area in the front of it. AGENDA OF THE EVENT : 8:30 Registration 9:30 Opening 10:00 Training 14:00 Lunch Break & Technical Inspection 14:45 Final race 15:30 Results 16:00 End of the event IMPORTANT : lunch will be provided

The 2nd edition of the Russia Freescale Cup qualification was a great success with 12 teams in the boxes and 10 teams on the start line. I am happy to report that 4 universities will be joining us at the Freescale Cup EMEA finals with their respective teams: Odessa National Polytechnic University Wonder  Bolts Tomsk Polytechnic University Time Machine NovSU - Novgorod State University Machine Gun TUSUR - Tomsk State University for Control Systems and Radioelectronics Turbo Turtles The full results of the race is as follows: University Team Name Start Position Qualified Lap Odessa National Polytechnic University Wonder  Bolts 6 00:17.2 Tomsk Polytechnic University Time Machine 3 00:18.8 NovSU - Novgorod State University Machine Gun 8 00:19.4 TUSUR - Tomsk State University for Control Systems and Radioelectronics Turbo Turtles 9 00:21.7 TUSUR - Tomsk State University for Control Systems and Radioelectronics Photon 4 00:23.9 Tomsk State University FIT - Friendship 2 2 00:29.9 TUSUR - Tomsk State University for Control Systems and Radioelectronics Science 5 00:41.4 SFU - Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk ENISEI 7 00:46.4 Tomsk State University FIT - Friendship 1 1 - KemSU - State University Kemerovo Four 10 -

THE RESULTS 7 teams from the UK and Greece participated into the race on the 5th of April at Imperial College London! Congratulations to the 3 first teams which qualified for the EMEA Finale! First place: Team LineRider from University of Sheffield, Time 12.6 sec Second place: Team Ox2A from Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus, Time 13.9 sec Third place: Team Hotrod from University of Sheffield, Time 14.4 sec First place: Team LineRider from University of Sheffield, Time 12.6 sec #1 Team LineRider STATISTICS OF THE FINAL RACE TRACK : 6 straights 12 curves 1 intersection 1 start/stop 1 chicane 1 hill 1 bumper (speed bumps) The NXP Cup 2016 qualifications hosted by the Imperial College London in London will be held on Tuesday 5th of April, 2016 LOCATION OF THE RACE : Room 341/342, 180 Queen's Gate, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom AGENDA OF THE EVENT : 9:00 Registrations 9:30 Opening 10:00 Start of training 14:00 End of training period: Technical inspection + break for the  students 14:45 Qualification race 15:30 Qualification Results 16:00 End of the event IMPORTANT : Lunch will be provided by the ICL In case you can't arrive during registrations time, please inform marion.thierry@nxp.com Contact at Imperial College London : Krysia Broda, 0207 594 8426 or mobile +44 (0)7944697864

This 66-pages document covers Model-C and has been updated for the Alamak car kit, thanks to Prof. Thierry Grandpierre involvement in the NXP Cup since its introduction in EMEA.  The course includes programming code examples for the FRDM-KL25Z (using CodeWarrior), speed control, steering management and detection of the tracks signage. Document is in French

For all participants in the EMEA, we have a supplier in Romania that has created a low-cost PVC racetrack to the specifications of the Freescale Cup. The track is made out of 3mmPVC covered with a plastic film for reinforcement. Center Lane and Edge Lane designs are available. Order is by the unit (see attached file of available parts). Hill and Tunnel are not available from this supplier. Track specifications: The kit is made from PVC 3 mm thick, covered with German laminating film ORAGUARD 210 in order to have a good adherence. The strips are from black self-adhesive foil. See attached basic kit content. The price for each item : 1. Fig. no 1 : 25 euro 2. Fig. no.2 : 21 euro 3. Fig. no.3 : 22 euro 4. Fig. no.4 : 40 euro 5. Fig. no.5 : 23 euro -------------------------------- Total basic kit : 810 euro + shipping The contact person : Pojoreanu Marian rpad@clicknet.ro The original Freescale Cup track used for EMEA and Worldwide Races is manufactured in the US. We are currently investigating possibilities for you to order directly to the supply source in the US. Stay tuned for news.

