NXP is expanding its OrangeBox connectivity domain controller development platform ecosystem for automotive applications to include new cybersecurity and software solutions from nine strategic partners. This growing third-party support for the OrangeBox development ecosystem accelerates the transformation to software-defined vehicles and helps unify automotive wireless connectivity through a domain-based architecture that complements emerging zonal architectures.
As the OrangeBox ecosystem continues to grow and evolve, the platform helps developers consolidate essential wireless technologies into a unified automotive platform that reduces hardware and software cost and complexity while enhancing safe, secure connectivity.
NXP has partnered with Bitfdefender and Rinf.tech for exceptional cybersecurity and firewall solutions designed to secure smart connected cars and help prevent entry of malware to automotive subsystems. The solution helps protect software-defined vehicles from ransomware, malicious attacks, data breaches related to sensitive information, such as payments, tracking and navigation, and helps reduce driver safety incidents.
VicOne’s xCarbon and xNexus solutions provide an on-board Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS), with real-time Ethernet Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and CAN bus monitoring, combined with machine learning (ML)-driven cloud analytics.
To differentiate in the highly competitive automotive market, OEMs are continually developing their software defined vehicle platforms, with enhanced safety and infotainment features. Mender's end-to-end OTA update solution enables automakers to focus on innovation and not waste time building and supporting a homegrown OTA infrastructure. Mender's open-source model gives automakers confidence that they are in control and not locked into a proprietary vendor solution. OrangeBox developers can now leverage Mender’s end-to-end open-source OTA update solution.
NXP is working with Luxoft, a full-service technology partner that provides strategic advice as well as solution design and delivery, to develop open-source middleware solutions for telematics applications on OrangeBox, accelerating software-defined vehicle development. This telematics middleware abstracts the hardware and provides a standard API to applications. The goal is to provide the baseline telematics software functionality and to simplify the application development experience.
OEMs are undergoing a digital transformation built on vehicle data and software-defined vehicle features. They rely on resilient cloud services for millions of vehicles around the globe as a foundation for this transformation. NXP offers pre-integrated support for Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT services such as IoT Core, IoT Greengrass, and IoT FleetWise with OrangeBox to help OEMs implement cloud connectivity and deploy cloud native applications. NXP is simplifying the path to enabling the development, deployment and management of connected and software defined vehicles.
NXP is collaborating with Cohda Wireless, an established leading supplier of innovative connected vehicle solutions, to integrate their industry standard V2X-Stack with the OrangeBox BSP releases to enable automotive V2X application development.
In addition to expanding the OrangeBox software ecosystem, NXP is working with engineering service providers including iWave Systems and L4B AUTOMOTIVE to help accelerate overall time-to-market system development.
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OrangeBox provides a comprehensive development platform for prototyping and use case development enabled by NXP silicon and pre-integrated and third-party software. The platform’s extensive secure wireless connectivity capabilities enable developers to create automotive solutions that meet connectivity domain or zonal controller requirements. With OrangeBox, external wireless connectivity is managed through a single subsystem, enabling state-of-art security protection to be applied to all wireless traffic entering the car and simplifying cloud orchestration and OTA software updates.
OrangeBox incorporates the scalable i.MX 8XLite applications processor, an S32K safety co-processor, and the wireless connectivity capabilities required to implement secure car access to the outside world in a safe, secure manner through V2X, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, UWB, 4G LTE and 5G cellular, GPS/GNSS positioning and software-defined radios. As a leading provider of silicon, software, security technology and development platforms for the automotive market, NXP provides many of these wireless technologies and collaborates with third-party partners for additional software support.
The platform helps speed time to market and supports future-proof design through next-generation NXP processors. It also uses standard interfaces to address ever-changing standards in wireless and cellular connectivity, global positioning and radio tuner requirements.
OrangeBox integrates seamlessly with NXP’s popular GoldBox vehicle networking platform, enabling other automotive systems to easily leverage wireless connectivity. By complementing GoldBox, OrangeBox serves as a first line of defense for all external wireless connectivity, providing a secure and reliable interface between the car and the outside world.
Dan Loop is the Vice President and General Manager of the Automotive Edge Product Lines at NXP Semiconductors. He is responsible for the worldwide business development team supporting the i.MX applications processor product line for the automotive market. Dan has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and MSTC degree from the University of Texas at Austin.