Features
The i.MX RT1050 processors are based on Arm Cortex-M7 Core™ Platform, which has the following
features:
• Supports single Arm Cortex-M7 Core with:
— 32 KB L1 Instruction Cache
— 32 KB L1 Data Cache
— Full featured Floating Point Unit (FPU) with support of the VFPv5 architecture
— Support the Armv7-M Thumb instruction set
• Integrated MPU, up to 16 individual protection regions
• Up to 512 KB I-TCM and D-TCM in total
• Frequency of 528 MHz
• Cortex M7 CoreSight™ components integration for debug
• Frequency of the core, as per Table 10, "Operating ranges," on page 21.
The SoC-level memory system consists of the following additional components:
— Boot ROM (96 KB)
— On-chip RAM (512 KB)
– Configurable RAM size up to 512 KB shared with M7 TCM
• External memory interfaces:
— 8/16-bit SDRAM, up to SDRAM-166
— 8/16-bit SLC NAND FLASH, with ECC handled in software
— SD/eMMC
— SPI NOR/NAND FLASH
— Parallel NOR FLASH with XIP support
— Single/Dual channel Quad SPI FLASH with XIP support
• Timers and PWMs:
— Two General Programmable Timers (GPT)
– 4-channel generic 32-bit resolution timer
– Each support standard capture and compare operation
— Four Periodical Interrupt Timer (PIT)
– Generic 16-bit resolution timer
– Periodical interrupt generation
— Four Quad Timers (QTimer)
– 4-channel generic 16-bit resolution timer for each
– Each support standard capture and compare operation
– Quadrature decoder integrated
— Four FlexPWMs
– Up to 8 individual PWM channels for each
– 16-bit resolution PWM suitable for Motor Control applications
— Four Quadrature Encoder/Decoders
Each i.MX RT1050 processor enables the following interfaces to external devices (some of them are
muxed and not available simultaneously):
• Display Interface:
— Parallel RGB LCD interface
– Support 8/16/24 bit interface
– Support up to 1366 x 768 WXGA resolution
– Support Index color with 256 entry x 24 bit color LUT
– Smart LCD display with 8/16-bit MPU/8080 interface
• Audio:
— S/PDIF input and output
— Three synchronous audio interface (SAI) modules supporting I2S, AC97, TDM, and
codec/DSP interfaces
— MQS interface for medium quality audio via GPIO pads
• Generic 2D graphics engine:
— BitBlit
— Flexible image composition options—alpha, chroma key
— Image rotation (90, 180, 270)
— Porter-Daff operation
— Image size
— Color space conversion
— Multiple pixel format support (RGB, YUV444, YUV422, YUV420, YUV400)
— Standard 2D-DMA operation
• Camera sensors:
— Support 24-bit, 16-bit, and 8-bit CSI input
• Connectivity:
— Two USB 2.0 OTG controllers with integrated PHY interfaces
— Two Ultra Secure Digital Host Controller (uSDHC) interfaces
– MMC 4.5 compliance with HS200 support up to 200 MB/sec
– SD/SDIO 3.0 compliance with 200 MHz SDR signaling to support up to 100 MB/sec
– Support for SDXC (extended capacity)
— One 10/100 M Ethernet controller with support for IEEE1588
— Eight universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UARTs) modules
— Four I2C modules
— Four SPI modules
— Two FlexCAN modules
• GPIO and Pin Multiplexing:
— General-purpose input/output (GPIO) modules with interrupt capability
— Input/output multiplexing controller (IOMUXC) to provide centralized pad control
— Two FlexIOs
The i.MX RT1050 processors integrate advanced power management unit and controllers:
• Full PMIC integration. On-chip DCDC and LDO
• Temperature sensor with programmable trip points
• GPC hardware power management controller
The i.MX RT1050 processors support the following system debug:
• Arm CoreSight debug and trace architecture
• Trace Port Interface Unit (TPIU) to support off-chip real-time trace
• Support for 5-pin (JTAG) and SWD debug interfaces selected by eFuse
Security functions are enabled and accelerated by the following hardware:
• High Assurance Boot (HAB)
• Data Co-Processor (DCP):
— AES-128, ECB, and CBC mode
— SHA-1 and SHA-256
— CRC-32
• Bus Encryption Engine (BEE)
— AES-128, ECB, and CTR mode
— On-the-fly QSPI Flash decryption
• True random number generation (TRNG)
• Secure Non-Volatile Storage (SNVS)
— Secure real-time clock (RTC)
— Zero Master Key (ZMK)
• Secure JTAG Controller (SJC)