Freescale Vybrid Applications Windows Embedded · AMBA NIC Internal and External Watchdog– Interrupt Router DMA Up to 64-ch Clock Monitors Power Management Regulators Internal Reference

Stuttgart, July.2013, Holger Frölich

© F&S Elektronik Systeme GmbH – Vybrid Presentation 1 1 Stuttgart, July.2013, Holger Frölich

© F&S Elektronik Systeme GmbH – Vybrid Presentation

ARM-based Embedded System Design 2013

Freescale Vybrid Applications Windows Embedded

F&S Elektronik Systeme GmbH Untere Waldplätze 23

D-70569 Stuttgart

Tel. (+49)(0)711 123722-0

[email protected]

Speaker: Holger Frölich




F&S Elektronik Systeme GmbH

• Founded in 1996

• Specialized on Embedded Systems

• Single-Board-Computer (SBC)

• System-on-Module (SoM)

• Privately-held company

• Development and Production in Stuttgart (Germany)

• Hardware and Software

• Linux / Windows

• Customer base: 60% medical, 30% industrial, 10% other




F&S Elektronik Systeme GmbH What are we doing ?


© F&S Elektronik Systeme GmbH – Vybrid Presentation 4

QBliss - Qseven Standard

Standard form factor Qseven (specification V 1.20)

ATOM CPU and RISC CPU

Advantages of RISC on Qseven

low power, no cooling, no fan

very easy carrier board

short boot time 5-8s

WCE/ WEC 7/ Linux (low royalties)

QBlissA8 with Cortex-A8

QBlissA9 with Cortex-A9 (Single-, Dual- and Quad-Core CPU)

armStone - PicoITX Standard

Standard form factor PicoITX (100 x 72mm)

Single Board Computer w/o carrier board

Advantages

no carrier board

standard connectors

short design time

cost optimized solution

armStoneA8 (Cortex-A8)

armStoneA5 (Cortex-A5 & Cortex-M4)

armStoneA9 (Cortex-A9)



NetDCU (100x80mm)

Advantages

very easy carrier board

no external hardware required

robust connector (2.54mm )

PicoMOD (50x80mm)

Advantages

credit card size

powerful

many interfaces

PicoCOM (50x40mm)

Advantages

small/ compact

very flexible

attractive price




Requirements for embedded systems

• Human-Machine Interface • graphics instead of simple texts

• real-time diagrams

• visual gimmicks (animations, effects)

• touch screen

• multimedia

• Connectivity • USB, RS232, Ethernet

• industrial busses: I2C, SPI, CAN,…

• sensors and actors




Requirements for embedded systems

• Real-Time capabilities

• predictable response-time

• Fast boot-times

• Certification

• medical and other life-threatening applications

• IEC 60601-1

• Long-Term availability

• Reusability

• from previous project

• e.g. new product generation



One single system is not able to meet all these requirements

Rich Application Interface

Connectivity

Multimedia

Flexibility

Real-Time

Certification

Reusability

Special HW

Long-Term availability

Fast boot-time

How to integrate all these challenges?

HMI





SoM

MCU




Downside of modular solution

• 2 Systems 2 sources of error

• Longevity ?

• Increasing in complexity • Single system & Integration

• Different development environments

• Slower time to market

• Increased price

• Compactness

• Limited interconnection



12

Debug and Trace

Display & Video Memory

Memory Interfaces

System

Audio

Core 1 Analog

Clocks

Security (Optional) Communications

Timers

Cryptography Module

Tamper Detect

Secure RTC

Secure RTIC

Secure RAM

Secure Fuses

Secure WDOG

Secure JTAG

JTAG

Trace

2 x Ethernet (10/100) With IEEE 1588

L2 Switch

2 x USB OTG + PHY

2 x Secure Digital I/O

Up to 135 GPIO (with Interrupt)

4 x DSPI

4 x I2C

6 x UART

2 x CAN

Boot ROM

Up to 1.5 MB SRAM

DRAM Controller (LPDDR2 / DDR3)

2 x Quad SPI with XiP

External Bus Interface

AMBA NIC

Internal and External Watchdog

Interrupt Router

DMA Up to 64-ch

Power Management Regulators

Clock Monitors

Internal Reference Clocks

Low / High Frequency Osc.

