Embedded System Design

Embedded System Components

System Integration

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
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Rapid Prototyping Solutions
Using Freescale Sensors with MQX
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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
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property of their respective owners. Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2010.
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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

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Software integration
headache
Integrated MQX Solution
$95K
of free
Software
Stable
Upgradable
Easy to maintain
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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