The Source Newsletter - November 2014

Modern car engines are overachievers when it comes to fuel efficiency - but they often score a C minus in the sound department. Enter QNX Acoustics for Engine Sound Enhancement, a new solution that can subtly but effectively augment natural engine sounds for a better driving experience. Read the blog post and vist the product page.

Software may hold the key to new driving experiences, but it must also undergo a rigorous development process when used in a car's functional safety systems. On November 20, join the experts from LDRA and QNX Software Systems as they discuss techniques for creating ISO 26262-compliant products more efficiently.

On November 1 we introduced a new pricing structure as part of an ongoing program to enhance services for our customers. Contact your local sales team to learn how to take best advantage of this structure for your current and upcoming projects.

• A question of concurrency
• A question of architecture
• ADAS, wearables, integrated cockpits, and autonomous cars
• A sweet ride? You'd better 'beleave' it
• Are you ready to stop micromanaging your car?
• A glaring look at rear-view mirrors
• Ontario tech companies team up to target the connected car
• QNX-powered Audi Virtual Cockpit drives home with CTIA award

Learn how to build life-critical devices while reducing the cost and effort of achieving compliance with standards like IEC 62304. Webinar held October 9; download the archived version.

Explore isolation techniques that allow safety components and consumer-grade applications to coexist on a single, cost-effective platform. Download the whitepaper.

Stabilize Software Upgrades in Critical Systems

Learn what is, and isn't, known about software upgrades and their effects on system availability and reliability. Read the article in Electronic Design.

Interested in migrating your Photon applications to Qt? Contact us at info@qnx.com or call your local sales rep to discover how we can help.

Here are the latest board support packages posted on Foundry27:

• Altera Cyclone V SoC FPGA
• Texas Instruments AM335x Beaglebone/Beaglebone Black
• x86 BIOS/APIC
• Xilinx Zynq7000 ZC702 EVM

In October, QNX experts spoke at C3 Silicon Valley, Qt Developer Days in Berlin, Telematics Japan in Tokyo, and TI Tech Days Summits in California and Washington. Meanwhile, QNX Software Systems exhibited at SAE Convergence in Detroit, the KSAE ITS Workshop in Seoul, Designing with Freescale in Toronto, and at an invitation-only Renesas R-Car Consortium event in Tokyo.

In November, QNX experts will speak at Telematics Munich, LA Auto Show: Connected Car Expo, and Automotive Tech AD Detroit. Also, QNX will exhibit at Telematics Munich and at COMPAMED in Düsseldorf.

See the complete QNX event calendar.