By Tom Thompson – No, this article is not about a missing Lord of the Rings movie. (Although that would be cool.) It’s about the fact that Freescale microcontrollers (MCUs) and microprocessor units (MPUs) based on Power Architecture technology are now part of the designer’s toolkit when using the Freescale Tower System platform for embedded systems development.
September 21, 2011 – 1:40 pm
By Michael Stanley — In “Sensor fusion with the MMA8451 accelerometer and MAG3110 magnetometer”we explored the RD4247MAG3110 Sensor Toolbox hardware kit. That kit, pictured below is typical of the Freescale Sensor Toolbox in that it is composed of a 3 board stackup (communications board, adapter board and sensor-specific board).
September 19, 2011 – 3:59 pm
By Jim Trudeau – Freescale covers a lot of territory horizontally – industrial, consumer, networking, medical … the list is long. Our technological breadth and depth is immense as a result. We’re famous for it. So what? You are always right to ask, “What’s in it for me?” Well, our technical scope serves you well. [...]
By Jim Trudeau – The Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) for the Americas is done for this year, and with it the on-site Make It Challenge. It really was a good time! A whole lot of robots walked, danced, and boogied. Rescue vehicles roamed. Great ideas saw the light of day. Thousands of dollars (US) in prizes [...]
By Eric Gregori Last week at the San Jose Embedded System Conference, Freescale released FSLBOT and the TWR-MECH boards. To celebrate the release of these development platforms, Freescale announced its Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) Make It Challenge Mechatronics Robot track. The Mechatronics Robot track is one of two tracks in the Make It Challenge. The [...]
By Jim Trudeau As one of the “software guys” in a hardware company I have a pretty easy job representing customer needs. It’s really a no-brainer. Without software, the boards are hard to use. The only way we do well is to give you what you need to get up and running quickly. At the [...]
By Jim Trudeau Legos® building blocks postdate my childhood. I’m happy to say, Legos were around when my son was growing up, and he (of course they were for him) had a LOT of them. The sense of innovation and discovery were wonderful. We had a blast. That same sense of wonder still shows up [...]
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