The document discusses Qualcomm's advancements in connected car technology, highlighting the Snapdragon automotive solution which integrates mobile technology into vehicles. With over 10 million vehicles connected globally, Qualcomm's products support various automotive applications including infotainment, navigation, and safety features. It outlines the hardware specifications, development platforms, and the partnership with QNX to enhance automotive user experiences and development efficiency.

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2. Developing for the
Connected Car
Nilesh Parekh, Director Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Shyam Sundar, Principal Engineer/Manager, Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
Andrew Poliak, Director Global Business Development, QNX Software Systems

3. Qualcomm® Snapdragon™
Automotive Solutions
Nilesh Parekh, Director Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies
Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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Source: ABI, 2013, Gartner, Jan. ‘14
Changing
Transportation
shipped in 2017 will be connected through
mobile technology.
~60% New cars
By 2018, one in five new cars on the road
will be ‘self aware’

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More than 10 million vehicles
deployed globally across 15+
auto OEMS
Qualcomm Technologies’ Connected Car Leadership
In 2014, Qualcomm Technologies
has 35+ connected car programs
from 13 OEMs in production
Majority of the world’s Tier 1 and
Tier 2 connected car program
Majority of the world automakers
connected car programs.

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Technologies developed for the smartphone industry will
enable the next generation of automotive infotainment
Voice
Email/Calendar
News/
Entertainment
Apps
Video
Movies Photography
Internet
access
Maps
Text
Social
networkingShopping

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HD Quality
Graphics
3D Maps
Instrumentation
Navigation
Multimedia
streaming
Bluetooth
Wi-Fi hotspot
This use case is a hypothetical depiction of potential applications for Gobi and Snapdragon product offerings –
not actual connected car and infotainment product. All screen images are simulated.
Rear seat entertainment
Content sharing
Mobile device
integration
Driver assistance
Snapdragon automotive solution for smart, connected infotainment
Qualcomm Technologies’ integrated automotive solutions are
designed to speed up change in the in-car experience

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Safety
Head unit
connectivity
Vehicle
diagnostics
Wi-Fi hotspot
Navigation
services
Vehicle to vehicle
communication (DSRC)
Enhanced security features
Object
detection
Security
Drivers for connectivity: Moving to LTE
From telematics to enabled cloud services

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Introducing Snapdragon Automotive Solutions
Announced at CES 2014: Bringing connected infotainment with Snapdragon 602A
Qualcomm Gobi is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Qualcomm VIVE and Qualcomm Izat are products of Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.
Snapdragon Automotive Solution
Qualcomm® Gobi™ 4G LTE Advanced modem (9x15, 9x30)
First Snapdragon 602A automotive grade processor
First 2-stream Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for automotive
Qualcomm® Izat™ GNSS (GPS, Glonass, DR)
Support for Android, Linux and QNX HLOS with automotive
optimizations for critical services fast boot
HW and SW tightly optimized and integrated for infotainment
systems
Snapdragon Automotive Development Platform (ADP) to
enable ecosystem to take advantage of integrated offering
and rapidly build and test solutions
Integrated and Optimized Solution

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 Chipsets based on Snapdragon for automotive integrate:
 1.5 GHz Quad Core Qualcomm® Krait™ CPU
 400 MHz Qualcomm® Adreno™ 320 GPU
 500 MHz Qualcomm® Hexagon™ DSP
 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity
 GNSS receiver and dead reckoning
 Power Management ICs
 Camera and video engines with compression, decompression and
image processing
 Multi-display support (Center Stack, Rear Seat, Instrument Cluster)
 Audio cores
 Security cores
 Multi-mode modem technology (3G, 4G-LTE)
 HLOS support: QNX, Android, Linux
 Targeting high and mid tier infotainment platforms
 Meets automotive temperature,
quality and reliability requirements
 AEC-Q100
 Temp range (Ta = -40C to +85C)
 Failure rates
Qualcomm Technologies’ Infotainment SoC
Snapdragon 602A is Qualcomm Technologies first automotive grade SoC
Qualcomm Krait, Qualcomm Adreno and Qualcomm Hexagon are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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Snapdragon ADP: Overview
The Snapdragon ADP enables the development of a comprehensive and broad range of LTE
connected infotainment systems
• Snapdragon ADP provides a fully-
featured application development
environment for rapid development of
high performance and power efficient
connected infotainment offerings
• The integrated system approach can
help lower development cost, reduce
risk, and speed time to market.
Main Board
Network
Board
Radio Board

