i.MX515 Processors|Advanced HMI

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The i.MX515 multimedia applications processor offers high performance processing optimized for the lowest power consumption for smartbooks, netbooks, and many other consumer and industrial applications as well including: portable media players, gaming consoles, secure handheld devices and applications requiring an advanced HMI. It features Our advanced and power-efficient implementation of the Arm^® Cortex^®-A8 core, which operates at speeds up to 800 MHz. Extended temperature is available for industrial focused devices running at up to 600 MHZ.

The i.MX515 is supported by companion NXP^® power management ICs (PMIC), MC13892, MC34704, MC34709 and MMPF0100.

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Block Diagram

i.MX515 Multimedia Applications Processor Block Diagram

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Features

CPU Complex

800 MHz Arm Cortex-A8 CPU
32KB instruction and data caches
Unified 256KB L2 cache
NEON SIMD media accelerator
Vector floating point co-processor

Multimedia

OpenGL^® ES 2.0 and OpenVG^™ 1.1 hardware accelerators
Multi-format HD 720p video decoder and D1 video encoder hardware engine
24-bit primary display support up to WXGA resolution
18-bit secondary display support
Analog HD720p component TV output
High quality hardware video de-interlacing
Image and video resize, inversion, and rotation hardware
Alpha blending and color space conversion
Video/graphics combining: four planes plus hardware cursor
Display quality enhancement: color correction, gamut mapping, gamma correction

External Memory Interface

mDDR and DDR2 SDRAM, 16/32-bit, 200MHz
SLC/MLC NAND flash, 8/16-bit

Security

The i.MX51 processor provides additional security features making it the ideal solution for SOHO networking, routers or any other type of product needing secure system boot and tamper detection.

General

Interface Flexibility
Advanced Power Management
Increased Security

Product Longevity

This product is included in NXP’s product longevity program, with assured supply for a minimum of 10 years after launch

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Evaluation and Development Boards
i.MX51 Evaluation Kit
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MCIMX51EVKJ

5 hardware offerings

Evaluation and Development Boards
Ka-Ro TX Mainboard 7 Development Kit

Development system for Ka-Ro TX standard modules: TX25, TX27, TX28, TX28S, TX51, TX53, TX6Q, TXDL, TXS and the new TXUL based on the i.MX 6 Ultra Lite processor

By Ka-Ro electronics GmbH Gold Partner
Complementary Silicon or Component
DRAM Modules

We build our modules from start to finish—designing, manufacturing, and testing all of the DRAM ourselves before assembling the modules and testing again. So, from high-p...

By Micron Gold Partner
Complementary Silicon or Component
Managed NAND (eMMC, eUSB)

Micron manufactures a wide range of managed NAND products such as the embedded Multi Media Card (eMMC) and the embedded USB (eUSB). Densities range from a few gigabytes ...

By Micron Gold Partner
Complementary Silicon or Component
NOR Flash

Micron manufactures a wide range of NOR Flash products, including Serial and quad SPI, Industry standard Parallel NOR flash and high performance parallel NOR Flash suppor...

By Micron Gold Partner
Complementary Silicon or Component
Low Power DRAM

Low Power DRAM's include LPDDR, LPDDR2, LPDDR3 and LPDDR4 products

By Micron Gold Partner

To find additional partner offerings that support this product, visit our Partner Marketplace.

Applications Processors - Advanced HMI, High-Performance, Low-Power, Arm® Cortex®-A8 Core

Product Details

Block Diagram

i.MX515 Multimedia Applications Processor Block Diagram

Features

CPU Complex

Multimedia

External Memory Interface

Security

General

Product Longevity

Related products

Applications

Industrial

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Application Note (15)

Building for i.MX Mature Boards[AN12024]

AN4547_wrkng.fm[AN4547]

Using Open Source Debugging Tools for Linux on i.MX Processors[AN4553]

Modifying Bootloader and Kernel to Support a Different SDRAM on the i.MX51 Using WinCE 6.0™[AN4202]

Interfacing mDDR and DDR2 Memories with the i.MX51[AN4054]

i.MX51 Power-Up Sequence[AN4053]

Developing an Application for the i.MX Devices on Linux Platform[AN3870]

U-Boot for i.MX51 Based Designs[AN4173]

i.MX51 WinCE Clock Setting[AN4140]

i.MX51 EVK Supply Current Measurements[AN4051]

Image Processing API for the i.MX Platform[AN4042]

i.MX51 Board Initialization and Memory Mapping Using the Linux Target Image Builder (LTIB)[AN3980]

i.MX51 DDR/mDDR Calibration Procedure[AN3992]

High-End 3D Graphics with OpenGL ES 2.0[AN3994]

i.MX Layout Recommendations[AN3951]

Data Sheet (1)

i.MX51 Consumer Datasheet - IMX51CEC[IMX51CEC]

Errata (1)

Chip Errata for the i.MX51[IMX51CE_NA]

Fact Sheet (3)

i.MX515 Applications Processor - Fact Sheet[IMX515FS]

i.MX51 Applications Processors Automotive portfolio: i.MX514 and i.MX516 - Fact Sheet[IMX51AUTFS]

i.MX51 Applications Processors Consumer and industrial portfolio: i.MX512, i.MX513 and i.MX515 - Fact Sheet[IMX51CONINDFS]Featured

Product Change Notice (1)

Copper Wire Conversion for Microcontroller and Microprocessor Devices[PCN16235]

Reference Manual (2)

Errata to i.MX51 Multimedia Applications Processor Reference Manual Rev. 1[IMX51RMAD]

MCIMX51 Multimedia Applications Processor[MCIMX51RM]

Supporting Information (6)

Linux Multimedia Codecs Documentation[IMX51_1011_MMDOCS_BUNDLE]

Windows CE Multimedia Codecs Documentation ER 2011.04 for i.MX51[IMX51_1104_WIN60_MMDOCS_BUNDLE]

Windows Embedded Compact 7 MM Documentation Bundle. Includes Release Notes and User Guide.[IMX51_1106_WCE7_MM_DOCS]

Windows Embedded Compact 7 BSP Codecs Documentation Bundle. Includes Release Notes and User Guide.[IMX51_1106_WCE7_BSP_DOCS]

.MX51 EVK Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Documentation Bundle. Includes Hello World App note, ReadMe doc, release notes,...[IMX51_ER1104_WIN60DOCS_BUNDLE]

i.MX51 EVK Linux Documentation Bundle[IMX51_ER1011_LINUXDOCS_BUNDLE]

Technical Notes (1)

MCIMX51LCD Panel Potential Electrical Short Issue[EB726]

White Paper (2)

i.MX Security Technology - White Paper[IMXSCRTYWP]

XEC-LCD White Paper[XECLCDWP]

i.MX51 Applications Processors Consumer and industrial portfolio: i.MX512, i.MX513 and i.MX515 - Fact SheetFeatured

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i.MX High Assurance Boot Reference Code Signing Tool

DDR Stress tester kit for the i.MX51 and i.MX53

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FSL_GCC_4_4_4_SOURCE_FILES

Source Code for the i.MX manufacturing tool used for downloading OS images to the i.MX53, i.MX51, i.MX50, i.MX28 and i.MX23.

Windows Tool for the creation of boot SD cards for the i.MX platforms. Includes binaries and sources files.

IMX_MFG_TOOL

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