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LPC2478

Single-chip 16-bit/32-bit micro; 512 kB flash, Ethernet, CAN,


LCD, USB 2.0 device/host/OTG, external memory interface
Rev. 3.1 — 16 October 2013 Product data sheet

1. General description
NXP Semiconductors designed the LPC2478 microcontroller, powered by the
ARM7TDMI-S core, to be a highly integrated microcontroller for a wide range of
applications that require advanced communications and high quality graphic displays. The
LPC2478 microcontroller has 512 kB of on-chip high-speed flash memory. This flash
memory includes a special 128-bit wide memory interface and accelerator architecture
that enables the CPU to execute sequential instructions from flash memory at the
maximum 72 MHz system clock rate. This feature is available only on the LPC2000 ARM
microcontroller family of products. The LPC2478, with real-time debug interfaces that
include both JTAG and embedded trace, can execute both 32-bit ARM and 16-bit Thumb
instructions.

The LPC2478 microcontroller incorporates an LCD controller, a 10/100 Ethernet Media


Access Controller (MAC), a USB full-speed Device/Host/OTG Controller with 4 kB of
endpoint RAM, four UARTs, two Controller Area Network (CAN) channels, an SPI
interface, two Synchronous Serial Ports (SSP), three I2C interfaces, and an I2S interface.
Supporting this collection of serial communications interfaces are the following feature
components; an on-chip 4 MHz internal oscillator, 98 kB of total RAM consisting of 64 kB
of local SRAM, 16 kB SRAM for Ethernet, 16 kB SRAM for general purpose DMA, 2 kB of
battery powered SRAM, and an External Memory Controller (EMC). These features make
this device optimally suited for portable electronics and Point-of-Sale (POS) applications.
Complementing the many serial communication controllers, versatile clocking capabilities,
and memory features are various 32-bit timers, a 10-bit ADC, 10-bit DAC, two PWM units,
and up to 160 fast GPIO lines. The LPC2478 connects 64 of the GPIO pins to the
hardware based Vector Interrupt Controller (VIC) allowing the external inputs to generate
edge-triggered interrupts. All of these features make the LPC2478 particularly suitable for
industrial control and medical systems.

2. Features and benefits


 ARM7TDMI-S processor, running at up to 72 MHz.
 512 kB on-chip flash program memory with In-System Programming (ISP) and
In-Application Programming (IAP) capabilities. Flash program memory is on the ARM
local bus for high performance CPU access.
 98 kB on-chip SRAM includes:
 64 kB of SRAM on the ARM local bus for high performance CPU access.
 16 kB SRAM for Ethernet interface. Can also be used as general purpose SRAM.
 16 kB SRAM for general purpose DMA use also accessible by the USB.
 2 kB SRAM data storage powered from the Real-Time Clock (RTC) power domain.
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 LCD controller, supporting both Super-Twisted Nematic (STN) and Thin-Film


Transistors (TFT) displays.
 Dedicated DMA controller.
 Selectable display resolution (up to 1024  768 pixels).
 Supports up to 24-bit true-color mode.
 Dual Advanced High-performance Bus (AHB) system allows simultaneous Ethernet
DMA, USB DMA, and program execution from on-chip flash with no contention.
 EMC provides support for asynchronous static memory devices such as RAM, ROM
and flash, as well as dynamic memories such as single data rate SDRAM.
 Advanced Vectored Interrupt Controller (VIC), supporting up to 32 vectored interrupts.
 General Purpose DMA (GPDMA) controller on AHB that can be used with the SSP,
I2S-bus, and SD/MMC interface as well as for memory-to-memory transfers.
 Serial Interfaces:
 Ethernet MAC with MII/RMII interface and associated DMA controller. These
functions reside on an independent AHB.
 USB 2.0 full-speed dual port device/host/OTG controller with on-chip PHY and
associated DMA controller.
 Four UARTs with fractional baud rate generation, one with modem control I/O, one
with IrDA support, all with FIFO.
 CAN controller with two channels.
 SPI controller.
 Two SSP controllers, with FIFO and multi-protocol capabilities. One is an alternate
for the SPI port, sharing its interrupt. SSPs can be used with the GPDMA controller.
 Three I2C-bus interfaces (one with open-drain and two with standard port pins).
 I2S (Inter-IC Sound) interface for digital audio input or output. It can be used with
the GPDMA.
 Other peripherals:
 SD/MMC memory card interface.
 160 General purpose I/O pins with configurable pull-up/down resistors.
 10-bit ADC with input multiplexing among 8 pins.
 10-bit DAC.
 Four general purpose timers/counters with 8 capture inputs and 10 compare
outputs. Each timer block has an external count input.
 Two PWM/timer blocks with support for three-phase motor control. Each PWM has
an external count input.
 RTC with separate power domain. Clock source can be the RTC oscillator or the
APB clock.
 2 kB SRAM powered from the RTC power pin, allowing data to be stored when the
rest of the chip is powered off.
 WatchDog Timer (WDT). The WDT can be clocked from the internal RC oscillator,
the RTC oscillator, or the APB clock.
 Single 3.3 V power supply (3.0 V to 3.6 V).
 4 MHz internal RC oscillator trimmed to 1 % accuracy that can optionally be used as
the system clock.
 Four reduced power modes: idle, sleep, power-down and deep power-down.
 Four external interrupt inputs configurable as edge/level sensitive. All pins on port 0
and port 2 can be used as edge sensitive interrupt sources.
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 Processor wake-up from Power-down mode via any interrupt able to operate during
Power-down mode (includes external interrupts, RTC interrupt, USB activity, Ethernet
wake-up interrupt, CAN bus activity, port 0/2 pin interrupt).
 Two independent power domains allow fine tuning of power consumption based on
needed features.
 Each peripheral has its own clock divider for further power saving. These dividers help
reduce active power by 20 % to 30 %.
 Brownout detect with separate thresholds for interrupt and forced reset.
 On-chip power-on reset.
 On-chip crystal oscillator with an operating range of 1 MHz to 25 MHz.
 On-chip PLL allows CPU operation up to the maximum CPU rate without the need for
a high frequency crystal. May be run from the main oscillator, the internal RC oscillator,
or the RTC oscillator.
 Boundary scan for simplified board testing.
 Versatile pin function selections allow more possibilities for using on-chip peripheral
functions.
 Standard ARM test/debug interface for compatibility with existing tools.
 Emulation trace module supports real-time trace.

3. Applications
 Industrial control
 Medical systems
 Portable electronics
 Point-of-Sale (POS) equipment

4. Ordering information
Table 1. Ordering information
Type number Package
Name Description Version
LPC2478FBD208 LQFP208 plastic low profile quad flat package; 208 leads; body 28  28  1.4 mm SOT459-1
LPC2478FET208 TFBGA208 plastic thin fine-pitch ball grid array package; 208 balls; body 15  15  SOT950-1
0.7 mm

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4.1 Ordering options


Table 2. Ordering options
Type number Flash SRAM (kB) External Ethernet USB SD/ GP Temp range
(kB) bus OTG/ MMC DMA
Ethernet buffer

CAN channels

ADC channels
DAC channels
OHC/
device
Local bus

+ 4 kB
GP/USB
FIFO
Total
RTC

LPC2478FBD208 512 64 16 16 2 98 Full MII/RMII yes 2 yes yes 8 1 40 C to +85 C


32-bit
LPC2478FET208 512 64 16 16 2 98 Full MII/RMII yes 2 yes yes 8 1 40 C to +85 C
32-bit

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5. Block diagram

XTAL1
TMS TDI trace signals XTAL2 VDD(3V3)
VDDA
TRST TCK TDO RESET
EXTIN0 DBGEN

VREF
LPC2478 SYSTEM
P0, P1, P2, 64 kB 512 kB PLL VSSA, VSSIO, VSSCORE

TRACE MODULE
TEST/DEBUG FUNCTIONS
P3, P4 VDD(DCDC)(3V3)

EMULATION
SRAM FLASH INTERFACE
system INTERNAL RC
HIGH-SPEED clock
INTERNAL OSCILLATOR
GPIO ARM7TDMI-S
160 PINS CONTROLLERS
TOTAL SRAM FLASH
EXTERNAL D[31:0]
16 kB
VIC MEMORY A[23:0]
SRAM
CONTROLLER control lines

AHB2 AHB1
AHB AHB
BRIDGE BRIDGE

16 kB USB DEVICE/ VBUS


MASTER AHB TO SLAVE
ETHERNET SRAM HOST/OTG WITH port1
MII/RMII PORT AHB BRIDGE PORT
MAC WITH 4 kB RAM AND DMA port2
DMA
AHB TO
APB BRIDGE GP DMA
CONTROLLER

EINT3 to EINT0 8 × LCD control


EXTERNAL INTERRUPTS LCD INTERFACE
P0, P2 LCDVD[23:0]
WITH DMA LCDCLKIN
2 × CAP0/CAP1/ CAPTURE/COMPARE
CAP2/CAP3 TIMER0/TIMER1/
4 × MAT2/MAT3, TIMER2/TIMER3
2 × MAT0, 3 × I2SRX
I2S INTERFACE 3 × I2STX
3 × MAT1
6 × PWM0/PWM1
PWM0, PWM1 SCK0, SCK
1 × PCAP0, MOSI0, MOSI
2 × PCAP1 SSP0/SPI INTERFACE MISO0, MISO
SSEL0, SSEL
LEGACY GPI/O
P0, P1
64 PINS TOTAL SCK1
MOSI1
SSP1 INTERFACE
MISO1
8 × AD0 A/D CONVERTER SSEL1

MCICLK, MCIPWR
D/A CONVERTER SD/MMC CARD
AOUT MCICMD,
INTERFACE
MCIDAT[3:0]
VBAT 2 kB BATTERY RAM TXD0, TXD2, TXD3
UART0, UART2, UART3 RXD0, RXD2, RXD3
power domain 2
RTCX1 REAL-
RTC TXD1, DTR1, RTS1
RTCX2 TIME UART1
OSCILLATOR RXD1, DSR1, CTS1,
CLOCK
DCD1, RI1
ALARM
RD1, RD2
CAN1, CAN2
WATCHDOG TIMER TD1, TD2

SCL0, SCL1, SCL2


I2C0, I2C1, I2C2 SDA0, SDA1, SDA2
SYSTEM CONTROL

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Fig 1. LPC2478 block diagram

