“The i.MX 6UltraLite is a high performance, ultra efficient processor family featuring NXP’s advanced implementation of the single ARM Cortex®-A7 core, which operates at speeds up to 528 MHz. The i.MX 6UltraLite includes an integrated power management module that reduces the complexity of the external power supply and simplifies the power sequencing. Each processor in this family provides various memory interfaces, including LPDDR2, DDR3, DDR3L, Raw and Managed NAND flash, NOR flash, eMMC, Quad SPI, and a wide range of other interfaces for connecting peripherals, such as WLAN, Bluetooth™, GPS, displays, and camera sensors.
The i.MX 6UltraLite is specifically useful for applications such as:
• Electronics Point-of-Sale device
• Telematics
• IoT Gateway
• Access control panels
• Human Machine Interfaces (HMI)
• Smart appliances
The features of the i.MX 6UltraLite processor include1
:
• Single-core ARM Cortex-A7—The single core A7 provides a cost-effective and power-efficient
solution.
• Multilevel memory system—The multilevel memory system of each device is based on the L1
instruction and data caches, L2 cache, and internal and external memory. The device supports
many types of external memory devices, including DDR3, low voltage DDR3, LPDDR2, NOR
Flash, NAND Flash (MLC and SLC), OneNAND™, Quad SPI, and managed NAND, including
eMMC up to rev 4.4/4.41/4.5.
• Smart speed technology—Power management implemented throughout the IC that enables
multimedia features and peripherals to consume minimum power in both active and various low
power modes.
• Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling—The processor improves the power efficiency by scaling the voltage and frequency to optimize performance.
• Multimedia powerhouse—Multimedia performance is enhanced by a multilevel cache system,
NEON™ MPE (Media Processor Engine) co-processor, a programmable smart DMA (SDMA)
controller, an asynchronous audio sample rate converter, and a Pixel processing pipeline (PXP) to support 2D image processing, including color-space conversion, scaling, alpha-blending, and
rotation.
• Ethernet interfaces—10/100 Mbps Ethernet controllers.
• Human-machine interface—Support digital parallel display interface.
• Interface flexibility—Each processor supports connections to a variety of interfaces: High-speed USB on-the-go with PHY, multiple expansion card port (high-speed MMC/SDIO host and other), 12-bit ADC module, CAN port, smart card interface compatible with EMV Standard v4.3, and a variety of other popular interfaces (such as UART, I2C, and I2S serial audio).
• Advanced security—The processor delivers hardware-enabled security features that enable secure e-commerce, digital rights management (DRM), information encryption, secure boot, and secure software downloads. The security features are discussed in detail in the i.MX 6UltraLite Security Reference Manual (IMX6ULSRM).
• Integrated power management—The processor integrates linear regulators and internally generates voltage levels for different domains. This significantly simplifies system power management structure