NXP EdgeVerse Techcast

Bridgette & Kyle

The EdgeVerse Techcast goal is to increase awareness of resources available for customers developing with NXP Application Processors and Microcontrollers.

  1. 1日前

    Navigating Challenges in Medical Device Development with Silex Technology

    Designing Secure, Safe, Always-Connected Medical Devices: NXP + Silex on i.MX 95, EdgeLock, and SafeAssure  Hosts Kyle Dando and Bridgette Stone discuss growing security, functional safety, connectivity, software, and lifecycle demands in connected, intelligent medical devices with guest Babar Hashim of Silex Technology. Hasim explains why these requirements must be designed together from the start and highlights NXP security building blocks such as EdgeLock Secure Enclave, EdgeLock Security Element, and Secure Boot, along with Silex's role integrating connectivity, BSP/software, and system-level security, including investment in FIPS needs. The conversation covers functional safety using NXP's SafeAssure program and i.MX 95's dedicated safety domain, and how early safety planning reduces cost and speeds time to market. Silex positions itself as a long-term embedded partner offering manufacturing, reliable wireless ("When it absolutely must connect"), and lifecycle support like vulnerability monitoring, SBOM management, and security maintenance, and points to its EP200N i.MX 95-based SOM/EVK for evaluating technologies like Ara and UWB.  Episode Resources: EP-200N-EVK EP-200N: Connectivity Solutions Platform and SOM 00:00 Welcome and topic 01:09 Meet the guest  01:23 Security and safety challenges 02:48 Building security foundations 04:49 Functional safety early 06:32 Where Silex fits 08:27 Platforms to evaluate 11:25 Wrap up and thanks

    Navigating Challenges in Medical Device Development with Silex Technology
  2. 8月18日

    The Smart Grid Revolution: NXP's Vision for an Intelligent Energy Future

    The Future Power Grid: From Centralized Control to AI-Powered Microgrids (with Marcelo Marques) Kyle Dando and Bridgette welcome repeat guest Marcelo Marques from NXP's power and energy team to discuss why the power grid is often taken for granted and how it must evolve. Marcelo explains the grid's real-time balancing act—where generation must instantly match demand—using examples like England's halftime tea surge and the 2012 India blackout. As renewables, bidirectional EV charging, home batteries, solar, and massive data centers proliferate, the grid shifts from one-way centralized control to a distributed "matrix" of microgrids, increasing complexity and unpredictability. He outlines four key challenges: real-time edge intelligence and its cost, security, interoperability, and functional safety. Marcelo describes how NXP's portfolio addresses these needs and highlights a CES microgrid demo where coordinated AI agents optimize charging and energy use across buildings, vehicles, and devices. Episode Resources: From EV Charger to Grid Asset Power and Energy Management Charging Application Examples (App Code Hub) 00:00 Welcome Back Hosts 00:56 Why We Ignore Grid 03:17 Real Time Balancing 04:07 Tea Kettle Surge 06:58 When Predictions Fail 08:39 Renewables Add Complexity 10:07 Microgrids And AI 13:31 Four Engineering Challenges 15:34 Where NXP Fits 17:12 Microgrid Demo Story 19:17 Smart Kettle Future 19:41 Wrap Up And Subscribe

    The Smart Grid Revolution: NXP's Vision for an Intelligent Energy Future
  3. 8月4日

    Unveiling Innovation: The NXP Remote I/O Platform and the Future of Industrial Automation

    Remote I/O Is Becoming an Intelligent Edge Platform: Networking, Security, Diagnostics & NXP's RIOP Hosts Bridgette Stone and Kyle Dando discuss how remote I/O in industrial automation is evolving from a simple sensor/actuator interface into an intelligent edge platform as factories become more connected and intelligent. Guest David Piskula from NXP explains that modern remote I/O must support deterministic industrial Ethernet (EtherCAT, PROFINET, Ethernet/IP), high-accuracy measurements, diagnostics, cybersecurity, predictive maintenance data, and future software updates, while meeting shorter development cycles. He highlights integration as a key challenge and describes NXP's Remote I/O platform (RIOP), combining the i.MX RT1180 Crossover MCU, industrial networking via the NXP Port Industrial Networking Suite, precision analog front ends, and software/reference applications to reduce engineering effort. Listeners are directed to nxp.com/riop, the PLC IO kit quick start guide, and Application Code Hub examples, including an out-of-box evaluation and a multi-protocol repository. Episode Resources: Remote I/O Platform RIOP Examples in ACH  NAFE13388: Highly configurable 8/4-channel 24/16 bits ±25 V universal input AFE 00:00 Remote I/O Reimagined 01:30 Why Remote I/O Is Evolving 02:48 Integration Challenges Today 03:56 Deterministic Industrial Networking 05:09 NXP's Remote I/O Platform 06:22 Getting Started Resources 06:49 Application Code Hub Demos 07:54 Wrap Up And Subscribe

    Unveiling Innovation: The NXP Remote I/O Platform and the Future of Industrial Automation
  4. 7月28日

    Audit Alert: Andrei's Expert Take on NXP's Software Suite

    Arrow Audits NXP MCUXpresso: eIQ Time Series Studio, GUI Guider & VS Code Transition Tips Bridgette Stone and Kyle Dando host an "audit" of NXP's MCUXpresso ecosystem with Arrow Electronics FAE Andrei Cosara, who shares feedback from working with developers across industries. Andrei highlights eIQ Time Series Studio as a game-changing way to build lightweight edge machine learning models from existing unidimensional sensor data, including new waveform snippet labeling for classification. He then shares praise for GUI Guider's easy drag-and-drop workflow and well-structured generated code. He notes challenges customers face transitioning from MCUXpresso IDE to MCUXpresso for VS Code, recommending built-in VS Code AI agents to diagnose errors and ramp faster. He also describes common AI/ML part-selection difficulties and emphasizes Arrow's value through workshops, free engineering services, and the Digital Test Drive remote board farm for evaluating and benchmarking models on real hardware. Episode Resources: Digital Test Drive – Remote Hardware Testing Arrow Events - Workshops eIQ® Time Series Studio Create Modern Embedded GUIs Fasts MCUXpresso for Visual Studio Code 00:00 Welcome to EdgeVerse 00:36 The Audit Setup 01:27 Meet Andrei from Arrow 03:44 Top Pick eIQ Time Series 06:41 Waveform Snippets Feature 07:35 Easy Wins with GUI Guider 09:38 Arrow Workshops Value 10:53 VS Code Transition Pains 12:29 Using AI Agents in VS Code 14:15 AI Part Selection Challenges 17:29 When to Engage Arrow 18:46 Digital Test Drive Demo 20:11 Final Thoughts and Wrap

    Audit Alert: Andrei's Expert Take on NXP's Software Suite

番組について

The EdgeVerse Techcast goal is to increase awareness of resources available for customers developing with NXP Application Processors and Microcontrollers.