NXP EdgeVerse Techcast

NXP eIQ Explained: From Edge AI Deployment to Agentic AI Autonomy
Bridgette Stone and Kyle Dando host Ted Kao to break down NXP's eIQ (Edge Intelligence) AI/ML development environment for NXP MCUs and application processors, aimed at simplifying the path from models to efficient on-device deployment. Ted outlines key components like the eIQ AI Toolkit, support for inference runtimes including TensorFlow Lite, ONNX Runtime, Arm, and ExecuTorch, plus integrations with MCUXpresso and Yocto. He explains two entry paths—bring your own model (eIQ Toolkit/Neutron SDK/AI Hub) and bring your own data (Time Series Studio with AutoML for time-series use cases)—and mentions hardware testing via FRDM boards and a planned remote board farm. The episode highlights newer additions such as the eIQ Agentic AI Framework, eIQ AI Hub, and Gen AI Flow, and points listeners to nxp.com/ai and nxp.com/eIQ to get started.
Episode Resources:
www.nxp.com/ai
www.nxp.com/eiq
00:00 Welcome to EdgeVerse
00:28 Why Edge AI Matters
01:45 Meet Ted Kao
02:31 What eIQ Is
04:24 Inside the eIQ Ecosystem
05:37 Two Paths to Start 07:01 Bring Your Own Data
08:24 Testing on Real Hardware
09:00 New Tools and Agentic AI
11:28 Getting Started Resources
12:33 Wrap Up and Subscribe

Kickstart Your Next Design Faster with NXP's Block Diagram Designer | EdgeVerse Techcast
In this EdgeVerse Techcast episode, co-hosts Kyle Dando and Bridgette Stone welcome Rebecca Phillips from NXP's digital online experience team to introduce NXP's new Block Diagram Designer, a web-based tool that helps engineers move from concept to design faster by turning the "blank page" into a structured, component-based block diagram. Rebecca explains how engineers can start from reusable application templates or a blank canvas, get assistance choosing compatible components using built-in design rules, and export designs to industry-standard EDA tools like Eagle, Altium, and Autodesk to speed handoff into implementation. The tool is powered by technical documentation and design files organized as "CUBOS," covering NXP and required non-NXP parts, with datasheets and related resources linked in one place. 
Episode Resources:
www.nxp.com/block-diagram-designer
Create a new Diagram
00:00 Welcome to EdgeVerse
01:10 Meet Rebecca Phillips
01:54 FIRST Robotics Tangent
03:01 What Is Block Diagram Designer
04:35 NXP Customer Journey
06:20 Top Three Features
08:29 Inside the CUBOS Data
11:39 Future AI Assistant
12:34 How to Get Started
13:29 Wrap Up and Subscribe

Industrial Ethernet Protocols, Tools & Hardware for Faster Factory Automation
In this EdgeVerse Techcast episode, NXP welcomes port to the company and explains how the acquisition brings 30+ years of industrial communications expertise to deliver certifiable hardware and software for factory automation. Denis Noël discusses port's real-time protocol stacks—including PROFINET, EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP, CANopen, and Modbus—and how tight integration with NXP industrial chips like the i.MX RT1180 MCU and i.MX94 MPU (with networking switch) accelerates development, improves interoperability, and supports ongoing protocol and security maintenance, including cybersecurity regulations such as the European Cyber Resilience Act.
Episode Resources:
www.nxp.com/port 
i.MX RT1180 EVK
FRDM i.MX RT1186
Remote I/O platform
00:00 Welcome and Why It Matters
00:54 Meet Denis and Port
01:37 What Port Does
02:54 Protocols Supported
04:14 Hardware Software Advantage
05:39 Tools Services Security
06:43 Developer Kits and Getting Started
08:27 Future of Factory Automation
10:33 Recap and Next Steps
11:44 Wrap Up and Subscribe

NXP Dating Game: Guess the SoC Behind the Blinky (with PhyTec i.MX 8MP)
On the EdgeVerse Tech Cast, co-hosts Kyle Dando and Bridgette Stone run a throwback "Dating Game" with PhyTec, where three mystery computing platforms demo "Hello World" via blinking LEDs and Kyle must guess the NXP SoC behind each door.
Door #1 uses VS Code, a SEGGER J-Link probe, and GDB to blink an LED with simple firmware
Door #2 blinks LEDs from a Linux console using /sys/class/leds
Door #3 runs Linux LEDs while also using remoteproc to start microcontroller firmware so both Linux- and MCU-domain LEDs blink simultaneously.
PhyTec applications engineer True Loan reveals all the platforms are the same i.MX 8MP SOM and explains the industry trend toward consolidating MCU and MPU workloads on one chip to simplify maintenance, team collaboration, and long-term product support.
Getting started resources:
PhyCore i.MX 8MP dev kit
JTAG expansion board
PhyTec's developer wiki
More About i.MX 8MP SOM
00:00 Welcome and Setup
01:15 Door Three Hybrid Demo
01:54 Dating Game Rules
02:31 Door One Blinky MCU
04:18 Door Two Linux Console
06:06 Final Guesses and Reveal
07:30 Meet True from PhyTec
08:51 Why MCU Plus MPU
11:33 Getting Started Resources
12:19 Key Takeaways and Wrap

MCUXpresso SDK Updates & Roadmap | EdgeVerse Techcast
In this EdgeVerse Techcast episode recorded during an MCUXpresso SDK leadership workshop in San Jose, Kyle and Bridgette speak with Petr Lukas (Middleware/NPI) and Jerry Zeng (Drivers/NPI) about recent SDK progress and what's next. They explain NPI as day-one software enablement—from register layers and debug files to board/peripheral readiness and optimization—and how drivers and middleware work together for customer applications.
Key SDK improvements over past 12 months:
Added "Repo Zip" packaging for smaller downloads while retaining Git/west workflows
Optimized release cadence delivers 4 major releases and 8 previews per year
Delivered 40+ new drivers and 16 new boards,
Improved Freestanding project workflow
Revamped Sphinx-based documentation
Large-scale CI provides daily and weekly test coverage
SDK Looking ahead:
Expanded static analysis
Continued Zephyr-aligned strategy
Edgefast Open BT/BLE leveraging Zephyr
Introduce MCUXpresso SDK LTS
New multimedia framework.
The episode also covered highlights in the recent SDK 26.03 release.
Episode Resources:
MCUXpresso SDK Tools for MCU Solutions
MCUXpresso SDK Documentation
Release MCUXpresso SDK 26.03.00 release (GitHub)
 
00:00 Bay Area Workshop Kickoff
00:59 Meet Petr and Jerry
02:07 SDK Leadership Roles
04:22 What NPI Means
06:19 Biggest SDK Improvements
06:32 Repo Zip Packaging
07:50 Release Model and Docs
09:57 CI Coverage and Quality
11:04 Next Year Roadmap
11:59 Zephyr and Connectivity Plans
13:34 LTS and Multimedia Framework
15:33 SDK 26.03 Release Highlights
16:56 Middleware and Security Updates
17:58 NPI Preview and Ethernet
18:33 Wrap Up and Subscribe