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.
