System Integration to Single Window Solutions Texas Instruments: LaunchPad: Microcontroller based evaluation boards and kits BeagleBoard: ARM based evaluation boards and kits DSP development and evaluation modules Atmel Corporation: ARM processors based SAM series AVR microcontroller based ATmega series Freescale Semiconductors: Tower System Freedom Development Platform SABRE Platform StarterTRAK Development Boards for Automotive Customized EBS TM Freescale, the Freescale logo, AltiVec, C-5, CodeTest, CodeWarrior, ColdFire, C-Ware, mobileGT, PowerQUICC, StarCore, and Symphony are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. BeeKit, BeeStack, CoreNet, the Energy Efficient Solutions Logo, Flexis, MXC, Platform in a Package, Processor Expert, QorIQ, QUICC Engine, SmartMOS, TurboLink and VortiQa are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2010. Rapid Prototyping Solutions Using Freescale Sensors with MQX TM Freescale and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2010. 6 6 Kinetis Enablement Bundle Freescale MQX + MCU + Tower System + CodeWarrior IDE Comprehensive solution for embedded control and connectivity Open source hardware platform for prototyping application development Visual and automated framework to accelerate development time Modular, expandable and cost- effective development platform for 8/16/32-bit MCUs and MPUs Rapid eval and prototyping with maximum HW reuse. Supported by a diverse range of MCU and peripheral plug-in boards and a growing web community Eclipse environment Processor Expert code generation wizard Build, debug and flash tools Software analysis Kernel-aware debug Host platform support
Free MQX RTOS MQX Core PSP & BSP + Full-featured, scalable, proven RTOS Simplifies HW management, streamlines SW development Reduces development costs while speeding time to market One-stop-shop for silicon, IDE & RTOS TM Freescale and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2010. 7 Freescale Bundled MQX RTOS Free Scalable, fully-featured and proven RTOS with 32-bit MCUs Full-featured and powerful BSPs incorporate tightly integrated RTOS, Middleware (USB, TCP/IP stacks), file system, and I/O drivers Designed for speed and size efficiency
Market proven Available on Freescale processors for > 15 years Used in millions of products including Medical and Heavy Industrial applications
Simple and scalable As small as ~10KB for smallest implementation, or scale up to support sophisticated networking and threading Intuitive API & modular architecture enables straight- forward fine-tuning of features Production source code provided
Similar to other pay-for software OS
7 Software integration headache Integrated MQX Solution $95K of free Software Stable Upgradable Easy to maintain TM Freescale and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2010. 8 8 The Freescale Tower System A modular development platform for 8/16/32-bit MCUs & MPUs Quickly combine Tower Modules to build a prototype of your application Modules sold individually or in kits Open Source: Build your own Tower Module to integrate your IP Cost-optimized hardware Software support from Freescale and Third Parties Growing community of Third Party hardware support On-line community: www.towergeeks.org
Primary Elevator Board Connectors MCU/MPU Module: Tower controller board Standalone or in Tower System Secondary Elevator Peripheral Module: Up to 3 per system: Serial, Memory, LCD,.. Mix & match with different MCU modules Support for all Kinetis MCUs! TWR-SENSOR-PAK TWR-LCD TWR-MEM Rapidly build a prototype of your end application