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6. Pinning information

6.1 Pinning

208

157
1 156

LPC2478FBD208

52 105

104
53

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Fig 2. LPC2478 pinning LQFP208 package

ball A1
index area 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
J LPC2478FET208
K
L
M
N
P
R
T
U

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Transparent top view

Fig 3. LPC2478 pinning TFBGA208 package

Table 3. Pin allocation table


Pin Symbol Pin Symbol Pin Symbol Pin Symbol
Row A
1 P3[27]/D27/ 2 VSSIO 3 P1[0]/ENET_TXD0 4 P4[31]/CS1
CAP1[0]/PWM1[4]
5 P1[4]/ENET_TX_EN 6 P1[9]/ENET_RXD0 7 P1[14]/ENET_RX_ER 8 P1[15]/
ENET_REF_CLK/
ENET_RX_CLK
9 P1[17]/ENET_MDIO 10 P1[3]/ENET_TXD3/ 11 P4[15]/A15 12 VSSIO
MCICMD/PWM0[2]

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Table 3. Pin allocation table …continued


Pin Symbol Pin Symbol Pin Symbol Pin Symbol
13 P3[20]/D20/ 14 P1[11]/ENET_RXD2/ 15 P0[8]/I2STX_WS/ 16 P1[12]/ENET_RXD3/
PWM0[5]/DSR1 MCIDAT2/PWM0[6] LCDVD[16]/MISO1/ MCIDAT3/PCAP0[0]
MAT2[2]
17 P1[5]/ENET_TX_ER/ - - -
MCIPWR/PWM0[3]
Row B
1 P3[2]/D2 2 P3[10]/D10 3 P3[1]/D1 4 P3[0]/D0
5 P1[1]/ENET_TXD1 6 VSSIO 7 P4[30]/CS0 8 P4[24]/OE
9 P4[25]/WE 10 P4[29]/BLS3/MAT2[1]/ 11 P1[6]/ENET_TX_CLK/ 12 P0[4]/I2SRX_CLK/
LCDVD[7]/LCDVD[11]/ MCIDAT0/PWM0[4] LCDVD[0]/RD2/CAP2[0]
LCDVD[3]/RXD3
13 VDD(3V3) 14 P3[19]/D19/ 15 P4[14]/A14 16 P4[13]/A13
PWM0[4]/DCD1
17 P2[0]/PWM1[1]/TXD1/ - - -
TRACECLK/LCDPWR
Row C
1 P3[13]/D13 2 TDI 3 RTCK 4 P0[2]/TXD0
5 P3[9]/D9 6 P3[22]/D22/ 7 P1[8]/ENET_CRS_DV/ 8 P1[10]/ENET_RXD1
PCAP0[0]/RI1 ENET_CRS
9 VDD(3V3) 10 P3[21]/D21/ 11 P4[28]/BLS2/MAT2[0]/ 12 P0[5]/I2SRX_WS/
PWM0[6]/DTR1 LCDVD[6]/LCDVD[10]/ LCDVD[1]/TD2/CAP2[1]
LCDVD[2]/TXD3
13 P0[7]/I2STX_CLK/ 14 P0[9]/I2STX_SDA/ 15 P3[18]/D18/ 16 P4[12]/A12
LCDVD[9]/SCK1/ LCDVD[17]/MOSI1/ PWM0[3]/CTS1
MAT2[1] MAT2[3]
17 VDD(3V3) - - -
Row D
1 TRST 2 P3[28]/D28/ 3 TDO 4 P3[12]/D12
CAP1[1]/PWM1[5]
5 P3[11]/D11 6 P0[3]/RXD0 7 VDD(3V3) 8 P3[8]/D8
9 P1[2]/ENET_TXD2/ 10 P1[16]/ENET_MDC 11 VDD(DCDC)(3V3) 12 VSSCORE
MCICLK/PWM0[1]
13 P0[6]/I2SRX_SDA/ 14 P1[7]/ENET_COL/ 15 P2[2]/PWM1[3]/CTS1/ 16 P1[13]/ENET_RX_DV
LCDVD[8]/SSEL1/ MCIDAT1/PWM0[5] PIPESTAT1/LCDDCLK
MAT2[0]
17 P2[4]/PWM1[5]/ - - -
DSR1/TRACESYNC/
LCDENAB/LCDM
Row E
1 P0[26]/AD0[3]/ 2 TCK 3 TMS 4 P3[3]/D3
AOUT/RXD3
14 P2[1]/PWM1[2]/RXD1/ 15 VSSIO 16 P2[3]/PWM1[4]/DCD1/ 17 P2[6]/PCAP1[0]/RI1/
PIPESTAT0/LCDLE PIPESTAT2/LCDFP TRACEPKT1/
LCDVD[0]/LCDVD[4]
Row F
1 P0[25]/AD0[2]/ 2 P3[4]/D4 3 P3[29]/D29/ 4 DBGEN
I2SRX_SDA/TXD3 MAT1[0]/PWM1[6]
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Table 3. Pin allocation table …continued


Pin Symbol Pin Symbol Pin Symbol Pin Symbol
14 P4[11]/A11 15 P3[17]/D17/ 16 P2[5]/PWM1[6]/ 17 P3[16]/D16/
PWM0[2]/RXD1 DTR1/TRACEPKT0/ PWM0[1]/TXD1
LCDLP
Row G
1 P3[5]/D5 2 P0[24]/AD0[1]/ 3 VDD(3V3) 4 VDDA
I2SRX_WS/CAP3[1]
14 n.c. 15 P4[27]/BLS1 16 P2[7]/RD2/ 17 P4[10]/A10
RTS1/TRACEPKT2/
LCDVD[1]/LCDVD[5]
Row H
1 P0[23]/AD0[0]/ 2 P3[14]/D14 3 P3[30]/D30/ 4 VDD(DCDC)(3V3)
I2SRX_CLK/CAP3[0] MAT1[1]/RTS1
14 VSSIO 15 P2[8]/TD2/TXD2/ 16 P2[9]/ 17 P4[9]/A9
TRACEPKT3/ USB_CONNECT1/
LCDVD[2]/LCDVD[6] RXD2/EXTIN0/
LCDVD[3]/LCDVD[7]
Row J
1 P3[6]/D6 2 VSSA 3 P3[31]/D31/MAT1[2] 4 n.c.
14 P0[16]/RXD1/ 15 P4[23]/A23/ 16 P0[15]/TXD1/ 17 P4[8]/A8
SSEL0/SSEL RXD2/MOSI1 SCK0/SCK
Row K
1 VREF 2 RTCX1 3 RSTOUT 4 VSSCORE
14 P4[22]/A22/ 15 P0[18]/DCD1/ 16 VDD(3V3) 17 P0[17]/CTS1/
TXD2/MISO1 MOSI0/MOSI MISO0/MISO
Row L
1 P3[7]/D7 2 RTCX2 3 VSSIO 4 P2[30]/DQMOUT2/
MAT3[2]/SDA2
14 n.c. 15 P4[26]/BLS0 16 P4[7]/A7 17 P0[19]/DSR1/
MCICLK/SDA1
Row M
1 P3[15]/D15 2 RESET 3 VBAT 4 XTAL1
14 P4[6]/A6 15 P4[21]/A21/ 16 P0[21]/RI1/ 17 P0[20]/DTR1/
SCL2/SSEL1 MCIPWR/RD1 MCICMD/SCL1
Row N
1 ALARM 2 P2[31]/DQMOUT3/ 3 P2[29]/DQMOUT1 4 XTAL2
MAT3[3]/SCL2
14 P2[12]/EINT2/ 15 P2[10]/EINT0 16 VSSIO 17 P0[22]/RTS1/
LCDVD[4]/LCDVD[8]/ MCIDAT0/TD1
LCDVD[3]/LCDVD[18]/
MCIDAT2/I2STX_WS
Row P
1 P1[31]/USB_OVRCR2/ 2 P1[30]/USB_PWRD2/ 3 P2[27]/CKEOUT3/ 4 P2[28]/DQMOUT0
SCK1/AD0[5] VBUS/AD0[4] MAT3[1]/MOSI0
5 P2[24]/CKEOUT0 6 VDD(3V3) 7 P1[18]/USB_UP_LED1/ 8 VDD(3V3)
PWM1[1]/CAP1[0]

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Table 3. Pin allocation table …continued


Pin Symbol Pin Symbol Pin Symbol Pin Symbol
9 P1[23]/USB_RX_DP1/ 10 VSSCORE 11 VDD(DCDC)(3V3) 12 VSSIO
LCDVD[9]/LCDVD[13]/
PWM1[4]/MISO0
13 P2[15]/CS3/ 14 P4[17]/A17 15 P4[18]/A18 16 P4[19]/A19
CAP2[1]/SCL1
17 VDD(3V3) - - -
Row R
1 P0[12]/USB_PPWR2/ 2 P0[13]/USB_UP_LED2/ 3 P0[28]/SCL0 4 P2[25]/CKEOUT1
MISO1/AD0[6] MOSI1/AD0[7]
5 P3[24]/D24/ 6 P0[30]/USB_D1 7 P2[19]/CLKOUT1 8 P1[21]/USB_TX_DM1/
CAP0[1]/PWM1[1] LCDVD[7]/LCDVD[11]/
PWM1[3]/SSEL0
9 VSSIO 10 P1[26]/USB_SSPND1/ 11 P2[16]/CAS 12 P2[14]/CS2/CAP2[0]/
LCDVD[12]/LCDVD[20]/ SDA1
PWM1[6]/CAP0[0]
13 P2[17]/RAS 14 P0[11]/RXD2/SCL2/ 15 P4[4]/A4 16 P4[5]/A5
MAT3[1]
17 P4[20]/A20/SDA2/SCK1 - - -
Row T
1 P0[27]/SDA0 2 P0[31]/USB_D+2 3 P3[26]/D26/ 4 P2[26]/CKEOUT2/
MAT0[1]/PWM1[3] MAT3[0]/MISO0
5 VSSIO 6 P3[23]/D23/ 7 P0[14]/USB_HSTEN2/ 8 P2[20]/DYCS0
CAP0[0]/PCAP1[0] USB_CONNECT2/
SSEL1
9 P1[24]/USB_RX_DM1/ 10 P1[25]/USB_LS1/ 11 P4[2]/A2 12 P1[27]/USB_INT1/
LCDVD[10]/LCDVD[14]/ LCDVD[11]/LCDVD[15]/ LCDVD[13]/LCDVD[21]/
PWM1[5]/MOSI0 USB_HSTEN1/MAT1[1] USB_OVRCR1/CAP0[1]
13 P1[28]/USB_SCL1/ 14 P0[1]/TD1/RXD3/SCL1 15 P0[10]/TXD2/SDA2/ 16 P2[13]/EINT3/
LCDVD[14]/LCDVD[22]/ MAT3[0] LCDVD[5]/LCDVD[9]/
PCAP1[0]/MAT0[0] LCDVD[19]/MCIDAT3/
I2STX_SDA
17 P2[11]/EINT1/ - - -
LCDCLKIN/
MCIDAT1/I2STX_CLK
Row U
1 USB_D2 2 P3[25]/D25/ 3 P2[18]/CLKOUT0 4 P0[29]/USB_D+1
MAT0[0]/PWM1[2]
5 P2[23]/DYCS3/ 6 P1[19]/USB_TX_E1/ 7 P1[20]/USB_TX_DP1/ 8 P1[22]/USB_RCV1/
CAP3[1]/SSEL0 USB_PPWR1/CAP1[1] LCDVD[6]/LCDVD[10]/ LCDVD[8]/LCDVD[12]/
PWM1[2]/SCK0 USB_PWRD1/MAT1[0]
9 P4[0]/A0 10 P4[1]/A1 11 P2[21]/DYCS1 12 P2[22]/DYCS2/
CAP3[0]/SCK0
13 VDD(3V3) 14 P1[29]/USB_SDA1/ 15 P0[0]/RD1/TXD3/SDA1 16 P4[3]/A3
LCDVD[15]/LCDVD[23]/
PCAP1[1]/MAT0[1]
17 P4[16]/A16 - - -

