Roadmap
What's done, what's in progress, and where we're headed.
Done
In Progress
Planned
Dec 2024 Done
TI MSPM0 - First Enablement
- Zephyr SoC and board support for TI MSPM0G series
- GPIO, UART, clock control, pin controller - initial drivers
- Linumiz engineer appointed upstream Zephyr maintainer for MSPM0
- Downstream development begins, upstream submission pipeline established
Apr 2025 Done
TI MSPM0 - Driver Expansion
- SPI, ADC, DAC, PWM, DMA, RTC, watchdog, comparator, TRNG, AES
- MSPM0L series support added alongside MSPM0G
- CAN-FD driver for automotive body applications
- Multiple drivers merged into mainline Zephyr
Sep 2025 Done
Infineon AURIX - Architecture Port
- TriCore architecture port begins - new CPU architecture in Zephyr
- Kernel bring-up on TC375 Lite Kit evaluation board
- Toolchain integration and build infrastructure
- GPIO, UART - first peripheral smoke tests on AURIX
Oct 2025 Done
Infineon Traveo T2G - Initial Enablement
- Zephyr SoC support for CYT4DN (Arm Cortex-M7 + M0+)
- Multi-level interrupt controller, clock controller, multi-core boot
- Board support for KIT_T2G_C2D6M_LITE
- First downstream customer release
Jan 2026 Done
AURIX - Full Architecture & Peripheral Drivers
- Scheduler, interrupts, context switch - full TriCore arch support
- 4 board targets: TC375, TC377, TC397, TC4D7
- MPU support - user/supervisor isolation, 10/10 corner cases
- I2C master driver - standard (100k) to high-speed (3.4M)
- Watchdog, clock control, pin controller, system timer, trap handling
Mar 2026 Done
SPI / QSPI Driver
- SPI master - 8-bit and 16-bit, all 4 SPI modes
- Per-CS baud rate and timing configuration
- PMIC register read/write - production peripheral validated
- Supports both AURIX QSPI and Traveo T2G SPI controllers
Apr 2026 Done
Upstream Submissions
- AURIX: mainline Zephyr PR opened - 12,851 lines, 231 files
- AURIX: 98.76% CI pass rate - 8,886 / 8,998 test cases on hardware
- MSPM0: multiple drivers accepted into mainline Zephyr
- Toolchains integrated into Zephyr CI Docker image
May 2026 Done
CAN / CAN FD Driver + Traveo T2G Upstream
- CAN controller driver - Classic CAN 125 kbps to 1 Mbps, CAN FD up to 5 Mbps
- Ping-pong stress test - 14,600+ loops, zero errors
- Traveo T2G: 13 upstream PRs submitted - ADC, CAN, DMA, Flash, I2C, I2S, PWM, SPI, WDT
- Traveo T2G: CYT4BFC (Body-High) family added alongside CYT4DN
May 2026 Done
Labwire Platform
- Remote lab - acquire, flash, console from anywhere
- CI/CD pipeline - automated build, flash, verify on real hardware
- Open-source debug toolchain (OpenOCD)
- Peripheral monitor - live CAN, GPIO, I2C visualization
Jun 2026 In Progress
Public Launch & Continued Expansion
- Traveo T2G upstream review in progress
- NuttX RTOS port for AURIX TriCore (targeting Asian automotive market)
Jul - Aug 2026 Planned
LIN + UART Async
- LIN master/slave driver
- UART async API with DMA support
- Body electronics enablement - windows, mirrors, seats, climate
Oct 2026 Planned
Zephyr 4.5 - Upstream Merge
- Architecture port merged into mainline Zephyr
- Core arch + basic drivers upstream (foundation)
- CI green with toolchain in Zephyr Docker image
- Flash (NVM) driver - FOTA, calibration storage, bootloader
Nov - Dec 2026 Planned
ADC Driver
- ADC driver - temperature, pressure, voltage, current sensing
- Multi-channel scanning, result FIFO
- Core of powertrain and chassis ECUs
Jan - Feb 2027 Planned
DMA + Mailbox
- DMA driver - high-throughput data movement
- CAN gateway, ADC sampling, Ethernet DMA channels
- Inter-core mailbox (IPC) for multi-core communication
Apr 2027 Planned
Zephyr 4.6 LTS4 - Customer Delivery
- Long-term support release - ~5 years upstream maintenance
- Customer-specific BSP bring-up on custom PCB
- J1939 stack integration on top of CAN subsystem
- Ethernet v1 + MDIO - gateway, DoIP
- Safety artifacts - IEC 61508 / ISO 26262
- Ideal baseline for automotive SOP planning
May - Jun 2027 Planned
Timer & PWM
- Hardware timer module driver
- PWM output, input capture, dead-time control
- Motor control (BLDC, stepper), injector timing
Jul - Aug 2027 Planned
Automotive Sensor Buses
- SENT driver - throttle position, pressure, wheel speed
- PSI5 driver - airbag accelerometers, safety-critical sensors
- Point-to-point protocols replacing analog interfaces
Oct 2027 Planned
Zephyr 5.0 + Power & SMP
- Start of 5.x release cycle
- Power management - sleep, standby, wake-up modes
- Multi-core SMP - parallel processing across cores
- Complete Tier 1 + Tier 2 automotive peripheral coverage
H1 2028 Planned
Next-Gen Protocols
- CAN XL driver - 2,048-byte payload, 20 Mbit/s
- FlexRay - legacy safety-critical chassis bus
- Hardware fault monitoring (ASIL)
- Counter / timer - wheel speed, crank/cam position
H2 2028 Planned
High-Speed Links & Routing
- Additional Ethernet + high-speed serial links
- Hardware CAN / data routing engines
- SDMMC + expanded SPI - data logging
- Motor sensor + serial sensor interfaces
H1 2029 Planned
Security & Standby
- Secure boot, hardware crypto, key storage
- Standby controller + voltage/temperature monitoring
- Accelerator interfaces for next-gen silicon
Oct 2029 Planned
Zephyr 5.4 LTS5 - Full Platform
- Audio (I2S) + high-resolution PWM
- Platform consolidation and hardening
- Complete automotive peripheral coverage - 30+ drivers
- Second long-term support baseline
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