Freescale to Showcase Embedded Sensing, Control and Wireless Innovations at Embedded World 2007.Embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. Semiconductor Leader to Unveil 14 Product and Technology Demonstrations and Deliver Nine Technical Presentations NUREMBERG, Germany -- From multi-axis MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. sensors to DSP-powered video surveillance to 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) driving liquid crystal displays liquid crystal display (LCD) Optoelectronic device used in displays for watches, calculators, notebook computers, and other electronic devices. Current passed through specific portions of the liquid crystal solution causes the crystals to align, blocking the passage of light. , Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focuses their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedded and communications markets. will demonstrate its latest technology innovations at Embedded World 2007, Feb. 13-15. "Freescale's innovations in embedded technology touch virtually every aspect of people's lives every day all around the globe," said Juergen Weyer, vice president and general manager of Freescale's Transportation and Standard Products Group, Europe, Middle East and Africa. "With more than 5,700 patent families in the areas of networking, transportation, wireless, consumer and industrial applications, Freescale will highlight some of our most advanced semiconductor products and systems solutions at Embedded World 2007." Embedded World attendees visiting the Freescale booth (hall 12, stand 12-448) will meet Freescale's top technical experts and experience hands-on demonstrations of technologies and solutions that address a wide range of embedded application An application that permanently resides in an industrial or consumer device. Providing some type of control function and/or user interface, the software is typically stored in a non-volatile memory such as ROM or flash memory. challenges. Demonstrations * 8-bit microcontrollers for industrial applications - Freescale's latest 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) driving embedded design to greater cost and power efficiencies and the latest easy-to-use developer tool kits * High-performance embedded microcontrollers - A selection of ColdFire[R] MCU (1) (MicroController Unit) A computer on a single chip. See microcontroller. (2) (Multipoint Control Unit) A device that is used to moderate a videoconference of three or more end points (users at computers or groups of users solutions from low-end 32-bit devices to high-performance, highly integrated MCUs * Automotive microcontrollers - Freescale's broad range of automotive solutions, including Power Architecture[TM] technology-based engine management MCUs and 16-bit S12X MCUs for vehicle body control * Driver information - Freescale's MCU and processor solutions for dashboard and infotainment (INFOrmation enterTAINMENT) Refers to all the information and entertainment services delivered to the home, which are essentially telephone, TV and Internet access. connectivity, as well as emerging applications for driver assistance and adaptive cruise control An automotive cruise control system that automatically slows down the car if it is moving too close to the vehicle in front of it. A radar or laser unit located behind the grille determines the speed and distance of the vehicle in front. * Sensor solutions for consumer and industrial markets - The latest accelerometers and entry-level multiple axis sensors bringing sensor technologies to a wider range of applications, along with Freescale's proximity sensors in action * PowerQUICC[TM] communications processors - PowerQUICC II processors with the SnakeBytes Industrial Platform - a modular reference platform developed for industrial applications; the MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. 8544 PowerQUICC III device based on Power Architecture[TM] technology delivering extreme low power processing at 1 GHz * Industrial solutions eAE A flexible, modular reference platform based on the MPC8349 PowerQUICC II Pro processor targeting industrial applications * Video solutions eAE Next-generation video surveillance and video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. applications powered by the world's most sophisticated digital signal processor A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally in real-time computing. Characteristics of typical Digital Signal Processors
* Wireless solutions eAE Freescale's i.MX platform on display, accelerating development with multimedia reference platforms; Freescale enabled ZigBee[TM] platforms driving innovation around wireless monitoring, sensor and control applications; a daily presentation on i.MX multimedia applications processors based on ARM[R] cores (9 -9:30 am in the Microsoft booth, Hall 11, stand 318) * Radio frequency (RF) solutions eAE Freescale's innovative, high-power RF transistors for scientific, industrial and medical applications pushing the boundaries of RF performance * CodeWarrior[R] Development Studio eAE The foundation behind Freescale's software development tools, CodeWarrior Development Studio gives developers the benefit of common functionality across a broad range of Freescale microprocessors, microcontrollers and system-level platforms * Freescale development environments eAE OSEK OSEK Offene Systeme und Deren Schnittstellen für die Elektronik im Kraftfahrzeug (English: Open Systems and the Corresponding Interfaces for Automotive Electronics). , AUTOSAR AUTOSAR Automotive Open System Architecture OS and Automotive Grade Linux demonstrations; and a demo showing the effortless migration from 8-bit to 32-bit architectures that gives customers the freedom to grow their software as their application needs evolve Technical presentations Freescale technology and applications experts will deliver nine technical presentations during the Embedded World conference. Tuesday, Feb. 13 -- Milan Brejl, Martin Kaspar, "Synchronization of Multiple Devices over FlexRay in Real-Time Control Systems" 12 pm - 12:30 pm Central European Time (CET), Session 6: Network Technologies -- Gerald Kupris, "Mixing Wired and Wireless Networks - Ethernet and IEEE 802.15.4 / ZigBee" 12 pm - 12:30 pm CET, Session 8: Wireless Technologies I -- Martyn Gallop, "Emulated EEPROM on the Freescale MC9S12XE Family" 2 pm - 2:30 pm CET, Session 1: Embedded Systems Architecture Wednesday, Feb. 14 -- Milan Brejl, Martin Kaspar, "Motor Control as a Co-Processor Task" 9:30 am - 10 am CET, Session 11: Multicore Processing -- Daniel Malik, "Application Protection in Multi-processor and Multi-task Systems" 10 am - 10:30 am CET, Session 11: Multicore Processing -- Monica Elena Galatanu, "Linker Optimizations Framework" 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm CET, Session 12: Development Tools/Debugging Systems I -- Bo Lin, "Programming AES for High-speed Power Architecture" 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm CET, Workshop 3: Embedded Security and Cryptography Thursday, Feb. 15 -- Steve McAslan, "Techniques to Optimize Power Consumption in Microcontroller Applications" 9:30 am - 10 am CET, Session 23: Microprocessor Architectures and Cores -- Martin Markert, "The Microcontroller View on AUTOSAR" 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm CET, Session 30: Embedded Software in Automotive Applications -- Daniel Malik, "Direct Drive of Bare LCD Displays" 2 pm - 2:30 pm CET, Session 29: Visualisation, Human Interfaces About Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2006 sales of $6.4 billion (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). www.freescale.com Reader Inquiry Response: Freescale Semiconductor P.O. Box 17927 Denver, CO 80217 USA Freescale[TM] and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. [c] Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2007. |
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