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 [email protected] Andrei Vasiliu [email protected] Bogdan Costinescu [email protected] Cristina Petrescu [email protected] Roxana Dragomir [email protected] For University Politehnica Bucharest Prof.dr.ing. Corneliu Burileanu [email protected] Prof.dr.ing. Nicolae Tapus [email protected] Conf.dr.ing. Mihnea Udrea [email protected] S.I.dr.ing. Dan Tudose [email protected]

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.

With 19 teams participating into the challenge, this was the largest qualification event of the season so far. We had teams from Poland, Russia, UK and Germany. The following teams qualified for the EMEA finals in Torino that will be held on 28-29 April: Team Simba: University of Sheffield (UK) Team LA Performance: University of Applied Sciences Landshut Team Golden Turtle: Deggendorf Institute of Technology The track statistics were as follows: 6 straight elements 1 start/stop 16 curves 1 bumps 1 hill 3 chicanes 1 crossing Full results of the qualifications University Country Team Name Lap Time University of Sheffield United Kingdom SIMBA 00:13.561 University of Applied Sciences Landshut Germany LA performance 00:18.226 Deggendorf Institute of Technology Germany Golden Turtle 00:18.357 Deggendorf Institute of Technology Germany Weltraumpräsident 00:18.643 Deggendorf Institute of Technology Germany MaRoDer Autoscooter 00:22.694 Glasgow Caledonian University United Kingdom ElectroKinetis 00:24.252 The Freescale Cup Qualification Race hosted by the Technical Institute of Technology in Deggendorf (Germany) will be held on March 17th, 2015: Location of the race: Technical Institute of Technology Edlemaierstrasse 6 94469 Deggendorf, Germany Technische Hochschule Deggendorf - Google Maps Home - Technische Hochschule Deggendorf Parking available on the street in the neighborhood of the university campus See attached map for location of the event Contact at location: Prof. Gerald Kupris +49 991 3615-270 Recommended Hotels Hotel NH Deggendorf http://www.nh-hotels.de/hotel/nh-deggendorf?nhagentid=11009&nhsubagentid=110095220109&utm_source=google&utm_medium=maps&… List of Hotels via the Deggendorf Tourist Office deggendorf.de: Übernachten For assistance on hotel booking, please feel free to contact Prof. Gerald Kupris. Agenda of the event Tuesday March 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.

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: [email protected] 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 [email protected] Phone +7 (913) 8295087

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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: [email protected]

13 student teams from 6 universities have been racing for the EMEA Qualification at the Politehnica of Bucharest with some impressive results. Teams MIKA, EMMA, AIA and Bolt have successfully qualified for their attendance rights to the EMEA Finals that will be held on 29-30 April at the Fraunhofer Institute in Erlangen. Here are the full results: University Team Name Start Position Lap Time Politehnica Bucharest MIKA 10 00:15.1 University of Craiova EMMA 12 00:17.4 Transilvania University of Brasov AIA 3 00:20.5 Technical University of Iasi Bolt 7 00:23.1 Technical University of Iasi NXTac 8 00:32.6 Politehnica Bucharest Trinity 1 00:34.7 Ovidius University of Constanta Road Runners 6 00:38.0 Politehnica Bucharest The Hound 13 00:38.6 Military Technical Academy Bucharest Line Snipers 11 00:39.1 University of Craiova CrashMasters 2 - Politehnica Bucharest Diabeetus 4 - Technical University of Iasi Firefly 5 - Technical University of Iasi 2GSM 9 -

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 [email protected] Mrs. Fatima Mastour +212 662-241-576 or +212 529-013-701 [email protected] 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.

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

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.

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, [email protected].

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.

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: [email protected]

