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February 2011

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 i.MX53 Family – Value Proposition
Take Your Multimedia Experience to the Max.
The low-power i.MX53 family of multimedia application processors offers ultra-fast
processing and full HD capability to provide the ultimate user experience.

Full HD Best-in-Class Performance Beyond

Capability and Integration the Chip
The highly integrated i.MX53
The i.MX53 is the first i.MX Highly optimized hardware and
offers fast processing and
processor to offer features hardware accelerators, software solutions that simplify
full HD video playback, out-of-box development and
improving graphics performance
for a stunning visual experience. speed time to market.
and reducing power consumption.
• 1080p video decode lets you • Freescale’s fastest single core • Android OS, Linux OS and
experience hours of local HD video processor (800MHz-1.2GHz) based Windows® Embedded CE 7 are
playback or streaming video such as on ARM technology is designed to optimized with video and graphics
YouTube HD. Full duplex video in meet the demands of high-end, processors to maximize
HD (720p) provides a great video advanced applications. performance while reducing power
conferencing experience (eg: Skype) consumption.
for the growing media phone market.
• Dedicated 2D and 3D hardware
accelerators help reduce power • An extensive portfolio of dedicated
• Conserve battery life with fully- consumption and improve hardware-accelerated and NEON-
optimized and hardware- graphics performance, giving you optimized multimedia codecs
accelerated Adobe Flash Player quicker response to user input and enables a broad range of high quality
10.1 which leverages dedicated faster content loading with more and power-efficient audio and video
graphics and video engines to realistic gaming experiences. content.
deliver an outstanding visual
experience.
• Smartly integrated i.MX53 offers • Introducing a new series of
more on chip including LVDS and development boards which provide
• High resolution integrated display USB PHYs, reducing the need for a jump start on general embedded
controller lets you drive on-device or external components and passing designs and a premium line of
external HD displays. on a BOM cost savings for tablet
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 i.MX53 Target Markets
Consumer Industrial

• Tablet • Security and Surveillance

• Smartphone • Industrial HMI
• Personal Navigation • Digital Signage / Kiosks
• Mobile Internet Devices • Barcode Scanners
• Video-enabled IP Phone • Printers
• Digital Photo Frame
• Connected TV
• Smart Monitor

Automotive Medical

• Connectivity and Telematics • Patient Monitors

• Digital Instrument Clusters • Telehealth
• Infusion Pumps
• Video and Navigation

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Specifications: i.MX53 Block Diagram
 CPU: Cortex-A8
1.0GHz – Consumer

 Process:
800MHz – Automotive/Industrial
65nm, LP/GP
System Control i.MX53 Connectivity
Secure JTAG Fast IrDA
 Core Voltage: 0.85V-1.3V CPU Platform
Power Mgmt eMMC 4.3/SD 2.1 x4
 Package: 19x19 0.8mm 529 ball BGA
Cortex-A8
12x12 0.4mm PoP (Consumer) PLL x4 eMMC 4.4
 Case Temp: -20 to 70C (Consumer) 32KB 32KB 256KB CSPI x3
-40 to 85C (Automotive/Industrial) Clock Reset i-cache d-cache L2-cache
UART x5
Smart DMA
Key Features and Advantages Neon ETM Keypad
 High performance CPU: Cortex A8 32kHz Osc
 2GB DDR2/3, LPDDR2 memory at 400MHz Temp Monitor Vector Floating I2C x3
 HDD: PATA, S-ATA interface Point Unit ESAI
 One eSDHC ports supports MMC4.4 including DDR mode LDO Supply x2
SSI/I2S x3
 Ethernet 10/100 with IEEE1588
 Delivers rich graphics and UI in HW Timers Multimedia
PATA
 OpenGL ES 2.0 3D accelerator (AMD Z430) Timer x3 OpenGL ES 2.0 + VG1.1 SATA
 OpenVG 1.1 graphics accelerator (AMD Z160) 1080p30 Video Decoder
PWM x2 HS USB OTG +PHY
 Neon Vector floating point co-processor 720p30 Video Encoder HS Host+PHY
 Display up to UXGA (1600x1200) Watch Dog x2 HS ULPI Host x2
1080p30 @ 60Hz TV Out
 Drives high resolution video in HW
SPDIF Tx/Rx
 Multi-format HD1080 video decode Memory
 Multi-format HD720 video encode CAN x2
ROM
 High quality video processing (resizing, de-interlacing, etc) Display MLB50
RAM ASRC
 Displays: Parallel, LVDS or VGA Analog VGA Out
 Audio: 10/100 Ethernet
Security Parallel (RGB) UXGA
 I2S, SPDIF Rx/Tx, ESAI Sahara v4 LVDS UXGA GPIO
 Secure boot (HAB), cryptographic accelerators, TZ
 More analog integration: simplified system, reduced system BOM Trust Zone Resizing & Blending Ext. Memory I/F
 Temperature Monitor for smart performance control RTIC Inversion / Rotation 2GB DDR2/DDR3/
 Linear supply regulators Image Enhancement LPDDR2
 32KHz Oscillator SCC v2
De-interlacing SLC/MLC NAND
SRTC
Availability: Camera Interface
Up to 16-bit ECC
 May 2011 BGA, June 2011 PoP eFUSES NOR