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Snapdragon ADP: Hardware Specifications Summary
 Chipset
– S602A 23x23, PMM8920, QCA6574,
RGR7640
 Memory
– 4GB (3GB accessible)/2GB DDR3L-
1066
– 64 GB eMMC
– 64MB SPI NOR Flash
– One SD card slot
 Three Display Outputs
– LVDS to FPDLINK III
– HDMI
– DSI to HDMI
– Touch screen on FDPLINK III display
– Additional touch screen on USB
interface
 Cameras Inputs
– FPD-LINK II Input
– CVBS video input
 Sensors
– Accelerometer, Compass
 Main board connectors
– 12V DC jack
– USB2.0: One micro OTG, three host type-A;
– One SD card slot
– One SIM card slot
– One SATA connector
– JTAG, USB to UART debug connector
– Display: FDPLINK III x1, HDMI x2 (1080p x1, 720p x1)
– Camera: FPDLINK II x1, CVBS in x 3 (2 concurrent)
– Antenna: 2 WAN, 2 WLAN/BT, 1 GPS
– RCM connector
 Radio board connectors
– Speaker amp DC power input
– Speaker output x4, Line output x2
– Microphone input x4
– Aux audio input jack
– Radio antenna connectors
– JTAG
 Network board connectors
– Ethernet socket x1
– CAN connector x2, LIN connector x1
 Audio
– NXP Dirana3 car audio and radio system
– 6-ch audio output (speaker x4, line out x2)
– 4 microphone input
– MDM modem audio support
– Early sound play with analog audio from the
network processor
 Wireless Connectivity
‒ WLAN: 802.11ac, 2.5GHz/5GHz,
‒ BT 4.0
‒ GPS
 WWAN
– MDM9x15 LTE module
 Wired Connectivity
– Atmel SAM4E/SAMV71 Network processor
– Ethernet AVB support (limited function with
SAM4E)
– CAN interface x2, LIN interface x1
 Hard Keys
– Four SW definable buttons
– Power and reset buttons

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Snapdragon ADP Ordering Process
Intrinsyc distributes and supports Snapdragon ADP
• Place an order on the Intrinsyc website (intrinsyc.com/adp)
− Specify HDCP licensee or non-licensee
− Add to your cart and select quantities
− Review and accept the click-through EULA at the bottom of the page
− Enter payment and shipping information
• Once approved, Intrinsyc will ship the ADP units directly to the address indicated in the order
− Android BSP will be shipped with all units from Intrinsyc
− QNX BSP coming at a later date at Intrinsyc
• Intrinsyc provides Tier-1 and Tier-2 support
− Included Technical support (via email and phone)
− Additional support on a time and material basis
− SW updates and RMA support

14. Android for Snapdragon Automotive Development
Platform (ADP)
Shyam Sundar
Linux/Android Project Engineer, Snapdragon Automotive,
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.

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ADP Ecosystem Receives:
- ADP Platform.
- Binary Component Package.
- Build & Debugging Tools.
- Documentation.
- Linux Kernel 3.4.
- Android Open Source Project (Kitkat).
ADP Software Build

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Automotive Android Solution
UART
BSP
OpenCL 1.0OMX IL Video Codecs
Adreno 320 DriverVideo Driver & Firmware ADSP Driver & Firmware
OpenGL ES 2.0
Location API
Feature
Interfaces
OMX IL Audio Codecs Modem InterfaceWiFi Driver & Firmware
Stagefright
Libraries &
Middleware Audio HAL Video HAL Audio Policy Audio & Video Codecs
SurfaceFlinger
Vehicle Networks Interface
WiFi & Soft AP BlueDroid
DR Plugin Engine
Kernel
& Boot
Linux Kernel 3.4
Proprietary Bootloaders & Little Kernel (LK)
HSUSB SD/eMMC SDIO 3.0 PCIe 2.0 SATA I2C I2S Keypad Touch Display ALSA
Clock PMIC ADV7282 GSS WLAN KGSL V4L2
SensorOne Interface
Audio Flinger Radio Interface Layer Location Provider
Sensors HAL
Framework Video Audio Camera Display Telephony & Data Location Connectivity Vehicle Networks Graphics
Authored by QuIC,
Inc.
Minor Modifications/Extensions
Applications

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Automotive Android Solution – Areas of Impact & Changes
Multiple Displays
Description:
Driver-level support for 3 simultaneous
displays over LVDS, DSI and HDMI.
Developer API Impact:
None
Audio
Description:
Multi-stream Multi-device concurrencies
over an Automotive Audio/Radio
interface.
Developer API Impact:
New API Extensions Added.
Quick Boot
Description:
Optimizations to Bootloader, LK, Kernel
and Android Startup sequence to meet
Automotive Boot Times.
Developer API Impact:
None
Camera
Description:
Android Camera API is currently NOP
due to Safety-Domain Camera
architecture. Non-safety-domain Camera
applications are planned, but not
currently supported.
DeveloperAPI Impact:
Camera Applications will not be
functional.

