LPC2131/32/34/36/38

General description

The LPC2131/32/34/36/38 microcontrollers are based on a 16/32-bit ARM7TDMI-S CPU with real-time emulation and embedded trace support, that combine the microcontroller with 32 kB, 64 kB, 128 kB, 256 kB and 512 kB of embedded high-speed flash memory. A 128-bit wide memory interface and a unique accelerator architecture enable 32-bit code execution at maximum clock rate. For critical code size applications, the alternative 16-bit Thumb mode reduces code by more than 30 pct with minimal performance penalty.

Due to their tiny size and low power consumption, these microcontrollers are ideal for applications where miniaturization is a key requirement, such as access control and point-of-sale. With a wide range of serial communications interfaces and on-chip SRAM options of 8 kB, 16 kB, and 32 kB, they are very well suited for communication gateways and protocol converters, soft modems, voice recognition and low-end imaging, providing both large buffer size and high processing power. Various 32-bit timers, single or dual 10-bit 8-channel ADC(s), 10-bit DAC, PWM channels and 47 GPIO lines with up to nine edge or level sensitive external interrupt pins make these microcontrollers particularly suitable for industrial control and medical systems.

Features

Enhancements brought by LPC213x/01 devices

• Fast GPIO ports enable port pin toggling up to 3.5 times faster than the original LPC213x. They also allow for a port pin to be read at any time regardless of its function.
• Dedicated result registers for ADC(s) reduce interrupt overhead.
• UART0/1 include fractional baud rate generator, auto-bauding capabilities and handshake flow-control fully implemented in hardware.
• Additional BOD control enables further reduction of power consumption.

Key features common for LPC213x and LPC213x/01

• 16/32-bit ARM7TDMI-S microcontroller in a tiny LQFP64 or HVQFN package.
• 8/16/32 kB of on-chip static RAM and 32/64/128/256/512 kB of on-chip flash program memory. 128-bit wide interface/accelerator enables high-speed 60 MHz operation.
• In-System Programming/In-Application Programming (ISP/IAP) via on-chip bootloader software. Single flash sector or full chip erase in 400 ms and programming of 256 B in 1 ms.
• EmbeddedICE RT and Embedded Trace interfaces offer real-time debugging with the on-chip RealMonitor software and high-speed tracing of instruction execution.
• One (LPC2131/32) or two (LPC2134/36/38) 8-channel 10-bit ADCs provide a total of up to 16 analog inputs, with conversion times as low as 2.44 us per channel.
• Single 10-bit DAC provides variable analog output (LPC2132/34/36/38).
• Two 32-bit timers/external event counters (with four capture and four compare channels each), PWM unit (six outputs) and watchdog.
• Low power Real-time clock with independent power and dedicated 32 kHz clock input.
• Multiple serial interfaces including two UARTs (16C550), two Fast I²C-bus (400 kbit/s), SPI and SSP with buffering and variable data length capabilities.
• Vectored interrupt controller with configurable priorities and vector addresses.
• Up to forty-seven 5 V tolerant general purpose I/O pins in tiny LQFP64 or HVQFN package.
• Up to nine edge or level sensitive external interrupt pins available.
• 60 MHz maximum CPU clock available from programmable on-chip PLL with settling time of 100 us.
• On-chip integrated oscillator operates with external crystal in range of 1 MHz to 30 MHz and with external oscillator up to 50 MHz.
• Power saving modes include Idle and Power-down.
• Individual enable/disable of peripheral functions as well as peripheral clock scaling down for additional power optimization.
• Processor wake-up from Power-down mode via external interrupt or BOD.
• Single power supply chip with POR and BOD circuits:
  • CPU operating voltage range of 3.0 V to 3.6 V (3.3 V +- 10 pct) with 5 V tolerant I/O pads.

