The LPC4330-Xplorer is a compact and versatile evaluation platform for NXP's new line of dual core microcontrollers. The board features the LPC4330 dual core microcontroller which contains an ARM Cortex-M4 based digital signal controller with an ARM Cortex-M0 coprocessor designed for embedded applications requiring signal processing. The ARM Cortex-M4 core offers single-cycle Multiply-Accumulate and SIMD instructions and a hardware floating-point unit to support signal processing while the M0 coprocessor handles I/O and digital control processing. The LPC4330 includes 264 KB of data memory, two High Speed USB 2.0 Host/OTG/Devices, advanced configurable peripherals such as the State Configurable Timer (SCT), Serial General Purpose I/O (SGPIO), and SPI Flash Interface (SPIFI) as well as Ethernet, an external memory controller and multiple digital and analog peripherals.
Salient features of the board include:
Controller: LPC4330, 100 pin BGA
PCB: 4-layer (86mm x 40mm, RoHS Compliant)
Two LEDs
One user switch and one reset switch
Boot select switch
32Mb Quad flash
On board crystals for controller, RTC and audio codec
On board Ethernet PHY, 50 MHz Oscillator and RJ45 connector with magnetics
On board audio codec and audio jacks
On board USB host power switch
On board Micro SD card slot
Two USB ports, one HS (High speed) port and one FS (Full Speed) port
10-pin cortex debug header
Unused I/Os brought to a header
Kit Contents
LPC4330-Xplorer Evaluation Board
1 meter USB AM to Micro B
0.2 meter USB AF to Micro B
Q&A
What we would like to see in the road test?
The NGX LPC4330 Xplorer board features the LPC4330 dual-core Cortex-M4/Cortex-M0 digital signal controller. What we would like to see in this road test are projects that take advantage the dual-cores and one or more advanced peripherals available on the Xplorer board (HS/FS USB, Ethernet, SDIO, SPIFI, SGPIO, SCT). Examples could include:
Applications that use the Cortex-M4 core for signal processing (free DSP algorithms available from ARM as part of CMSIS release at http://www.onarm.com/)
Audio processing on the Cortex-M4 and USB connectivity on the Cortex-M0 (using onchip device drivers or free nxpUSBlib software)
Machine vision using either the SCT or SGPIO as a camera interface (code available from NXP)
Testers will be selected on the basis of quality of applications: we expect a full and complete description of why you want to test this particular product.
Testers are required to produce a full, comprehensive and well thought out review within 2 months of receipt of the product.
Failure to provide this review within the above timescale will result in the enrolee being excluded from future Road Tests.
Were you able to use the provided Keil licence PSN? I installed Keil tools at the begining of 2013 but in the Licence Management windows it shows the licence key has expired.
I wasn't able to use the provided licence key. I intended to work on a more complex project and add the findings to my review. I'll switch to LPCXpresso
We (element14) have sent out the information to all the Roadtest winners on the temporary license from ARM/Keil for the MDK. This enables the full functionality of the software with no limitations. Please let us know if you havent received it. Thanks!
I haven't received any message regarding the Keil licence.
As for the way the IDEs (Keil, LPCXPresso) are loading the SPI flash memory, I believe the mechanism involved uses a sort of bootloader that is able to take the data from JTAG and program the SPI using the target microcontroller.
The .cfx file used by the LPCXpresso as the "algorithm" for programming the SPI memory is in fact an ELF file.
Apparently my phone number information was not updated in the account info. I received the UPS exception mail, I replied with my phone number to Element14, I updated my profile, and contacted UPS to solve this problem. The answer was:
"Thank you for your inquiry. Regretfully, I am unable to update your contact information for this package. Our records indicate that the package was abandoned and is now undeliverable. For assistance with this package, please contact the shipper. In the future if you need to provide additional information for a shipment, please contact UPS International at 1-800-782-7892. I apologize that I was unable to assist you with this package." (from UPS).
Tracking number status (From UPS Website):
"The receiver did not want the order and refused this delivery. / Package abandoned by the sender and the receiver."
Timeline:
10/31/20124:11 P.M.Order Processed: Ready for UPS
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I replied and updated my info on 22/11.(mail landed in spam, didn't notice).
Linas -- The Keil Ulink-ME only works with the Keil MDK IDE -- not with the IAR IDE. If you have the IAR IDE and a Segger Jlink, this should work with the NGX LPC4330 Xplorer board. The Xplorer board you have has a lot of great features (HS USB, Ethernet, SD card, etc.), but for developers interested in a fast LCD interface, I'd recommend NXP's LPC435x microcontrollers which include 16 or 32-bit EMC -- depending on package -- and a dedicated LCD interface. Element-14 just came out with a great board for this: www.element14.com/LPCMM (Look for a future roadtest on this board!)
Keil has agreed to provide a temporarily full license to our 10 roadtest winners. Element-14 will contact the winners via e-mail with more information. This will resolve your linker limit issues.
If I link in the fft functions from the CMSIS library into the Audio demo project, even with full optimisation I'm hitting the linker size limit. I suppose this is a sensible limit for commercial purposes but it means I won't be able to complete everything in the project I set out to for this review.
This MCU has an EMC (External Memory Controller), and supports static devices and dynamic memory devices too. You can use the EMC in static mode to interface to the LCD controller as you would in the STM32. I believe the NXP has a plus in that it supports dymanic memories too, ST Micro controller only supports static devices with asy/synchronous modes. This part also has the SGPIO interface, which you can use for the LCD.
Still waiting for my Kit. Any info on shipping available?
is it possible to use U-link/me JTAG with IAR IDE ?
I never used KEIL , and really i don't want to learn it, since i don't have a lot of time.
I will post review as soon as i get a bit free time,
is it something similar as in STM FSMC controller ? since my review should include fractal rendering video , and that will give STM32F4 advantage because it has FSMC controller for ultra fast communication to LCD (60FPS)
Thanks to everyone who submitted a proposal for the LPC4330-Xplorer board roadtest and congratulations to the 10 winners! We at NXP are excited to see what the winners come up with using the LPC4330 digital signal controller and are always happy to get candid feedback on our products and evaluation boards. There is a lot of technology packed into the LPC4330 so if there are questions along the way, I'd recommend taking advantage of the LPC4300 support forum on LPCware.com (http://www.lpcware.com/forums/microprocessors-forums/lpc43xx).
For those of you who didn't win, there should be another opportunity to submit for a different LPC4300 roadtest board in the coming months.
Best regards,
Gordon Cooper, Product Marketing Manager for the LPC4300 family at NXP
Great news, thanks. Just out of curiosity, is there any place where we can review our road test applications? I'd like to make sure I hit all of the things I said I would do.
Thank you all for applying. This RoadTest is now closed. We are pleased to announce the following members that have been selected to receive this Road Test:
Michael Conners
Linas Karpavicius
Ryan Slaugh
Bogdan C
Andrea Basso
Danny Boland
Sven Franke
Michael Kopczynski
Arun Poudel
Catalin Pavel
Congratulations! Your product will be shipped to the address each of you provided when you applied for this RoadTest. As a reminder, element14 and our supplier partners send these products free-of-charge because we place high value upon your unbiased, detailed product review. Please post your review back here within 3-6 weeks of receiving your item.
For those who were not selected to win this product, we have the Analog Devices ADSP-BF592 EZ-KIT Lite Evaluation System Road Test open for applicants
