Mouser Electronics, Inc. offers the i.MX RT Crossover processors from NXP Semiconductors.Combining the high performance of a processor with the real-time functionality and ease of use of a microcontroller, the highly integrated i.MX RT series supports a wide range of applications, including industrial and home automation, Internet of Things (IoT) gateways, robotics, motor control, and audio subsystems.
The NXP i.MX RT Crossover processors, available from Mouser Electronics, are based on an Arm® Cortex®-M7 core running at 600 MHz, more than 50 percent faster than other Cortex-M7 products. These processors offer a robust feature set, including advanced multimedia capabilities, extensive high-speed external memory interfaces, and a wide variety of wired and wireless connectivity options. The iMX RT series processors operate at half the power of other Cortex-M7 products, resulting in longer battery life.
In addition to speed and integrated processing power, the iMX RT series also supports greater design flexibility for engineers through a wide range of external memory interfaces (including NAND, eMMC, QuadSPI NOR Flash, and Parallel NOR Flash) and connectivity options, as well as security features to protect applications from external threats. The iMX RT series supports wired Ethernet and USB, in addition to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® Classic and Bluetooth Low Power, ZigBee, and Thread. To keep applications secure, the processors provide 128-bit AES cryptography and true random number generation, high-security boot, and on-the-fly QSPI flash decryption. The high-speed interfaces, combined with on-the-fly decryption capabilities, allow designers to have secure external data storage without the need for embedded flash memory.
Microcontroller designers can maintain their existing toolchain (such as MCUXpresso, IAR, and Keil) without worrying about the time, cost, or complexity of incorporating Linux software development into their design cycle. The devices also enable rapid prototyping and development with FreeRTOS, SDK, Armbed™, and NXP's global Arm ecosystem, which provides software libraries, tools, and online support.
Engineers can further accelerate development with the NXP MIMXRT1050-EVK evaluation kit, which features an Arduino interface, 6-axis accelerometer and magnetometer, SD card interface, and parallel camera and LCD connectors.
