i.MX503 Processors|2D Graphics Acceleration

Product Details

Block Diagram

i.MX503 Multimedia Applications Processor Block Diagram

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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

OpenVG™ 1.1 hardware accelerator
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

^{Evaluation and Development Boards}
i.MX50 Evaluation KitFeatured

IMX50EVK
^{Emulators, Probes, and Programmers}
IMX_MFG_TOOL

IMXMFG_TOOL
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1-5 of 10 hardware offerings

^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
J-Link BASEUPDATED

Supercharge your IDE with the worlds fastest debug probe. The J-Link Flash download technology achieves a performance very close to the maximum speed possible. No other ...

By SEGGER Microcontroller GmbH Gold Partner
^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
TRACE32® PowerTrace System for NXP Microcontrollers/Microprocessors

PowerTrace system provides full insights of what an embedded system is doing without impacting its real-time performance. It ensures bringing designs to market faster and...

By Lauterbach GmbH Gold Partner
^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
J-Link PROUPDATED

J-Link PRO is an enhanced version of the SEGGER J-Link. This emulator supports ARM/Cortex devices. This has an Ethernet interface in addition to the USB interface. This ...

By SEGGER Microcontroller GmbH Gold Partner
^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
J-Link WiFiUPDATED

JTAG/SWD debug probe with WiFi interface. Based on a 32-bit RISC CPU, it can communicate at high speed with the supported target CPUs. J-Link is used around the world in ...

By SEGGER Microcontroller GmbH Gold Partner
^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
TRACE32® Debug and Trace tools for Arm®-based NXP MPUs/MCUs

TRACE32® provides a complete suite of tools for all NXP's Arm®-based microprocessors. All of these provide unparalleled levels of debug capabilities to get the best out o...

By Lauterbach GmbH Gold 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}
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
^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
TRACE32® PowerDebug System for NXP Microcontrollers/Microprocessors

PowerDebug is Lauterbach's powerful, modular, flexible debug system. It provides the broadest coverage of supported chips and core architectures in the embedded industry ...

By Lauterbach GmbH 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
^{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

^{Configuration 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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^{BSPs and Device Drivers}
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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^{Debugging and Visualization Tools}
On-Board Diagnostic Suit for the i.MX50

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

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