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 i.MX53 AP Processor key features
CPU Connectivity
 ARM Cortex A8 w/ Neon  High speed USB OTG and HS Host, with embedded
 32KB L1 (Instruction and Data cache) Phy(s) (2x). HS Host x2
 256KB L2 cache  Up to 800Mbps LP-DDR2, LV-DDR2, DDR2 & DDR3,
2GB total DDR.
Multimedia  SLC/MLC NAND Flash 8/16-bit, up to 16-bit ECC
 Encode – HD720 30fps (MPEG4 SP, H.264 BP, MPEG2 MP),  SRAM/NOR
MJPEG 8Kx8K  High speed eMMC 4.3/4.4, SD 2.1, UART, SPI
 Decode – HD1080 30fps (MPEG2 MP, MPEG4 ASP, H.264 HP,  ATA-6, SATA 2 + PHY
VC-1 AP, H.263/Sorenson, DivX, RV10), JPEG 8Kx8K  3.3V and GPIO support on most non-DDR pins
 Graphics – OpenVG1.1, OpenGL ES 2.0 @ 33M Tri/sec
 Image processing - Resizing, Inversion, Rotation, Colour Space Security
 Secure High Assurance Boot
conversion, De-interlacing, Video/Graphics combining
 TV Encoder – Composite / S-Video / Component out for  AES, DES/3DES, SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256

PAL/NTSC or Component out at 1080p60  Run-time Integrity Checker and Security Controller
(incl. Secure RAM and Security Monitor)
Camera  Random Number Generator Accelerator (RNGA)
 2x Parallel I/F, 20-bit each  Secure JTAG Controller (with electrical fuses)
 Up to 3Mpixel @ 15fps, up to 45Mpixel/sec  Secure real-time clock
 Universal Unique ID
Display  Tamper Detection
 2x Parallel or LVDS Display I/F  ARM TrustZone
 Up to UXGA, 24 bit @ 60fps
Power Management
 Advanced power management (DVFS)
Analog  State retention power gating
 Temperature Monitor  Multiple independent clock and power domains
 LDO Supplies (PLL and Memory)  Support LCD back-light power saving
 32KHz Oscillator

