i.MX53 Quick Start Board

IMX53QSB

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MCIMX53-START-R no longer features an accelerometer due to vendors EOL and no direct replacement. The BSP is not affected.

The i.MX 53 Quick Start Board is a $299 open source development platform integrated with an Arm® Cortex®-A8 1 GHz processor and the NXP® MC34708 PMIC.

Quick Start Board includes a display controller, hardware-accelerated graphics, 1080p video decode and 720p encode as well as numerous connectivity options ideally suited for applications such as human machine interface in embedded consumer, industrial and medical markets.

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Supported Devices

Power Management

PMICs

  • MC34708: Power Management for i.MX50/53 Processors

Audio

Audio Converters

Features

Processor subsystem

  • i.MX53 1 GHz Arm Cortex-A8 Processor
  • MC34708 PMIC
  • 1 GB DDR3 memory

Display

  • LVDS connector
    • 10.1" 1024x768 (XGA) with capacitive touch (MCIMX-LVDS1)
  • VGA connector
  • Parallel LCD add-on card via expansion connector
    • 4.3" 800x480 (WVGA) with 4-wire resistive touch (MCIMX28LCD)
  • HDMI add-on card via expansion connector
    • 24-bit HDMI output port also contains S/PDIF audio

Audio

  • S/PDIF output via HDMI add-on card
  • NXP® SGTL5000 audio codec
  • Microphone jack
  • Headphone jack

Analog Sensors

  • NXP 3-axis Accelerometer MMA8450QT

Expansion Connector

  • Enables parallel LCD or HDMI output
  • Camera CSI port signals
  • I2C, SSI, SPI signals

Connectivity

  • Full-size SD/MMC card slot
  • Micro SD card slot
  • 7-pin SATA data connector
  • 10/100BT Ethernet port
  • 2x high-speed USB Host port
  • 1x Micro USB Device port

Debug

  • JTAG connector
  • DB-9 UART port

Miscellaneous

  • Power Supply 5 V, 2 A
    • Included in the kit along with worldwide adapters
  • 3" x 3" 8-layer PCB

OS Support

  • Linux
    • NXP
      • 4 GB microSD card with image included in the kit
    • iWave
  • Android™
    • Adeneo
    • iWave
  • Windows Embedded Compact 7
    • Adeneo
    • iWave

Tool Support

  • Debug/IDE tool chains from SEGGER MCU, Macgraigor, IAR Systems, Arm, Lauterbach
  • VMware player to bring up the Linux® image on a Windows®PC

Buy Options

  • MCIMX-LVDS1

  • Accessory Board, Hardware, i.MX 6Quad/6Dual/6DualLite/6Solo, i.MX53, 10.1 XGA LVDS Display.

  • $573.85 USD
  • For a quantity of 1
    • Availability: Pending stock
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    • MCIMX53-START-R

    • Quick Start Board, Hardware, i.MX53, No Display with MC34708.

    • $343.85 USD
    • For a quantity of 1
      • Availability: Pending stock
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    • MCIMXHDMICARD

    • Accessory Board, Hardware, i.MX 6SoloLite, i.MX53, i.MX50, 24-bit HDMI Interface Card.

    • $56.35 USD
    • For a quantity of 1
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    Documentation

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    Design Files

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    • Printed Circuit Boards and Schematics

      MCIMX53-START i.MX53 QS Board Schematics

      ZIPRev 3May 12, 2011 00:00:006.6 MBIMX53_QS_BOARD_SCHEMATICS
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    • Printed Circuit Boards and Schematics

      MCIMX53-START-R i.MX53 QS Board Schematics

      ZIPRev BJan 10, 2012 00:00:005.1 MBIMX53_QS-R_BOARD_SCHEMATICS
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    • Printed Circuit Boards and Schematics

      i.MX28 LCD Design Files: Hardware Schematics.

      ZIPRev BMay 2, 2011 00:00:00126.2 KBMX28_LCD_DESIGN_FILES
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    Software

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    • Code Snippets

      IOMUX_TOOL

      ZIPRev 2.0.27Aug 22, 2011 00:00:00956 KBIO_MUX_TOOL
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    • Test, Debug and Analyzer Software

      DDR Stress tester kit for the i.MX51 and i.MX53

      ZIPRev 1May 16, 2011 00:00:00139.1 KBDDR_STRESS_TESTER_FOR_MX51_MX53
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    • Code Generation Tools

      i.MX High Assurance Boot Reference Code Signing Tool

      TGZRev 3.1.0Oct 15, 2018 00:00:0015871 KBIMX_CST_TOOL
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    • Embedded Application Software - miscellaneous

      "Linux Multimedia Codecs Documentation and Sources 11.09 for i.MX53 for the Quick Start boards.Updated with the Linux 11.09 patch release and the 2.0.5 Open Max files.

      GZRev 2011.09.03Apr 24, 2012 00:00:0052.7 MBIMX53_11_09_LINUX_MMCODECS
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