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

All, We had all a great time at the Freescale Cup EMEA Finals hosted by the Fraunhofer IIS. A selection of pictures is downloadable from the DropBox Videos can be seen on the Fraunhofer IIS YouTube Channel

THE RESULTS 14 teams from Morocco and Tunisia tried to qualify for the EMEA Finales during the first Qualifications event of the Season 2016 in Casablanca Morocco. 3 teams qualified as below : 1st place : EHTPCAR3 from Ecole Hassania des Travaux Publics, Morocco with the time 12.6 seconds 2nd place : Night Watch from University Mundiapolis, Morocco with the time 21.9 seconds 3rd place : Uni-WHBD from from University Mundiapolis, Morocco with the time 29.2 seconds Thanks to all the participants for their hard work and the great mood during the event! PREPARING THE EVENT The NXP Cup 2016 qualifications hosted by the University of Mundiapolis in Morocco will be held on Saturday 5th of March, 2016 Location of the race: Mundiapolis University - Casablanca Pole Formation ONDA - Aeroport Mohamed V 26202 NOUACEUR - CASABLANCA Morocco http://www.mundiapolis.ma Direction on Google Maps​ AGENDA OF THE EVENT : 8:30 - 9:30 Registrations 9:30 Opening 10:00 Start of training 14:00 End of training period: Technical inspection + break for the students 15:00 Freescale Cup Qualification race 16:00 Qualification Results 16:30 End of the event IMPORTANT : Travel at charge of the attendees.Lunch provided by the university

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

After a fierce competition, the 2013 EMEA champions FEI-Minetors have again secured the 2014 championship. The top 3 teams from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, the Politecnico of Torino and AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow are separated by less than 1/2 second. The event was hosted by the Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Circuits (IIS) in Erlangen Germany. Find all the pictures and videos on the Freescale University Programs Facebook page at Freescale University Programs - College & University | Facebook The full results are as follow: University Team Name Lap Time Slovak University of Technology Bratislava FEI-minetors 00:19.2 Politecnico of Torino POLIce 00:19.5 AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow KNE Fideltronik 00:19.6 University of Padova The Jaiton Broules 00:22.0 University of Sheffield SCAR 00:23.8 Politecnico of Torino ToPOLIno 00:24.9 University of Applied Sciences Landshut LA Speed!Up 00:25.8 ONPU - Odessa National Polytechnic University Wonderbolts 00:25.8 Technical University of Iasi Bolt 00:26.4 Wroclaw University of Technology The Polish Team 00:26.8 Haute Ecole ARC Ingénierie FollowerStarTwo 00:27.1 Haute Ecole ARC Ingénierie FollowerStar 00:32.0 ENSEEIHT Toulouse 7robot 00:38.8 NovSU - Novgorod State University Machine Gun - ESEO Angers Triumvirat - University of Craiova EMMA [UCV] - University of Padova RoadRunner - Deggendorf Institute of Technology Freibier Luis - Politehica Bucharest MIKA - Transilvania University of Brasov AIA - TUSUR - Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics Turbo Turtles Team - Ecole Hassania des Travaux Publics EHTP EHTP team - TPU - Tomsk Polytechnic University TIME machine - Nuremberg Institute of Technology Georg Simon Ohm Ohm - Slovak University of Technology Bratislava For Seal -

