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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.

The Freescale Cup EMEA 2015 is in it 4th season and will be better and stronger than ever. New track, fast cars and motivated teams will make this season a very successful one. See more...and sign up.

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.

It is with great pleasure that I can confirm the Kick Off of the NXP Cup 2018 EMEA.   Registrations are open until 30-November-2017 on the NXP Cup EMEA 2018 Registration Site   All the information for rules, participation conditions and sponsors support can be found on theNXP Community. The trailer video for the NXP Cup 2018 season can be downloaded here. Promotion poster is attached to this email, feel free to print and post in your campus   Please note that the instructions for purchasing of the NXP Cup car kit is also listed on that page. As there is limited availability for the NXP Cup car kit, we ask that you make the greatest effort in reusing the kits that you might already have in your campuses.   We are preparing a very exciting season with great locations for qualifications and EMEA finals!! It will be exciting for the students AND for the professors…. Don’t miss it.   Let us know if you have any questions or if you need help with recruiting participants in your campus. We can do a conference call or a Skype call with potential candidates to answer their questions during enrolment time.

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 [email protected] 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.

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 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 [email protected] Contact at Imperial College London : Krysia Broda, 0207 594 8426 or mobile +44 (0)7944697864

THE RESULTS 13 teams from France, Italy and Switzerland participated to the race on the 31st of March 2016. Congratulations to the 3 first teams which qualified for the EMEA Finale! First place: Team Knutcar from Haute Ecole ARC Ingenierie in Switzerland with the time 10.4 seconds Second place: Team ARCAR1 from Haute Ecole ARC Ingenierie in Switzerland with the time 13.5 seconds Third place: Team Freenix from PHELMA Grenoble in France with the time 13.6 seconds Also congratulations to the 2 highschool students from Ferrari Di Susa in Torino who did a great job on the Highschool track and are invited to present their work during the EMEA Finale in Munich! First place: Team Knutcar from Haute Ecole ARC Ingenierie in Switzerland with the time 10.4 seconds Second place: Team ARCAR1 from Haute Ecole ARC Ingenierie in Switzerland with the time 13.5 seconds Third place: Team Freenix from PHELMA Grenoble in France with the time 13.6 seconds Thanks to all the participants for coming! STATISTICS OF THE FINAL RACE TRACK : 8 straights 16 curves 1 intersection 1 start/stop 2 chicane 1 hill The NXP Cup 2016 qualifications hosted by the Phelma Minatec in Grenoble, France will be held on Thursday 31st  of March, 2016. LOCATION OF THE RACE Phelma Minatec 3 Parvis Louis Neel CS 50257 - 38016 Grenoble Cedex 1 Salle A-102 et A-103 Amphi Minatec AGENDA 8:30 - 9:30 Registrations 9:30 Opening 10:00 Start of training 14:00 End of training period: Technical inspection + lunch for the students 14:45 Qualification race 15:30 Qualification Results 16:00 End of the event IMPORTANT : Lunch will be provided

Rules for The Freescale Cup EMEA 2016 High School Challenge (High School Student teams only). Mixed High School/University teams must use the Freescale Cup EMEA 2016 Challenge (not High School) Rules Update 11-Jan-2016 with clarification on sensor selection for extra sensors to be used.

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.

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 [email protected]

12 teams from France, Italy and Switzerland took part into this second qualification events The 3 first teams are qualified for the EMEA finals Results #1 ARCar 2 from Haute Ecole ARC Ingénierie - 15.861 sec #2 getName() from Universitá Degli Studi Di Pavia - 21.2 sec #3 DarkPhoenix from PHELMA Grenoble - 22 sec #4 LVL from ESIEE Noisy-le-grand - 23.1 sec #5 U=RI Car from Institute of Technology Cachan - 28 sec The other teams didn't manage to finish the track Our 3 qualified teams Go on the NXP CUP 2017 Facebook album for more pictures https://www.facebook.com/pg/nxpsemi/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10155277736491414   #1 #2 #3 Race track details Straigths x 11 Curves x 14 Start x 1  Bumps x 1 Slaloms x 3 Bridge x 1 Agenda: 9.00-9.30: Arrival of the teams 9.30-13.30 : Opening & Start of practice 13.30-14.30: End of training period : Technical inspection and lunch for the students 14.30-15.15: Qualification race 15.15-15.45: Results Annoucement 16.00: End of the event And We will officially sign the partnership agreement betwenn Phelma and NXP between 9.30 and 12 at the Auditorium de Phelma-Minatec.   Address : Phelma Minatec 3 Parvis Louis Neel CS 50257 - 38016 Grenoble Cedex 1 Room A-102 et A-103 Amphi Minatec IMPORTANT : Lunch will be provided

