MCX General Purpose Microcontrollers
The MCX portfolio is a comprehensive selection of Arm® Cortex®-M based MCUs, offering expanded scalability with breakthrough product capabilities, simplified system design and a developer-focused experience through our MCUXpresso suite of software and tools. The new simplified system design offers optimal enablement and intelligent peripherals for the secure connected edge including machine learning, wireless, voice, motor control, analog and more.
Key Pillars:
- • Scalability with expanded capabilities
- • Simplified system design
- • Developer-focused software
The MCX Portfolio consists of four series of products, scalable through the MCUXpresso Developer Experience.
Key Enabling Technologies
Industrial
Factory Automation
Power & Energy
Building Control
Medical Equipment
Smart Home
Control & Security
Smart Appliances
Home Entertainment
Health & Fitness
General Embedded
Industrial/Consumer HMI
Hand-held Devices
Power Tools
General Purpose Embedded Control
MCX W and MCX L Coming soon
Providing simplified system design and a developer-focused experience through hardware enablement and the MCUXpresso suite of software and tools
The MCX Microcontrollers are supported by low-cost, compact and scalable FRDM boards, which offer Flexible & Rapid Development for MCUXpresso. MCX FRDM Boards come with standard form factor and headers, easy access to MCU I/Os, and an on-board MCU-Link debugger
| MCX N94x | |
| Cortex-M33 | 150 MHz dual-core |
| Accelerators | PowerQuad, NPU, SmartDMA, PLC Accelerator |
| Flash | ~ 2x 1MB |
| RAM | ~ 512kB w/ 32kB ECC |
| Octal/Quad SPI I\F | Y |
| Interfaces | 10x FlexComm, 2x I3C, 1x Ethernet 10/100, SDIO*, EMV Smart Card Interface* |
| USB | HS H/D* + FS H/D |
| CAN-FD | 2 |
| Security | EdgeLock Secure Enclave w/ secure boot & TZ |
| ADC | 2x 16b 2Msps differential inputs or 4x single ended, 12b mode at 3.2Msps |
| Comparators | 3 |
| DAC | 2x 12b, 11x 14b |
| Op Amps | 3 |
| Motor Control Subsystem | 2x FlexPWM, 2x QDC, SINC Filter |
| HMI | ~ 4ch SAI, 4ch DMIC*, parallel CSI, graphic LCD, cap touch |
| GPIO | up to 78 in 100pim, up to 124 in 184pin |
| MCX A15x | |
| Cortex-M33 | 96MHz |
| Accelerators | - |
| Flash | ~ 1x128KB |
| RAM | ~ 32kB w/ 8kB ECC |
| Octal/Quad SPI I\F | N |
| Interfaces | 1x LPI2C, 3x LPUART, 2x LPSPI, 1xI3C, USB FS Device |
| USB | FS D |
| CAN-FD | - |
| Security | Code Read Protect, Code Watchdog, UID, Glitch Attack Prevention |
| ADC | 1x 12b single ended at 4Msps w/ Reduced bandwith 16b mode |
| Comparators | 2 |
| DAC | - |
| Op Amps | - |
| Motor Control Subsystem | 1x FlexPWM, 1x QDC, 1 AOI |
| HMI | - |
| GPIO | up to 52 in 64 pin |
With our expansion board hub, find add-on boards from NXP and our partners, with related, MCUXpresso SDK-compatible drivers and examples.
Low-Voltage, 3-Phase PMSM Motor Control
MikroE compact add-on board representing a magnetic field-activated switch
- • Integrated Development Environmets (IDE)
- • MCUXpresso fo VS Code
- • MCUXpresso IDE
- • IAR® Embedded Workbench
- • Arm KEIL®
- • MCUXpresso Software Development Kit (SDK)
- • Extensive suite of robust peripheral drivers, stacks, and middleware
- • Indluces software examples demonstrating use of peripheral drivers and moddleware
- • MCUXpresso Config Tools
- • Includes pins, clocks, and peripheral tools for generation of MCUXpresso SDK code
- • FreeMaster data visualization & control
- • Secure programming and provisioning
- • MicroPython enablement
- • elQ® ML Software Development Environment
- • Open-CMSIS-Packs for access to MCUXpresso SDK using an open standard delivery mechanism
- • Zephyr platform support* and FreeRTOS examples
- • Wide range of application software available from our Application Code Hub
Get started today with MCX and our Developer Experience
- Develop with your choice of development tools, like MCUXpresso
- Find SW examples and demos using the Application Code Hub
- Use our Expansion Board Hub to find add-on boards from NXP and our partners, with related, MCUXpresso SDK-compatible drivers and examples
Easy-to-use MCUs that address a wide range of applications with scalable device options, low power, and intelligent peripherals.
MCX A Series are all-purpose microcontrollers that address a wide range of applications with scalable device options, low power and intelligent peripherals. MCX A series devices cover the widest range of applications and are a foundation for intelligent edge applications. They offer an optimized and cost-effective balance of performance and autonomous peripherals. The first families to launch within the MCX A series are the MCX A15x family and the MCX A14x family.