And here are the results! Congratulations to the 6 teams which managed to complete the track! #1 Team ARCar1 from Haute Ecole ARC Ingenierie in Switzerland. Time 15.7 sec #2 Team FasTech from University of Craiova in Romania. Time 16.4 sec #3 Team EBB from University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf in Germany. Time 16.6 sec #4 Team KNE::HardFault_Handler() from AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow in Poland. Time 17.2 sec #5 Team Wonderbolts from Odessa National Polytechnic University in Ukraine. Time 18.9 sec #6 Team Hetz Mich Nicht! from Deggendorf Institute of Technology in Germany. Tome 25.6 sec Thanks to all the other teams for participating, it was a great event! More pictures will be available soon. #1 Team ARCar1 Statistics of the final race track 11 straights 20 curves 2 intersections 1 start/stop 2 chicanes 1 hill 1 bumper (speed bumps) Media/Press coverage HE-arc : http://www.he-arc.ch/sites/www.he-arc.ch/files/la_he-arc_championne_deurope_de_la_nxp_cup.pdf electronicsweekly.com : Swiss students race off with NXP Cup EMEA | Electronics Weekly Elektroniknet.de : NXP Cup EMEA 2016: Die Schweizer sind die Schnellsten – elektroniknet.de Electronic Specifier : Winners of The NXP Cup EMEA Challenge 2016 announced HS Duesseldorf : http://ei.hs-duesseldorf.de/aktuelles/meldungen/nxp-cup_em_finale_2016?showarrows=1&sid=5ec4puuunt0nmjljrfz22cso ARM University programs Facebook page : ARM University Program - Photos | Facebook Youtube : ING VID160511 Canal Alpha La HE Arc remporte la finale des voitures autonomes - YouTube Youtube : NXP Cup 2016 EMEA Finals (Full Race) - YouTube Youtube : NXP Cup EMEA 2016 - YouTube Youtube: NXP Cup EMEA Finals 2016 - YouTube nxp2016ese « NXP CUP 2016 -- Europa S-E The EMEA Finale will take place at the NXP office in Munich! Date : 9 & 10th of May 2016 Address : Schatzbogen 7, 81829 Munich, Germany How to access? Ubahn line 2, station Moosfeld (then walk 10 min) Google map location : Google Maps AGENDA DAY 1 9.00 - 10.00 : Welcome & Registrations 10.00 - 10.30 : Opening 10.30 - 12.30 : Practice time 12.30 - 13.30 : Lunch & Network time 13.30 - 16.30 : Practice time 16.30 - 17.00 : Demonstration of High School teams & Prizes 17.00 - 19.00 : Activity in the city 19.00 - 21.00 : Dinner DAY 2 9.30 - 10.00 : Opening 10.00 - 13.30 : Practice time 13.30 - 14.30 : Lunch 14.30 - 15.15  : Final Race 15.15 - 15.45 : Prizes 16.00 : End of the event IMPORTANT : Food will be provided from Monday 9th morning till Tuesday 10th end of the event Hotels recommendation : - A&O Hostel, Munich Hauptbahnhof, Bayerstrasse 75, 80335 Munich (30 min to reach NXP Site) - Hotels around the Messe (tradeshow center) Any questions : marion.thierry@nxp.com LIST OF THE UNIVERSITY TEAMS : 16 teams coming from 9 countries Team Name Institute Country 0x2A Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus Greece ARCar1 Haute Ecole ARC Ingénierie Switzerland ARCar2 Haute Ecole ARC Ingénierie Switzerland Bowser Deggendorf Institute of Technology Germany EBB University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf Germany EHTPCAR3 Ecole Hassania des Travaux Publics EHTP Morrocco FasTech University of Craiova Romania Freenix PHELMA Grenoble France Hetz mich nicht! Deggendorf Institute of Technology Germany Hotrod University of Sheffield UK KNE::HardFault_Handler() AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow Poland LineRider University of Sheffield UK MDD University of Craiova Romania Night Watch University of Mundiapolis Morrocco WHBD University of Mundiapolis Morrocco Wonderbolts ONPU - Odessa National Politechnich University Ukraine

Please note that there is a Discord channel now used for support and discussion around NXP-CUP EMEA Technical support https://discord.gg/KUweqdrfb4 Technical support specific to MR-B3RB 2024 https://discord.gg/yZbDsqc7yq Non-Technical support https://discord.gg/UbefTUtTMP