NXP MCX C1 Family
MCX C1 Family - Cost effective Arm Cortex M23 microcontrollers for essential control applications
The NXP MCX C1 Family delivers a scalable range of Arm Cortex M23 microcontrollers for cost sensitive control, sensing and motor control applications. Designed as an upgrade path from 8 bit, 16 bit and Cortex M0+ devices, the MCX C151, MCX C161 and MCX C162 combine efficient processing, precision analogue peripherals and flexible connectivity in compact package options.
Key Features
| Features | Cortex-M0+ | Cortex-M23 |
|---|---|---|
| Instruction Set Architecture | Armv6-M | Cortex-M23 |
| DMIPS/MHz | 0.99 | 1.03 |
| CoreMark/MHz | 2.46 | 2.64 |
| TrustZone Security | Opt. | |
| Common Criteria Certification | ||
| Custom Instructions | ||
| Coprocessor Interface | ||
| Max External Interrupts | 32 | 240 |
| Interrupt Priority Levels | 4 | 4 |
| Cycles to Handle Interrupts | 16 ~ 32 | 15 |
| Max MPU Regions | 8 | 16 |
| Hardware Divide | √ | |
| Floating Point Unit (FPU) | ||
| Digital Signal Processing (DSP) | ||
| Safety | Standard | Extended |
Applications
- Industrial
- Medical equipment
- Personal healthcare
- Drones and mobile robotics
- Sensors
- Solar inverter
- Home & Building
- Lighting
- Fan control
- Alarms
- General Embedded
- Motor control
- Hand-held devices
- Power tools
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MCX Industrial and IoT Microcontrollers
The MCX portfolio features four series of devices supported by the MCUXpresso Developer Experience enhanced scalability, portability and usability.
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