NXP Semiconductors i.MX 8M Nano Applications Processor

NXP Semiconductors i.MX 8M Nano Applications Processor provides affordable performance for smart, connected, power-efficient devices requiring graphics, vision, voice control, intelligent sensing, and general-purpose processing. The i.MX8M Nano processors are part of NXP’s EdgeVerse™ edge computing platform. The i.MX 8M Nano Processors also offer a wide range of capabilities in terms of system connectivity (PCIe, Gbit Ethernet, SDIO/eMMC, USB 2.0, MIPI-CSI, MIPI-DSI) and memory interface flexibility (LPDDR4, DDR4, DDR3L). This makes these devices extremely applicable to a broad spectrum of non-media-rich general-purpose applications requiring high performance, power-efficient operation, and low system cost.

The i.MX 8M Nano family of processors features an advanced implementation of a quad Arm® Cortex®-A53 core, which operates at speeds of up to 1.5GHz. A general-purpose Cortex-M7 running up to 750MHz core processor is for real-time and low-power processing.

The i.MX 8M Nano family of processors provides additional computing resources and peripherals:

Advanced security modules for secure boot, cipher acceleration, and DRM support
A wide range of audio interfaces, including I2S, AC 97, TDM, and S/PDIF
Large set of peripherals that are commonly used in the consumer and industrial markets, including USB and Ethernet

The i.MX 8M Nano Applications Processors feature a 14mm x 14mm FCBGA package, and are pin-compatible for maximum scalability.

Features

Up to 4x Arm^® Cortex^®-A53 core platforms with NEON™ SIMD and floating-point unit (FPU) delivers advanced compute performance
- Up to 1.5GHz per core
- 64-bit Armv8-A architecture
- 32 KB L1-I Cache / 32 KB L1-D Cache
- 512 KB unified L2 Cache
1x Arm Cortex-M7 core platform for low-power system control/standby
- Up to 750MHz
- 256 KB Tightly Coupled Memory (TCM)
On-chip memory
- On-chip RAM (512 KB + 32 KB)
Flexible memory interface enables highest performance and lowest standby power (LPDDR4), or lowest system cost (DDR3L, DDR4)
- 16-bit DRAM interfaces: LPDDR4-3200, DDR4-2400, DDR3L-1600
- 8-bit NAND-Flash, including support for Raw MLC/SLC devices, BCH ECC up to 62-bit, and ONFi3.2 compliance
- eMMC 5.1 Flash (3 interfaces), SPI NOR Flash (3 interfaces), QuadSPI Flash with support for XIP
Multimedia
- GC7000UL GPU, 2 x shader, Supports OpenGL^® ES 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, OpenCL^™2, Vulkan
- LCDIF Display Controller supports up to 1080p60 display
- Display: 1x MIPI DSI (4-lane) with PHY
- Camera: 1x MIPI CSI (4-lane) with PHY
- Audio: 5 Synchronous Audio Interface (SAI) modules supporting I2S, AC97, TDM, codec/DSP, S/PDIF and DSD interfaces:
  - 1 SAI with 4 Tx and 4 Rx lanes
  - 2 SAI with 2 Tx and 2 Rx lanes
  - 2 SAI with 1 Tx and 1 Rx lanes
- Pulse Density Modulation (PDM) input

Connectivity:
- 1x USB 2.0 OTG controllers with integrated PHY interfaces
- 3x SDIO3.0 / eMMC5.1 / SDXC
- 1x Gigabit Ethernet (MAC) with AVB and IEEE 1588, Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) for low power
- 4x UART, 4x I²C modules, 3x ECSPI modules
Security:
- Resource Domain Controller (RDC) supports four domains and up to eight regions of DDR
- Arm TrustZone (TZ) architecture:
  - Support Arm Cortex-A53 MPCore TrustZone
- On-chip RAM (OCRAM) secure region protection using OCRAM controller
- High Assurance Boot (HAB)
- Cryptographic acceleration and assurance (CAAM) module:
  - Support Widevine and PlayReady content protection
  - Public Key Cryptography (PKHA) with RSA and Elliptic Curve (ECC) algorithms
  - Real-time integrity checker (RTIC)
  - DRM support for RSA, AES, 3DES, DES
  - Side channel attack resistance
  - True random number generation (RNG)
  - Manufacturing protection support
- Secure non-volatile storage (SNVS):
  - Secure real-time clock (RTC)
- Secure JTAG controller (SJC)
Package & Qualification:
- FCBGA options
  - 14mm x 14mm, 0.5mm pitch
  - 11mm x 11mm, 0.5mm pitch
- Commercial (Tj = 0℃ to +95℃) and Industrial (-40℃ to +105℃) options to suit application operating conditions

Applications

Embedded Industrial IoT
- Industrial printer
- Ruggedized HMI
- Machine visual inspection
- Factory automation
- Test and measurement equipment
- Mobility and logistics
- Image or barcode scanners
Smart Building
- Smart appliances
- Smart light control
- HVAC climate control
- Service robots (vacuum cleaner etc.)
- Video doorbell
- IoT gateway
- Elevator control panels
- Machine Learning e.g. face/voice recognition, anomaly detection

Healthcare
- Mobile patient care, e.g. infusion pump, respirator
- Blood pressure monitor
- Activity/wellness monitor
Consumer Appliances
- Portable audio devices
- Soundbars
- Wireless/networked speakers
- Audio/video receiver
- Public address systems