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Key differences i.MX53 Family Part Numbers
i.MX534 i.MX536 i.MX537 i.MX535 i.MX538
Automotive Automotive Industrial Consumer Consumer
Industrial control, Factory Tablet, Video IP Phone,
Example
Clusters Video and Navigation automation, Video Connected TV, Telehealth, Tablet, MID, Smartphone
App.
surveillance, Medical Digital Signage
Core 800MHz Cortex™-A8 800MHz Cortex™-A8 800MHz Cortex™-A8 1GHz Cortex™-A8 1GHz Cortex™-A8
2GB, x32 2GB, x32 2GB, x32 2GB, x32
Memory 2GB, x32 LP-DDR2
LPDDR2/DDR2/DDR3 LPDDR2/DDR2/DDR3 LPDDR2/DDR2/DDR3 LPDDR2/DDR2/DDR3
Video
no HW acceleration Hardware (1080p30) Hardware (1080p30) Hardware (1080p30) Hardware (1080p30)
Decode
Video
no HW acceleration Hardware (720p30) Hardware (720p30) Hardware (720p30) Hardware (720p30)
Encode
OpenGL/ES 2.0 OpenGL/ES 2.0 OpenGL/ES 2.0 OpenGL/ES 2.0 OpenGL/ES 2.0
3D GPU
33Mtri/s, 200Mpix/s 33Mtri/s, 200Mpix/s 33Mtri/s, 200Mpix/s 33Mtri/s, 200Mpix/s 33Mtri/s, 200Mpix/s
2D GPU OpenVG 1.1, 200Mpix/s OpenVG 1.1, 200Mpix/s OpenVG 1.1, 200Mpix/s OpenVG 1.1, 200Mpix/s OpenVG 1.1, 200Mpix/s
LCD IF Parallel, LVDS Parallel, LVDS Parallel, LVDS Parallel, LVDS Parallel, LVDS
Video Out VGA HD1080p60 VGA HD1080p60 VGA HD1080p60 VGA HD1080p60 VGA HD1080p60
Camera I/F 2x 20-bit Parallel 2x 20-bit Parallel 2x 20-bit Parallel 2x 20-bit Parallel 2x 20-bit Parallel
Ethernet 10/100, IEEE1588 10/100, IEEE1588 10/100, IEEE1588 10/100 10/100
SATA S-ATA II 1.5Gbps S-ATA II 1.5Gbps S-ATA II 1.5Gbps S-ATA II 1.5Gbps n/a
CAN 2 x FlexCAN 2 x FlexCAN 2 x FlexCAN n/a n/a
MLB MLB50 MLB50 n/a n/a n/a
Four HS USB2.0: Four HS USB2.0: Four HS USB2.0: Four HS USB2.0: Four HS USB2.0:
1xHS OTG + PHY 1xHS OTG + PHY 1xHS OTG + PHY 1xHS OTG + PHY 1xHS OTG + PHY
USB
1xHost + PHY 1xHost + PHY 1xHost + PHY 1xHost + PHY 1xHost + PHY
2xHost + ULPI/IC-USB 2xHost + ULPI/IC-USB 2xHost + ULPI/IC-USB 2xHost + ULPI/IC-USB 2xHost + ULPI/IC-USB
3x SD/MMC 4.3 3x SD/MMC 4.3 3x SD/MMC 4.3 3x SD/MMC 4.3 3x SD/MMC 4.3
SDIO I/F
1x SD/MMC 4.4 1x SD/MMC 4.4 1x SD/MMC 4.4 1x SD/MMC 4.4 1x SD/MMC 4.4
SPI I/F 3x SPI 3x SPI 3x SPI 3x SPI 3x SPI
I2C I/F 3x I2C 3x I2C 3x I2C 3x I2C 3x I2C
5x UART, P-ATA, 3x I2S, 5x UART, P-ATA, 3x I2S, 5x UART, P-ATA, 3x I2S, 5x UART, P-ATA, 3x I2S, 5x UART, P-ATA, 3x I2S, S/PDIF
Other
S/PDIF Tx/Rx, ESAI S/PDIF Tx/Rx, ESAI S/PDIF Tx/Rx, ESAI S/PDIF Tx/Rx, ESAI Tx/Rx, ESAI
Package 19x19 0.8P TE-BGA 19x19 0.8P TE-BGA 19x19 0.8P TE-BGA 19x19 0.8P TE-BGA 12x12 0.4P PoP
Qual. Automotive AEC-Q100 Automotive AEC-Q100 Industrial Consumer Consumer
General
May 2011 May 2011 Jun 2011 May 2011 Jun 2011
Availability

