Features And Functionality - Digi ConnectCore Hardware Reference Manual

Features and functionality

The ConnectCore for i.MX51 module is based on the i.MX51 processor from Freescale. This processor
offers a high number of interfaces. Most of these interfaces are multiplexed and are not available
simultaneously. The module has the following features:
High-end, low-power 32-bit System-on-Module
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600/800 MHZ ARM Cortex-A8 core
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32 kB L1 instruction and 32 kB L1 data cache
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256 kB L2 cache
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NEON co-processor
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Vector Floating Point (VFP) unit
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SLC and MLC NAND flash support on module
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Up to 512 MB 32-bit/200 MHZ DDR2-400 memory
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Debug interfaces
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Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)
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Embedded Trace Macrocell™ (ETM) / Embedded Trace Buffer (ETB)
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Real Time Clock (RTC)
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Security co-processor
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Encryption: Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Data Encryption Standard (DES), 3DES and
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RC4
Hashing algorithms: Message Digest (MD)5, Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA)-1, SHA-224 and
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SHA-256
Timer
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Watchdog
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Up to three universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) ports, up to 4 Mb/s each
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Up to three Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), two of them up to 54 Mb/s each
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Two Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) (up to 400 kb/s)
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Three memory card interfaces (two for the wireless version of the module)
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SD/Secure Digital Input Output (SDIO) - 1 and 4-bits (up to 200 Mb/s)
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MultiMediaCard (MMC) - 1, 4 and 8-bits (up to 416 Mb/s)
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USB
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Up to 3x USB 2.0 High-Speed USB Host ports
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One USB 2.0 On-The-Go USB port with integrated Physical Layer (PHY) on the module
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1-wire
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Keypad 6x4
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