Chinese language {hardware} firm Makerdiary has launched a compact breadboard-friendly growth board constructed on the NXP Semiconductors i.MX RT1011 “crossover” microcontroller unit: the iMX RT1011 Nano Package, priced at beneath $15.
“The iMX RT1011 Nano Package [is] a small and high-performing prototyping package designed round NXP’s i.MX RT1011 Crossover MCU [Microcontroller Unit],” Makerdiary explains of its newest launch, “based mostly on the Arm Cortex-M7 core, which operates at speeds as much as 500MHz to supply excessive CPU efficiency and greatest real-time response. [The] iMX RT1011 Nano Package is available in the identical type issue we first launched in our [Nordic Semiconductor] nRF52840 Join Package.”
Makerdiary has launched a brand new dev board based mostly round NXP’s blisteringly-fast i.MX RT1011 “Crossover MCU”. (📷: Makerdiary)
That form-factor is a breadboard-friendly gumstick, exposing 33 of the microcontroller’s general-purpose enter/output (GPIO) pins alongside either side on castellated pin headers additionally appropriate for floor mounting — with 15 of the pins configurable as analog inputs. There is a USB Sort-C connector at one finish for information and energy, whereas the NXP i.MX RT1011 microcontroller itself is joined by a beneficiant 16MB quad-SPI flash bundle supporting execute-in-place (XIP).
The microcontroller itself contains the aforementioned Arm Cortex-M7 core working at as much as 500MHz together with 128kB of static RAM (SRAM) and a 64kB boot ROM — which arrives working a U2F booloader, making it simpler to flash new firmware over USB. The chip contains UART, SPI, I2C, and SAI peripherals together with USB assist, and there is a Serial Wire Debug (SWD) bus on the edge. For software program, Makerdiary guarantees full Zephyr RTOS (Actual-Time Working System) and CircuitPython assist.
Extra info on the iMX RT1011 Nano Package is obtainable on the Makerdiary wiki; the system is obtainable to order now at $14.90 from Makerdiary direct or by way of the corporate’s official Tindie retailer.