Date: 14/03/2011
Freescale's Qorivva MCUs for automotive safety electronics
Freescale Semiconductor has designed new family of Qorivva 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) for driver assistance systems in automotives.
The Qorivva MPC567xK family of 32-bit MCUs, built on Power Architecture technology, provides designers of automotive safety systems to design electronics for apps such as blind-spot detection, lane-departure warning systems, side view assistance and adaptive headlights. These and similar advanced automotive safety systems are part of the rapidly growing market known as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).
The dual-core architecture Qorivva MPC567xK has high-density on-chip memory and optimized signal processing engines (SPE). The MPC567xK family uses a dual core implementation of the new Z7 Power Architecture CPU.
"Freescale's Qorivva MPC567xK MCUs are a cost-effective way for automakers to help satisfy consumers seeking safer vehicles and meet global government regulations requiring better passenger protections," said Ray Cornyn, director of Freescale's Automotive MCU business. "This economical, scalable new MCU family, which is built on Power Architecture technology we've tailored specifically for the automotive market, allows us to deliver a competitive advantage for the global ADAS market and can help make vehicles safer around the world."
The MPC567xK MCUs include a lock-step mode to detect and mitigate common hardware and software faults while meeting automotive software integrity level D standards ahead of anticipated global legislative mandates for more active safety. Ideal for radar- and camera-based ADAS, the MPC567xK family operates at up to 180 MHz, with up to 2 MB flash memory and 512K SRAM.
Freescale says its Qorivva MPC567xK family, in combination with its siGE products, allows it to address the core chipset for radar based ADAS solutions.
Availability
Freescale plans to offer sample quantities of the first member of the MPC567xK family in March. General availability is planned for Q3 2011. For more information, visit www.freescale.com/automotive.