The goal of the training program is to expose more design engineers in China to Freescale flagship MCU/DSC products so they can experience first-hand the ease of design and smooth migration offered by Freescale’s Controller Continuum.
Introduced in the first quarter of 2006, Freescale’s Controller Continuum for consumer and industrial applications features an 8- to 32-bit roadmap with pin-compatible devices designed to share common peripherals and development tools. The RS08KA family of 8-bit microcontrollers provides an ultra-low-end entry point into the Controller Continuum, while the recently announced V1 ColdFire® core is the first step toward pin-for-pin compatibility between 8-bit and 32-bit MCUs.
“Embedded control systems are pervasive throughout our lives, often serving as unseen interfaces that provide intelligence and connectivity for countless consumer electronic and industrial control devices,” said Allen Kwan, director of Asia-Pacific marketing for Freescale’s Transportation and Standard Products Group. “We’ve designed our microcontroller training program to help designers become more familiar with our MCU offerings and to apply them in their next embedded system designs.”
Freescale MCU Scholarship Program details
The Freescale Microcontroller Scholarship Program will introduce qualified participants in China to Freescale’s 8-, 16- and 32-bit embedded control products. The program includes three phases of online training, followed by quizzes after each level.
Level 1 began Oct. 18 with a webcast that introduced Freescale’s RS08 ultra-low-end 8-bit core and the MC9RS08KA family. Level 2 begins Dec. 21 with a webcast about Freescale’s 56F8000 series, a DSC platform aimed at cost-sensitive applications requiring a versatile 16-bit solution that combines the ease of use of a microcontroller with the high performance of a digital signal processor. Starting Jan. 8, 2007, the level 3 online training will focus on Freescale’s 32-bit ColdFire MCU family and Ethernet applications.
After completing each level of training, participants can complete a quiz to enter into a prize drawing for each corresponding program phase. Individuals who sign up for all three training sessions and complete each quiz on time will be eligible for the grand prize drawing of a new BMW 320i car.
Avnet and WPI are the platinum and gold sponsors of this event. As Freescale distributors, Avnet and WPI provide full design support and distribution services. For more information about the Freescale MCU Scholarship Program, please visit www.freescale.com.cn/MCU.
Freescale in China
Freescale began business in China in 1992 at its Tianjin site, which today is home to an assembly and test manufacturing operation that ships more than nine million microcontroller, mixed-signal and radio frequency devices per week. In addition to its manufacturing site, Freescale has four research centers located in Beijing, Suzhou, Tianjin and Shanghai and four sales offices in China, employing a total of 3,800 people. Freescale’s presence in China includes strong collaboration with China's Ministry of Information Industries and its standard-setting bodies, relationships with more than 25 leading Chinese universities and strong customer relationships.
About Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of the S&P 500®, is one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD).
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