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CSCI E-251, Fall 2012 - Final Project Presentations - Kate Fischl

Harvard Extension School CSCI E-251, Fall 2012: Principles of Operating Systems Final Project Presentations Presentation by Kate Fischl
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‎04-03-2013 05:19 PM

CSCI E-251, Fall 2012 - Final Project Presentations - Introduction

Harvard Extension School CSCI E-251, Fall 2012: Principles of Operating Systems Final Project Presentations Introduction by Prof. James L. Frankel
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‎04-03-2013 04:30 PM

Freedom Board --- Warning about on-board Crystal / PLL

WARNING If you stumble across the "getting started page" FREEDOM BOARD / CORTEX M0+ GETTING STARTED Please take note: While working with a large number of Freedom boards in a course,  it was observed that the Init Clock Routines would *sometimes* not work.    *Some* of the crystals on the freedom boards do NOT like "HIGH_GAIN" mode.   change the line   pll_init(8000000, HIGH_GAIN, CRYSTAL, 4, 24, MCGOUT); to   pll_init(8000000, LOW_POWER, CRYSTAL, 4, 24, MCGOUT);
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‎03-18-2013 07:07 PM

Embedded World 2013: the show where Robots ruled the grounds

The Embedded World 2013 trade show was held last week (26-28 Feb) in Nuremberg. The exhibition attracted over 22,500 visitors (1.3% increase over 2012) of which 29% are from outside Germany. This year, for the 2nd time, Freescale presented its University Programs presentation in addition to its large demo booth in Hall 4A. The University Programs area is dedicated in linking the industry with the universities we partner with, showing demos and achievements from students related to today's Freescale technologies. This year we featured the following demonstrations: ROS (Robot Operating System) communication to a robotic arm and sensor array system featuring distributed computing system based on iMX535 platform from the University of Applied Sciences Georg-Simon-Ohm in Nuremberg Tennis game demonstration as teaching programming tool using the Kinetis K60 Tower system from the University of Applied Sciences of Munich IP Camera stabilisation system for drone system using MPC5604B Track Board from the University of Applied Sciences of Ingolstadt eCARus 2.0 2-seater electric buggy featuring i.MX and 16-bit automotive S12 technologies from the Technical University of Munich Rescue Robot for remote assistance in disaster areas using i.MX and 16-bit automotive S12 technologies from the Technical University of Ostrava FSLBOT mini robot demonstration running on ColdFire from the University of Applied Sciences in Landshut FSLBOT and other student robot projects running on Kinetis K60 Tower systems from the University of Applied Sciences in Deggendorf Here are a few pictures showing robots roaming the grounds and attracting the attention of several visitors. http://www.radio-electronics.com/articles/processing-embedded/embedded-world-2013-the-inside-74
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‎03-04-2013 11:35 PM

University Programs Presentation at Embedded World 2013

The Embedded World trade show is a European reference for Embedded Technologies. The exhibition and conference continues to grow and attract exhibitors and attendees from all regions of EMEA. Freescale has a large demonstration booth in Hall 4A and, for the 2nd year in a row, we also have a Freescale University Programs presentation area in the entrance all, right outside Hall 4A. The 25m2 demo space for the University Programs this year include robotics and automotive demonstrations from the following Universities: Technical University of Munich: eCARus electric buggy featuring S12 and Qorivva CAN & FlexRay automotive networks and i.MX display University of Applied Sciences Munich with K60 Tower kits running Pong tennis game University of Applied Sciences Ingolstadt with a MPC5604B 3 dimensional camera stabilization system mounted on a 6-copter drone University of Applied Sciences Deggendorf with Kinetis Tower mini-robots University of Applied Sciences Landshut with ColdFire FSLBOT University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg with a ROS communication robotic arm demo ported on i.MX535 Technical University of Ostrava with a search/rescue robot featuring i.MX31 HMI interface on remote control and HCS12 radar control system In addition we have a video presentation of the Freescale Cup.
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‎02-27-2013 12:29 AM

How to post a Project on the Community

1.  Go to community.freescale.com and Log in with your www.Freescale.com account, if you don´t have one, create one. 2.  Create a New Document 3.  Write your Project Name and a paragraph with a quick description of your project. Next, click the insert video icon to add your video of your project working. 4.  If your Project Report is less than 3 pages long, post it right below the video. If not, add it as Attachment. 5.  Also add your complete program project in a .zip file as an attachment. 6.  In the Category section, select if is a Student Project or other. 7.  In the Tags section, add any search words that can help anyone to find your project. Use University_Programs, your evaluation board name (ex. TWR-K40X256-KIT) and family (ex. Kinetis ). It is optional if you want to add your_university_name, region (ex. latin_america, emea), etc. 8.  In the Collaboration Options, add your team members if you want them to be able to edit it. And set Comments to be "Open". 9. Select Publish when you are done.
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‎02-12-2013 03:09 PM