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6.2 Pin description


Table 4. Pin description
Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P0[0] to P0[31] I/O Port 0: Port 0 is a 32-bit I/O port with individual direction controls for each
bit. The operation of port 0 pins depends upon the pin function selected
via the pin connect block.
P0[0]/RD1/TXD3/ 94[1] U15[1] I/O P0[0] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
SDA1 I RD1 — CAN1 receiver input.
O TXD3 — Transmitter output for UART3.
I/O SDA1 — I2C1 data input/output (this is not an open-drain pin).
P0[1]/TD1/RXD3/ 96[1] T14[1] I/O P0[1] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
SCL1 O TD1 — CAN1 transmitter output.
I RXD3 — Receiver input for UART3.
I/O SCL1 — I2C1 clock input/output (this is not an open-drain pin).
P0[2]/TXD0 202[1] C4[1] I/O P0[2] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
O TXD0 — Transmitter output for UART0.
P0[3]/RXD0 204[1] D6[1] I/O P0[3] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I RXD0 — Receiver input for UART0.
P0[4]/I2SRX_CLK/ 168[1] B12[1] I/O P0[4] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
LCDVD[0]/RD2/ I/O I2SRX_CLK — I2S Receive clock. It is driven by the master and received
CAP2[0] by the slave. Corresponds to the signal SCK in the I2S-bus
specification.[17]
O LCDVD[0] — LCD data.[17]
I RD2 — CAN2 receiver input.
I CAP2[0] — Capture input for Timer 2, channel 0.
P0[5]/I2SRX_WS/ 166[1] C12[1] I/O P0[5] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
LCDVD[1]/TD2/ I/O I2SRX_WS — I2S Receive word select. It is driven by the master and
CAP2[1] received by the slave. Corresponds to the signal WS in the I2S-bus
specification.[17]
O LCDVD[1] — LCD data.[17]
O TD2 — CAN2 transmitter output.
I CAP2[1] — Capture input for Timer 2, channel 1.
P0[6]/I2SRX_SDA/ 164[1] D13[1] I/O P0[6] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
LCDVD[8]/ I/O I2SRX_SDA — I2S Receive data. It is driven by the transmitter and read
SSEL1/MAT2[0] by the receiver. Corresponds to the signal SD in the I2S-bus
specification.[17]
O LCDVD[8] — LCD data.[17]
I/O SSEL1 — Slave Select for SSP1.
O MAT2[0] — Match output for Timer 2, channel 0.

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Table 4. Pin description …continued


Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P0[7]/I2STX_CLK/ 162[1] C13[1] I/O P0[7] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
LCDVD[9]/SCK1/ I/O I2STX_CLK — I2S transmit clock. It is driven by the master and received
MAT2[1] by the slave. Corresponds to the signal SCK in the I2S-bus
specification.[17]
O LCDVD[9] — LCD data.[17]
I/O SCK1 — Serial Clock for SSP1.
O MAT2[1] — Match output for Timer 2, channel 1.
P0[8]/I2STX_WS/ 160[1] A15[1] I/O P0[8] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
LCDVD[16]/ I/O I2STX_WS — I2S Transmit word select. It is driven by the master and
MISO1/MAT2[2] received by the slave. Corresponds to the signal WS in the I2S-bus
specification.[17]
O LCDVD[16] — LCD data.[17]
I/O MISO1 — Master In Slave Out for SSP1.
O MAT2[2] — Match output for Timer 2, channel 2.
P0[9]/I2STX_SDA/ 158[1] C14[1] I/O P0[9] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
LCDVD[17]/ I/O I2STX_SDA — I2S transmit data. It is driven by the transmitter and read
MOSI1/MAT2[3] by the receiver. Corresponds to the signal SD in the I2S-bus
specification.[17]
O LCDVD[17] — LCD data.[17]
I/O MOSI1 — Master Out Slave In for SSP1.
O MAT2[3] — Match output for Timer 2, channel 3.
P0[10]/TXD2/ 98[1] T15[1] I/O P0[10] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
SDA2/MAT3[0] O TXD2 — Transmitter output for UART2.
I/O SDA2 — I2C2 data input/output (this is not an open-drain pin).
O MAT3[0] — Match output for Timer 3, channel 0.
P0[11]/RXD2/ 100[1] R14[1] I/O P0[11] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
SCL2/MAT3[1] I RXD2 — Receiver input for UART2.
I/O SCL2 — I2C2 clock input/output (this is not an open-drain pin).
O MAT3[1] — Match output for Timer 3, channel 1.
P0[12]/ 41[2] R1[2] I/O P0[12] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
USB_PPWR2/ O USB_PPWR2 — Port Power enable signal for USB port 2.
MISO1/AD0[6]
I/O MISO1 — Master In Slave Out for SSP1.
I AD0[6] — A/D converter 0, input 6.
P0[13]/ 45[2] R2[2] I/O P0[13] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
USB_UP_LED2/ O USB_UP_LED2 — USB port 2 GoodLink LED indicator. It is LOW when
MOSI1/AD0[7] device is configured (non-control endpoints enabled), or when host is
enabled and has detected a device on the bus. It is HIGH when the
device is not configured, or when host is enabled and has not detected a
device on the bus, or during global suspend. It transitions between LOW
and HIGH (flashes) when host is enabled and detects activity on the bus.
I/O MOSI1 — Master Out Slave In for SSP1.
I AD0[7] — A/D converter 0, input 7.

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Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P0[14]/ 69[1] T7[1] I/O P0[14] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
USB_HSTEN2/ O USB_HSTEN2 — Host Enabled status for USB port 2.
USB_CONNECT2/
SSEL1 O USB_CONNECT2 — SoftConnect control for USB port 2. Signal used to
switch an external 1.5 k resistor under software control. Used with the
SoftConnect USB feature.
I/O SSEL1 — Slave Select for SSP1.
P0[15]/TXD1/ 128[1] J16[1] I/O P0[15] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
SCK0/SCK O TXD1 — Transmitter output for UART1.
I/O SCK0 — Serial clock for SSP0.
I/O SCK — Serial clock for SPI.
P0[16]/RXD1/ 130[1] J14[1] I/O P0 [16] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
SSEL0/SSEL I RXD1 — Receiver input for UART1.
I/O SSEL0 — Slave Select for SSP0.
I/O SSEL — Slave Select for SPI.
P0[17]/CTS1/ 126[1] K17[1] I/O P0[17] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
MISO0/MISO I CTS1 — Clear to Send input for UART1.
I/O MISO0 — Master In Slave Out for SSP0.
I/O MISO — Master In Slave Out for SPI.
P0[18]/DCD1/ 124[1] K15[1] I/O P0[18] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
MOSI0/MOSI I DCD1 — Data Carrier Detect input for UART1.
I/O MOSI0 — Master Out Slave In for SSP0.
I/O MOSI — Master Out Slave In for SPI.
P0[19]/DSR1/ 122[1] L17[1] I/O P0[19] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
MCICLK/SDA1 I DSR1 — Data Set Ready input for UART1.
O MCICLK — Clock output line for SD/MMC interface.
I/O SDA1 — I2C1 data input/output (this is not an open-drain pin).
P0[20]/DTR1/ 120[1] M17[1] I/O P0[20] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
MCICMD/SCL1 O DTR1 — Data Terminal Ready output for UART1.
I/O MCICMD — Command line for SD/MMC interface.
I/O SCL1 — I2C1 clock input/output (this is not an open-drain pin).
P0[21]/RI1/ 118[1] M16[1] I/O P0[21] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
MCIPWR/RD1 I RI1 — Ring Indicator input for UART1.
O MCIPWR — Power Supply Enable for external SD/MMC power supply.
I RD1 — CAN1 receiver input.
P0[22]/RTS1/ 116[1] N17[1] I/O P0[22] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
MCIDAT0/TD1 O RTS1 — Request to Send output for UART1.
I/O MCIDAT0 — Data line 0 for SD/MMC interface.
O TD1 — CAN1 transmitter output.

