NXP Semiconductors MIMXRT1170HDUG Hardware Development Manual

MIMXRT1170HDUG
Hardware Development Guide for the MIMXRT1160/1170 Processor
Rev. 2 - 09/2021

1 Introduction

This document's purpose is to help hardware engineers design and test
their MIMXRT1170 processor-based designs. It provides information about
board layout recommendations and design checklists to ensure first-pass
success and avoid board bring-up problems. This guide is released along with
the relevant device-specific hardware documentation such as data sheets,
reference manuals, and application notes available on
RT1160 shares the same design with RT1170, so engineers can
also use this document for RT1160.

2 Background

The i.MX RT1170 is a new processor family featuring NXP's advanced implementation of the high performance Arm
Core and power efficient Arm Cortex-M4 core. It provides high CPU performance and real-time response.
The i.MX RT1170 has 2 MB of on-chip RAM in total, including a 512 KB RAM which can be flexibly configured as Tightly-Coupled
Memory (TCM) or general purpose On-Chip RAM (OCRAM). The i.MX RT1170 integrates advanced power management module
with DC-DC and LDOs that reduce complexity of external power supply and simplify power sequencing.
It provides various memory interfaces, including SDRAM, Raw NAND FLASH, NOR FLASH, SD/eMMC, Quad SPI, Hyper
RAM/Flash. It also provides a wide range of other interfaces for connecting external peripherals, such as WLAN, BluetoothR, GPS,
displays, and camera sensors. Like other i.MX processors, i.MX RT1170 also has rich audio and video features, including MIPI
CSI/DSI, LCD display, graphics accelerator, camera interface, S/PDIF, and I
The i.MX RT1170 applications processor can be used in areas such as industrial HMI, IoT, high-end audio appliance, low-end
instrument cluster, Point-of-Sale(PoS), motor control, and home appliances.

3 Power supply

For power supply voltage specifications, refer to the Operating Ranges table in the device data sheets. See
for power supply decoupling recommendations.
The Figure 1 in this section is applicable to RT1170 silicon and these tables do not include the on-chip LDO output
specification, which can be found in the device data sheet.
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Contents
1 Introduction......................................1
2 Background..................................... 1
3 Power supply...................................1
4 Clocks..............................................7
5 Debugging and programming..........8
6 Boot, reset, and miscellaneous..... 10
7 Layout recommendations.............. 18
8 Related resources......................... 22
9 Revision history............................. 22
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