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► Key Features
i.MX53 Quick Start Board Features
• i.MX53 1Ghz Cortex-A8 Processor Part Number: MCIMX53-START
• Dialog DA9053 PMIC
• 1 GB DDR3 Memory
• 3” x 3” 8-layer PCB
$149
► Display
• LVDS connector
• VGA connector
• Parallel LCD add-on card via Expansion connector
 24 bit 4.3” 800x480 WVGA with 4-wire touch screen
 Part # MCIMX28LCD
• HDMI add-on card via Expansion connector
 24 bit HDMI output port also contains SPDIF audio
 Part # MCIMXHDMICARD
► Debug
► Audio • JTAG connector
• SPDIF output via HDMI add-on card • DB-9 UART port
• Freescale SGTL5000 Audio Codec
• Microphone jack ► Miscellaneous
• Headphone jack • 3-axis Freescale Accelerometer
• Power Supply 5V, 2A
• Included in the kit along with worldwide adapters
► Expansion Connector
• Enables Parallel LCD or HDMI output ► OS Support
• Camera CSI port signals • Linux Ubuntu from Freescale
• I2C, SSI, SPI signals • 4GB micro SD card with image included in the kit
• Android 2.2 from Adeneo
► Connectivity • Windows Embedded Compact 7 from Adeneo
• Full-size SD/MMC card slot
• Micro SD card slot ► Tools Support
• 7-pin SATA data connector • Segger/CodeSourcery, Macgraigor, IAR debug/IDE
• 10/100BT Ethernet port tool chain
• 2x High-Speed USB Host port • Mentor/Inflexion GUI development tool
• 1x Micro USB Device port • VMware player to bring up image on a Windows PC

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 i.MX53 SABRE Tablet Reference Design – Key Features

► i.MX53 1GHz Cortex-A8 ► User Interface

• 10.1” 1024x768 display with capacitive multi-touch
► Other Freescale silicon • Omnivision OV5642 5MP camera
• SGTL5000 Audio Codec • Capacitive Buttons: Home, Menu, Back, Search
• MMA8451Q 3-Axis Accelerometer • Other Buttons: Power, Reset, Volume up/down
• MAG3112 Compass
► Connectivity
• MC1323X Zigbee
• Atheros GM22 GPS Receiver
► Memory • Atheros AR6133 Wi-Fi/BT Module
• 8Gb DDR3 • Infineon Amazon-1 3G Module (optional)
• 32GB Sandisk SSD (optional)
► I/O’s:
► PMIC:Dialog DA9053 • HDMI connector
► OSSupport • 1x Full size SD Card Slot
• Android, Ubuntu, Linux, Windows Embedded • 2x High-Speed USB Host, 1 x Micro-USB
• 1x SATA port, 1x LVDS display footprint
► Cost $1,499 • Debug PCB with Ethernet 10/100, JTAG, UART
► Part Number: MCIMX53SMD • Stereo Speaker, Headphone/Microphone

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 i.MX53 SABRE for Tablet vs. Quick Start – Comparison
Feature Quick Start Board SABRE for tablet

Re-sale Price $149 $1499

Description Full-featured, cost-effective platform enables Full-featured, form-factor platform with market-
quick and easy evaluation by embedded specific connectivity and user interface speeds
developers up system level development
Size 3” x 3” 10.5” x 8.4” x 0.87”
Display VGA, HDMI (optional), LCD (optional) 10.1” LCD 1024x768 with capacitive multi-touch
LVDS, LVDS connector, HDMI
Memory DDR3 1GB DDR3 2GB
32GB SanDisk SSD (optional)
UI Touch via LCD (optional) LCD with capacitive multi-touch
Capacitive buttons
Camera n/a (but Camera CSI port signals brought out on 5MP w ISP
expansion connector)
Audio Microphone in, Headphone out Headphone, Stereo Speakers