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Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P0[23]/AD0[0]/ 18[2] H1[2] I/O P0[23] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I2SRX_CLK/ I AD0[0] — A/D converter 0, input 0.
CAP3[0]
I/O I2SRX_CLK — Receive Clock. It is driven by the master and received by
the slave. Corresponds to the signal SCK in the I2S-bus specification.
I CAP3[0] — Capture input for Timer 3, channel 0.
P0[24]/AD0[1]/ 16[2] G2[2] I/O P0[24] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I2SRX_WS/ I AD0[1] — A/D converter 0, input 1.
CAP3[1]
I/O I2SRX_WS — Receive Word Select. It is driven by the master and
received by the slave. Corresponds to the signal WS in the I2S-bus
specification.
I CAP3[1] — Capture input for Timer 3, channel 1.
P0[25]/AD0[2]/ 14[2] F1[2] I/O P0[25] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I2SRX_SDA/ I AD0[2] — A/D converter 0, input 2.
TXD3
I/O I2SRX_SDA — Receive data. It is driven by the transmitter and read by
the receiver. Corresponds to the signal SD in the I2S-bus specification.
O TXD3 — Transmitter output for UART3.
P0[26]/AD0[3]/ 12[2][3] E1[2][3] I/O P0[26] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
AOUT/RXD3 I AD0[3] — A/D converter 0, input 3.
O AOUT — D/A converter output.
I RXD3 — Receiver input for UART3.
P0[27]/SDA0 50[4] T1[4] I/O P0[27] — General purpose digital input/output pin. Output is open-drain.
I/O SDA0 — I2C0 data input/output. Open-drain output (for I2C-bus
compliance).
P0[28]/SCL0 48[4] R3[4] I/O P0[28] — General purpose digital input/output pin. Output is open-drain.
I/O SCL0 — I2C0 clock input/output. Open-drain output (for I2C-bus
compliance).
P0[29]/USB_D+1 61[5] U4[5] I/O P0[29] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O USB_D+1 — USB port 1 bidirectional D+ line.
P0[30]/USB_D1 62[5] R6[5] I/O P0[30] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O USB_D1 — USB port 1 bidirectional D line.
P0[31]/USB_D+2 51[5] T2[5] I/O P0[31] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O USB_D+2 — USB port 2 bidirectional D+ line.
P1[0] to P1[31] I/O Port 1: Port 1 is a 32 bit I/O port with individual direction controls for each
bit. The operation of port 1 pins depends upon the pin function selected
via the pin connect block.
P1[0]/ 196[1] A3[1] I/O P1[0] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_TXD0 O ENET_TXD0 — Ethernet transmit data 0 (RMII/MII interface).
P1[1]/ 194[1] B5[1] I/O P1[1] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_TXD1 O ENET_TXD1 — Ethernet transmit data 1 (RMII/MII interface).
P1[2]/ 185[1] D9[1] I/O P1[2] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_TXD2/ O ENET_TXD2 — Ethernet transmit data 2 (MII interface).
MCICLK/
PWM0[1] O MCICLK — Clock output line for SD/MMC interface.
O PWM0[1] — Pulse Width Modulator 0, output 1.

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Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P1[3]/ 177[1] A10[1] I/O P1[3] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_TXD3/ O ENET_TXD3 — Ethernet transmit data 3 (MII interface).
MCICMD/
PWM0[2] I/O MCICMD — Command line for SD/MMC interface.
O PWM0[2] — Pulse Width Modulator 0, output 2.
P1[4]/ 192[1] A5[1] I/O P1[4] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_TX_EN O ENET_TX_EN — Ethernet transmit data enable (RMII/MII interface).
P1[5]/ 156[1] A17[1] I/O P1[5] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_TX_ER/ O ENET_TX_ER — Ethernet Transmit Error (MII interface).
MCIPWR/
PWM0[3] O MCIPWR — Power Supply Enable for external SD/MMC power supply.
O PWM0[3] — Pulse Width Modulator 0, output 3.
P1[6]/ 171[1] B11[1] I/O P1[6] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_TX_CLK/ I ENET_TX_CLK — Ethernet Transmit Clock (MII interface).
MCIDAT0/
PWM0[4] I/O MCIDAT0 — Data line 0 for SD/MMC interface.
O PWM0[4] — Pulse Width Modulator 0, output 4.
P1[7]/ 153[1] D14[1] I/O P1[7] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_COL/ I ENET_COL — Ethernet Collision detect (MII interface).
MCIDAT1/
PWM0[5] I/O MCIDAT1 — Data line 1 for SD/MMC interface.
O PWM0[5] — Pulse Width Modulator 0, output 5.
P1[8]/ 190[1] C7[1] I/O P1[8] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_CRS_DV/ I ENET_CRS_DV/ENET_CRS — Ethernet Carrier Sense/Data Valid (RMII
ENET_CRS interface)/ Ethernet Carrier Sense (MII interface).
P1[9]/ 188[1] A6[1] I/O P1[9] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_RXD0 I ENET_RXD0 — Ethernet receive data 0 (RMII/MII interface).
P1[10]/ 186[1] C8[1] I/O P1[10] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_RXD1 I ENET_RXD1 — Ethernet receive data 1 (RMII/MII interface).
P1[11]/ 163[1] A14[1] I/O P1[11] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_RXD2/ I ENET_RXD2 — Ethernet Receive Data 2 (MII interface).
MCIDAT2/
PWM0[6] I/O MCIDAT2 — Data line 2 for SD/MMC interface.
O PWM0[6] — Pulse Width Modulator 0, output 6.
P1[12]/ 157[1] A16[1] I/O P1[12] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_RXD3/ I ENET_RXD3 — Ethernet Receive Data (MII interface).
MCIDAT3/
PCAP0[0] I/O MCIDAT3 — Data line 3 for SD/MMC interface.
I PCAP0[0] — Capture input for PWM0, channel 0.
P1[13]/ 147[1] D16[1] I/O P1[13] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_RX_DV I ENET_RX_DV — Ethernet Receive Data Valid (MII interface).
P1[14]/ 184[1] A7[1] I/O P1[14] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_RX_ER I ENET_RX_ER — Ethernet receive error (RMII/MII interface).
P1[15]/ 182[1] A8[1] I/O P1[15] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_REF_CLK/ I ENET_REF_CLK/ENET_RX_CLK — Ethernet Reference Clock (RMII
ENET_RX_CLK interface)/ Ethernet Receive Clock (MII interface).

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Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P1[16]/ 180[1] D10[1] I/O P1[16] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_MDC O ENET_MDC — Ethernet MIIM clock.
P1[17]/ 178[1] A9[1] I/O P1[17] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
ENET_MDIO I/O ENET_MDIO — Ethernet MIIM data input and output.
P1[18]/ 66[1] P7[1] I/O P1[18] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
USB_UP_LED1/ O USB_UP_LED1 — USB port 1 GoodLink LED indicator. It is LOW when
PWM1[1]/CAP1[0] device is configured (non-control endpoints enabled), or when host is
enabled and has detected a device on the bus. It is HIGH when the
device is not configured or when host is enabled and has not detected a
device on the bus, or during global suspend. It transitions between LOW
and HIGH (flashes) when host is enabled and detects activity on the bus.
O PWM1[1] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, channel 1 output.
I CAP1[0] — Capture input for Timer 1, channel 0.
P1[19]/ 68[1] U6[1] I/O P1[19] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
USB_TX_E1/ O USB_TX_E1 — Transmit Enable signal for USB port 1 (OTG
USB_PPWR1/ transceiver).
CAP1[1]
O USB_PPWR1 — Port Power enable signal for USB port 1.
I CAP1[1] — Capture input for Timer 1, channel 1.
P1[20]/ 70[1] U7[1] I/O P1[20] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
USB_TX_DP1/ O USB_TX_DP1 — D+ transmit data for USB port 1 (OTG transceiver).[18]
LCDVD[6]/
LCDVD[10]/ O LCDVD[6]/LCDVD[10] — LCD data.[18]
PWM1[2]/SCK0 O PWM1[2] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, channel 2 output.
I/O SCK0 — Serial clock for SSP0.
P1[21]/ 72[1] R8[1] I/O P1[21] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
USB_TX_DM1/ O USB_TX_DM1 — D transmit data for USB port 1 (OTG transceiver).[18]
LCDVD[7]/
LCDVD[11]/ O LCDVD[7]/LCDVD[11] — LCD data.[18]
PWM1[3]/SSEL0 O PWM1[3] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, channel 3 output.
I/O SSEL0 — Slave Select for SSP0.
P1[22]/USB_RCV1/ 74[1] U8[1] I/O P1[22] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
LCDVD[8]/ I USB_RCV1 — Differential receive data for USB port 1 (OTG
LCDVD[12]/ transceiver).[18]
USB_PWRD1/
MAT1[0] O LCDVD[8]/LCDVD[12] — LCD data.[18]
I USB_PWRD1 — Power Status for USB port 1 (host power switch).
O MAT1[0] — Match output for Timer 1, channel 0.
P1[23]/ 76[1] P9[1] I/O P1[23] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
USB_RX_DP1/ I USB_RX_DP1 — D+ receive data for USB port 1 (OTG transceiver).[18]
LCDVD[9]/
LCDVD[13]/ O LCDVD[9]/LCDVD[13] — LCD data.[18]
PWM1[4]/MISO0 O PWM1[4] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, channel 4 output.
I/O MISO0 — Master In Slave Out for SSP0.

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Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P1[24]/ 78[1] T9[1] I/O P1[24] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
USB_RX_DM1/ I USB_RX_DM1 — D receive data for USB port 1 (OTG transceiver).[18]
LCDVD[10]/
LCDVD[14]/ O LCDVD[10]/LCDVD[14] — LCD data.[18]
PWM1[5]/MOSI0 O PWM1[5] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, channel 5 output.
I/O MOSI0 — Master Out Slave in for SSP0.
P1[25]/USB_LS1/ 80[1] T10[1] I/O P1[25] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
LCDVD[11]/ O USB_LS1 — Low Speed status for USB port 1 (OTG transceiver).[18]
LCDVD[15]/
USB_HSTEN1/ O LCDVD[11]/LCDVD[15] — LCD data.[18]
MAT1[1] O USB_HSTEN1 — Host Enabled status for USB port 1.
O MAT1[1] — Match output for Timer 1, channel 1.
P1[26]/ 82[1] R10[1] I/O P1[26] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
USB_SSPND1/ O USB_SSPND1 — USB port 1 Bus Suspend status (OTG transceiver).[18]
LCDVD[12]/
LCDVD[20]/ O LCDVD[12]/LCDVD[20] — LCD data.[18]
PWM1[6]/CAP0[0] O PWM1[6] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, channel 6 output.
I CAP0[0] — Capture input for Timer 0, channel 0.
P1[27]/USB_INT1/ 88[1] T12[1] I/O P1[27] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
LCDVD[13]/ I USB_INT1 — USB port 1 OTG transceiver interrupt (OTG
LCDVD[21]/ transceiver).[18]
USB_OVRCR1/
CAP0[1] O LCDVD[13]/LCDVD[21] — LCD data.[18]
I USB_OVRCR1 — USB port 1 Over-Current status.
I CAP0[1] — Capture input for Timer 0, channel 1.
P1[28]/USB_SCL1/ 90[1] T13[1] I/O P1[28] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
LCDVD[14]/ I/O USB_SCL1 — USB port 1 I2C-bus serial clock (OTG transceiver).[18]
LCDVD[22]/
PCAP1[0]/MAT0[0] O LCDVD[14]/LCDVD[22] — LCD data.[18]
I PCAP1[0] — Capture input for PWM1, channel 0.
O MAT0[0] — Match output for Timer 0, channel 0.
P1[29]/USB_SDA1/ 92[1] U14[1] I/O P1[29] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
LCDVD[15]/ I/O USB_SDA1 — USB port 1 I2C-bus serial data (OTG transceiver).[18]
LCDVD[23]/
PCAP1[1]/MAT0[1] O LCDVD[15]/LCDVD[23] — LCD data.[18]
I PCAP1[1] — Capture input for PWM1, channel 1.
O MAT0[1] — Match output for Timer 0, channel 0.
P1[30]/ 42[2] P2[2] I/O P1[30] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
USB_PWRD2/ I USB_PWRD2 — Power Status for USB port 2.
VBUS/AD0[4]
I VBUS — Monitors the presence of USB bus power.
Note: This signal must be HIGH for USB reset to occur.
I AD0[4] — A/D converter 0, input 4.
P1[31]/ 40[2] P1[2] I/O P1[31] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
USB_OVRCR2/ I USB_OVRCR2 — Over-Current status for USB port 2.
SCK1/AD0[5]
I/O SCK1 — Serial Clock for SSP1.
I AD0[5] — A/D converter 0, input 5.

