Product Longevity

Finding replacement components for a design that is in production is no fun, and having to re-design a product because of an obsolete component can be expensive and damaging for a business.

Here are 2 ways Device Solutions modules help minimise this problem:

1. Freescale Longevity Programme
All our products are based on Freescale processors that are part of their longevity program. This guarantees availability of the key component of our modules for at least 10 or 15 years from first production. For our current products, this means availability until:

• 2023 for Quartz (Vybrid – 10 year program)
• 2026 for Opal (i.MX53 – 15 year program)
• 2024 for Topaz (i.MX25 – 15 year program)

2. We take care of component issues on the module
Using a module isolates you from the most common components that go end-of-life in a design.

Memory is one of the worst offenders when it comes to revisions and changes. It is also a difficult one when it comes to supply issues, but we won’t cover that here.

Whenever there is a change, we will notify existing customers and give them an option to qualify the updated module before we ship the new version. If software changes are required, these are taken care of by the operating system.