Category: Freescale

Shenzhen Behind the Scenes 3: Richtechie.com, Freescale i.MX51/53 PCB designer

Posted by Charbax – April 12, 2011

The PCB is the motherboard, it includes the ARM Processor, all the main components of an ARM Powered device. The PCB designer designs that PCB according to plan to fit a certain amount of functionality into a given price point. They take the ARM SoC and puts it on a compact motherboard design, one that fits in Android tablets, Smartphones and more. In this video you can see some of the young engineers working at http://richtechie.com on the current and future Freescale i.MX51 and i.MX53 designs that this PCB makers customers want to release to the market.

Also watch my other videos in my series “Shenzhen Behind the Scenes“:
1: Hongda Factory tour
2: utopiacn, Apad Android Tablet maker
3: Richtechie.com, Freescale i.MX51/53 PCB designer
4: Walking around the Shenzhen smartphone market
5: 3Gnet Factory Tour

NewWay Freescale i.MX515 Capacitive $244 Tablet

Posted by Charbax – April 10, 2011

szppm is showing this 9.7″ same quality as iPad1 LG touch screen, based on the Freescale i.MX515 it’s sold for $244 at retail price, thus can be gotten from them for a bunch cheaper in bulk.

Synrgic Dreambook Freescale i.MX515 Android tablet

Posted by Charbax – April 9, 2011

Here’s a cheap Android tablet presented by Synrgic at the Shenzhen Electronics Fair.

Seco x86-ARM Cross Platform

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011

Seco provides cross platform Q7 platforms where users can swap from x86 to ARM Powered seamlessly, with minimum hardware and software porting. They provide Quadmo747-X/T20 for Tegra2, OMAP4, OMAP3, i.MX51 and i.MX28. This way, customers can have as much choice as possible, going from one processor to the other. All board vendors are joining the Q7 board standard, for interoperability in swapping modules.

Mentor Graphics UI tools free for i.MX51/53 customers

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011

Mentor Graphics provides 3D UI tools on top of Android, customers who use the Freescale i.MX51 or i.MX53 can get access to these tools from Menthor Graphics for free.

Freescale Xtrinsic MAG3110 magnetometer

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011

Freescale shows their new 3-axis magnetometer at Embedded World 2011 in Nurenberg. In addition, Freescale shows the the Xtrinsic MMA9550L accelerometer with a 32bit microcontroller inside which has nominated for the embedded award.

Skytex develops i.MX53 tablets

Posted by Charbax – March 2, 2011

Skytex is working on getting more performance in their low cost tablets, using Freescale’s new 1.2Ghz i.MX53 with better video and graphics, the Telechips 8803 ARM Cortex-A8 and the new VIA Wondermedia ARM9 with a better DSP.

x86 vs ARM for Tablets, hahaha

Posted by Charbax – March 2, 2011

This is what I found at a booth at CeBIT:

Shenzhen AUDE Technology Co Ltd is showing their tablets at CeBIT 2011, the Freescale i.MX51 ARM Cortex-A8 based tablet is 0.4Kg can retail at below $200 while the x86 one is 0.9Kg and could retail for above $400.

Telstar Android Tablets

Posted by Charbax – March 2, 2011

The MID Q7128 is Qualcomm MSM7227 ARM11 based, and even cheaper is the Freescale i.MX51 ARM Cortex-A8 based tablet, both in the same design.

Netronix 9.7″ Freescale i.MX51 Android Tablet

Posted by Charbax – March 1, 2011

Netronix is one of the major e-ink based e-reader makers from Taiwan, they are now also making Android LCD tablets. This one is basically as good as an iPad, with exactly the same LG 9.7″ capacitive LCD as on the iPad1, but it can be sold at half the price, around $250.