Fujitsu exhibits at Embedded World 2007

Industrial Control

The new 16FX series microcontrollers combines greater performance with much lower power consumption but retains complete compatibility with the previous generation of microcontrollers, the 16LX. Key target market sectors for the 16FX include industrial control as well as automotive. A demonstration at the show - calculating the Mandelbrot set - will graphically confirm the greater processing power, combined with the lower power consumption, of the 16FX.

FME's new phase-3 kit, an evaluation board for 32-bit motor control based on the MB91F267N microcontroller, will be demonstrated controlling several different motors, such as brushless DC and synchronous devices. Features of the new board include dual-operation flash, CANBUS and CANOPEN interfaces. Several other systems on show include the 8FX 8-bit microcontroller range, FRAM memory, and the first device from FME's next-generation family of 32-bit CAN microcontrollers, the MB917F467D.

Automotive

FME's latest 32-bit microcontrollers, from the MB91460 series, play a central role in the demonstrations. Dashboards, body control, infotainment and chassis control are all potential applications for the series, which will be featured working with a Fujitsu graphics controller.

Visitors also have the opportunity to see the very latest versions of all FME's starter kits for 16- and 32-bit microcontrollers, including CAN, l²C, SPl, LIN-UART and FlexRay.

Graphics

In the graphics market, demonstrations of FME's family of graphics controllers highlight aspects of the controllers' performances and suitability for varying market sectors. The MB86297 will be shown controlling systems for the automotive and industrial control markets, working with the MB91467D evaluation board.

The second display comprises four different elements, exploiting the MB86276's multi-layering capabilities. One quarter accepts a video input, such as from a camera or DVD player; the second takes a texture mapping application showing different objects which are then flipped and rotated; the third quarter shows a rotating pointer against a background that can move at different speeds for displaying readings such as amps, volts or temperature; and the last quarter is for a process control type of application. The MB86296 graphics controller demonstration features 3D animation using a 3D model of a car to illustrate its use with an in-car navigation system.

Multimedia

The advanced infotainment facilities that today's generation of processing devices makes possible will be a core theme of the multimedia systems being featured and demonstrated.

In particular, by combining FME's graphics processing display capabilities, in the form of the MB86276 graphics controller, with its SmartPEG devices for MPEG-2 decoding, the FME stand will stage a working system for rear seat entertainment in the car. This offers DVB-T facilities, or connection to a digital TV network.

Communications

FME will be staging a live demonstration of the techniques employed in optimising use of network capacity, in which two video streams with different priorities are transmitted across a network. This features the SwitchCore Xpeedium2pro Ethernet switches, plus equipment at the edge of the metro ring (the MB87M2181-based BX21 system), the optical metro ring, a WiMAX solution for first mile access, and set-top boxes at the customer premises.