January 26, 2012 – 12:56 pm
By Steven Dean – Home health hubs at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show created quite a stir, and was cited by EETimes as one of the top ten technologies that will shake the consumer electronics world.
There’s nothing more satisfying to know that your team’s efforts to enable not just one of the most significant trends in consumer electronics, but one of the most significant trends that we will all leverage to manage our health and literally change our lifestyles. I’m honored to be a small part of this. The EETimes article is referring to Freescale’s Home Health Hub Reference Design, which is what I fondly refer to as the “kitchen sink of connectivity”. With 5 radios and two wired connectivity options, it’s difficult to think of it otherwise. Front end connectivity includes a sub-gig radio, Bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy, ZigBee, and USB with the back haul supported by Ethernet and WiFi. Read More »
January 21, 2012 – 11:41 am
By Michael Stanley — Last week I was lucky enough to attend the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Freescale maintained a booth in the MEMS Tech Zone sponsored by the MEMS Industry Group (MIG), and I was on hand for much of the show. When I wasn’t actually manning the Freescale booth, I was wandering around, looking for great sensor technologies and applications. Which is, of course, the topic of this particular blog post.
My favorite product demo was the Parrot AR.Drone demonstration. This four rotor helicopter (pictured below) combines great hardware and software content to yield a unique experience.
Parrot AR.Drone
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January 19, 2012 – 2:13 pm
By Meera Balakrishnan – Roll out of the smart metering infrastructure and smart meters with communications capabilities bring energy efficiency to both utilities and consumers. The solution requirements vary by country but there are common requirements for consumers and utility companies – regardless of the geography. For example, utility companies must keep new infrastructure outlay costs extremely low and still eliminate the costs of meter reading and billing. Consumers need direct and greater control over their energy usage. Read More »
January 17, 2012 – 4:56 pm
By Yves Legrand – Here are 10 cool applications where you may want to use wireless charging:
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January 16, 2012 – 12:27 pm
By Rob Oshana – In a previous blog article, I discussed how data parallelism can increase the processing capacity of a multicore network router. Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP), where the cores execute the same data-plane code, is used to process multiple packet streams. Furthermore, when using Freescale’s QorIQ P4080 processor, the large caches possessed by each of its eight cores can, combined with the data parallelism, significantly boost throughput. However, not all network traffic accommodates this scheme. For example, packets whose quality of service (QoS) tags flag them for high priority and in-order delivery require expedited processing. Read More »
January 11, 2012 – 4:42 pm
By Rainer Makowitz — The Consumer Electronics Show 2012 is once again demonstrating to what extent consumer devices either enter the car or they get converted into their automotive equivalent and added to the feature list. The biggest expectations on value for the driver are in the field of infotainment and assist functions. Whether access to content from the cloud is desired or the factory-installed features must be augmented by downloadable apps, the key technology used is access to a wireless network infrastructure with its associated security challenges. Read More »
January 10, 2012 – 5:03 pm
By Glen Burchers – iPad2 or Kindle Fire? Macbook Air or Asus Zenbook? HTC Amaze 4G or Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G? When you’re laying down your hard-earned cash to buy gear that will perform and impress, which industry pundits do you trust to help you make the right choice?
Freescale is again holding our annual “Smart Mobile Device Pundit” contest. This is a reader’s choice award given to the top bloggers, editors, testers and gadget gurus of 2011. We’re looking for you to either vote for one of our current nominees, or suggest your own nominee. Vote early and often here during the week of CES and the following week. We’ll narrow the field to the top 20 and then have a final voting to award our coveted “Top Pundit” award.
Because, face it. Without these key advisors in our lives, we might all be watching Google TV and wearing Jawbone UP Wristbands.
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