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Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P2[0] to P2[31] I/O Port 2: Port 2 is a 32-bit I/O port with individual direction controls for each
bit. The operation of port 2 pins depends upon the pin function selected
via the pin connect block.

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Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P2[0]/PWM1[1]/ 154[1] B17[1] I/O P2[0] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
TXD1/TRACECLK/ O PWM1[1] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, channel 1 output.
LCDPWR
O TXD1 — Transmitter output for UART1.
O TRACECLK — Trace clock.[19]
O LCDPWR — LCD panel power enable.[19]
P2[1]/PWM1[2]/ 152[1] E14[1] I/O P2[1] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
RXD1/PIPESTAT0/ O PWM1[2] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, channel 2 output.
LCDLE
I RXD1 — Receiver input for UART1.
O PIPESTAT0 — Pipeline status, bit 0.[19]
O LCDLE — Line end signal.[19]
P2[2]/PWM1[3]/ 150[1] D15[1] I/O P2[2] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
CTS1/PIPESTAT1/ O PWM1[3] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, channel 3 output.
LCDDCLK
I CTS1 — Clear to Send input for UART1.
O PIPESTAT1 — Pipeline status, bit 1.[19]
O LCDDCLK — LCD panel clock.[19]
P2[3]/PWM1[4]/ 144[1] E16[1] I/O P2[3] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
DCD1/PIPESTAT2/ O PWM1[4] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, channel 4 output.
LCDFP
I DCD1 — Data Carrier Detect input for UART1.
O PIPESTAT2 — Pipeline status, bit 2.[19]
O LCDFP — Frame pulse (STN). Vertical synchronization pulse (TFT).[19]
P2[4]/PWM1[5]/ 142[1] D17[1] I/O P2[4] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
DSR1/ O PWM1[5] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, channel 5 output.
TRACESYNC/
LCDENAB/LCDM I DSR1 — Data Set Ready input for UART1.
O TRACESYNC — Trace Synchronization.[19]
O LCDENAB/LCDM — STN AC bias drive or TFT data enable output.[19]
P2[5]/PWM1[6]/ 140[1] F16[1] I/O P2[5] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
DTR1/ O PWM1[6] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, channel 6 output.
TRACEPKT0/
LCDLP O DTR1 — Data Terminal Ready output for UART1.
O TRACEPKT0 — Trace Packet, bit 0.[19]
O LCDLP — Line synchronization pulse (STN). Horizontal synchronization
pulse (TFT).[19]
P2[6]/PCAP1[0]/ 138[1] E17[1] I/O P2[6] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
RI1/ I PCAP1[0] — Capture input for PWM1, channel 0.
TRACEPKT1/
LCDVD[0]/ I RI1 — Ring Indicator input for UART1.
LCDVD[4] O TRACEPKT1 — Trace Packet, bit 1.[19]
O LCDVD[0]/LCDVD[4] — LCD data.[19]
P2[7]/RD2/ 136[1] G16[1] I/O P2[7] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
RTS1/ I RD2 — CAN2 receiver input.
TRACEPKT2/
LCDVD[1]/ O RTS1 — Request to Send output for UART1.
LCDVD[5] O TRACEPKT2 — Trace Packet, bit 2.[19]
O LCDVD[1]/LCDVD[5] — LCD data.[19]

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Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P2[8]/TD2/TXD2/ 134[1] H15[1] I/O P2[8] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
TRACEPKT3/ O TD2 — CAN2 transmitter output.
LCDVD[2]/
LCDVD[6] O TXD2 — Transmitter output for UART2.
O TRACEPKT3 — Trace packet, bit 3.[19]
O LCDVD[2]/LCDVD[6] — LCD data.[19]
P2[9]/ 132[1] H16[1] I/O P2[9] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
USB_CONNECT1/ O USB_CONNECT1 — USB1 SoftConnect control. Signal used to switch
RXD2/EXTIN0/ an external 1.5 k resistor under the software control. Used with the
LCDVD[3]/ SoftConnect USB feature.
LCDVD[7]
I RXD2 — Receiver input for UART2.
I EXTIN0 — External Trigger Input.[19]
O LCDVD[3]/LCDVD[7] — LCD data.[19]
P2[10]/EINT0 110[6] N15[6] I/O P2[10] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
Note: LOW on this pin while RESET is LOW forces on-chip bootloader to
take over control of the part after a reset.
I EINT0 — External interrupt 0 input.
P2[11]/EINT1/ 108[6] T17[6] I/O P2[11] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
LCDCLKIN/ I EINT1 — External interrupt 1 input.[20]
MCIDAT1/
I2STX_CLK O LCDCLKIN — LCD clock.[20]
I/O MCIDAT1 — Data line 1 for SD/MMC interface.
I/O I2STX_CLK — Transmit Clock. It is driven by the master and received by
the slave. Corresponds to the signal SCK in the I2S-bus specification.
P2[12]/EINT2/ 106[6] N14[6] I/O P2[12] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
LCDVD[4]/ I EINT2 — External interrupt 2 input.[20]
LCDVD[3]/
LCDVD[8]/ O LCDVD[4]/LCDVD[3]/LCDVD[8]/LCDVD[18] — LCD data.[20]
LCDVD[18]/ I/O MCIDAT2 — Data line 2 for SD/MMC interface.
MCIDAT2/
I/O I2STX_WS — Transmit Word Select. It is driven by the master and
I2STX_WS
received by the slave. Corresponds to the signal WS in the I2S-bus
specification.
P2[13]/EINT3/ 102[6] T16[6] I/O P2[13] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
LCDVD[5]/ I EINT3 — External interrupt 3 input.[20]
LCDVD[9]/
LCDVD[19]/ O LCDVD[5]/LCDVD[9]/LCDVD[19] — LCD data.[20]
MCIDAT3/ I/O MCIDAT3 — Data line 3 for SD/MMC interface.
I2STX_SDA
I/O I2STX_SDA — Transmit data. It is driven by the transmitter and read by
the receiver. Corresponds to the signal SD in the I2S-bus specification.
P2[14]/CS2/ 91[6] R12[6] I/O P2[14] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
CAP2[0]/SDA1 O CS2 — LOW active Chip Select 2 signal.
I CAP2[0] — Capture input for Timer 2, channel 0.
I/O SDA1 — I2C1 data input/output (this is not an open-drain pin).
P2[15]/CS3/ 99[6] P13[6] I/O P2[15] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
CAP2[1]/SCL1 O CS3 — LOW active Chip Select 3 signal.
I CAP2[1] — Capture input for Timer 2, channel 1.
I/O SCL1 — I2C1 clock input/output (this is not an open-drain pin).

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Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P2[16]/CAS 87[1] R11[1] I/O P2[16] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
O CAS — LOW active SDRAM Column Address Strobe.
P2[17]/RAS 95[1] R13[1] I/O P2[17] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
O RAS — LOW active SDRAM Row Address Strobe.
P2[18]/ 59[1] U3[1] I/O P2[18] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
CLKOUT0 O CLKOUT0 — SDRAM clock 0.
P2[19]/ 67[1] R7[1] I/O P2[19] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
CLKOUT1 O CLKOUT1 — SDRAM clock 1.
P2[20]/DYCS0 73[1] T8[1] I/O P2[20] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
O DYCS0 — SDRAM chip select 0.
P2[21]/DYCS1 81[1] U11[1] I/O P2[21] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
O DYCS1 — SDRAM chip select 1.
P2[22]/DYCS2/ 85[1] U12[1] I/O P2[22] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
CAP3[0]/SCK0 O DYCS2 — SDRAM chip select 2.
I CAP3[0] — Capture input for Timer 3, channel 0.
I/O SCK0 — Serial clock for SSP0.
P2[23]/DYCS3/ 64[1] U5[1] I/O P2[23] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
CAP3[1]/SSEL0 O DYCS3 — SDRAM chip select 3.
I CAP3[1] — Capture input for Timer 3, channel 1.
I/O SSEL0 — Slave Select for SSP0.
P2[24]/ 53[1] P5[1] I/O P2[24] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
CKEOUT0 O CKEOUT0 — SDRAM clock enable 0.
P2[25]/ 54[1] R4[1] I/O P2[25] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
CKEOUT1 O CKEOUT1 — SDRAM clock enable 1.
P2[26]/ 57[1] T4[1] I/O P2[26] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
CKEOUT2/ O CKEOUT2 — SDRAM clock enable 2.
MAT3[0]/MISO0
O MAT3[0] — Match output for Timer 3, channel 0.
I/O MISO0 — Master In Slave Out for SSP0.
P2[27]/ 47[1] P3[1] I/O P2[27] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
CKEOUT3/ O CKEOUT3 — SDRAM clock enable 3.
MAT3[1]/MOSI0
O MAT3[1] — Match output for Timer 3, channel 1.
I/O MOSI0 — Master Out Slave In for SSP0.
P2[28]/ 49[1] P4[1] I/O P2[28] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
DQMOUT0 O DQMOUT0 — Data mask 0 used with SDRAM and static devices.
P2[29]/ 43[1] N3[1] I/O P2[29] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
DQMOUT1 O DQMOUT1 — Data mask 1 used with SDRAM and static devices.
P2[30]/ 31[1] L4[1] I/O P2[30] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
DQMOUT2/ O DQMOUT2 — Data mask 2 used with SDRAM and static devices.
MAT3[2]/SDA2
O MAT3[2] — Match output for Timer 3, channel 2.
I/O SDA2 — I2C2 data input/output (this is not an open-drain pin).