This is with great pleasure that we are announcing that the EMEA Finals will be hosted by the Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Circuits (IIS) in Erlangen, Germany Address (click here to view on Google Maps) Am Wolfsmantel 33, 91058 Erlangen  Germany Date of the finals is April 16-17, 2018 Agenda  Day 1:    10:00-12:30 arrivals and team registrations. Also useful to take all the headshots of team members for the challenge videos    12:30-13:15 Lunch    13:30 - 14:00 Welcome and Housekeeping information    14:00 - 18:00 Training time    18:30 - 20:00 Discover Fraunhofer evening with food and access to demos (including NXP’s)    Day 2:    8:30-12:30 Training time    12:30-13:30 Lunch    13:30 - 14:00 Final track preparation, prepare to race    14:00 - 15:00 EMEA Finals    15:00 - 16:00 Awards and event closing    16:00 End of Event  We all hope to see you there!!! Logistics NXP will provide bus transfer between Nuremberg ZOB (close to the main train station) and Fraunhofer IIS as follow: 16-April: Departure Fraunhofer IIS @ 20:00 - Destination Nuremberg ZOB 17-April: Departure Nuremberg ZOB @ 7:30 - Destination Fraunhofer IIS 17-April: Departure Fraunhofer IIS @ 16:30 - Destination Nuremberg ZOB Registration required for the transportation as we have limited seats (max 53). Priority will be given to teams without personal mode of transportation. Recommended Hotels and Youth Hostels DJH Youth Hostel Nürnberg in Bavaria, Germany   A&O Nuremberg Central Station - Enjoy the city with A&O Hostel   Holiday Inn Nürnberg City Centre Hotel by IHG  Hotel ibis budget Nuernberg Tennenlohe. Book now! Wifi! 

7 teams from England, Scotland and the Netherlands took part into this third qualifications round. The 3 first teams are qualified for the EMEA finlas Results: #1 The Northen Men from Hanze University of Applied Sciences - 13.7 sec #2 Soton GT from the University of Southampton - 20.4 sec #3 HWUTeamA from the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences Heriot-Watt University - 21.4 sec #1   #2   #3   Race track details Straigths x 7 Curves x 13 Start x 1  Bumps x 1 Slaloms x 2 Cross x 1 Agenda: 9.00-9.30: Arrival of the teams 9.30-13.30 : Opening & Start of practice 13.30-14.30: End of training period : Technical inspection and lunch for the students 14.30-15.00: Qualification race 15.00-15.30: Results Announcement 15.30: End of the event   Address : School of Mechanical Engineering University of Leeds 197 Woodhouse Lane Leeds LS2 9DY 53.809707, -1.555465  The Design Studio is on the 5 th floor of the building. There is a lift in the front foyer that takes you up to the 5 th floor,.

We congratulate the teams that qualify for the EMEA finals that will be held in Torino on 28-29 April: Institution Name Team name Qualification Time Politecnico of Torino POLIedro 17.7 seconds Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus Volcon 21.7 seconds Politecnico of Torino Sumery 24.2 seconds The track configuration was as follows: 1 start/stop 1 intersection 2 bumps 1 hill 3 chicane 11 straight 18 curves The Freescale Cup Qualification Race at the University of Padova in Vicenza, on the campus of the University of Vicenza will be held on February 9th, 2015: Location of the race: University of Vicenza Viale Margharita 87 36100 Vicenza / Italy Università a Vicenza Location of the event: Room #3 Limited car parking available, please send vehicle type, name of the driver and license plate to allow entry into the parking : [email protected] Contact at location: Prof. Roberto Oboe +39 0444 998844  [email protected] Recommended Hotels: Vicenza Youth Hostel http://www.ostellovicenza.com/site/en/ Hotel Key http://www.key-hotel.it Agenda of the event Monday February 9th, 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.

The Freescale Cup Qualification Race at the University of Iasi in Romania, at the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering was held on March 24th, 2015. With great success, the teams have trained and raced on the Freescale Cup track for the qualification to the EMEA finals. The track statistics are: 1 Start/Stop 22 Curves 9 Straight 2 Bumps 1 Chicane 2 Crossings 1 Hill The qualification results are: Institution Team Name Lap Time University of Craiova - Qualified for EMEA Finals FasTech-UCV 19.4s University of Craiova - Qualified for EMEA Finals INNOV-Team 19.5s National University of Odessa - Qualified for EMEA Finals Wonderbolts 21.8s University of Craiova JFL 23.8s University of Craiova Insane Drivers 25.9s Location of the race: University of Iasi, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering Address Str. Prof. dr. doc. Dimitrie Mangeron, nr. 27, IAŞI, cod 700050, ROMÂNIA Access website http://www.ace.tuiasi.ro/ Google maps location: http://goo.gl/Hh191D Location of the event: Room AC01 and Faculty’s lobby. Limited car parking available. Contact at location: Conf. Dr. ing. Elena ȘERBAN +40727379185  [email protected] Recommended Hotels: Hotel Il Primo http://www.ilprimo.ro/ Hotel Ceramica http://www.hotelceramicaiasi.ro/ Hotel Dorobanti http://www.hoteldorobanti.ro/ Hotel Tudor Palace http://www.hoteltudorpalace.ro/ Agenda of the event Tuesday March 24th, 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.

Great news!!! Get ready to race with MCUXpresso code libraries for Alamak. Find more about MCUXpresso at Welcome | MCUXpresso SDK Builder  Or access via GitHub at GitHub - igalloway/NXP-Cup-MCUX: NXPCUP MCU Xpresso starter software