NXP EdgeVerse Techcast

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

Edge AI Voice Tech in Smart Glasses: Latency, Barge-In, Beamforming & NXP's Wearable Platform
This episode of the EdgeVerse Techcast explores how voice technology is adopting edge AI in smart glasses and why glasses are emerging as a natural, always-available interface for conversational assistants without relying on screens. Guest Laurent Pilati of NXP (AI software lead in the ACE organization) explains that real business value comes from integrated AI solutions spanning vision, voice, GenAI, physical AI, and agentic AI. The discussion covers what makes voice interactions feel human—low latency, barge-in, and backchanneling—and the engineering challenges behind them, including audio capture quality, wireless connectivity, inference time, and power constraints. Laurent describes real-world noisy-environment solutions such as fixed and adaptive beamforming, echo cancellation, and speech enhancement, and outlines NXP's software building blocks (Conversa and EAP), i.MX RT700 hardware, and Audio Lab validation, plus advice to start from user experience and leverage proven frameworks.
Episode Resources:
Laurent Pilati keynote at AWE
Essential Audio Processing Library
Conversa Voice Suite
i.MX-RT700 Product Details
00:00 Edge AI Intro
01:08 Meet Laurent Pilati
02:21 Why Smart Glasses
03:58 Natural Voice Interaction
05:55 Hearing in Noise
07:32 NXP Platform Stack
09:22 Developer Advice
11:15 Wrap Up and Resources

How DigiKey & NXP FRDM Boards Accelerate Embedded Prototyping (with Matt Mielke)
Co-hosts Kyle Dando and Bridgette Stone welcome Matt Mielke, an Applications Engineer at DigiKey to discuss how DigiKey supports embedded developers using NXP's FRDM evaluation board ecosystem from initial MCU evaluation through working prototypes. Matt explains DigiKey's role beyond distribution, including technical support escalation, published project content, and the DigiKey Tech Forum as a key resource for getting questions answered. He highlights why engineers choose DigiKey—large in-stock selection, fast shipping, and a website with detailed part resources—and describes common FRDM use cases across industries, with strong student adoption. The episode covers popular expansion options (Arduino, Click, Pmod), example demos using FRDM boards, typical firmware help requests, and new enablement topics like wireless sensing/localization, BLE channel sounding, UWB, and moving development to VS Code with Zephyr tools.
Episode Resources:
forum.digikey.com
NXP.com/FRDM
FRDM Training Hub
00:00 Welcome and Episode Focus
01:20 Meet DigiKey's Matt Mielke
02:15 Inside DigiKey and Apps Engineering
04:55 Why Engineers Choose DigiKey
06:04 Tech Forum Support Resource
07:47 Who Uses FRDM Boards
09:57 Expanding with Shields and Clicks
13:06 Common Firmware Help Requests
14:22 New Tech and VS Code Shift
15:56 Wrap Up and Next Steps