PHYTEC Features Freescale Vybrid Solutions In New phyCORE SOM With Heterogeneous Dual Core Support

The Vybrid device family, with low latency of communication between high-level operating systems such as Linux and MQX, brings together these two very different system paradigms within a single silicon.

The phyCORE-VFxxx SOM flexibly supports all the families in the Vybrid portfolio, which span from cost-effective single core ARM Cortex-A5 chips, to devices with large on-chip SRAM, up to highly integrated heterogeneous dual-core solutions that can serve industrial and general embedded markets.

PHYTEC production-ready SOM technology, combined with operating system Board Support Packages, provides a critical foundation so embedded designers do not have to develop their application from the ground up. Designing in a SOM reduces the complexity and scope of product developments, allowing OEMs to significantly reduce cost, time-to-market and design risk.

Features and specifications for the phyCORE-VFxxx SOM include the following:

Vybrid VF6xx, VF5xx controller solutions:
-Heterogeneous ARM Cortex processors
-ARM Cortex-A5 @ 450 MHz
-ARM Cortex-M4 @ 167 MHz (VF6xx only)
-Open VG 1.1 GPU

Memory:
-1.5 MB on-chip SRAM, 512 KB SRAM with ECC, 512 MB DDR3 SDRAM, 2 GB NAND, 128 MB SPI-NOR with XiP, 4 KB EEPROM
-Flash Expansion: 2x SDIO/MMC

Networking:
2x 10/100 Ethernet with L2 switch and IEEE 1588 PTP for Real-Time Ethernet

Vybrid VF6xx, VF5xx controller solutions:
-2x USB
-2x RS-232, 2x CAN, 4x I2C, 4x SPI, 2x QSPI, 4x PWM
-Audio (SAI, I2S, AC97, ESAI, SPDIF)
-16-bit bus interface
-External and on-chip RTC
-VIU for camera input
-4x Security TAMPER signals, 2x 10 channel 12-bit ADC, and 2x 12-bit DAC
-JTAG and BDM/Nexus port

Display:
-2x display controllers with support for 24-bit TFT displays up to SVGA
-Touch controller

Power:
3.3V supply, 3.3V I/O

Dimensions:
41x51 mm

Operating temperature:
-40 to 85°C

Operating System and Tool Support:
Timesys LinuxLink PRO Edition, ARM Development Studio 5 with multicore support, Linux and MQX Board Support Packages.

The phyCORE-VFxxx will be available in a PHYTEC Development Kit. The kit includes the SOM, carrier board, Toolchain, and Board Support Packages. The carrier board serves as a starting point for design of target hardware. The kit provides an immediate platform on which to develop application code that can be seamlessly integrated along with the SOM into prototype, pre-production, and production systems. OEMs with aggressive timelines or limited resources can employ PHYTEC's full range of design services that include: embedded hardware design; Linux, Windows Embedded and Android adaptation; and complete turnkey designs.

Michael Mitezki, Chief Executive Officer of PHYTEC, said “PHYTEC is pleased to extend our board-level support to the Freescale Vybrid family of devices. This device family represents a convergence of powerful ARM-based processing with features that are well-suited for deep embedded applications. The phyCORE-VFxxx addresses the classic, real-time industrial control and automation vertical that has long been an important part of PHYTEC’s market base.”

Luke Smithwick, Global Operations and Business Manager at Freescale, commented We've built our new Vybrid solutions to address the enormous challenge of adding advanced user interfaces to applications that traditionally have been focused on real-time control. With the Vybrid platform, Freescale is going beyond silicon to provide a full software-hardware solution, making it easier and faster for our customers to develop systems that need rich applications in real time.