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The pages are being reorganized to better support multiple languages. All pages that were currently in English are being renamed with a prefix "en:" Pages that had prefixes "k40:", "overview", or "qorivva:" will be made into the page name. For example- k40:pagename will be renamed to en:k40-pagename Sorry for any saved bookmark broken links this may cause.
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A microcontroller includes a microprocessor (CPU) as well as a number of other components like RAM, flash and EEPROM to store your programs and constants. While a microprocessor requires external devices to control things like input/output, or timers to implement periodic tasks, and digital to analog converters, a microcontroller is all inclusive. Contrast this all-in-one approach with a typical personal computer which contains an INTEL or AMD CPU, as well as separate chips for RAM, a separate video card, a dedicated hard drive, silicon chips or PCI circuit boards to enable the processor to access USB, serial and video card signals Microcontroller pins are general purpose, whereas CPU pins are specific. This means that each pin is tied to a multiplexer which you must set to choose the particular use for the pin. For example, in a microcontroller, one pin pin might be re-purposed for the following tasks 1. The output of a timer 2. Send a signal to a motor 3. Receive an input from a sensor or analog device Basic Concepts Covered Thus far: Blink an LED - overview of GPIO and setting up the microcontroller Drive a Motor - using the Timer and PWM modules of the microcontroller Turn a Servo - More details on using timer modules and PWM to control a servo Obtain Data from the Line Scan Camera - ADC Setup and GPIO Bit Blasting to create clock and pulse signals controlling the line scan camera I2C tutorial - Using I 2 C to communicate with various sensors using the K40 Button - An overview of how to implement a simple button Additional Concepts we would like to add to the Wiki: Timer Modules PWM watchdog-timer memory
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'''Topics we want to cover''' Advanced Components Accelerometer Gyro Ultra-sonic Temperature Humidity Pressure GPS Power Efficiency Modes Serial I/O SD Card Terminal Debugger Bluetooth Wifi RF - Zigbee Capacitive Touch Memory Data Logging Graphics Segmented Display TFT DSP CMSIS A/D conversion Advanced Motor Control Three Phase Motor Control Motor Synchronization
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  Overview: The NXP Cup is a global competition where student teams build, program, and race a model car around a track for speed. The fastest car to complete the track without derailing, wins. The creation of this autonomous car requires: Embedded software programming and basic circuit creation using NXP parts included in the entry kit Students to create motor control hardware and software to propel and steer their intelligent car Students must also interface to a camera to navigate the car through the race course by following the guide line. This competition lends itself well to use in senior design/capstone project courses.  The contest time frame can fit within the average 3-4 month semester.  Most development work can be done easily within that timeline. History: The NXP Cup Challenge is a collaborative, competitive, and hands-on way for students to learn about embedded systems and control. The NXP Cup, formerly known as the Smart Car Race began in 2003 in Korea at Hanyang University hosting 80 teams of students. Since that time the competition has spread to China, India, Malaysia, Latin America, North America, and most recently Europe in 2012, impacting more than 500 schools and 15,000 students a year. In 2010 it took the name of the Freescale Cup followed by NXP Cup after the most recent merger in December 2015.
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TFC2015 UCDavis Team The One Final Report Thanks for sharing Lance Halste
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"What's the difference between all these Freedom boards?" First, let's talk about the givens.  All Freedom boards will have the following: -OpenSDA Debug Interface -Pin layout to accept any Arduino(R3) shield -Multiple Power Options (USB, Battery or External) -The Cortex-M0+ family excels at low-power operation!! Now for the bells and whistles: FRDM-K20D50M FRDM-KL25Z FRDM-KL26Z FRDM-KL05Z FRDM-KL02Z FRDM-KE027Z FRDM-KL46Z Core MHz Flash/RAM/FlexMem Cortex-M4 50 128K/16K/32K Cortex-M0+ 48 128K/16K Cortex-M0+ 48 128K/16K Cortex-M0+ 48 32K/4K Cortex-M0+ 48 32K/4K Cortex-M0+ 20 64K/4K Cortex-M0+ 48 256K/32K Typ. Operating Voltage 3.3V 3.3V 3.3V 3.3V 3.3V 5V 3.3V Capacitive Touch Slider :smileycheck: :smileycheck: :smileycheck: :smileycheck: :smileycheck: :smileycheck: :smileycheck: RGB Led :smileycheck: :smileycheck: :smileycheck: :smileycheck: :smileycheck: :smileycheck: :smileycheck: Light Sensor :smileycheck: 3-Axis Acceleromter :smileycheck: :smileycheck: :smileycheck: :smileycheck: :smileycheck: :smileycheck: :smileycheck: Magnometer :smileycheck: IrDA :smileycheck: Thermistor :smileycheck: LCD Display :smileycheck: Switches 2 mbed Enabled :smileycheck: :smileycheck: List Price (USD) $18.00 $12.95 $15.00 $12.95 $12.95 $12.95 $15.00 Link to Product Page :smileyinfo: :smileyinfo: :smileyinfo: :smileyinfo: :smileyinfo: :smileyinfo: :smileyinfo: If you would like me to add anything to the matrix, post to the comments section below!
