NXP Semiconductors LPC5500 Arm® Cortex®-M33 Microcontrollers

NXP Semiconductors LPC5500 Series Arm® Cortex®-M33 Microcontrollers are designed to accelerate low-cost secure edge applications, delivering high processing efficiency, security, and functionality. The LPC5500 family is part of NXP’s EdgeVerse™ edge computing platform. The LPC5500 Series offers dramatic power consumption improvements and advanced security features, including SRAM PUF-based root of trust and provisioning, real-time execution from encrypted images (internal flash), and asset protection with Arm TrustZone-M. In addition, the LPC5500 MCU Series provides a comprehensive offering and several scalability options with seven families, all of which benefit from 40nm cost advantages, broad scalable packages and memory options, as well as robust enablement, including MCUXpresso Software and Tools ecosystem and low-cost development boards.

The LPC5500 MCUs feature pin, software, and peripheral compatibility across each family, with varying levels of functionality, resulting in a portfolio that maximizes reuse, increases cost effectiveness, and improves time to market.

Features

Ultra-efficient 40nm flash technology
- Over 1150 CoreMarks1 and as low as 32µA/MHz2
- Dedicated co-processors for signal processing and cryptographic acceleration
Integrated power management unit with buck DC-DC
Numerous mixed-signal interfaces to sense, connect, control

Enhanced safety and security with Arm TrustZone® technology
- Secure boot and SRAM PUF-based key storage for the root of trust and provisioning
- Execution from encrypted images (internal flash)
Scalable package and memory options
MCUXpresso developer ecosystem

Applications

Consumer electronics
Gaming accessories
Industrial IoT
Machine learning

Building control and automation
Diagnostic equipment
Secure applications
General embedded

Featured Application: Gaming Accessories

Developers require a wide array of processors, wireless connectivity, USB, audio, video, and power management technologies to create gaming accessories that meet the diverse needs of today’s players and desktop, mobile, and cloud-based platforms.

NXP offers a variety of support options to suit gaming accessory design needs. Comprehensive hardware and software solutions, connectivity stacks, evaluation kits, reference designs, documentation, engineering services, third-party ecosystems, and open NXP communities can help you streamline the development process and accelerate time to market.