Yet Another Embedded Microprocessor: Freescale Vybrid

26 May 2013

Vybrid controller solutions are built on an asymmetrical-multiprocessing architecture. The other night I went to the Avent/Freescale Vybird roll out, I figured that since it was taking place at a bar, I could score a few beers, and get some info. We to my supprise I won is the TWR-VF65GS10 (CPU), TWR-SER, and the TWR-ELEV. The TWR- parts are parts of a tower system. The CPU card has two processors, an ARM Cortex-A5 and Cortex-M4. The A5 comes with a Linux distro on a SSD card. The M4 run a RTOS such as MQX. All of the software is downloaded from freescale. Tower kits run from about $100 to $300.

Features:

Dual heterogeneous core: ARM Cortex-A5 at 500 Mhz
and Cortex-M4 at 167 Mhz
Dual USB 2.0 OTG with integrated PHY
Dual Ethernet 10/100 MAC with L2 switch
Video/Camera Interface Unit with optional OpenVG accelerator
Display controller supporting resolutions up to XGA (1024x768)
High-assurance boot with Crypto Acceleration
Up to 1.5 MB on-chip SRAM and Dual SDIO
1 Gb x 16 DDR3
2 Gb x 16 NAND
Dual Quad-SPI with eXecute-In-Place (XIP)
Dual 12-bit ADC and DAC
Accelerometer

There seems to be a solid 3rd party support for both the hardware and the software as well as a user fourm. It seems that this kit might be in my future.

Keep Tuned in More to Come!

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