What a first great event! 15 teams took part into this first qualification events The 3 first teams are qualified for the EMEA finals Results: #1 Bi IuMinated from FH Bielefeld University of Applied Science  - 14.121 sec #2 Panda Crew from University of Applied Sciences Landshut - 14.167 sec #3 Koala Racer from University of Applied Sciences Landshut - 15.399 sec #4 H0t wh33lz from Deggendorf Institute of Technology - 17.879 sec #5 Model E from University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf - 18.546 sec #6 CP 17 from Deggendorf Institute of Technology  - 19.332 sec #7 Loidawagl from  Deggendorf Institute of Technology - 19.355 sec Race track details Straigths x 9 Curves x 12 Start x 1 Cross x 1  Bumps x 1 Slaloms x 2 Bridge x 1 Impressions of the event Agenda: 9:00-9:30 : arrival of the teams 9:30-9:45 : opening 9:45-13:15 : practice 13:15-14:15 : end of practice/ lunch for students 14:15-15:00 : final race 15:00-15:30 : results announcement Address : Hochschule Düsseldorf / University of Applied Sciences Fachbereich Elektro- und Informationstechnik / Faculty of Electrical and Information Technology  Münsterstraße 156 40476 Düsseldorf => the competition will take place in the  Lobby of “Gebäude 4” (Ground floor) => there is free parking in the underground parking of the University Hotel recommendation within 5-10 min walking distance NH Hotel Düsseldorf City Nord Münsterstraße 230-238, 40470 Düsseldorf   Holiday Inn Express Düsseldorf City Nord Mercedesstraße 14, 40470 Düsseldorf   INNSIDE Düsseldorf Derendorf Derendorfer Allee 8, 40476 Düsseldorf   Hotel am Spichernplatz Ulmenstraße 68, 40476 Düsseldorf

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.

Some of you might know Conrad for RC models and a broad range of electronic components. Now you can buy your Freedom board from them across Europe. Check out their online catalogue at Schnellstart mit dem Freescale Freedom Board FRDM-KL25Z Conrad FRDM-KL25Z im Conrad Online Shop | 1208476 They have also created a small booklet to get you quick started on your preferred project. As a reminder, this board is the standard board for the Freescale Cup once you add the shield connectors to it.

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

Congratulations to all the teams which did a great job! They've demonstrated a very good spirit during the competion. Out of 17 teams, 10 managed to complete the final race track. Here are the results: #1 KNE::Fideltronik from AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow in Poland - 19.857 sec #2 FasTech from University of Craiova in Romania - 21.2 sec #3 UCC from University of Craiova in Romania - 21.954 sec #4 Bi Iuminated from FH Bielefeld University of Applied Science in Germany - 24.336 sec #5 The Northern Men from Hanze University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands - 25.869 sec #6 Koala Racer from University of Applied Sciences Landshut in Germany - 25.950 sec #7 ACDT from University of Iasi in Romania - 26.180 sec #8 uni.getName() from Universitá Degli Studi Di Pavia in Italy - 27.009 sec #9 Soton GT from University of Southampton in the UK - 37.154 sec #10 Model E from Duesseldorf University of Applied Sciences in Germany - 37.372 sec Check out the pictures of the event on our Facebook album : Photo album Date : 27 & 28th of April 2017 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 - 18.00: Practice time  13.30 - 14.15 : Presentation of NFC technology 18.00 - 18.30: End of practice/Getting ready for bus transfer 18.30 – 19:00: Bus transfer to Diner event 19.00 - 22.00: Diner event   Day 2 9.00 - 9.30: Opening 9.30 - 10.00: High school Finale race 10.00 - 13.30: Practice time 13.30 - 14.30: Lunch 14.30 - 15.15: Final Race 15.15 - 15.45: Results announcement 16.00: End of the event Important details : - food will be covered by NXP from the 27th morning till the 28th end of the event. LIST OF THE UNIVERSITY TEAMS : 17 teams coming from 9 countries Team Name Institute Country Dark Phoenix Phelma Grenoble France LVL ESIEE Paris France Bi IuMinated FH Bielefeld University of Applied Science Germany Koala Racer University of Applied Sciences Landshut Germany Panda Crew University of Applied Sciences Landshut Germany H0t Wh33lz Deggendorf Institute of Technology Germany Model E University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf Germany uni.()getName Universita Di Pavia Italy KNE::Fideltronik AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow Poland Synergia Wroclaw University of Technology Poland FasTech University of Craiova Romania UCC University of Craiova Romania ACDT Technical University of Iasi Romania The Northen Men Hanze University of Applied Sciences The Netherlands ARCar2 Haute Ecole ARC Ingenierie Switzerland Soton GT University of Southampton United Kingdom Wonderbolts ONPU -  Odessa National Polytechnic University Ukraine We will also welcome 3 teams from High Schools in Czech Republic and Slovakia Spirit from Stredna priemyselna skola elektrotechnicka  Piestany  Zeus Power from Stredni Skola informatiky, Elektrotechniky a Remesel Roznov  HS from Stredni Skola informatiky, Elektrotechniky a Remesel Roznov