Memory Protection Unit

Flex Timer (8-ch)

Flex Timer (2-ch)

Flex Timer (2-ch)

IEEE 1588 Timers

Periodic Interrupt

Low Power Timers

ARM CortexTM-A5 Up to 500 MHz

DP-FPU

NEON

L1 I/D-Cache

Trace / Debug

GIC

TFT LCD

TFT LCD

Digital & Analog Video Camera Interface

2 x 12-bit ADC

2 x 12-bit DAC

PLL

ASRC

4 x SAI

ESAI

SPDIF

Flex Timer (8-ch)

NAND Flash Controller

L2 Cache (Optional)

Core 2 ARM CortexTM-M4

Up to 167 MHz

SP-FPU

DSP

I/D-Cache

Trace / Debug

NVIC

• Two Cores – Cortex-A5

– Cortex-M4

• Rich Connectivity – CAN, USB, SDIO,

– I2C, UART, LAN

• On-Chip Memories – 512KB SRAM with ECC

– 512KB Graphic SRAM

• DDR3 DRAM controller – 8 bit ECC




Freescale Vybrid Heterogeneous CPUs in one Chip

• TFT LCD controller up to XGA • HW RLE encoder

• HW format converter (565<->8888, 1555<-> 8888, …)

• Max. 64 layers, 6 layers simultaneously

• XGA: 6 layers at 16BPP (SDRAM load: 50%)

• Integrated security and data integrity features • Secure boot and tamper detection

• Cryptographic Algorithm

• Random number generator (NIST), …

• Designed for industrial and medical applications • >10 years availability

• I-Temp: -40 to +85 °C

• Designed to combine HMI + RT explicitly




Freescale Vybrid Heterogeneous CPUs in one Chip

Both cores interface to Network InterConnect (NIC) bus fabric




Freescale Vybrid Why Cortex-A5




Freescale Vybrid Dual Core Startup

• Core communication • Shared memory

• Inter Processor Interrupts (IPI)

• Hardware Semaphores

• ARMv7 • ldrex/strex




Freescale Vybrid Dual Core Interrupt Routing

• Each IRQ can be routed to each core

• 104 shared peripheral IRQs

• 4 CPU to CPU interrupts

• 4 CPU dedicated IRQs




Freescale Vybrid System development

• MQX & Linux/Windows CE

• MQX

• Hard Real-Time

• Well-engineered OS

• Certified (IEC 60601-1 / CFR 820.30)

• Extendable

• Multi Core Communication (MCC) • Message queue based communication

• Common development environment

• DS-5 / Codewarrior or Keil MDK (M4 only)

• Debugging, Streamline Analyzer




Freescale Vybrid System development with ARM DS-5





VF50NN15CMK40 VF61NN15CMK50

Cortex-A5 MP Yes Yes

Cortex-M4 No Yes

Clock 400MHz 500MHz

L1-Cache 32kB I and D CA5: 32kB I and D CM4: 16kB I and D

L2-Cache No 512kB

On-chip SRAM 1,5MB (512kB with ECC) 1MB (512kB with ECC) CM4: 64kB TCM

FPU/NEON VFPv4-D16/NEON CA5: VFPv4-D16/NEON CM4: SinglePrecision FPU

Security No/On request No/On request

2xLAN Yes Yes

L2 switch Yes Yes



• XGA industrial HMI (2D graphics)

• Large or high-quality small appliance

• Portable patient monitor

• Industrial scanner or printer

• Simple vending machine with 2D LCD or segment display

• Energy grid protection, e.g. circuit breaker or monitor

• Infrastructure control, e.g. water treatment or gas pipeline

• Building control, e.g. elevator or automated door

• Kiosk with 2D display, e.g. gas pump

• Motor drive

• Industrial pump or fan

• Power inverter

• Appliance with motors or pumps

• Mobile patient care, e.g. infusion pump or respirator

• Wired and wireless communications protocols

• Energy management hub

• Networked HVAC

• Home automation

Industrial HMI Secure Control Energy Conversion Connectivity



• Web Interface Box

• 1 CPU running OS Windows CE

• WebServer, SSH, SSL

• 1 CPU for KNX Bus communication



• 1 CPU running OS for High Level MMI

• 1 CPU for controlling actors and reading sensors



Measures the gas components

Security is important

Needs registration at PTB Braunschweig

TFT Display

Ethernet

Serial

Modbus

CPU running OS Windows CE

Hardware and software must be secure against manipulation.



