NXP EdgeVerse Techcast

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

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

Automotive Joins NXP Application Code Hub | EdgeVerse Techcast ft. Stefan Vlad
In this episode of the EdgeVerse Techcast, Kyle and Bridgette welcome NXP application engineer Stefan Vlad to discuss how Automotive has officially joined NXP's Application Code Hub. He shares how the ACH makes it easier for engineers to discover projects and get started quickly. Stefan explains the excitement around the first demos at Embedded World, such as CAN communication on the FRDM S32K312, secure encrypted Ethernet, and 12-volt motor control through CAN. He shares new Automotive contributions including motor control applications across the S32K344, S32K312, and S32M276 updated to RTD 7.0. Plus they recently ported applications for USB power delivery, Secure Ethernet, and SmartCAN gateways. They also cover university-inspired applications (brake, comfort/lights, steering, transmission) using mikroE click boards. 
Episode Resources:
S32K / S32M in the Application Code Hub
FRDM Automotive: Accelerating Development on the S32
FRDM Automotive Development Platform
00:00 Welcome and Topic
00:25 Automotive Joins ACH
01:25 Meet Stefan Vlad
01:51 Why Now for Automotive
02:48 New Projects Added
05:12 Favorite Starter Demo
06:47 Advanced Concepts Next
07:51 What Makes ACH Different
08:53 Wrap Up and Thanks
09:59 Subscribe and Closing

MCUXpresso SDK Long-Term Support (LTS) Explained: Stability, Backported Fixes & CRA Alignment
On the Edge Verse Techcast, co-hosts Kyle Dando and Bridgette welcome NXP product manager Max Palumbo to announce long-term support (LTS) for embedded developers using the MCUXpresso SDK. They explain that LTS prioritizes stability over mainline's quarterly feature-driven cadence by backporting bug fixes and security patches without changing APIs, library versions, or architecture, reducing rebase effort during long test cycles. NXP's first LTS release is 26.06.00-LTS. LTS will be offered via the MCUXpresso SDK GitHub distribution, updated for high-priority security issues (within a quarter), severe S1/S2 bugs (quarterly), with two years of free support, and potential paid extensions later. They clarify LTS complements, but is not required for, CRA compliance
Episode Resources:
MCUXpresso SDK - Marketing Page
SDK Documentation - LTS Overview
MCUXpresso SDK project - GitHub - Manifest repo
00:00 Welcome and LTS Teaser
01:07 Meet Max Palumbo
02:02 What Long Term Support Means
03:51 Three Big LTS Benefits
07:06 How LTS Is Delivered
08:07 GitHub Tags and Versioning
09:34 Update Triggers and Cadence
11:38 Why a New LTS Each Year
12:42 LTS vs Device Support
15:02 LTS and CRA Compliance
17:52 How to Get Started Today
18:57 Wrap Up and Thanks

Rethinking MCU Performance with the MCX N947
Hosts Kyle Dando and Bridgette Stone welcome Adrian Cano from Systems Engineering to challenge the assumption that a faster MCU always makes a better product. Adrian explains the MCX N947 as a balanced, high-efficiency MCU whose architecture—dual Cortex-M33 cores, DSP and acceleration resources, and integrated subsystems—delivers predictable, deterministic system performance by scheduling tasks efficiently, running workloads in parallel, and offloading repetitive processing from the CPU. He shares a customer evaluation where higher-clock, higher-memory competitors looked better on paper, but profiling real workloads showed the system wasn't CPU-speed bottlenecked; partitioning time-critical control and communications across cores reduced timing conflicts and software overhead. The discussion also highlights integrated IP like high-performance ADCs and USB, and recommends starting with MCX N947 Freedom boards, SDK examples, application notes, documentation, and debug/performance tools to model real workloads early.
Episode Resources:
www.nxp.com/MCXN
https://www.nxp.com/products/MCX-N94-N54-N53-N52-N24
MCX N947 Projects on Application Code Hub
00:00 Welcome and Big Question
01:01 Meet Adrian and MCX N947 Overview
02:50 Customer Challenge Beyond Specs
04:47 Profiling Reveals Real Bottlenecks
05:35 Acceleration and Deterministic Performance
07:25 Dual Core Task Partitioning
08:46 Balanced Architecture and Integrated IP
10:43 Faster Development and Real World Trust
12:19 How to Evaluate and Get Started
14:41 Key Takeaways and Wrap Up