Wireless Connectivity Through SD (optional) 802.11 b/g/n, BT 2.1, GPS, RF4CE

3G (optional)
I/O 2 x USB, 1 x micro-USB 2 x USB, 1 x micro-USB
10/100 Ethernet, UART, JTAG 10/100 Ethernet, UART, JTAG (debug board)
1 x SD, 1 x micro-SD 1 x SD
Sensors Accelerometer Accelerometer, Compass
Power Wall-powered Wall-powered, Li-Ion battery
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 i.MX53 Part Numbering
Part Number Description MSRP General Availability Price Book
2011
10KU Re-
Sale
PCIMX536AVV8B i.MX53 800MHz Samples, Auto 19 x 19 TE-BGA, Silicon Rev 2.0 $19.75 Only on Quick Start No
boards
MCIMX535DVV1C i.MX53 1GHz, Consumer 19x19 TE-BGA $18.15 May 31, 2011 April 8, 2011
MCIMX538DZK1C i.MX53 1GHz, Consumer 12x12 PoP $20.79 June 20, 2011 April 8, 2011
MCIMX537CVV8C i.MX53 800MHz, Industrial 19 x 19 TE-BGA – CAN + IEEE1588 $20.87 July 20, 2011 April 8, 2011
MCIMX536AVV8C i.MX53 800MHz, Automotive 19 x 19 TE-BGA $19.75 June 20, 2011 April 8, 2011
MCIMX534AVV8C i.MX53 800MHz, Automotive 19 x 19 TE-BGA - No video $18.81 June 20, 2011 April 8, 2011
MXIMX53-START i.MX53 Quick Start board $149.00 March 1, 2011 Yes
MCIMX28LCD Optional: 4.3” WVGA LCD for the i.MX53 Quick Start board $199.00 Sept 27, 2010 Yes
MCIMXHDMICARD Optional: HDMI Card for the i.MX53 Quick Start board $49 March 1, 2011 April 8, 2011
MCIMX53SMD i.MX53 SABRE for Tablet (Tablet reference design) $1,499.00 April 15, 2011 Feb 26, 2011

Packaging:
VV = 19x19mm, 0.8mm, MAPBGA
ZK = 12x12mm, 0.4mm, PoP
Family Derivative

Qualification Status:
PC = pre-qualification
MC IMX53 # D VV 1 C Revision:
MC = fully qual’d C = 2.1
B = 2.0

Device Family Type Qual tier:

A= Auto Speed:
C = Industrial 1 = 1.0 GHz
D = Consumer 8 = 800 MHz

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 i.MX53 Resources
► Websites: ► Technical Collateral
• Product Summary Page - Documentation, Part • i.MX53 Reference Manual
Numbers, Fact Sheets Partners • i.MX53 Security Reference Manual
www.freescale.com/imx53 • i.MX535/8 Consumer Fact Sheet
• Tools Summary Pages - Docs, BSP, displays, design • i.MX537 Industrial Fact Sheet
files, software • i.MX534/6 Automotive Fact Sheet
 i.MX53 Quick Start board • i.MX53 Quick Start Fact Sheet
www.freescale.com/imxquickstart • i.MX53 SABRE for Tablet Fact Sheet
i.MX53 SABRE for Tablet
 • i.MX53 Errata
www.freescale.com/imxsabre • i.MX53 Industrial White Paper
• i.MX Tools website www.freescale.com/imxtools • i.MX53 Linux Software Documentation
 All i.MX information for hardware and software • i.MX53 Multimedia Codecs Documentation
 Mentor Inflexion UI www.freescale.com/imxinflexion • Manufacturing Tool documentation
• www.imxcommunity.org • I/O Mux Tool
• Kill Sheets: www.freescale.com/go/killersheets • App Notes
 i.MX53 Supply Current Measurements
• CIA:  Architectural differences between i.MX51 and i.MX53
www.freescale.com/go/cia%2D32bit%2Dimx  High-End 3D Graphics with OpenGL ES 2.0
 Overview Presentation • IBIS and BDSL files
 Communicator • i.MX53 Quick Start board design files
 6-Pack • i.MX53 SABRE for Tablet design files
 Technical Training Slides

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