Freescale and Broadcom extend ADAS Surround-View Automotive Cameras

Freescale Semiconductor and Broadcom Corporation have partnered to create Freescale’s Qorivva MPC5606E packaged microcontroller (MCU) and physical layer transceiver (PHY) solution for use in 360-degree camera systems.
 
Camera size is increasingly important to automotive OEMS, as manufacturers prefer peripheral cameras to be miniaturized and unobtrusive to maintain vehicle aesthetics. Smaller cameras can be more easily hidden within design features of the car, such as a front grill, bumper or wing mirror. Featuring a compact 8x8mm package, the Qorivva MPC5606E device is designed to reduce the size of automotive camera modules by up to 50 per cent, while helping speed time to market and reduce the overall bill-of-material.
 
“By leveraging Ethernet, a proven lower-cost, automotive-qualified solution for secure transmission of in-vehicle data, the next step is to make the technology even more attractive by enabling ADAS system integrators to dramatically reduce the footprint of their solutions,” said Davide Santo, Safety and Chassis Operations Manager for Freescale’s Automotive MCU Group.
 
Freescale and Broadcom are both founding members of the OPEN Alliance Automotive Special Interest Group (SIG) (One-Pair Ethernet). The OPEN SIG is a non-profit industry alliance of automotive and tech industry leaders dedicated to establishing Ethernet as the networking technology of choice in automotive infotainment and ADAS applications. Together with major car-makers and global electronic suppliers, Freescale and Broadcom are committed to the promotion of BroadR-Reach as the industry standard interface for automotive Ethernet.
 
The Freescale Qorivva MPC5606E fully-integrated, packaged MCU with integrated Broadcom PHY is now available in limited sample quantities. For more information, contact a local Freescale sales representative.