University of Padova team representative training for the upcoming EMEA 2013 Finals

The Team from the University of Padova in Vicenza are working in getting their race car ready for the upcoming EMEA Finals that will be held in Paris on 26-27 March. They filed this short video on a make up track. Conditions were not the best so they had to scale down the speed.
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‎02-08-2013 01:18 AM

The Freedom Zumo Robot

Check the Freedom Zumo Robot designed with the Freedom Kinetis FRDM-KL25Z. Check the full development at The Freedom Zumo Robot | MCU on Eclipse
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‎01-31-2013 02:48 PM

The Freescale Cup Brazil 2012

The Freescale Cup Brazil 2012 Semifinal and Final National Competition was held on October 25th, 2012 in the Designing with Freescale Market Solutions Seminar Sao Paulo. Universities from all over the country participated in the challenge by creating a high-speed, autonomous, race of RC scale cars. Part of Freescale's University Programs to promote engineering in the classroom... Are you Ready to Participate?
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‎01-22-2013 02:29 PM

Freescale Cup China - Camera Car

One of the finalist vehicles for the Freescale Cup China 2012 event. In 2012, we switched the black lines to the outer edges for a new challenge twist for the students to adapt to.
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‎01-17-2013 08:41 AM

Freescale Cup China - Two Wheel Self Balancing Challenge 2012

Freescale Cup China - Two Wheel Self Balancing Challenge 2012 In China they have another tier of competition in which the cars must complete the track autonomously while balancing on the rear wheels. For this challenge they use a charged wire in the track for which to sense and navigate the vehicle by. Really cool!
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‎01-17-2013 08:37 AM

