MCX N94x and N54x MCUs with Dual Core Arm® Cortex®-M33, EdgeLock® Secure Subsystem and Neural Processing Unit

MCX-N94X-N54X
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The MCX N94x and MCX N54x are based on dual high-performance Arm® Cortex®-M33 cores running up to 150 MHz, with 2MB of Flash with optional full ECC RAM, a DSP co-processor and an integrated proprietary neural processing unit (NPU). The integrated NPU delivers up to 30x faster machine learning (ML) throughput compared to a CPU core alone enabling it to spend less time awake and reducing overall power consumption.

The multicore design delivers improved system performance and reduced power consumption by enabling smart, efficient distribution of workloads to the analog and digital peripherals. The devices are supported by the widely adopted MCUXpresso suite of software and tools to optimize, ease and help accelerate embedded system development.

The MCX N94x family is geared toward industrial applications with a wider set of analog and motor control peripherals, while the MCX N54x family targets consumer and IoT applications with peripherals ranging from high-speed USB with a PHY to secure digital (SD) and smart card interfaces.

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Features

Core Platform

  • Arm® Cortex®-M33 @ 150 MHz (Dual core)
  • DSP Accelerator (PowerQUAD, with Co-Processor interface)
  • SmartDMA
  • N1-16 Neural Processing Unit (NPU)
  • Coolflux BSP32 (Programmed as PLC)

Memory

  • Up to 2 MB (2 x 1MB Bank) on chip Flash
    • Supporting Flash Swap and Read While Write
  • Cache Engine with 16 KB RAM
  • Up to 512 KB RAM, configurable as up to 416 KB with ECC (support single bit correction two bits detection)
    • Up to 4x 8 KB ECC RAM can be retained down to VBAT mode
  • FlexSPI with 16 KB cache supporting XIP, Octal/Quad SPI flash, HyperFlash, HyperRAM, Xccela memory types

Peripherals

  • Analog
    • 4x 16bit ADC (Single Ended) or 2x16bit (Differential)
      • Up to 2 Msps in 16bit mode and 3.3 Msps in 12bit mode
    • Integrated temperature sensor connected per ADC
    • Three high-speed comparators with 17 input pins and 8-bit DAC as internal reference
      • 2x CMP is functional down to Deep Power Down mode
    • Two 12-bit DAC with sample rates of up to 1.0 MSample/sec
    • One 14-bit DAC with sample rates of up to 10 MSample/sec
    • Three OpAmps can be configured to:
      • Programmable Gain Amplifier
      • Differential Amplifier
      • Instrument Amplifier
      • Transconductance Amplifier
    • Highly accurate VREF ±0.15 % and 15 ppm/deg C drift
  • Timers
    • Five 32-bit standard general-purpose asynchronous timers/counters, which support up to four capture inputs and four compare outputs, PWM mode, and external count input. Specific timer events can be selected to generate DMA requests.
    • SCTimer/PWM
    • LPTimer
    • Frequency measurement timer
    • Multi-Rate Timer
    • Windowed Watchdog Timer
    • RTC with calendar
    • Micro Timer
    • OS Event Timer
  • Communication interfaces
    • USB high-speed (Host/Device) with on-chip HS PHY
    • USB full-speed (Host/Device) with on-chip FS PHY, USB Device
    • uSDHC (Micro SD High Speed Card Interface)
    • 10x LP Flexcomms each supporting SPI, I2C, UART
    • 2x FlexCAN with FD, 2x I3Cs, 2x SAI
    • 1x Ethernet with QoS
    • 1x FlexIO programmable as a variety of serial and parallel interfaces, including, but not limited to Display Driver and camera interface
    • 2x EVM Smart Card Interfaces
    • Programmable Logic Unit (PLU)
  • Motor Control Subsystem
    • 2x eFlexPWM each with 4 sub-modules, providing 12 PWM outputs
    • 2x Quadrature Encoder/Decoder (ENC)
    • 1x Event Generator (AND/OR/INVERT) module support up to 8 output trigger
    • SINC Filter Module (3rd order, 5ch, Break signals connections to PWM)

Security

  • EdgeLock® Secure Subsystem (ELS S50)
    • AES-256, SHA-2, RNG
    • ECC-256 (ECDSA, ECDH)
  • PKC (Asymmetric Crypto accelerator)
  • SRAM PUF for RoT Key
  • PRINCE On The Fly Encrypt/Decrypt for internal and external Flash
  • Protected Flash Region (PFR)
  • DICE and UID and Debug authentication
  • 2x Code Watchdog
  • Tamper Detect
    • Eight Tamper Pins
    • Active and Passive Tamper Pin Detect
    • Voltage Tamper Detect
    • Temperature Tamper Detect
    • Clock Tamper Detect

Packaging

  • VFBGA184, 9x9mm and HLQFP100, 14x14mm

Software and Tools

  • MCUXpresso Config Tools – A comprehensive suite of system configuration tools, including pins, clocks, SDK builder and more.
  • MCUXpresso SDK – An open-source software development kit (SDK) built specifically for your processor and evaluation board selections.
  • MCUXpresso IDE – An easy-to-use integrated development environment (IDE) for creating, building, debugging and optimizing your application.
  • RTOS
    • Zephyr
    • FreeRTOS
    • Azure

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