56F836X-816X|Digital Signal Controllers

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NXP^® 56F836X and 56F816X digital signal controllers belong to the 56800E core-based DSC family. They combine digital signal processing and microcontroller functionalities on a single chip, with a flexible set of peripherals.

On-chip integration and ease of implementation help to speed development, lower component count, and significantly reduce system cost
Simplifies designs while promoting compliance with safety regulations
Supported by robust development tools to simplify and accelerate time-to-market

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56F836X/816X Digital Signal Controller

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Features

On-chip memory includes high-speed volatile and nonvolatile components:
- 512 KB of program Flash
- 4 KB of program RAM (836X devices)
- 32 KB of data RAM
- 32 KB of data Flash (836X devices)
- 32 KB of boot Flash
Access up to 4 MB of off-chip program and 32 MB of data memory
Up to 60 MIPS at 60 MHz execution frequency
Chip select logic for glueless interface to ROM and SRAM
JTAG/EOnCE for unobtrusive real-time debugging
Four 12-bit ADCs
Temperature sensor
Up to two FlexCAN (CAN Version 2.0 B-compliant)
Two serial communication interfaces (SCIs)
Up to two serial peripheral interfaces (SPIs)
Two dedicated external interrupt pins
Software-programmable phase-lock loop
Up to 76 GPIO pins

Design Resources

Hardware

5 hardware offerings

^{Emulators, Probes, and Programmers}
HW Programmers for Production Flash Programming

56800PFPROGR
^{Emulators, Probes, and Programmers}
Flash Programming Tool for 56F83xx/1xx and 56F801x Digital Signal Controllers. Requires installation of CodeWarrior 7.2 or higher.

56F8XXXFP
^{Emulators, Probes, and Programmers}
USB TAP for ONCE DSC

USBTAP_DSC
Additional hardware available. View our featured partner solutions.
^{Emulators, Probes, and Programmers}
CodeWarrior^® Flash Programming Tool for 56800/E

56800CWFP
^{Evaluation and Development Boards}
Evaluation Kit for Digital Signal Controllers

MC56F8367EVME

5 hardware offerings

^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
USB Multilink Universal FX

Multilink Universal FX is a high-speed,BDM/JTAG debug probe for Kinetis, LPC, S32, MPC5xxx, MPC5xx/8xx, ColdFire, HC(S)12(X), S12Z, HCS08, RS08, DSCdevices. Supports SWO ...

By P & E Microcomputer Systems, Inc Gold Partner
^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
CYCLONE LC

Production programmer. Models support high-speed, low-cost, in-circuit flash programming, debugging, & test of many NXP 8-/16-/32-bit systems. Stand-alone or host-control...

By P & E Microcomputer Systems, Inc Gold Partner
^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
USB Multilink Universal

USB Multilink Universal is an all-in-one BDM/JTAG debug probe Kinetis, LPC, i.MX RT, S32, HCS08, HC(S)12(X), S12Z, RS08, ColdFire V1/+V1, ColdFire V2-4, MPC5xxx, DSC. Sup...

By P & E Microcomputer Systems, Inc Gold Partner
^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
CYCLONE FX

Advanced Cyclone programmer. Models support high-speed in-circuit flash programming, debug, and test of many NXP 8-/16-/32-bit MCUs. Enhanced speed/security/storage. Sta...

By P & E Microcomputer Systems, Inc Gold Partner
^{Complementary Silicon or Component}
NOR Flash

Micron manufactures a wide range of NOR Flash products, including Serial and quad SPI, Industry standard Parallel NOR flash and high performance parallel NOR Flash suppor...

By Micron Gold Partner

To find a complete list of our partners that support this product, please see our Partner Marketplace.

Engineering Services

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2 engineering services

^{Independent Design House (IDH)}
Embedded firmware consulting

By Embedded Systems Academy, Inc. GoldHQ: San Jose, United StatesSupporting Regions: EMEA
^{Independent Design House (IDH)}
Hardware Engineering Services

By Dornerworks Ltd. GoldHQ: Grand Rapids, United StatesSupporting Regions: Americas

To find a complete list of our partners that support this product, please see our Partner Marketplace.

Training

1 trainings

^{On-Demand Webinar}
DO-178C & Multicore

3 dayBy Rapita Systems Registered Partner

Digital Signal Controllers

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56F836X/816X Digital Signal Controller

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Design Resources

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HW Programmers for Production Flash Programming

Flash Programming Tool for 56F83xx/1xx and 56F801x Digital Signal Controllers. Requires installation of CodeWarrior 7.2 or higher.

CodeWarrior® Flash Programming Tool for 56800/E

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FreeMASTER Communication Driver 2.0 (DSC, S08, S12, S16, MPC)

Code examples for ECS04W54 Presentation

56F8300 Bootloader

Peripheral Example Applications for 56800/E, supporting: ADC, Decoder, ESSI/SSI, EMI, Flash, GPIO, HPI, INTC, I2C, PLL, PWM, Timer, SCI/LIN, SIM, SPI, TOD, EEPROM, Terminal, Button, Codec, LED, Switch.

NXP® Embedded Software Library 1.0 for DSC56F8000

56800E DSC Embedded Software and Motor Control Library

Real-Time Control and Debugging Tool

Initialization tool for ADC, Decoder, ESSI/SSI, EMI, FlexCAN, Flash, GPIO, HPI, INTC, I2C, MSCAN, PLL, PWM, Timer, SCI/LIN, SIM, SPI, TOD, EEPROM, Terminal, Button, Codec, LED, Switch

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