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Table 4. Pin description …continued


Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P2[31]/ 39[1] N2[1] I/O P2[31] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
DQMOUT3/ O DQMOUT3 — Data mask 3 used with SDRAM and static devices.
MAT3[3]/SCL2
O MAT3[3] — Match output for Timer 3, channel 3.
I/O SCL2 — I2C2 clock input/output (this is not an open-drain pin).
P3[0] to P3[31] I/O Port 3: Port 3 is a 32-bit I/O port with individual direction controls for each
bit. The operation of port 3 pins depends upon the pin function selected
via the pin connect block.
P3[0]/D0 197[1] B4[1] I/O P3[0] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D0 — External memory data line 0.
P3[1]/D1 201[1] B3[1] I/O P3[1] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D1 — External memory data line 1.
P3[2]/D2 207[1] B1[1] I/O P3[2] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D2 — External memory data line 2.
P3[3]/D3 3[1] E4[1] I/O P3[3] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D3 — External memory data line 3.
P3[4]/D4 13[1] F2[1] I/O P3[4] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D4 — External memory data line 4.
P3[5]/D5 17[1] G1[1] I/O P3[5] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D5 — External memory data line 5.
P3[6]/D6 23[1] J1[1] I/O P3[6] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D6 — External memory data line 6.
P3[7]/D7 27[1] L1[1] I/O P3[7] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D7 — External memory data line 7.
P3[8]/D8 191[1] D8[1] I/O P3[8] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D8 — External memory data line 8.
P3[9]/D9 199[1] C5[1] I/O P3[9] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D9 — External memory data line 9.
P3[10]/D10 205[1] B2[1] I/O P3[10] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D10 — External memory data line 10.
P3[11]/D11 208[1] D5[1] I/O P3[11] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D11 — External memory data line 11.
P3[12]/D12 1[1] D4[1] I/O P3[12] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D12 — External memory data line 12.
P3[13]/D13 7[1] C1[1] I/O P3[13] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D13 — External memory data line 13.
P3[14]/D14 21[1] H2[1] I/O P3[14] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D14 — External memory data line 14.
P3[15]/D15 28[1] M1[1] I/O P3[15] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O D15 — External memory data line 15.

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Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P3[16]/D16/ 137[1] F17[1] I/O P3[16] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
PWM0[1]/TXD1 I/O D16 — External memory data line 16.
O PWM0[1] — Pulse Width Modulator 0, output 1.
O TXD1 — Transmitter output for UART1.
P3[17]/D17/ 143[1] F15[1] I/O P3[17] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
PWM0[2]/RXD1 I/O D17 — External memory data line 17.
O PWM0[2] — Pulse Width Modulator 0, output 2.
I RXD1 — Receiver input for UART1.
P3[18]/D18/ 151[1] C15[1] I/O P3[18] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
PWM0[3]/CTS1 I/O D18 — External memory data line 18.
O PWM0[3] — Pulse Width Modulator 0, output 3.
I CTS1 — Clear to Send input for UART1.
P3[19]/D19/ 161[1] B14[1] I/O P3[19] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
PWM0[4]/DCD1 I/O D19 — External memory data line 19.
O PWM0[4] — Pulse Width Modulator 0, output 4.
I DCD1 — Data Carrier Detect input for UART1.
P3[20]/D20/ 167[1] A13[1] I/O P3[20] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
PWM0[5]/DSR1 I/O D20 — External memory data line 20.
O PWM0[5] — Pulse Width Modulator 0, output 5.
I DSR1 — Data Set Ready input for UART1.
P3[21]/D21/ 175[1] C10[1] I/O P3[21] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
PWM0[6]/DTR1 I/O D21 — External memory data line 21.
O PWM0[6] — Pulse Width Modulator 0, output 6.
O DTR1 — Data Terminal Ready output for UART1.
P3[22]/D22/ 195[1] C6[1] I/O P3[22] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
PCAP0[0]/RI1 I/O D22 — External memory data line 22.
I PCAP0[0] — Capture input for PWM0, channel 0.
I RI1 — Ring Indicator input for UART1.
P3[23]/D23/ 65[1] T6[1] I/O P3[23] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
CAP0[0]/ I/O D23 — External memory data line 23.
PCAP1[0]
I CAP0[0] — Capture input for Timer 0, channel 0.
I PCAP1[0] — Capture input for PWM1, channel 0.
P3[24]/D24/ 58[1] R5[1] I/O P3[24] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
CAP0[1]/ I/O D24 — External memory data line 24.
PWM1[1]
I CAP0[1] — Capture input for Timer 0, channel 1.
O PWM1[1] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, output 1.
P3[25]/D25/ 56[1] U2[1] I/O P3[25] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
MAT0[0]/ I/O D25 — External memory data line 25.
PWM1[2]
O MAT0[0] — Match output for Timer 0, channel 0.
O PWM1[2] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, output 2.

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Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P3[26]/D26/ 55[1] T3[1] I/O P3[26] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
MAT0[1]/ I/O D26 — External memory data line 26.
PWM1[3]
O MAT0[1] — Match output for Timer 0, channel 1.
O PWM1[3] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, output 3.
P3[27]/D27/ 203[1] A1[1] I/O P3[27] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
CAP1[0]/ I/O D27 — External memory data line 27.
PWM1[4]
I CAP1[0] — Capture input for Timer 1, channel 0.
O PWM1[4] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, output 4.
P3[28]/D28/ 5[1] D2[1] I/O P3[28] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
CAP1[1]/ I/O D28 — External memory data line 28.
PWM1[5]
I CAP1[1] — Capture input for Timer 1, channel 1.
O PWM1[5] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, output 5.
P3[29]/D29/ 11[1] F3[1] I/O P3[29] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
MAT1[0]/ I/O D29 — External memory data line 29.
PWM1[6]
O MAT1[0] — Match output for Timer 1, channel 0.
O PWM1[6] — Pulse Width Modulator 1, output 6.
P3[30]/D30/ 19[1] H3[1] I/O P3[30] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
MAT1[1]/ I/O D30 — External memory data line 30.
RTS1
O MAT1[1] — Match output for Timer 1, channel 1.
O RTS1 — Request to Send output for UART1.
P3[31]/D31/ 25[1] J3[1] I/O P3[31] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
MAT1[2] I/O D31 — External memory data line 31.
O MAT1[2] — Match output for Timer 1, channel 2.
P4[0] to P4[31] I/O Port 4: Port 4 is a 32-bit I/O port with individual direction controls for each
bit. The operation of port 4 pins depends upon the pin function selected
via the pin connect block.
P4[0]/A0 75[1] U9[1] I/O P4[0] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A0 — External memory address line 0.
P4[1]/A1 79[1] U10[1] I/O P4[1] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A1 — External memory address line 1.
P4[2]/A2 83[1] T11[1] I/O P4[2] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A2 — External memory address line 2.
P4[3]/A3 97[1] U16[1] I/O P4[3] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A3 — External memory address line 3.
P4[4]/A4 103[1] R15[1] I/O P4[4] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A4 — External memory address line 4.
P4[5]/A5 107[1] R16[1] I/O P4[5] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A5 — External memory address line 5.
P4[6]/A6 113[1] M14[1] I/O P4[6] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A6 — External memory address line 6.

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Table 4. Pin description …continued


Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P4[7]/A7 121[1] L16[1] I/O P4[7] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A7 — External memory address line 7.
P4[8]/A8 127[1] J17[1] I/O P4[8] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A8 — External memory address line 8.
P4[9]/A9 131[1] H17[1] I/O P4[9] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A9 — External memory address line 9.
P4[10]/A10 135[1] G17[1] I/O P4[10] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A10 — External memory address line 10.
P4[11]/A11 145[1] F14[1] I/O P4[11] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A11 — External memory address line 11.
P4[12]/A12 149[1] C16[1] I/O P4[12] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A12 — External memory address line 12.
P4[13]/A13 155[1] B16[1] I/O P4[13] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A13 — External memory address line 13.
P4[14]/A14 159[1] B15[1] I/O P4[14] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A14 — External memory address line 14.
P4[15]/A15 173[1] A11[1] I/O P4[15] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A15 — External memory address line 15.
P4[16]/A16 101[1] U17[1] I/O P4[16] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A16 — External memory address line 16.
P4[17]/A17 104[1] P14[1] I/O P4[17] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A17 — External memory address line 17.
P4[18]/A18 105[1] P15[1] I/O P4[18] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A18 — External memory address line 18.
P4[19]/A19 111[1] P16[1] I/O P4[19] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
I/O A19 — External memory address line 19.
P4[20]/A20/ 109[1] R17[1] I/O P4[20] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
SDA2/SCK1 I/O A20 — External memory address line 20.
I/O SDA2 — I2C2 data input/output (this is not an open-drain pin).
I/O SCK1 — Serial Clock for SSP1.
P4[21]/A21/ 115[1] M15[1] I/O P4[21] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
SCL2/SSEL1 I/O A21 — External memory address line 21.
I/O SCL2 — I2C2 clock input/output (this is not an open-drain pin).
I/O SSEL1 — Slave Select for SSP1.
P4[22]/A22/ 123[1] K14[1] I/O P4[22] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
TXD2/MISO1 I/O A22 — External memory address line 22.
O TXD2 — Transmitter output for UART2.
I/O MISO1 — Master In Slave Out for SSP1.