Advantages:

• ARM SBC in PicoITX Format

• Freescale Dual-Core Vybrid CPU with Asymmetric Multiprocessing: Cortex™-A5 – 500 / 400 MHz and Cortex™-M4 - 167 MHz Core

• Up to 512Mbyte DRAM, up to 1GByte Flash

• 2x LAN, 2x CAN, SPI, I2C, UARTs, Audio, …

• 18Bit LVDS and Digital RGB

Base for Custom Designs !!

State: Mass Production



Advantages:

• Powerful and small module (40x50mm)

• Freescale Dual-Core Vybrid CPU with Asymmetric Multiprocessing: Cortex™-A5 – 500 / 400 MHz and Cortex™-M4 – 167 MHz Core


• 2x LAN, 2x CAN, I2C, SPI, UARTs, Audio…

• TFT up to SVGA

State: Samples MP: Q3/2013



Advantages:

• F&S NetDCU Standard

• Freescale Dual-Core Vybrid CPU with Asymmetric Multiprocessing: Cortex™-A5 – 500 / 400 MHz and Cortex™-M4 - 167 MHz Core


• Ethernet, 2x CAN, I2C, SPI, UARTs, FS-BUS, Audio…

• TFT up to SVGA

State: Samples MP: Q3/2013




F&S Modules with Freescale Vybrid Extensions

• Cortex-M4 fast boot • Before UBOOT/EBOOT

• Linux • Buildroot support

• MCC intergration

• Flexible display interface, boot screen support

• Windows Embedded Compact • Failsafe Flash File System F3S

• MCC integration

• Flexible display interface, boot screen support




F&S Modules with Freescale Vybrid Hardware Extensions

ADP-CMSIS Debug Adapter

armStone Extension

DVI Adapter




F&S Modules with Freescale Vybrid Display Kits

Displaykit LVDS

TFT & Cap. Touch

Displaykit RGB




Operating System Windows Embedded Compact

Rich experience in

Windows Embedded

since more than 10 years !




Operating System Windows Embedded Compact - Architecture




Operating System Windows Embedded Compact - Coding

• Native Code – C / C++

– Qt (3rd party)

– Silverlight

• Managed Code – C#

– VB.NET

– Java (3rd party)

#include <windows.h>

/*

* Application entry point.

*

* Say hello.

*/

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])

{

RETAILMSG(1,(L"Hello World from native code \r\n"));

return 0;

}//_tmain




• Framework for modern, intuitive and highly customizable UIs

• Separate Designers (UI) from Developers (business logic) • Business Logic: Visual Studio

• UI development: Expression Blend (XAML)

• Silverlight is THE technology for graphic user interfaces

Operating System Windows Embedded Compact - Silverlight




Operating System Windows Embedded Compact - Tools

• Remote Registry Editor

• Time Line Viewer

• Kernel Tracker

• Application Verifier (memory leaks)

• …




Operating System Windows Embedded Compact 2013

• Still based on CE core: hard-real-time, small footprint

• Supported CPUs: ARM v7, Thumb2, VFPv3+NEON

• Native (C++) and managed (C#) application development support in Visual Studio 2012

• .NET Compact Framework 3.9

• Kernel update: increased file system performance

• Hardware –optimized code paths for Silverlight for Windows Embedded (SWE)

• SWE UI development tools in Expression Blend 5.0

• Faster OS boot (2 seconds from power-on)




Operating System Linux vs Windows Embedded Compact

• Technical Features ?

• Do you get what you need ?

• Development environment ?

• If both operating systems meet your technical needs, then compare the business requirements for each option by analyzing the fixed and variable project costs.

• Has Customer experience with WINCE or Linux?

• If customer only need WINCE Core License royalties aren‘t the point

• IP protection vs open Source ?




Thank You

The Embedded Solution Company

Questions ?

Documents

Freescale Vybrid Applications Windows Embedded · AMBA NIC Internal and External Watchdog– Interrupt Router DMA Up to 64-ch Clock Monitors Power Management Regulators Internal Reference