FRDM-IMX8MPLUS FRDM i.MX 8M Plus Development Board

The FRDM i.MX 8M Plus development board is a low-cost and compact development board featuring the i.MX 8M Plus applications processor. Equipped with an onboard IW612 module, featuring NXP's Tri-Radio solution with Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.4 + 802.15.4, the board is ideal for developing modern Industrial and IoT applications. This development board includes Low Power Double Data Rate 4 (LPDDR4), embedded MultiMediaCard (eMMC) storage for quick boot times, power management integrated circuit (PMIC) and expansion capabilities.

Supported Devices

Analog and Mixed Signal

Real-Time Clocks

• PCF2131: Nano-Power Highly Accurate RTC with Integrated Quartz Crystal

Interfaces

3.3 V / 5 V IO CAN Transceivers

• TJA1051: High-Speed CAN Transceiver

General Purpose I/O (GPIO)

• PCAL6416A: Low-Voltage Translating 16-Bit I²C-Bus/SMBus I/O Expander

USB Interfaces

• PTN5110: USB PD TCPC PHY IC

Processors and Microcontrollers

i.MX 8 Applications Processors

• IMX8MPLUS: i.MX 8M Plus – Arm® Cortex®-A53, Machine Learning, Vision, Multimedia and Industrial IoT

Power Management

5 V PMIC Solutions

• PCA9450: Power Management IC (PMIC) for i.MX 8M Mini/Nano/Plus

Wireless Connectivity

Wi-Fi^® + Bluetooth^® + 802.15.4

• IW612: 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band 1x1 Wi-Fi^® 6 (802.11ax) + Bluetooth^® 5.4 + 802.15.4 Tri-Radio Solution

Features

Processor

• i.MX 8M Plus Quad applications processor
• 4x Arm® Cortex-A53 up to 1.8 GHz
• 1x Arm® Cortex-M7 up to 800 MHz
• Cadence® Tensilica® HiFi4 DSP up to 800 MHz
• Neural processing unit

Memory​

• 4 GB LPDDR4
• 32 GB eMMC 5.1
• 32 MB Quad Serial Peripheral Interface (QSPI) NOR

Display and Camera Interfaces

• 1x Mobile Industry Processor Interface -Display Serial Interface (MIPI-DSI) interface (Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) 22-Pin connector)
• 2x Low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) interface (40-Pin header)
• 2x Mobile Industry Processor Interface - Camera Serial Interface (MIPI-CSI) interfaces (FPC 22-Pin connector)
• 1x HDMI 2.0a connector with enhanced Audio Return Channel (eARC)

Wireless​

• u-blox MAYA-W276-00B Tri-Radio Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4 and 802.15.4 module; 802.15.4 radio supporting Thread and Zigbee

Audio​

• Audio digital-to-analog converter (DAC)
• Microphone/headphone jacks

Connectivity​

• 2x 10/100/1000 Ethernet port (1x with Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN))
• USB 3.0 Type A
• USB 3.0 Type C
• Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) M.2 interface
• 2x20 Expansion Interface (EXPI)
• I²C and Controller Area Network Header (CAN HDR)

Debug​

• JTAG Connector
• UART via USB-Type C