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Table 4. Pin description …continued


Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
P4[23]/A23/ 129[1] J15[1] I/O P4[23] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
RXD2/MOSI1 I/O A23 — External memory address line 23.
I RXD2 — Receiver input for UART2.
I/O MOSI1 — Master Out Slave In for SSP1.
P4[24]/OE 183[1] B8[1] I/O P4[24] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
O OE — LOW active Output Enable signal.
P4[25]/WE 179[1] B9[1] I/O P4[25] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
O WE — LOW active Write Enable signal.
P4[26]/BLS0 119[1] L15[1] I/O P4[26] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
O BLS0 — LOW active Byte Lane select signal 0.
P4[27]/BLS1 139[1] G15[1] I/O P4[27] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
O BLS1 — LOW active Byte Lane select signal 1.
P4[28]/BLS2/ 170[1] C11[1] I/O P4 [28] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
MAT2[0]/LCDVD[6]/ O BLS2 — LOW active Byte Lane select signal 2.
LCDVD[10]/
LCDVD[2]/ O MAT2[0] — Match output for Timer 2, channel 0.[21]
TXD3 O LCDVD[6]/LCDVD[10]/LCDVD[2] — LCD data.[21]
O TXD3 — Transmitter output for UART3.
P4[29]/BLS3/ 176[1] B10[1] I/O P4[29] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
MAT2[1] O BLS3 — LOW active Byte Lane select signal 3.
LCDVD[7]/
LCDVD[11]/ O MAT2[1] — Match output for Timer 2, channel 1.[21]
LCDVD[3]/RXD3 O LCDVD[7]/LCDVD[11]/LCDVD[3] — LCD data.[21]
I RXD3 — Receiver input for UART3.
P4[30]/CS0 187[1] B7[1] I/O P4[30] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
O CS0 — LOW active Chip Select 0 signal.
P4[31]/CS1 193[1] A4[1] I/O P4[31] — General purpose digital input/output pin.
O CS1 — LOW active Chip Select 1 signal.
ALARM 37[8] N1[8] O ALARM — RTC controlled output. This is a 1.8 V pin. It goes HIGH when
a RTC alarm is generated.
USB_D2 52 U1 I/O USB_D2 — USB port 2 bidirectional D line.
DBGEN 9[1][22] F4[1][22] I DBGEN — JTAG interface control signal. Also used for boundary
scanning.
TDO 2[1][23] D3[1][23] O TDO — Test Data Out for JTAG interface.
TDI 4[1][22] C2[1][22] I TDI — Test Data In for JTAG interface.
TMS 6[1][22] E3[1][22] I TMS — Test Mode Select for JTAG interface.
TRST 8[1][22] D1[1][22] I TRST — Test Reset for JTAG interface.
TCK 10[1][23] E2[1][23] I TCK — Test Clock for JTAG interface. This clock must be slower than 1⁄6
of the CPU clock (CCLK) for the JTAG interface to operate.
RTCK 206[1][22] C3[1][22] I/O RTCK — JTAG interface control signal.
Note: LOW on this pin while RESET is LOW enables ETM pins (P2[9:0])
to operate as Trace port after reset.
RSTOUT 29 K3 O RSTOUT — This is a 3.3 V pin. LOW on this pin indicates LPC2478
being in Reset state.

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Table 4. Pin description …continued


Symbol Pin Ball Type Description
RESET 35[7] M2[7] I external reset input: A LOW on this pin resets the device, causing I/O
ports and peripherals to take on their default states, and processor
execution to begin at address 0. TTL with hysteresis, 5 V tolerant.
XTAL1 44[8][9] M4[8][9] I Input to the oscillator circuit and internal clock generator circuits.
XTAL2 46[8][9] N4[8][9] O Output from the oscillator amplifier.
RTCX1 34[8][10] K2[8][10] I Input to the RTC oscillator circuit.
RTCX2 36[8][10] L2[8][10] O Output from the RTC oscillator circuit.
VSSIO 33, 63, L3, T5, I ground: 0 V reference for the digital IO pins.
77, 93, R9, P12,
114, N16,
133, H14,
148, E15,
169, A12, B6,
189, A2[11]
200[11]
VSSCORE 32, 84, K4, P10, I ground: 0 V reference for the core.
172[11] D12[11]
VSSA 22[12] J2[12] I analog ground: 0 V reference. This should nominally be the same
voltage as VSSIO/VSSCORE, but should be isolated to minimize noise and
error.
VDD(3V3) 15, 60, G3, P6, I 3.3 V supply voltage: This is the power supply voltage for the I/O ports.
71, 89, P8, U13,
112, P17,
125, K16,
146, C17,
165, B13, C9,
181, D7[13]
198[13]
n.c. 30, 117, J4, L14, I not connected pins: These pins must be left unconnected (floating).
141[14] G14[14]
VDD(DCDC)(3V3) 26, 86, H4, P11, I 3.3 V DC-to-DC converter supply voltage: This is the power supply for
174[15] D11[15] the on-chip DC-to-DC converter.
VDDA 20[16] G4[16] I analog 3.3 V pad supply voltage: This should be nominally the same
voltage as VDD(3V3) but should be isolated to minimize noise and error.
This voltage is used to power the ADC and DAC.
VREF 24[16] K1[16] I ADC reference: This should be nominally the same voltage as VDD(3V3)
but should be isolated to minimize noise and error. The level on this pin is
used as a reference for ADC and DAC.
VBAT 38[16] M3[16] I RTC power supply: 3.3 V on this pin supplies the power to the RTC
peripheral.

[1] 5 V tolerant pad providing digital I/O functions with TTL levels and hysteresis.
[2] 5 V tolerant pad providing digital I/O functions (with TTL levels and hysteresis) and analog input. When configured as a ADC input,
digital section of the pad is disabled.
[3] 5 V tolerant pad providing digital I/O with TTL levels and hysteresis and analog output function. When configured as the DAC output,
digital section of the pad is disabled.
[4] Open-drain 5 V tolerant digital I/O pad, compatible with I2C-bus 400 kHz specification. It requires an external pull-up to provide output
functionality. When power is switched off, this pin connected to the I2C-bus is floating and does not disturb the I2C lines. Open-drain
configuration applies to all functions on this pin.

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[5] Pad provides digital I/O and USB functions. It is designed in accordance with the USB specification, revision 2.0 (Full-speed and
Low-speed mode only).
[6] 5 V tolerant pad with 10 ns glitch filter providing digital I/O functions with TTL levels and hysteresis.
[7] 5 V tolerant pad with 20 ns glitch filter providing digital I/O function with TTL levels and hysteresis.
[8] Pad provides special analog functionality.
[9] When the main oscillator is not used, connect XTAL1 and XTAL2 as follows: XTAL1 can be left floating or can be grounded (grounding
is preferred to reduce susceptibility to noise). XTAL2 should be left floating.
[10] If the RTC is not used, these pins can be left floating.
[11] Pad provides special analog functionality.
[12] Pad provides special analog functionality.
[13] Pad provides special analog functionality.
[14] Pad provides special analog functionality.
[15] Pad provides special analog functionality.
[16] Pad provides special analog functionality.
[17] Either the I2S function or the LCD function is selectable, see Table 20, Table 21, and Table 22.
[18] Either the USB OTG function or the LCD function is selectable, see Table 20, Table 21, and Table 22.
[19] Either the trace function or the LCD function is selectable, see Table 20, Table 21, and Table 22.
[20] Either one of the external interrupts EINT1 to EINT3 or the LCD function is selectable, see Table 20, Table 21, and Table 22.
[21] Either one of the timer outputs MAT2[1] and MAT2[0] or the LCD function is selectable, see Table 20, Table 21, and Table 22.
[22] This pin has a built-in pull-up resistor.
[23] This pin has no built-in pull-up and no built-in pull-down resistor.

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7. Functional description

7.1 Architectural overview


The LPC2478 microcontroller consists of an ARM7TDMI-S CPU with emulation support,
the ARM7 local bus for closely coupled, high-speed access to the majority of on-chip
memory, the AMBA AHB interfacing to high-speed on-chip peripherals and external
memory, and the AMBA APB for connection to other on-chip peripheral functions. The
microcontroller permanently configures the ARM7TDMI-S processor for little-endian byte
order.

The LPC2478 implements two AHBs in order to allow the Ethernet block to operate
without interference caused by other system activity. The primary AHB, referred to as
AHB1, includes the VIC, GPDMA controller, and EMC.

The second AHB, referred to as AHB2, includes only the Ethernet block and an
associated 16 kB SRAM. In addition, a bus bridge is provided that allows the secondary
AHB to be a bus master on AHB1, allowing expansion of Ethernet buffer space into
off-chip memory or unused space in memory residing on AHB1.

In summary, bus masters with access to AHB1 are the ARM7 itself, the GPDMA function,
and the Ethernet block (via the bus bridge from AHB2). Bus masters with access to AHB2
are the ARM7 and the Ethernet block.

AHB peripherals are allocated a 2 MB range of addresses at the very top of the 4 GB
ARM memory space. Each AHB peripheral is allocated a 16 kB address space within the
AHB address space. Lower speed peripheral functions are connected to the APB. The
AHB to APB bridge interfaces the APB to the AHB. APB peripherals are also allocated a
2 MB range of addresses, beginning at the 3.5 GB address point. Each APB peripheral is
allocated a 16 kB address space within the APB address space.

The ARM7TDMI-S processor is a general purpose 32-bit microprocessor, which offers


high performance and very low power consumption. The ARM architecture is based on
Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) principles, and the instruction set and related
decode mechanism are much simpler than those of microprogrammed complex
instruction set computers. This simplicity results in a high instruction throughput and
impressive real-time interrupt response from a small and cost-effective processor core.

Pipeline techniques are employed so that all parts of the processing and memory systems
can operate continuously. Typically, while one instruction is being executed, its successor
is being decoded, and a third instruction is being fetched from memory.

The ARM7TDMI-S processor also employs a unique architectural strategy known as


Thumb, which makes it ideally suited to high-volume applications with memory
restrictions, or applications where code density is an issue.

The key idea behind Thumb is that of a super-reduced instruction set. Essentially, the
ARM7TDMI-S processor has two instruction sets:

• the standard 32-bit ARM set


• a 16-bit Thumb set

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The Thumb set’s 16-bit instruction length allows it to approach higher density compared to
standard ARM code while retaining most of the ARM’s performance.

7.2 On-chip flash programming memory


The LPC2478 incorporates 512 kB flash memory system. This memory may be used for
both code and data storage. Programming of the flash memory may be accomplished in
several ways. It may be programmed In System via the serial port (UART0). The
application program may also erase and/or program the flash while the application is
running, allowing a great degree of flexibility for data storage field and firmware upgrades.

