NXP LPC84x cost-effective and power-efficient MCU family

Based on the ARM Cortex-M0+ core, LPC84x is a low-cost, 32-bit MCU family operating at frequencies of up to 30 MHz. The LPC84x MCU family supports up to 64 KB of flash memory and 16 KB of SRAM.

Key features

• Low power, simple, flexible and small form factor
• Power efficiency in low-current mode
• Full range of timing features
• DAC ADC Integrated

Additional features

• Low power, simple, flexible and small form factor
  • Low-power, 30 MHz ARM Cortex-M0+ core with advanced power optimization
  • Advanced peripherals for full range of timing functionality and design flexibility
  • Best-in-class serial connectivity
  • Small footprint in popular packages
• Exceptional power efficiency in low-current mode using the FRO as the clock source
  • Free Running Oscillator (FRO)
  • Five power modes
  • Power profile APIs for simple runtime power optimization
• More memory
  • 64 kB Flash, small 64 B page size suitable for EEPROM emulation
  • 16 kB RAM (Logic for Bit banding across all of SRAM)
• FAIM is used to configure the part at start-up
  • Pin configuration including direction and pull-up or pull-down
  • Clocks and PMU for low-power start-up
• Full range of timing features from basic to advanced (SCTimer/PWM)
  • Flexible triggers to optimize power use
• Accurate 1.2-Msps ADC: 12 ch, 12-bit
  • Ideal for oversampling to improve conversion accuracy
  • Flexible triggers to optimize power use
• Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) : 2 ch, 10-bit
• Capacitive touch interface (enablement coming in Q3)
• More serial connectivity
  • 4 I2C for digital sensor interface and more
  • 2 SPI, 5 UART
  • 54 GPIO with switch matrix, support input pattern match engine
• 25-ch DMA offloads core

Applications

• connectivity device