Products/packages

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Quality/reliability/chemical content

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Pricing/ordering/availability

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Applications

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Block diagrams/pinning

Design support

Application Notes

AN10661; Brushless DC motor control using the LPC2141 (2007-10-18)

AN10403; Connecting ethernet interface with LPC2000 (2007-02-09)

AN10356; Entering ISP mode from user code (2006-09-06)

AN10689; Full-duplex software UART for LPC2000 (2008-01-18)

AN10414; Handling of spurious interrupts in the LPC2000 (2006-01-04)

AN10404; Initialization code/hints for the LPC2000 family (2005-11-01)

AN10587; Interfacing NXP bridge IC with NXP ARM microcontroller (2007-02-26)

AN10835; LPC2000 secondary bootloader for code update using IAP (2009-05-26)

AN10535; LPC2138 extreme power down application note (2006-12-15)

AN10878; Migrating to the LPC1700 series (2009-10-06)

AN10576; Migrating to the LPC2300/2400 family (2007-02-05)

AN10381; Nesting of interrupts in the LPC2000 (2005-06-06)

AN10775; NicheLite for LPC implementation notes (2009-07-16)

AN10254; Philips ARM LPC microcontroller family (2004-10-25)

AN10331; Philips LPC2xxx family phase lock loop (2004-11-01)

AN10421; Power management for LPC2138 (2006-01-06)

AN10583; Realizing an MP3 player with the LPC2148, using libmad and EFSL (2007-04-23)

AN10256; Using IAP for LPC2000 ARM devices (2004-10-25)

AN10302; Using the Philips LPC2000 Flash utility with the Keil MCB2100 and IAR LPC210x Kickstart evaluation boards (2004-06-10)

AN10382; Using the RTC efficiently in the LPC213x (2005-06-06)

AN10413; uC/OS-II Time Management in LPC2000 (2007-07-18)

Support Documents

75015815; 60-MHz, 32-bit microcontroller with ARM7TDMI-S(tm) core LPC213x (2007-01-01)

LPC2000_Series_Secondary_Bootloader; AN10835 - LPC2000 series secondary bootloader source code (2009-05-27)

75016543; An industry-leading portfolio of cost-effective, power-saving solutions for major home appliances (2008-06-01)

75016739; Development Tools for ARM-based MCUs - June 2009 (2009-06-01)

ES_LPC2131; Errata sheet LPC2131 (2008-06-07)

ES_LPC2131_01; Errata sheet LPC2131/01 (2009-02-09)

ES_LPC2132; Errata sheet LPC2132 (2008-06-07)

ES_LPC2132_01; Errata sheet LPC2132/01 (2009-02-09)

ES_LPC2134; Errata sheet LPC2134 (2008-06-07)

ES_LPC2134_01; Errata sheet LPC2134/01 (2009-02-09)

ES_LPC2136; Errata sheet LPC2136 (2008-06-07)

ES_LPC2136_01; Errata sheet LPC2136/01 (2009-02-09)

ES_LPC2138; Errata sheet LPC2138 (2008-06-07)

ES_LPC2138_01; Errata sheet LPC2138/01 (2009-02-09)

web; Inside the LPC2000... tips and tricks ()

75015818; LFPAK power MOSFETs and LPC microcontrollers (2006-11-01)

TN06004_LPC2000_ADC; LPC2000 ADC code example (2006-03-27)

web; LPC2000 EDA files (IBIS, BSDL, OrCAD, PADS, etc.) (2009-07-27)

TN06002_LPC2000_EINT; LPC2000 EINT dual edge interrupts (2006-02-22)

TN06005_LPC2000_I2C; LPC2000 I2C slave code example (2006-04-21)

TN06008_LPC2000_SPI; LPC2000 SPI slave code example (2006-06-16)

MACC06001_LPC2000_SPI; LPC2xxx SPI master code example (2006-01-20)

MACC05007_LPC2000_UART; LPC2xxx UART transmitter code example (2005-09-19)

web; LPCZone Training Video - NTRU Encryption Overview training (2008-01-06)

75016725; Microcontroller Brochure - April 2009 (2009-04-04)

75016669; Microcontroller Line Card - April 2009 (2009-04-04)

web; Sample Code Bundle for LPC213x/LPC214x Peripherals using Keil's MDK-ARM (2008-12-18)

UM10120; Volume 1: LPC213x User Manual (2005-06-24)

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