MCX A addresses challenges engineers face while designing for the edge
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Problem |
NXP MCX Solution |
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Next-generation designs require scalability on performance and integration |
Scalability & balanced performance
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Designers need smaller, more energy efficient edge devices |
Autonomous & Low-power Peripherals
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Developers need to KEEP up with the latest techniques while designing rapidly evolving edge products |
MCUXpresso Developer Experience
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- Safety libraries
- I2C, I3C, UART and SPI
- Full-speed USB device
- 12-bit ADC with 16 channels
- 2 x analog comparators
- Advanced Timer (FlexPWM)
- Quadrature Encoder/Decoder
- AOI (AND/OR/INVERT) modules for logic operation
- Motor control software and FreeMaster based tuning tool
- Debug authentication
- Code Read Protections
- Cap-less LDO regulator on-chip
Featured Parts
Highly integrated, low-power MCUs designed with intelligent peripherals and accelerators that provide the ultimate balance of performance and power consumption.
MCX N Series are high-performance, low-power microcontrollers with intelligent peripherals and accelerators providing multi-tasking capabilities and performance efficiency. Select MCX N families include NXP’s eIQ® Neutron neural processing unit (NPU) for machine learning applications. These secure MCUs include our EdgeLock® Secure Enclave, Core Profile offering a secure-by-design approach, secure boot with an immutable root-of-trust and hardware-accelerated cryptography. The first families to launch within the MCX N series are the MCX N94x family and the MCX N54x family.
MCX N addresses challenges engineers face while designing for the edge
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Problem |
NXP MCX Solution |
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Emerging technologies are asking more of edge devices |
Multi-tasking & Performance Efficiency
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Designers need smaller, more energy efficient edge devices |
Intelligent & Autonomous Peripherals
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Edge growth and increasing Cyber security regulations are demanding more device protection |
Advanced Security
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Developers need to KEEP up with THE latest techniques while designing rapidly evolving edge products |
MCUXpresso Developer Experience
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Key Enabling Technologies
- eIQ Neutron NPU with eIQ ML development tools
- Hardware DSP acceleration (PowerQuad) with libraries
- SmartDMA
- PLU with graphical, schematic and Verilog based design tools
- Dual 150MHz M33 core
- SAI and DMIC with HW/SW VAD
- Conversa voice processing with hardware optimization
- Cap touch sensing with tuning tools*
- Multiple free and premium graphics libraries and design tools
- Parallel and SPI LCD options
- VoiceSeeker / VoiceSpot / VIT voice wake word & commands
- Keyboard scanning
- High speed & performance ADC
- Advanced Timers (FlexPWM)
- Quadrature Encoder/Decoder
- AOI (AND/OR/INVERT) modules for logic operation
- Programmable Gain Amplifiers (PGAs)
- Example motor control algorithms and tuning tools
- EdgeLock Secure Enclave, Core Profile
- Device Life Cycle management
- Memory encryption with on-the-fly decryption
- Security configuration and programming tools
- Dual bank flash & device firmware update software enablement
- Debug authentication
- Safety manual
- FMEDA
- Safety libraries
- SRAM with ECC
- Multiple communication protocols support
- Easy support of WIFI devices
- Powerline Communication
- Ethernet and CAN-FD with stack support
- Advanced power management
- Autonomous, flexible low power peripherals
- Buck DC-DC supply
- FlexSPI for external memory
- Parallel camera
- 16-bit ADC
- SINC Filter
- Programmable smart interfaces
Featured Parts
MCX C: Optimal Power Efficiency for Cost-Effective Industrial & IoT Solutions.
The MCX C series MCUs, powered by the Arm® Cortex®-M0+ up to 48 MHz, offer entry-level, cost-effective solutions with USB and segment LCD options for general-purpose use cases. The MCX C series is a strategic addition to our MCX portfolio, designed to expand our reach and cater to the specific needs of the entry-level Industrial & IoT market. By introducing the MCX C series, we provide customers with a comprehensive range of options, from entry-level to advanced solutions, to meet their diverse application requirements.
Problem and NXP Solution Table
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Problem |
NXP MCX Solution |
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Reliable and cost effective |
Cost effective with focus on ease-of-use and reliability
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Low power and high-speed interfaces |
Low-power energy saving peripherals and USB interfaces
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Unified software experience |
MCUXpresso Developer Experience
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Key Enabling Technologies Table
- I2C, LPUART, UART and SPI
- Full-speed USB device
- Up to 16-bit ADC with 16 channels
- High-Speed analog comparator containing 6-bit DAC and programmable reference input
- SLCD Interface
- Low-Power peripherals
- Low Power internal reference clock and timers
- Nine Low Power modes
Featured parts coming soon!
AI Thermal Imaging Solution
An advanced thermal imaging solution that combines a 32x24 far-infrared thermal sensor array with the NXP MCX-N9 series highperformance deep learning MCU to enables precise measurement of human/object temperature.
AI-Enhanced Features:
- • Uses AI algorithms and the Neural Processing Unit included in NXP latest MCU, the system can intelligently outline human face location.
- • This intelligent filtering can eliminate interference from irrelevant elements, leading to increased accuracy in temperature readings.
Demonstration Explanation