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For those of you wanting to move to 32-bit but miss the ability to whip out that protoboard for a little late night wiring session check out the Teensy 3.0 board from PJRC. http://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy3.html I should also note that this project was featured on kickstarter with a $5K goal and recieved over $70K in backing!!!  Nice.
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A simple demo code for TWR-K60D100
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The TRK-MPC560xB: MPC560xB StarterTRAK (Development Kit) is a Freescale evaluation board powered by the qorivva chip. The Qorivva microcontrollers family is a set of 32 bit Power Architecture chips. Which Chip do you have? The chipset mounted on the boards for the Freescale Cup can vary. Always validate your chipset to know it's full capabilities. MPC560xB Product Information Page Difference Highlights: 5604B = 512MB Code Flash; no DMA 5606B = 1MB Code Flash; Has 16-Channel DMA 5607B = 1.5Mb Code Flash; Has 16-Channel DMA TRK-MPC5604B Hardware Setup There are several main hardware configuration steps. After installing the battery, once the USB cable has been connected between the evaluation board and PC, it may be necessary to update the chip firmware which requires moving a jumper pin on the evaluation board. TRK-MPC5604B Hardware Setup Instructions Lectures: The Freescale Cup – Lecture 5: MPC5607B Overview Overview Slides from lecture Overview Slides from Lecture (PDF) other Lectures from the Freescale Cup Lecture Series Other Qorivva Tutorials: qorivva-blink-led qorivva-drive-dc-motor qorivva-turn-a-servo qorivva-line-scan-camera Board Tips Important Documents TRK-MPC5604B User's Manual TRK-MPC5604BQuick Reference Guide TRK-MPC5604B Schematics Reference manual External Links TRK-MPC5604B Webpage [Qorivva Freescale Hosted Kinetis Discussion Forum] [ ???? Community Website]
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Check the following link for all the information for this file. Kinetis L - OpenSDA.pdf
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This article serves you as an introduction of Kinetis TWR K40 microcontroller. At the end of this part, you shall be able to answer some basic questions such as: what is Kinetis K40, and what is a Tower System. 2. Kinetis K40 32-bit Kinetis MCUs represent the most scalable portfolio of ARM® Cortex™-M4 MCUs in the industry. Enabled by innovative 90nm Thin Film Storage (TFS) flash technology with unique FlexMemory (configurable embedded EEPROM), Kinetis features the latest low-power innovations and high performance, high precision mixed-signal capability. For the Freescale Cup Challenge, we have provided several tutorials, example code and projects based on the twr-k40x256-kit. This board is part of the Freescale tower-system, a modular, reusable development platform that allows engineers to quickly prototype new designs. The K40 chip is a 144 pin package with 512KB of Flash, 245Kb of Program Flash, 4KB of EEProm, and 64KB of SRAM.      Important Documents:           Kinetis K40 Reference Manual           Besides the Reference manual and the Datasheet, the most useful document for learning to program the K40 chip is the:           Kinetis Peripheral Module Quick Reference           Data sheet           Errata      External Links           Freescale's Kinetis K40 Product Page (You can find all the information you want about Kinetis K40 over here) 3. TWR-K40X256 Kit The TWR-K40X256 Kit is a Freescale evaluation board powered by the Kinetis K40 microcontroller. The Kinetis microcontroller family is a set of 32 bit ARM Cortex M4 chips which feature flexible storage, lower power usage, high performance and optional Floating Point Unit with many useful peripherals. For more information on the Kinetis family see Freescale's Kinetis website. The Tower System is a prototyping platform with interchangeable and reusable modules along with open source design files. Freescale K40 MCU Tower Module: TWR K40X256 Hardware Setup There are several main hardware configuration steps. After installing the battery, once the USB cable has been connected between the evaluation board and PC, it may be necessary to update the chip firmware which requires moving a jumper pin on the evaluation board. TWR K40X246 Hardware Setup Instructions Board Tips The TWR-K40X256 features a socket that can accept a variety of different Tower Plug-in modules featuring sensors, RF transceivers, and more. The General Purpose TWRPI socket provides access to I2C, SPI, IRQs, GPIOs, timers, analog conversion signals, TWRPI ID signals, reset, and voltage supplies. The pinout for the TWRPI Socket is defined in Table 3 of the TWR-K40X256 User's Manual, but the user manual does not describe how to order a connector. A Samtec connector, part number: SFC-110-T2-L-D-A is the proper female mating connector for the TWR-K40X256 TWRPI socket. SIDE A/SIDE B White DOTS for counting Pins Solder Wire to GND, and to MCU VDD Pin for testing purposes      Important Documents           TWR-K40X256 User's Manual           TWR-K40X256 Schematics      External Links           TWR-K40X256-KIT Webpage           Kinetis Discussion Forum           Tower Geeks Community Website           Tower Geeks Freescale Cup Group .
