The MMA6900Q and MMA6901Q are dual axis, low g, xy sensors based on Freescale’s HARMEMS technology with an embedded DSP ASIC allowing for additional processing of digital or analog signals. The MMA6900Q has a ±3.5g full-scale range per axis and the MMA6901Q has ±5g full-scale range per axis.

Automakers continue to raise the bar with their new vehicle designs, delivering improved fuel economy and lower emissions to address consumer expectations and government regulations. High-performance microcontrollers (MCUs) play a key role in green automotive design, and Freescale Semiconductor today announced the first of several powerful multicore automotive MCUs that help make it easier for automotive designers to improve engine efficiency and...

Freescale Semiconductor is expanding its broad portfolio of wireless connectivity solutions with the new ultra-low-power, sub-1 gigahertz (GHz) MC12311 smart radio. The feature-rich, cost-effective MC12311 includes software and development tool support, making it a ready-to-go wireless networking solution ideal for smart metering, medical, building and home automation applications.

Freescale Semiconductor has introduced an RF power LDMOS transistor that combines the industry's highest output power and efficiency with the greatest ruggedness of any competitive device in its class designed for UHF broadcast television applications.

Freescale Semiconductor is now sampling the first base station-on-chip products built on its innovative QorIQ Qonverge multimode platform. The new QorIQ Qonverge PSC9132 system-on-chip (SoC) for picocell and PSC9130/31 SoCs for femtocell base stations share a single, scalable architecture that simultaneously supports multiple air interfaces, providing operators and OEMs future-proof, highly integrated heterogeneous solutions that help minimize po...

Freescale Semiconductor announced new automotive sensor modules for its popular Tower System development platform. The new modules are designed to help engineers rapidly design and build innovative automotive applications, such as airbags, electronic stability control, electric parking brakes, tilt angle measurement and engine control systems.

Freescale Semiconductor announced two new families of five-volt (5V) 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) with excellent durability and reliability for automotive and industrial applications. Scalable and compatible with existing devices, these easy-to-use, entry-level MCUs are designed to help OEMs get to market quicker with a lower bill of materials.

Freescale Semiconductor and the Bosch Group's Automotive Electronics division have combined their leading positions in automotive electronics and systems expertise to create an automotive airbag reference platform for the growing automotive safety segment in emerging markets such as India and China.

Get insight on technology used for automotive radar, including what's used in rescue helicopters for situation awareness and obstacle warning. The demo features a 16-channel 77GHz with 2D LCD display of scene infront of RADAR sensor.

Steve Nelson, Director of Americas Marketing at Freescale, shares how NASCAR is adopting a new, greener fuel injection system and what this means to the sport.

The S12 MagniV portfolio of mixed-signal microcontrollers helps streamline your automotive engineering by offering smart, optimized integration of high-precision analog components with the proven S12 MCU.

Freescale's Robert Thompson shows how software companies are helping users put tablets to work in the workplace. QuickOffice, for example, allows you to access a Microsoft attachment from an Android based device. Another example is SplashTop, which allows you to remote desktop back to your desktop in the office. See some specific examples in action!

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Next-generation Qorivva 32-bit microcontrollers optimized for complex, cost-sensitive instrument cluster applications

32-bit MPC5604E MCU incorporates Ethernet connectivity and video compression to help reduce costs, bringing safer, more efficient parking to a broader range of vehicle models.

Freescale Semiconductor today announced a new Qorivva 32-bit microcontroller (MCUs) built on Power Architecture(R) technology designed to make the surround-camera parking assist systems traditionally found in more expensive luxury cars more affordable and accessible for a broad range of vehicles.

The first device in Freescale Semiconductor's MC1323x family optimized for consumer applications using ZigBee(R) RF4CE technology is now available in production quantities. A MC1323x development kit with integrated Synaptics TouchPad technology is also available to help accelerate design cycles and ease the migration from infrared (IR) to radio frequency (RF) technology.

Shorter development cycles and faster time to market are crucial for Freescale Semiconductor’s automotive electronics customers, particularly in emerging markets. With this in mind, Freescale today announced a new line of development kits, called StarterTRAK, for its Qorivva 32-bit microcontrollers. Three StarterTRAK kits are now available for order.

Freescale Semiconductor has expanded its alternator regulator portfolio with the new TC80310, a single-chip alternator regulator integrated circuit (IC) that integrates local interconnect network (LIN) to provide increased control for automotive alternators.

Freescale Semiconductor is making enterprise class features for security networking equipment available to small-medium businesses (SMB) with its new QorIQ P2041 quad-core processor. Targeting unified threat management (UTM) security appliances, the P2041 delivers up to 10 Gb/s performance in smaller, less expensive form factors such as the 1U chassis.