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Testing out Zephyr RTOS on a NXP LPCXpresso55S69 Development Board (LPC55S69-EVK)

BigG

Table of Contents Introduction Key concepts about the Zephyr RTOS ecosystem Installing Zephyr-RTOS on your computer Blinky and beyond (looking at some of the samples provided) Let's start with Blinky Having a play with PWM Interfacing with I2C ...
- 6 Jul 2025
Your Knowledge of NXP’s FRDM Development Board Ecosystem Could Score You a Handheld O-Scope

Catwell

(Image credit: NXP) Anyone who has ever used a microcontroller for project builds has probably come across development boards that promise speed, flexibility and low power but have come up short, especially if they need to scale. NXP’s FRDM De...
- 26 Jun 2025
Share your FreeMASTER dashboard designs, get a board: #FreeMASTERdash

yoSoyTono

Calling all freemaster fans! Are you an experienced FreeMASTER user (who has already created custom dashboards) or an HTML/Javascript coder (who is new to this great tool and keen to share your creative ideas)? We are giving away 50 evaluation boards...
- 4 May 2020
True Transistor/Memory Hyrbids Could Be The Future Of Microprocessors

CharlesGantt

As our ability to shrink the size of transistors begins approaching the atomic wall, researchers have had to shift more of their focus on making chips more efficient in both power consumption, and the speed at which the chips can process data. One wa...
- 4 Feb 2020
NFC Software Integration II: How to integrate NFC controllers in Linux

mubeen.abbas

In the previous blog of September 2019, we covered the software integration of NFC frontends in Linux. We discussed about how NFC frontend offers a host interface and a contactless interface. In this blog we talk about the software integration o...
- 28 Jan 2020
Ways of Getting Support from NXP Engineers When Using NXP Microcontrollers/Processors

leo_

Microcontrollers can be complicated, to be honest, understanding how a microcontroller works is critical to a perfect system level design. In addition, understanding the IPs and how a microcontroller can best fit into your application in order to max...
- 14 Oct 2019
Choosing the right MCU or MPU for your design

yoSoyTono

Microcontrollers (MCUs) and Microprocessors (MPUs) are nowadays vital for a wide range of industrial and automotive applications: from motor control to infotainment systems and auto body control solutions. Therefore, selecting the right MCU or MPU fo...
- 20 Jun 2018
New riotboard.org website released

MAb

It's Live!The brand new www.riotboard.org website has been released. In this new comprehensive website, you'll find much more information on your precious development board: - Home: general overview- Hardware: everything about technical fea...
- 16 Jun 2015
FTF Austin, TX (22-25 June)

MAb

Freescale Technology ForumJune 22 - 25, Austin, TX With four days, eight tracks and over 350+ hours of sessions, attend FTF to keep your skills and tech knowledge current Nearly 200 product and solution experts across 8 industry tracks 350+...
- 8 Jun 2015
[Video] Securing the Internet of Things

MAb

As the Internet of Things gains momentum, the future will rely on a secure, embedded network. With over 50 years of security expertise, Freescale is the only supplier providing secure solutions from the end node, to the network, to the cloud. Wa...
- 8 Jun 2015
Convince an entire generation of school children that STEM is cool

MAb

How do you convince an entire generation of school children that STEM is cool? You let them experiment. Along with 25 other tech companies, including ARM, Samsung, and Microsoft, Freescale is working with the BBC to provide kids across the UK wi...
- 30 Mar 2015
Sensor Fusion

MAb

Interested to understand how a self-driving car work? It's called Sensor Fusion. There's more information here Here's how the sensors feed the brain of the car to keep you and your family safe.S32V234 Sensor Fusion Demo|Freescale
- 18 Mar 2015
Internet of Tomorrow Tour truck at SXSW (Austin, TX)

MAb

Freescale's John Dixon (Director, Corporate Marketing) shares a few of the 120 IoT demos on board our triple-decker Internet of Tomorrow Tour truck at SXSW Interactive this week. Watch the interview (video - 3 mn 40s) on my Fox Austin web site :...
- 18 Mar 2015
Tower getting higher and higher!

MAb

The Freescale Tower System has won the 21st Annual EDN Innovation Award in the “Development Kits, Reference Designs, and Single-Board Computers” category. The Freescale Tower System is a development platform that enables users to test-dri...
- 16 May 2011
The e-reader paradox

MAb

E-book readers require high performance, even to just display text.Franck Nicholls, Freescale Semiconductor -- EDN, April 7, 2011 Many people assume that e-book readers require only minimum processing power to render a basic text page, but this assum...
- 3 May 2011
Freescale introduces industry's first multimode wireless base station processor family that scales from small to large cells

MAb

New QorIQ Qonverge portfolio integrates leading DSP and communications processor technologies to realize true “base station- on-chip” BARCELONA, Spain (Mobile World Congress 2011) – Feb. 14, 2011 – Freescale Semiconductor – the...
- 10 Mar 2011
Freescale 's new Xtrinsic sensing solutions

PBrunner

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- 13 Jul 2010