i.MX502 Processors|LCD Controller

Product Details

Block Diagram

i.MX502 Multimedia Applications Processor Block Diagram

Features

CPU Complex

Up to 800 MHz Arm^{^®} Cortex™-A8
32 KB instruction and data caches
Unified 256 KB L2 cache
NEON SIMD media accelerator
Vector floating point coprocessor

Multimedia

32-bit primary display support up to SXGA+ resolution
Pixel Processing Pipeline (ePxP) supporting CSC, Combine, Rotate, Gamma Mapping

External Memory Interface

Up to 2GB of LP-DDR2, DDR2 and LP-DDR1(mDDR), 16/32-bit
SLC/MLC NAND flash, 8/16-bit with 32-bit ECC

Advanced Power Management

Multiple independent power domains
State Retention Power Gating (SRPG)
Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS)

Connectivity

High-Speed USB 2.0 OTG with PHY
High-Speed USB 2.0 Host with PHY
10/100 Ethernet controller

Controllers

Wide array of serial interfaces, including SDIO, SPI, I2C and UART
I2S audio interface

Product Longevity

This product is included in NXP^{^®}.s product longevity program, with assured supply for a minimum of 10 years after launch

Documentation

Quick reference to our documentation types.

1-5 of 12 documents

^{Fact Sheet}
i.MX50 Family of Applications Processors - Fact SheetFeatured

PDFRev 1Sep 22, 2011462.4 KBIMX50FSEnglish
^{Data Sheet}
i.MX50 Applications Processors for Consumer Products - Data SheetFeatured

PDFRev 7Oct 10, 20132.6 MBIMX50CECEnglish
^{Reference Manual}
i.MX50 Applications Processor Reference Manual - IMX50RM

PDFRev 2Jun 21, 200642.7 MBIMX50RMEnglish
^{Application Note}
Building for i.MX Mature Boards

PDFRev 0Jul 27, 2017154.2 KBAN12024English
^{Application Note}
Using Open Source Debugging Tools for Linux on i.MX Processors

PDFRev 0Jul 19, 2012251.5 KBAN4553English
^{User Guide}
MX50SDG.book

PDFRev 0Aug 1, 20112.2 MBIMX50SDGEnglish
^Errata
Chip Errata for the i.MX50

PDFRev 5Jun 8, 2015336.6 KBIMX50CEEnglish
^{Supporting Information}
Linux Multimedia Codecs Documentation. Includes CODECs Release Notes and User's Guide

GZRev 2011.04Feb 23, 2012649.2 KBIMX50_1104_LINUX_MMDOCS_BUNDLEEnglish
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^{Supporting Information}
Android BSP Documentation. Includes Android R10.3 Release Notes and User's Guide

GZRev 10.3Jan 13, 20123.0 MBIMX5X_R10_3_ANDROID_DOCSBUNDLEEnglish
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^{Supporting Information}
Document that describes the steps needed to create a boot Android SD card for the i.MX50 EVK board. Using the R10.2 release.

GZRev 10.2Jul 21, 201117.6 KBIMX50_ANDROID_SD_INSTRUCTIONSEnglish
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^{Supporting Information}
Includes EVK Linux Hello World App Note, Read Me Doc, Release Notes, Reference Manual and User's Guide

GZRev 2011.04Jul 6, 20116.4 MBIMX50_1104_LINUXDOCS_BUNDLEEnglish
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^{White Paper}
i.MX Security Technology - White Paper

PDFRev 1Nov 20, 2014409.6 KBIMXSCRTYWPEnglish

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Design Resources

Design Files

1 design file

^{Printed Circuit Boards and Schematics}
i.MX50 EVK Board Schematics

ZIPRev 1Jul 6, 2011 00:00:004.7 MBI.MX50_EVK_REV._D_DESIGN_FILES
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Hardware

2 hardware offerings

^{Emulators, Probes, and Programmers}
IMX_MFG_TOOL

IMXMFG_TOOL
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^{Evaluation and Development Boards}
i.MX50 Evaluation Kit

IMX50EVK

1-5 of 6 hardware offerings

^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
Arm ULINKpro

The ULINKpro debug and trace unit connects your PC's USB port to your target system and allows you to program, debug, and analyze your applications using its unique strea...

By Arm Platinum Partner
^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
Green Hills Probe

High speed on-chip download, run control and trace.

By Green Hills Software Platinum Partner
^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
TRACE32 JTAG/SWD Debugger for ARM

Lauterbach is making world class microprocessor development tools since 1979. TRACE32 debug and real-time trace solutions support the whole range of NXP processors.

By Lauterbach Gold Partner
^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
I-jet

I-jet is a high-performing in-circuit debugging probe for ARM. It is capable of delivering power to the target board and measuring target power consumption. I-jet is full...

By IAR Platinum 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
^{Complementary Silicon or Component}
Low Power DRAM

Low Power DRAM's include LPDDR, LPDDR2, LPDDR3 and LPDDR4 products

By Micron Gold Partner

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Software

4 software files

^{BSP, Drivers and Middleware}
File and Instructions to create an SD with an Ubuntu Demo Image like the one provided with the EVK.

GZRev 2011.04Feb 23, 2012 00:00:001772974 KBUBUNTU_SD_DEMO_IMAGE
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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}
On-Board Diagnostic Suit for the i.MX50

GZRev 1Feb 9, 2012 00:00:009.3 MBIMX50_OBDS

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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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