Recommended Academic Textbooks

Academic Textbooks Collection of textbooks related to or using Freescale processors and/or covering general embedded engineering concepts. Additional resources including lab manuals, sample projects and more are available in the Faculty Portal.  These resources are only available to to verified faculty partners. 32-bit Microprocessor and Microcontrollers Kinetis (ARM Cortex-M) Title: uC/OS-III The Real Time Kernel for the Kinetis Cortex M4 Author: Jean Labrosse ISBN:9780982337523 Publisher: Micrium Press Released: 2011 ColdFire™ (MC51xx, MC52xx, MC53xx, MC54xx) Title: ColdFire Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Author: Munir Bannoura, Rudan Bettelheim, Richard Soja ISBN: 0976297302 Publisher URL: www.amtpublishing.com Released: 2006 Power™ Architectures (MC5xx, MC55xx) Title: MPC5554/MPC5553 Revealed Author: Munir Bannoura, Richard Soja ISBN: 0976297353 Publisher URL: www.amtpublishing.com Released: 2005 Title: eTPU Programming Made Easy  **Now Available in Japanese Author: Munir Bannoura, Margaret Frances ISBN: 0976297310 Publisher URL: www.amtpublishing.com Released: 2004 Title: TPU Microcoding for Beginners Author: Amy Dyson, Munir Bannoura ISBN: Publisher URL: www.amtpublishing.com Released: 1999 Digital Signal Processing Title: DSP for Embedded and Real-Time Systems Author: Robert Oshana ISBN: 9780123865359 Publiser: Elsevier Released: 2012 Title: DSP Filter Cookbook (Electronics Cookbook Series) Author: John Lane, Jayant Datta, Brent Karley, Jay Norwood ISBN: 0790612046 Publisher URL:  No Data Released: 2004 Title: Digital Signal Processing Fundamentals Author: Ashfaq Khan ISBN: 1584502819 Publisher URL: www.oup.com/us/he Released: 2000 Title: Digital Signal Processing Applications with Motorola's DSP56002 Processor Author: Mohammed El-Sharkawy ISBN: 0135694760 Publisher URL:  No Data Available www.oup.com/us/he Released: 1996 Title: Foundations of Digital Signal Processing: Theory, Algorithms and Hardware Design Author: Patrick Gaydecki ISBN-10: 0852964315 ISBN-13: 978-0852964316 Publisher: IEE; General 32-bit topics Title: Modern Micoprocessors 3rd Edition Author: V. Korneev / A.Kiselev ISBN: 1584503688 Publisher URL: www.charlesriver.com Released: 2004 Title: Micrcontrollers and Microcomputers: Principles of Software and Hardware Engineering Author: Fredrick M. Cady ISBN: 0195110080 Publisher URL: www.oup.com/us/he Released: 1997 Title: Programming Microcontrollers in C Author: Ted Van Sickle ISBN: 1878707140 Publisher URL: Released: 1994 Title: Real-Time Programming: A Guide to 32-bit Embedded Development Author: Rick Grehan, Ingo Cyliax, Robert Moote ISBN: 0201485400 Publisher URL:  www.aw.com Released: 1998 Title: Embedded Systems Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction Author: Frank Vahid, Tony D. Givargis ISBN: 0471386782 Publisher URL:  No Data Available Released: 2001 Title: Microcontrollers in Practice Author: Marian Mitescu ISBN: 3540253017 Publisher URL:  No Data Available Released: 2005 Title: Embedded Systems Architecture: A Comprehensive Guide for Engineers and Programmers Author: Tammy Noergaard ISBN: 0750677929 Publisher URL:  books.elsevier.com/newnes/ Released: 2005 Title: MEMS: Applications Author: Mohamed Gad-el-Hak ISBN: 0849391393 Publisher URL:  crcpress.com Released: 2005 Title: High-Performance Embedded Computing: Architectures, Applications, and Methodologies Author: Wayne Wolf ISBN: 012369485X Publisher URL:  No Data Available Released: 2006 Title: Hardware and Computer Organization Author: Arnold S. Berger ISBN: 0750678860 Publisher URL:  www.elsevier.com Released: 2005 8- and 16-bit Microcontrollers HCS12 Title:  Microcontroller Programming For Engineers Author: Harlan Talley ISBN-13: 978-0-557-09570-4 Publisher URL: http://lulu.com Released: 2009 Title:  Learning by Example Using C – Programming the DRAGON12-Plus Author: Richard E. Haskell and Darrin M. Hanna ISBN: Publisher URL: http://www.lbebooks.com Released: Title:  Learning by Example Using C – Programming the mini DRAGON12 Author: Richard E. Haskell and Darrin M. Hanna ISBN: Publisher URL: http://www.lbebooks.com Released: Title:  HCS12 Microcontrollers and Embedded Systems Author: Muhammad Ali Mazidi, Danny Causey, Janice Mazidi ISBN: 978013672294 Publisher URL: http://www.pearsonhighered.com Released: 2008 Title: Assembly and C Programming for the Freescale HCS12 Microcontroller Second Edition Author: Fredrick M. Cady ISBN: 9780195308266 Publisher URL: www.oup.com/us/he Released: 2007 Title: The HCS12/9S12, An Introduction to Hardware and Software Interfacing Author: Han-Way Huang ISBN: 1401898122 Publisher URL: http://www.delmarlearning.com/electronics/ Released: 2006 Title: Embedded Microcomputer Systems: Real Time Interfacing 2nd Edition Author: Jonathan W. Valvano ISBN: 0534551629 Publisher URL: http://engineering.thomsonlearning.com/ Released: 2006 Title: MicroC/OS-II: The Real-Time Kernel Author: Jean J. Labrosse ISBN: 1578201039 Publisher URL: www.cmpbooks.com Released: 2002 HCS08 Title: Microcomputer Architecture - Low Level Programming Methods and Applications of the M68HC908GP32 Author: Dimosthenis E. Bolanakis, Euripidis Glavas, Georgios A. Evangelakis, Konstantinos T. Kotsis, Theodore Laopoulos ISBN: 978-960-93-4536-1 (English version of the book) ISBN: 978-960-357-101-8 (Greek version of the book: delivered with an educational board) Title: HCS08 Unleashed: Designer's Guide To the HCS08 Microcontrollers Author: Fabio Pereira ISBN-10: 1419685929 Publisher URL: http://www.booksurge.com/ Released: March 24, 2008 Title: Using Microprocessors and Microcomputers: The Motorola Family 4th Edition Author: William Wray, Joseph Greenfield, Ross Bannatyne ISBN: 0138404062 Publisher URL:  www.prenhall.com Released: 1998 Title: The Official Robosapien Hacker's Guide Author: Dave Prochnow ISBN: 0071463097 Publisher URL:  /www.mhprofessional.com Released: 2005 Title: Robot Building for Beginners Author: Dave Cook ISBN: 1893115445 Publisher URL:  http://www.robotroom.com Released: 2002 Title: Intermediate Robot Building Author: Dave Cook ISBN: 1590593731 Publisher URL:  http://www.robotroom.com Released: 2004 HC11/HC12 (Legacy Devices) Title: Software and Hardware Engineering Motorola M68HC12 Author: Fredrick M. Cady, James M. Sibigtroth ISBN: 0195110463 Publisher URL: www.oup.com/us/he Released: 2000 Title: Software and Hardware Engineering Motorola M68HC11 Author: Fredrick M. Cady ISBN: 0195110463 Publisher URL: www.oup.com/us/he Released: 1997 Title: MC68HC12 An Introduction: Software and Hardware Interfacing Author: Han-Way Huang ISBN: 0766834484 Publisher URL: http://www.delmarlearning.com/electronics/ Released: 2002 Title: MC68HC11 An Introduction: Software and Hardware Interfacing 2nd Edition Author: Han-Way Huang ISBN: 0766816001 Publisher URL: http://www.delmarlearning.com/electronics/ Released: 2002 Title: Programming the Motorola M68HC12 Family Author: Gordon Doughman ISBN: 0929392671 Publisher URL:  No Data Available Released: 2000 Title: Embedded Systems: Design and Applications with the 68HC12 and HCS12 Author: Steven F. Barrett, Daniel J. Pack ISBN: 0131401416 Publisher URL:  www.prenhall.com Released: 2004 Title: Introduction to Microcontrollers Architecture, Programming, and Interfacing for the Freescale 68HC12 Author: G. Jack Lipovski ISBN: 0124518389 Publisher URL:  books.elsevier.com Released: 2004 Title: Single and Multiple Chip Microcomputer Interfacing Author: G. Jack Lipovski ISBN: 0138105731 Publisher URL:  No Data Available Released:  No Data Available Title: Microcomputer Engineering, Third Edition Author: Gene H. Miller ISBN: 0131428047 Publisher URL: www.prenhall.com Released:  2003
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‎01-14-2013 09:47 AM

