Freescale Introduces Open Source, Scalable Wearable Reference Platform

Freescale Semiconductor has introduced an open source, scalable reference platform designed to help system designers more easily navigate the fast-growing consumer electronics wearable market. Compared to common platforms, the platform provides original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with the building blocks they need to quickly develop a wide range of wearable product designs.

Unlike other wearable solutions, this new platform is available in several models or product categories, and its highly flexible system-level design suite uses open source software to support embedded wireless charging and integrates processors and sensors into a hybrid architecture. For scalability and flexibility. The Wearable Reference Platform (WaRP) revitalizes multiple vertical industries, such as sports monitors, smart glasses, activity trackers, smart watches, and healthcare/medical applications.

Rajeev Kumar, director of global marketing and business development at Freescale Microcontrollers, said: "The wearable product is one of the ultimate edge node sensors for the Internet of Things and offers tremendous promise for device manufacturers, service providers and consumers. This new solution greatly simplifies the design and development of new wearable products that enable designers and original equipment manufacturers to turn product concepts into prototypes as quickly as the market changes."

According to Juniper Research's report, by 2018, smart wearables retail revenue is expected to reach $19 billion, compared to $1.4 billion in 2013. The company also pointed out that by 2018, the sales of smart wearable devices will reach 130 million, which is 10 times higher than the sales in 2013.

The Wearable Reference Platform (WaRP) addresses the top technical challenges (connectivity, ease of use, battery life and miniaturization) in many wearable markets, accelerates and simplifies product development, and enables developers to focus more on development. The product. The platform is based on the Freescale i.MX 6SoloLite ARM Cortex-A9 application processor, which is a core processing unit that supports the Android operating system and integrates production-grade chips, software and hardware. The BOM-opTImized hybrid architecture uses the Freescale Xtrinsic MMA9553 turnkey pedometer, the award-winning FXOS8700 electronic compass and the ARM Cortex-M0+ KineTIs KL16 microcontroller.

The Wearable Reference Platform (WaRP) is the result of a collaborative effort between Freescale, KyneTIcs and RevoluTIon Robotics. Kynetics provides expertise in platform software, and Revolution Robotics provides hardware for the solution. This scalable and modular platform meets the various usage patterns of the wearable market. When the market changes, this hybrid architecture-based platform enables customers to meet different, new vertical industry needs, and to adjust and customize the design from a hardware and software perspective, developing a product and even a complete product portfolio.

Development support

A non-profit, community-based organization will provide services and support for the wearable reference platform. The solution's hardware and software are open source and community driven. When used with open source resources, no development tools or license fees are required. In addition, the Wearable Reference Platform (WaRP) will have its own .org community to drive market innovation.

Supply

The wearable reference platform kit includes a motherboard, a daughter card, an LCD display battery and a micro USB cable. It is expected to be available on www.WaRPboard.org in the second quarter of 2014. The manufacturer's suggested retail price is 149. Dollar.

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