On January 2, 2025, Daihatsu Holdings, a leading international semiconductor component distributor dedicated to the Asia Pacific market, announced that its subsidiary, Shiping, has launched an automotive general evaluation board solution based on NXP S32K312 microcontroller and FS2303B safety power management chip.

As the global automotive industry enters a new stage of intelligence, car manufacturers not only face huge opportunities, but also many challenges. Faced with increasingly complex electronic control systems and strict functional safety requirements, manufacturers need to accelerate the transformation of products from concept to market while ensuring product safety and reliability. In response to this trend, Da Da Da Da Da Shi Ping has launched an automotive universal evaluation board solution based on the NXP S32K312 microcontroller and FS2303B safety power management chip, aiming to help customers improve the speed of product prototype verification and meet market demand faster.

S32K312 is a product in the S32K3 series of automotive general-purpose microcontrollers under NXP. Is this product based on ARM? Cortex?- M7 core, supporting single core, dual core, and lockstep core configurations. The S32K3 series has scalability in terms of core, memory, and peripheral quantity, complies with the ISO26262 standard, and features advanced functional safety, information security, and low power consumption, making it suitable for harsh working environments such as vehicle body, area control, and electrification applications.

In addition, NXP's integrated free development environment S32DS and real-time driver allow customers to quickly get started developing related application designs based on S32K3, greatly shortening the product development cycle and meeting the market demand for the rapid development of automotive electronic products.

This solution is an evaluation board suitable for general industrial and automotive applications. The onboard core is equipped with a single core S32K312 microcontroller packaged in HDQFP-100, paired with FS2303B safety power management chip, TJA1443ATK automotive grade high-speed CAN transceiver, TJA1021TK/20 automotive grade high-speed LIN transceiver, and Molex's high-performance connectors. Thanks to the excellent performance of the device, the solution can achieve ASIL-B functional safety level while optimizing costs. And the plan supports HSE safety engine OTA、 Advanced connectivity and low-power performance can meet users' basic development needs. Not only that, this evaluation board also adds the Arduino UNO standard interface, compatible with the "Shield" expansion board option, which can be used by customers for product prototype verification.

Core technological advantages:

Hardware features:

The size of the evaluation board is 7cm × 13cm, which is lightweight and convenient to use;

32-bit ARM? Cortex?- M7 core, S32K312 in single core mode, HDQFP100 package reduces the size of ordinary ICs by 55%;

Paired with the safety power management chip FS2303B, it achieves comprehensive power monitoring and management as well as failure safety protection;

The onboard USB to UART module enables communication with the upper computer without the need for an external converter;

Two high-speed CAN transceivers and two LIN transceivers can communicate end-to-end with the car ECU through the bus;

Components: 1 * RGB small light, 2 * user buttons, 1 * potentiometer, 2 * electrode touchpad;

Provide Arduino UNO interface, which can be connected to various types of development boards for application extension;

Supports 10 Pin JTAG/SWD standard debugging interface and 4-wire SWD debugging mode.

Software features:

Deeply coupled with the RTD real-time driver software provided by the original factory, the rich official website routines provide users with an accessible development environment, which can be based on NXP production level AUTOSAR? And Non AUTOSAR? Develop automotive grade application software based on the underlying driver foundation;

An independent HSE safety subsystem, NXP provides free safety firmware, HSE safety engine - AES-128/192/256 RSA、ECC、 Secure boot and key storage, side channel protection, compliant with ISO21434 standard;

S32 Security Software Architecture (SAF), including six fault detection and response libraries, as well as free security peripheral drivers;

Structural Kernel Self Test (SCST);

Free Inter Core Communication Architecture (IPCF), used as an intermediate layer software for communication in multi-core systems and multiple operating systems;

Free MATLAB Model Design Toolbox (MBDT) and Simulink environment plugin provided by NXP.

Scheme specifications:

Vehicle grade safety power management chip SBC FS2303B:

Tree shaped power rail, which can supply power to microcontrollers and sensors, and can be configured with the power on/off sequence of each power supply at the factory;

It has three working modes (normal mode, standby mode, and stop mode), low static current management system, and fast wake-up function;

Multi channel wake-up source: WAKE pin, HVIO/LVIO pin, CAN FD, LIN or wake-up through SPI/I2C command;

Built in high edge driver with loop sensing or wake-up source;

Built in 1 CAN-FD transceiver (up to 5Mbit/s communication rate) and 1 LIN transceiver;

QFN48's packaging pads are exposed, optimizing heat dissipation management;

Expand configuration and customize chips by burning memory with OTP;

Achieve functional safety level ASIL-B, design and process in compliance with ISO26262 standard;

It has functions such as power supervision, fault detection, MCU hardware monitoring, fail safe protection, and advanced watchdog.

Vehicle grade high-speed CAN transceiver (TJA1443ATK):

Supports standard HS CAN and CANFD, compliant with ISO 11898-2:2016, SAE J2284-1-5, and SAE J1939-14 standards;

Under CAN-FD fast phase, reliable communication can also be achieved at a data rate of 5Mbit/s;

Supports extremely low current standby mode and sleep mode, with local and remote wake-up functions;

Controlled through VIO input, the interface is compatible with 3V and 5V microcontroller signals;

Compliant with AEC-Q100 Grade 1 certification (ambient temperature=125 ℃), the dedicated TJA1443ATK can be used for high-temperature applications (ambient temperature=150 ℃);

Compliant with IEC 61000-4-2 standard, providing excellent ESD resistance of ± 8kV;

The small-sized HVSON14 package enhances the automatic optical inspection (AOI) capability.

Vehicle grade high-speed LIN transceiver (TJA1021ATK) specifications:

Compliant with 1/SAEJ2602 standard;

The baud rate can reach up to 20kBd;

It has extremely low power consumption in sleep mode and minimizes power consumption in fault mode, with local and remote wake-up functions;

The input level is compatible with 3V and 5V devices and can be directly connected to microcontrollers;

Extremely low electromagnetic radiation (EME) and high electromagnetic interference resistance (EMI);

Passive operation can be performed in an unpowered state;

Integrated terminal resistors suitable for LIN applications;

High ESD robustness: pins LIN, VBAT, and WAKENN can withstand ± 6kV ESD and comply with IEC61000-4-2 standard;

The small-sized HVSON8 package enhances the automatic optical inspection (AOI) capability.

Regarding Dahua University Holdings:

Da Da Da Da Da Holdings is an internationally leading semiconductor component distributor dedicated to the Asia Pacific market, headquartered in Taipei. It has subsidiaries such as Shiping, Pinjia, Quanding, and Youshang, with approximately 5000 employees and over 250 authorized product suppliers. The company has 73 distribution locations worldwide, with a total revenue of USD 21.55 billion in 2023. Dahua University has established an industrial holding platform, focusing on international operational scale and local flexibility, and has long been deeply rooted in the Asia Pacific market. With the vision of "industry first choice and channel benchmark", it fully implements the core values of "team, integrity, professionalism, and efficiency", and has been recognized by the "Global Distributor Excellence Performance Award" for 24 consecutive years. Faced with the trend of new manufacturing, Dalian University is committed to transforming into a data-driven enterprise, establishing an online digital platform - "DaDaWang", and advocating the intelligent logistics service (LaaS, Logistics as a Service) model to assist customers in facing the challenges of intelligent manufacturing together. Starting from good intentions and building trust through technology, the University of Hong Kong hopes to collaborate with the industry to establish a competitive ecosystem, and actively promote digital transformation with the sixteen character approach of "focusing on customers, technology empowerment, collaborative ecology, and co creating the era".