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Automotive Android Solution – Areas of Impact & Changes
Vehicle Networks
Description:
New API and Events Interface to
propagate Vehicle Events from sources
such as the CAN bus. Serves Vehicle
Events to Android Applications as well as
internal components.
Developer API Impact:
New API Extensions Added.
Bluetooth
Description:
Automotive Profiles (HFP Sink, A2DP
Sink, etc.)
Developer API Impact:
New API Extensions Added.
Telephony & WWAN Data
Description:
Integration to an Automotive-grade
external modem module over HSUSB.
Integrated Telephony and Data
functionality over Android Telephony
API and RIL.
Developer API Impact:
None
GPS with DR Plugin Engine
Description:
GPS solution with DR Plugin Interface
that allows plugging in any 3rd party DR
solution.
DeveloperAPI Impact:
None

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Qualcomm Automotive Android Solution
Other APIs Supported
• OpenMAX IL
• OpenGL ES
• OpenCL
• ALSA
• Qualcomm® Hexagon™ SDK

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Opportunities for Ecosystem
Virtualization/Hypervisor
Audio/Video Codecs
OpenDSP Extensions
Voice Recognition
OTA Updates
iAP/iAP2/CarPlay
GAL
Ethernet AVB
MultiDisplay/MultiWindow
HMI & Applications
Authored by QuIC,
Inc.

21. QNX for Snapdragon
Automotive Development
Platform
Andrew Poliak
Director of Business Development, QNX Software Systems

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Overview of QNX in the
automotive industry

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QNX in the Automotive Market
QNX software is deployed by over 40 OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) in tens of millions
of vehicles throughout North America, Europe, and Asia
Tier ones
OEMs

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QNX supports today’s broadest cross-platform mobile development environments
QNX CAR Platform supports HMI and app environments using Qt, HTML5, .apk, and OpenGL
ES combined in numerous ways
Plus Elektrobit GUIDE and Crank Storyboard UX tools
Best Application Platform
Mobile development
environment
Supported platforms
Qt iOS, Android, BlackBerry 10
HTML5 iOS, Android, BlackBerry 10, Win8
C++/OpenGl ES iOS, Android, BlackBerry 10
Java (.apk) Android, BlackBerry 10

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QNX CAR Platform Design Principles
Speed customer’s time-to-market
Leverage industry-standard HTML5, Android, and Qt mobile app development
Integrate best of breed automotive technologies
− Voice recognition, navigation, and connectivity
Solve development and integration issues
− Code reuse, boot times, and memory footprint
Provide customer with flexibility
Support multiple simultaneous HMI frameworks
− Cleanly separated UI and service layers
Fully abstracted component subsystems
− Substitute for preferences or regional needs

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Key features of QNX CAR
Platform

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QNX CAR Platform Demo
Demo of QNX CAR Platform is focused on stability and concurrence of core automotive
features
Dashboard summarizes current system activity and basic settings:
− Navigation
− Weather
− Music playing

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Navigation
QNX platform can be configured for multiple navigation engines:
− Elektrobit street director
− Nokia HERE
− Other
Snapdragon graphics chipset with QNX platform has the required performance quality to
support advanced graphics
− 3-D accelerated graphics in navigation
Smooth rendering performance

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Media Framework
Displays controls for discovering and playing audio and video files on different sources: Play
Radio, Play Music, Play Video, and Search
Smooth scrolling animations
Compositing windowing system integrates multiple graphics and user interface (UI)
technologies into a single display
Supports multiple graphics technologies:
− Video
− Open GL ES
− HTML5
− Qt 5
Can have multiple displays and multiple cameras

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Connectivity
The QNX OS provides support for the latest in wired and wireless networking, and
connectivity options out of the box
− LTE cellular
− Bluetooth
− Wifi
− USB 3.0, USB On-The-Go, USB device
Allows messages and media to display in the head unit from a mobile device
Have mastered the difficult task of providing concurrency, stability, and performance

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Key Performance Points
Fastboot
− Flexibility to optimize the order of the boot process and stage the boot process
− Instant Device Activation (IDA) loads drivers during boot process, giving access to critical resources 50ms
after power-on-reset
Power Management
− Tickless mode, tolerant timers, lazy interrupts

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