FREEDOM BOARD / CORTEX M0+ GETTING STARTED

Overview This document has links to videos to give tutorials on how to getting started *from scratch* with the freedom board.    In these tutorials we build projects with bare metal code to see how things work!   It includes the basics on how to get clocks running,  lights blinking and interrupts firing *from scratch*. For more code/peripheral examples that use a "bare metal" approach,  check out the page on the FRDM-TFC board. ERRATA!!!   While working with a large number of Freedom boards in a course,  it was observed that the InitClockRoutines would *sometimes* not work.    *Some* of the crystals on the freedom boards do NOT like "HIGH_GAIN" mode.   The new code is uploaded to this page but you could also change the code yourself:   pll_init(8000000, HIGH_GAIN, CRYSTAL, 4, 24, MCGOUT); to   pll_init(8000000, LOW_POWER, CRYSTAL, 4, 24, MCGOUT); Projects From Scratch for the Freedom Board with Codewarrior 10.3 Projects From Scratch - Part 2 - Importing other projects Using the Freescale Header Files and Blinking the LED Source code for video (Codewarrior 10.3) is in the attached files at the bottom of this document. Clock Distribution Source Code for the Clock Distribution video is in the attached files at the bottom of this document. Interrupts Part 1 - Background Interrupts Part 2 - ARM Systick Timer Source Code for the ARM Systick Timer video is in the attached files at the bottom of this document. Interrupts Part 3 - TPM (Timer Pulse Width Modulator) Overflow Source Code for the TPM Overflow Interrupts video is in the attached files at the bottom of this document
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‎01-13-2013 05:43 AM

Autonomous Parking scale-model car

Clip provided by: Hanyang University Korea One of the challenges of the Korea event is to have the cars self-park. This car is using the S12XE chipset.
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‎01-07-2013 08:30 AM

Freescale Cup Shield for the Freedom KL25Z

Overview The FRDM-TFC is a convenient "shield" that can drive up to two DC motors (5A per channel), two servos and I/O for the Freescale cup line scan camera and Hall effect sensors.  This board mates with the KL25Z Freedom board for primary usage with a Freescale Cup car. Features: 2 channel Motor Driver ICs (MC33887APVW) 2 channel servo Outputs Dual Linescan Camera interfaces Two inputs for speed sensors Two potentiometers for user functions Two push buttons for user functions 4 Position DIP Switch for user function 4 LEDs (green) for battery indicator or user functions Design Files Rev A is attached to this document. Rev B is attached to this document Code Examples Codewarrior "Bare Metal" Example Code: All Codewarrior based code examples for the FRDM-TFC are hosted on in a Subversion repository on Google Code: frdm-tfc -   Example code for the FRDM-TFC Shield - Google Project Hosting You can check out the code with your favorite SVN client.   Static releases are available in the attachments section of this page.  The current release is "R1.0" mbed.org Example Code: https://mbed.org/components/Freescale-Cup-with-FRDM-KL25Z/ Videos FRDM TFC EXAMPLE CODE GETTING STARTED FRDM-TFC_DEMO 0 and 1 FRDM-TFC_DEMO 2 and 3
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‎01-06-2013 05:28 PM

