NXP LPC551x/S1x Arm Cortex-M33 MCU Family Launched with LPC55S16 Development Board

NXP has announced the general availability of LPC551x/S1x Arm Cortex-M33 MCU family with low power consumption, embedded security, pin-, software- and peripheral-compatibility.

The LPC551x/S1x family is manufactured using a  cost-effective 40-nm NVM process technology and targets industrial and general embedded markets. An LPC55S16 based development board – PLC55S16-EVK – is also offered for evaluation and software development.

NXP LPC551x/S1x MCU

Key features and specifications:

• CPU – Arm Cortex-M33 core @ up to 150 MHz delivering over 600 EEMBC CoreMarks and consuming as low as 32uA/MHz
• Memory and Storage – Up to 256 KB on-chip flash; up to 96 KB SRAM; 128 KB boot ROM
• Peripherals
  • CAN FD / CAN 2.0
  • Dual-USB with on-chip PHY, supporting both HS and FS modes
  • SDIO and up to 9 FlexComm interfaces (configurable as either SPI/I2C/I2S, UART)
  • Up to 64x GPIO pins
  • 16-bit ADC with five differential channel pair
  • Comparator with five input pins and external or internal reference voltage
  • Timers – 5x 32-bit standard general-purpose timers, 1x SCTimer/PWM with 8 input and 10 output functions, RTC with 1 s resolution, 24-bit timer (MRT) for repetitive interrupt generation, watchdog timer (WWDT), micro-tick timer, 42-bit free-running OS Timer
• Security (S1x MCU family only)
  • SRAM PUF based device root key with added application key storage options
  • Secure boot and anti-rollback protection
  • Arm TrustZone technology
  • Hardware block cipher (PRINCE) for encryption/decryption of internal flash
  • Accelerators for symmetric and asymmetric cryptography
  • Authenticated debug capabilities
• Power Management
  • Integrated Power Management Unit (PMU) to minimize power consumption
  • Reduced power modes – Sleep, deep-sleep with RAM retention, power-down with RAM retention and CPU0 retention, and deep power-down with RAM retention
  • The Micro-Tick Timer and the RTC can be used to wake up the device from sleep and deep-sleep modes
  • Power-On Reset (POR) and Brown-Out-Detectors (BOD)
• Single Power Supply – 1.8 to 3.6V DC
• Temperature Range – -40°C to +105°C
• Package – HLQFP100, VFBGA98, and HTQFP64

The LPC551x/S1x MCU family is supported by the company’s MCUXpresso suite of software and tools for Windows, Linux (Ubuntu 16.04+), and Mac OS.

LPC55S16-EVK Development Board

NXP also provides LPC55S16-EVK development board with the following specification:

• MCU – NXP LPC55S16 Arm Cortex-M33 microcontroller @ up to 150 MHz with 256 KB flash and 96 KB SRAM on-chip (HLQFP100 package)
• Audio – Stereo audio codec with 3.5mm Line-in/out jacks
• USB – Full-speed Micro USB host/device port, high-speed Micro USB host/device port
• Serial – UART header for external serial to USB cable, CAN Transceiver
• Expansion Connectors
  • MikroBus socket for MikroElektronika Click boards
  • LPCXpresso expansion connectors compatible with Arduino UNO
  • Pmod compatible expansion/host connector
• Debugging
  • LPC-Link2 debug high-speed USB probe with VCOM port
  • I2C and SPI USB bridging to the LPC device via LPC-Link2 probe
  • SWO trace support (MCUXpresso IDE)
  • Debug connector to allow debug of target microcontroller using an external probe
• Sensor – NXP FXOS8700CQ accelerometer
• Misc – Reset, ISP, wake, and user buttons, Tri-color LED
• Power Supply – 5V via micro USB port

The board is available now for $41.18, while NXP LPC551x/S1x suggested price starts $0.97 US for 10,000-unit quantities of LPC5512JBD64. Further details, documentation, and tools for the MCU and board can be found on the product page and press release.

Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.

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