Low power communications processor optimised for battery-backed, USB-powered and IoT applications

Available from Mouser, the NXP QorIQ LS1012A low power communications processor is optimised for battery-backed or USB-powered, space-constrained networking and IoT applications. The processor integrates a single ARM Cortex-A53 core running up to 800MHz with L1 and ECC-protected L2 caches. The device incorporates the same trust architecture and software compatibility of the higher-tier QorIQ LS family devices. The processor features 32KB of L1 instruction and data cache and 256KB of coherent L2 cache. This device features a three-lane, 6GHz multi-protocol SerDes that provides support for high-speed interfaces. Support includes up to two Gigabit Ethernet ports, DMA-controlled PCI Express generation 2.0 port, and one SATA 3.0 port. It also features dual USB controllers—one supporting SuperSpeed USB 3.0 with integrated PHY, the other supporting USB 2.0 functions. Additional interfaces include QuadSPI and support for SD/MMC. This processor provides intelligent integration and extreme power efficiency in a small 9.6mm x 9.6mm package for fanless, small form factor networking and IoT applications.