Japan 2012 Photographs and Video

Video Highlights of 2012 Competition Photographs from the Freescale Cup Japan 2012 competition.
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‎01-02-2013 10:41 AM

TWR-TFC-K20 Kinetis K20 Freescale Cup Tower Card

Overview: The TWR-TFC-K20  is an all-in-one tower CPU card that can be used to create an autonomous race vehicle for the the Freescale Cup.   It has all the interfaces necessary for the car to sense the track and control the vehicle    This card is also a great platform for teaching embedded systems.   The TWR-TFC-K20 uses a Freescale Kinetis K20 MCU and has some really cool I/O to keep students interested. Features: Servo Outputs 3-pin Header to connector directly to steering Servo 1 Extra Servo header. Camera Interfaces 1. 5-pin header to connect directly to a Freescale Line Scan Camera 2. Header for 2nd linescan camera (optional) 3. RCA Camera Interface. Includes an LMH1981 Sync Extraction chip and connection to MCU to allow for low resolution (64x64) image capture at 60FPS Power Accepts direct battery power – onboard switching regulator 5-18v All circuitry except for motor controller can be optionally powered over USB Connector DC Motor Drivers QTY 2 MC33887APVW : Dual, Independent 5A Motor Driving Circuit. Supports forward, reverse and braking. Independent control over each drive motor allows for an active differential implementation Current Feedback to MCU ADC to allow for closed loop torque control CPU/ Programming Integrated Kinetis MK20DN512ZVLL10MCU with OSJTAG Additional I/O Some basic I/O for debugging. 4-poistion DIP Switch + 4 LEDs + 2 pushbuttons. Inputs for Tach Signal/Speed Sensor Design Files Rev Beta [B] (Current Production version) Schematics, Assembly Prints, BOM, etc. - Includes 3d view Rev B Errata: None known! Example Code: All software relating to the TWR-TFC-K20 is held in an Google Code Subversion repository.   This is the only way the source is distributed.   Never used a version control system yet?   Now is the time to learn (Google is your friend)!   All "real" software development processes use some form of version control.  TortoiseSVN is a nice client for SVN! Google Code Repository: https://code.google.com/p/tfc-twr/ This code works with Rev B of the board. All major interfaces & peripherals have been tested. At some point we will make a video going through the code. By default, the Linescan camera code is enabled. The code in main.c is pretty easy to follow. There is also code for the NTSC camera but must enabled in the TFC_Config.h file via a pre-processor directive. There is also code used for the OSTAG interface, Labview demo applications and drivers for the USB Videos:
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‎12-28-2012 05:36 PM

Teensy3 - DIP package 32-bit device

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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‎12-12-2012 02:11 PM

Community Created Add-Ons for the Freescale Cup

Recommend accessories or post your own designs.  For the community by the community! Add your contributions in the comments section below.  As I filter through them I will move them up into this main document, so it is easier to browse. TFC Camera Mounts Designed by Wave Number Print these on demand via Shapeways.com Base Board Hinge Two Position Tower Elevator TWR-ELEV-2 — Wavenumber LLC - Link to the Store
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‎12-06-2012 10:16 AM

The Freescale Cup Brazil Finals 2012

Congratulations to the winning teams!! First Place Second Place Third Place Mach Pi- Universidade de Sao Paulo Poli - Gryphon- Universidade de Sao Paulo Zohan- Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina Final Time: 15.52 Final Time: 18.27 Final Time: 20.1 David Nissimoff Diego Negrao Coordinator: Vitor Nascimento William Ricardo Kishimoto Diniz Jéssica Barbosa Heluany Wesley Wein Chen Coordinator: Fuad Kassab Junior Jean Ribeiro Fernandes Marcus Vieira Soares Rodolfo Lauro Weinert Coordinator: Ana Watanabe *Download zip file for more pictures.
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‎11-07-2012 05:46 PM