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Model provided by the Mathworks Academic support team to manage wide angle lenses on the default Freescale Cup car camera.
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O Protótipo deste Robô foi desenvolvido com base em algumas informações do projeto Robô Curiosity da Nasa. O presente protótipo captura imagens por uma câmera wirelles e o sistema Labview tratará estas imagens. Possui comunicação RF e USB. Outras informações estão contidas no anexo.
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Tested race, TUSUR, Tomsk, Russia 😃
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     El juguete consiste en 3 botones de un tamaño adecuado. Cada uno precederá a una tira o serie de leds. El programa ejecutará una instrucción que creará una secuencia de valores aleatorios, los cuales, por así decirlo, descenderán por las tiras de leds. El niño tendrá que presionar los botones en el tiempo en el que la luz alcanza y permanece en el botón. Muy similar al videojuego Guitar Hero. El aumento de dificultad es mediante el aumento de la rapidez de juego; será regulada según la posición de un potenciómetro. También será posible decidir el número de botones a usar.      El modo de uso no se limita a las manos, podrá ser usado con los pies sin problema alguno. Para hacer eso posible cada botón será independiente de los otros dos, lo que permitirá el acomodo más ergonómico de los botones según las limitaciones de movilidad del niño. Para evitar el desplazamiento de los botones por la superficie: suelo, alguna mesa... los botones se fijarán a un tapete de Velcro.
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Instructions There are several main hardware configuration steps. Once the USB cable has been connected between the evaluation board and PC, it may be necessary to update the chip firmware which requires moving a jumper pin on the evaluation board. Then, connect one end of the USB cable to the PC and the other end to the Power/OSJTAG mini-B connector on the TWRK60N512 module. Allow the PC to automatically configure the USB drivers if needed. Before updating the firmware, it is necessary to start a CodeWarrior Project. In this case, the easiest way to do this is to actually navigate to the sample project and click on the Sample.mcp file. This will open CodeWarior 2.8. Selection Project->Build Configurations->MK40X256VMD100_INTERNAL_FLASH Project-»Build All Run->Debug Configurations—> Use the Codewarrior download Filter and Select "PROJECTNAME_MK40XD256VMD100_INTERNAL_FLASH_PnE_OSJTAG" Additional step is required if the firmware is out of date: Firmware Upgrade Instructions (if needed)   Firmware may change after an evaluation board has been manufactured and shipped. As a result, an alert will be displayed during the first attempt to download software to the board. Follow the instructions carefully. 1.     Unplug the USB cable.   2.     Look for the jumper (On the REV B Board) labeled "OSBDM_IRQ" - it is jumper 35. It will be found between the on/off switch and to the right of the the white "Lin" connectors. Remove one of the "LED Enable" jumpers for this if you don't have a   header jumper handy and put the jumper on the OSBDM_IRQ header These LED Jumpers are just above the blue potentiometer knob and marked as "J27."   3.    Reconnect the USB cable and click OK.   4.     Wait for the new firmware to download. 5.     A new dialog will appear when the process is complete.  6.    Unplug the cable, remove the jumper, return it to the location it was "borrowed from" and reconnect the cable. 7.    Then click OK.
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There are several programs on the market which are freely available. Below is a list of the more popular [free] ones.  Eagle PCB 123
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