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Freescale Semiconductor Articles
5W charging & side watt communications with portable devices
Built to automotive grade specifications, this Qi compliant wireless charging reference design charges up devices in the car.
Reference design reduces time-to-market for IoT applications
Supporting a wide range of applications, an IoT gateway reference design has been introduced by Freescale Semiconductor. The reference design, developed with TechNexion, is suitable for IoT applications requiring performance and reliability, including building/home management, smart cities and networked industrial services.
Solid-state RF power transistors modernise microwave ovens
The 250W MHT1003N and 350W MHT1002N RF power transistors, designed for consumer and commercial microwave oven appliance OEMs, have been released by Freescale Semiconductor. While the MHT1003N provides 58% power added efficiency for 2.45GHz microwave oven applications, the MHT1002N provides 63% for 915MHz microwave applications.
Tire pressure monitoring sensor iPad display demo
Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) help drivers with precise direct tire pressure measurement by providing individual tire readings - including the spare. Freescale’s world’s smallest, lowest-power, with highest memory for customer use TPMS is highly integrated with a pressure sensor, temperature sensor, accelerometer, MCU and a transmitter.
Kinetis MCU enablement: Kinetis SDK
This video provides an overview of the Software Development Kit (SDK) for Kinetis MCUs.
System simplifies the development of RF power applications
An integrated RF power application development system, designed to simplify the development of RF power applications, has been introduced by Freescale Semiconductor. The RF Power Tool system integrates multiple RF bench tool capabilities into a single box, reducing the need for a full bench of RF evaluation equipment.
'Industry's first' plastic-housed amplifiers with VSWR >65:1
The MRFE6VP5150 and MRFE6VP5300, plastic packaged power amplifiers designed for harsh environments, has been introduced by Freescale Semiconductor. These amplifiers are claimed to be the industry’s first devices to be housed in over molded plastic packaging with a VSWR rating of more than 65:1.
RF power solutions target advanced wireless infrastructure
Freescale Semiconductor has announced 2nd gen Airfast RF power solutions. The company has claimed that this generation of devices deliver a new level of performance for advanced wireless infrastructure equipment, including GSM/UMTS, CDMA/W-CDMA, LTE, and TD-LTE applications.
3-axis accelerometer targets industrial motors and equipment
Following the recent shipment of the company's two-billionth sensor, Freescale Semiconductor has announced a high-bandwidth 3-axis analogue accelerometer. The FXLN83xxQ has been designed to detect ultra-high frequency motion and vibration in industrial motors and equipment.
2W power amplifier reduces design time and costs
Covering all frequency bands between 1500 and 2700MHz, the MMZ25333B 2W integrated power amplifier has been introduced by Freescale. The amplifiers operate with a 5V supply and deliver more than 40dB of gain, supporting any cellular standard operating at this frequency - including GSM, 3G, 4G and LTE.
Kinetis MCU Enablement: Kinetis SDK
This video provides an overview of the software development kit for Kinetis MCUs.
Addressing the challenges of designing for the IoT
Geoff Lees, Senior Vice President and General Manager of MCUs, and Tom Deitrich, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Digital Networking, discuss the Internet of Things and how Freescale is handling the demand for more smart devices to be connected.
Experience the Freescale concept car
Experience the Freescale concept car which demonstrates automotive system solutions for engine control, motor (small and large) control, lamp control, radio, digital cluster, gauge drivers, TPMS, touch control, surround view camera, media player and fast boot Linux.
3-Phase BLDC Motor Driver with Kinetis-E MCU for eBikes
Explore the MC34937, an industrial-grade 3-phase gate pre-driver for BLDC and PMSM motor control. The MC34937 can support 12V, 24V, and 36V motor control applications and easily interfaces to standard MCUs and DSPs. The demo shows the implementation of the MC34937 with Kinetis E MCUs in a 36V battery-operated electric bike (eBike) application. This same system can be modified to be used in other industrial applications such as electric garden too...
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Programmable solenoid controller reduces emissions
Helping automakers comply with recent worldwide government regulations for improved fuel efficiency and new emissions standards, Freescale Semiconductor announce the MC33816 programmable solenoid controller. Designed to reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency for petrol and diesel direct fuel injection engines, the controller also suits driving dual clutch transmissions and precision solenoids in factory automation applications.
WaRP unleashes design innovation
Enabling the quick navigation of the evolving consumer wearables market, Freescale Semiconductor have released a Wearables Reference Platform providing OEMs the building blocks they need to rapidly develop a wide range of wearable product designs from a common platform.
RF power transistors cover all major cellular bands
Freescale Semiconductor's Airfast RF power solutions cover all major cellular infrastructure bands from 700-2700MHz. The AFT27S006N and AFT27S010N deliver peak power of 6W and 10W, respectively. Suited for macro base station MIMO applications rated up to 40W average power, the transistors can also be used as universal driver devices for a variety of additional RF applications.
CAN transceivers address EMC compatibility requirements
Delivering EMC performance and ESD robustness without the need for external components, Freescale’s MC33901 and MC34901 chokeless CAN high-speed physical layer transceivers offer low quiescent current down to 8 micro amps. Designed to address EMC and ESD requirements in harsh industrial and automotive environments, the devices also offer fail-safe features to assist with system functional safety.
Bigger isn't always better
Kinetis mini MCUs are a new category of Kinetis MCUs powered by ARM Technology and available in a variety of tiny wafer-level chip-scale packages, currently starting at just 1.9x 2mm2.