The flash memory is 128 bits wide and includes pre-fetching and buffering techniques to
allow it to operate at speeds of 72 MHz.

7.3 On-chip SRAM


The LPC2478 includes a SRAM memory of 64 kB reserved for the ARM processor
exclusive use. This RAM may be used for code and/or data storage and may be accessed
as 8 bits, 16 bits, and 32 bits.

A 16 kB SRAM block serving as a buffer for the Ethernet controller and a 16 kB SRAM
associated with the second AHB can be used for data and code storage. The 2 kB RTC
SRAM can be used for data storage only. The RTC SRAM is battery powered and retains
the content in the absence of the main power supply.

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7.4 Memory map


The LPC2478 memory map incorporates several distinct regions as shown in Table 5 and
Figure 4.

In addition, the CPU interrupt vectors may be remapped to allow them to reside in either
flash memory (default), boot ROM, or SRAM (see Section 7.27.6).

Table 5. LPC2478 memory usage and details


Address range General use Address range details and description
0x0000 0000 to on-chip 0x0000 0000 - 0x0007 FFFF flash memory (512 kB)
0x3FFF FFFF non-volatile 0x3FFF C000 - 0x3FFF FFFF fast GPIO registers
memory and Fast
I/O
0x4000 0000 to on-chip RAM 0x4000 0000 - 0x4000 FFFF RAM (64 kB)
0x7FFF FFFF 0x7FE0 0000 - 0x7FE0 3FFF Ethernet RAM (16 kB)
0x7FD0 0000 - 0x7FD0 3FFF USB RAM (16 kB)
0x8000 0000 to off-chip Memory four static memory banks, 16 MB each
0xDFFF FFFF 0x8000 0000 - 0x80FF FFFF static memory bank 0
0x8100 0000 - 0x81FF FFFF static memory bank 1
0x8200 0000 - 0x82FF FFFF static memory bank 2
0x8300 0000 - 0x83FF FFFF static memory bank 3

four dynamic memory banks, 256 MB each


0xA000 0000 - 0xAFFF FFFF dynamic memory bank 0
0xB000 0000 - 0xBFFF FFFF dynamic memory bank 1
0xC000 0000 - 0xCFFF FFFF dynamic memory bank 2
0xD000 0000 - 0xDFFF FFFF dynamic memory bank 3
0xE000 0000 to APB peripherals 36 peripheral blocks, 16 kB each
0xEFFF FFFF
0xF000 0000 to AHB peripherals
0xFFFF FFFF

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4.0 GB 0xFFFF FFFF


AHB PERIPHERALS
3.75 GB 0xF000 0000

APB PERIPHERALS
3.5 GB 0xE000 0000
0xDFFF FFFF

EXTERNAL STATIC AND DYNAMIC MEMORY

2.0 GB 0x8000 0000


BOOT ROM AND BOOT FLASH 0x7FFF FFFF
(BOOT FLASH REMAPPED FROM ON-CHIP FLASH)

RESERVED ADDRESS SPACE

ON-CHIP STATIC RAM


1.0 GB 0x4000 0000
0x3FFF FFFF
SPECIAL REGISTERS
0x3FFF 8000

RESERVED ADDRESS SPACE


0x0008 0000
0x0007 FFFF

ON-CHIP NON-VOLATILE MEMORY

0.0 GB 0x0000 0000

002aac736

Fig 4. LPC2478 memory map

7.5 Interrupt controller


The ARM processor core has two interrupt inputs called Interrupt Request (IRQ) and Fast
Interrupt Request (FIQ). The VIC takes 32 interrupt request inputs which can be
programmed as FIQ or vectored IRQ types. The programmable assignment scheme
means that priorities of interrupts from the various peripherals can be dynamically
assigned and adjusted.

FIQs have the highest priority. If more than one request is assigned to FIQ, the VIC ORs
the requests to produce the FIQ signal to the ARM processor. The fastest possible FIQ
latency is achieved when only one request is classified as FIQ, because then the FIQ
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service routine can simply start dealing with that device. But if more than one request is
assigned to the FIQ class, the FIQ service routine can read a word from the VIC that
identifies which FIQ source(s) is (are) requesting an interrupt.

Vectored IRQs, which include all interrupt requests that are not classified as FIQs, have a
programmable interrupt priority. When more than one interrupt is assigned the same
priority and occur simultaneously, the one connected to the lowest numbered VIC channel
will be serviced first.

The VIC ORs the requests from all of the vectored IRQs to produce the IRQ signal to the
ARM processor. The IRQ service routine can start by reading a register from the VIC and
jumping to the address supplied by that register.

7.5.1 Interrupt sources


Each peripheral device has one interrupt line connected to the VIC but may have several
interrupt flags. Individual interrupt flags may also represent more than one interrupt
source.

Any pin on port 0 and port 2 (total of 64 pins) regardless of the selected function, can be
programmed to generate an interrupt on a rising edge, a falling edge, or both. Such
interrupt request coming from port 0 and/or port 2 will be combined with the EINT3
interrupt requests.

7.6 Pin connect block


The pin connect block allows selected pins of the microcontroller to have more than one
function. Configuration registers control the multiplexers to allow connection between the
pin and the on chip peripherals.

Peripherals should be connected to the appropriate pins prior to being activated and prior
to any related interrupt(s) being enabled. Activity of any enabled peripheral function that is
not mapped to a related pin should be considered undefined.

7.7 External memory controller


The LPC2478 EMC is an ARM PrimeCell MultiPort Memory Controller peripheral offering
support for asynchronous static memory devices such as RAM, ROM, and flash. In
addition, it can be used as an interface with off-chip memory-mapped devices and
peripherals. The EMC is an Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA) compliant
peripheral.

7.7.1 Features
• Dynamic memory interface support including single data rate SDRAM.
• Asynchronous static memory device support including RAM, ROM, and flash, with or
without asynchronous page mode.
• Low transaction latency.
• Read and write buffers to reduce latency and to improve performance.
• 8/16/32 data and 24 address lines wide static memory support.
• 16 bit and 32 bit wide chip select SDRAM memory support.
• Static memory features include:

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– Asynchronous page mode read


– Programmable Wait States
– Bus turnaround delay
– Output enable and write enable delays
– Extended wait
• Four chip selects for synchronous memory and four chip selects for static memory
devices.
• Power-saving modes dynamically control CKE and CLKOUT to SDRAMs.
• Dynamic memory self-refresh mode controlled by software.
• Controller supports 2048 (A0 to A10), 4096 (A0 to A11), and 8192 (A0 to A12) row
address synchronous memory parts. That is typical 512 MB, 256 MB, and 128 MB
parts, with 4, 8, 16, or 32 data bits per device.
• Separate reset domains allow auto-refresh through a chip reset if desired.
Note: Synchronous static memory devices (synchronous burst mode) are not supported.

7.8 General purpose DMA controller


The GPDMA is an AMBA AHB compliant peripheral allowing selected LPC2478
peripherals to have DMA support.

The GPDMA enables peripheral-to-memory, memory-to-peripheral,


peripheral-to-peripheral, and memory-to-memory transactions. Each DMA stream
provides unidirectional serial DMA transfers for a single source and destination. For
example, a bidirectional port requires one stream for transmit and one for receive. The
source and destination areas can each be either a memory region or a peripheral, and
can be accessed through the AHB master.

7.8.1 Features
• Two DMA channels. Each channel can support a unidirectional transfer.
• The GPDMA can transfer data between the 16 kB SRAM, external memory, and
peripherals such as the SD/MMC, two SSPs, and the I2S interface.
• Single DMA and burst DMA request signals. Each peripheral connected to the
GPDMA can assert either a burst DMA request or a single DMA request. The DMA
burst size is set by programming the GPDMA.
• Memory-to-memory, memory-to-peripheral, peripheral-to-memory, and
peripheral-to-peripheral transfers.
• Scatter or gather DMA is supported through the use of linked lists. This means that
the source and destination areas do not have to occupy contiguous areas of memory.
• Hardware DMA channel priority. Each DMA channel has a specific hardware priority.
DMA channel 0 has the highest priority and channel 1 has the lowest priority. If
requests from two channels become active at the same time, the channel with the
highest priority is serviced first.
• AHB slave DMA programming interface. The GPDMA is programmed by writing to the
DMA control registers over the AHB slave interface.

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• One AHB master for transferring data. This interface transfers data when a DMA
request goes active.
• 32-bit AHB master bus width.
• Incrementing or non-incrementing addressing for source and destination.
• Programmable DMA burst size. The DMA burst size can be programmed to more
efficiently transfer data. Usually the burst size is set to half the size of the FIFO in the
peripheral.
• Internal four-word FIFO per channel.
• Supports 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit wide transactions.
• An interrupt to the processor can be generated on a DMA completion or when a DMA
error has occurred.
• Interrupt masking. The DMA error and DMA terminal count interrupt requests can be
masked.
• Raw interrupt status. The DMA error and DMA count raw interrupt status can be read
prior to masking.

7.9 Fast general purpose parallel I/O


Device pins that are not connected to a specific peripheral function are controlled by the
GPIO registers. Pins may be dynamically configured as inputs or outputs. Separate
registers allow setting or clearing any number of outputs simultaneously. The value of the
output register may be read back as well as the current state of the port pins.

LPC2478 use accelerated GPIO functions:

• GPIO registers are relocated to the ARM local bus so that the fastest possible I/O
timing can be achieved.
• Mask registers allow treating sets of port bits as a group, leaving other bits
unchanged.
• All GPIO registers are byte and half-word addressable.
• Entire port value can be written in one instruction.
Additionally, any pin on port 0 and port 2 (total of 64 pins) that is not configured as an
analog input/output can be programmed to generate an interrupt on a rising edge, a falling
edge, or both. The edge detection is asynchronous, so it may operate when clocks are not
present such as during Power-down mode. Each enabled interrupt can be used to wake
the chip up from Power-down mode.

7.9.1 Features
• Bit level set and clear registers allow a single instruction to set or clear any number of
bits in one port.
• Direction control of individual bits.
• All I/O default to inputs after reset.
• Backward compatibility with other earlier devices is maintained with legacy port 0 and
port 1 registers appearing at the original addresses on the APB.

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7.10 LCD controller


The LCD controller provides all of the necessary control signals to interface directly to a
variety of color and monochrome LCD panels. Both STN (single and dual panel) and TFT
panels can be operated. The display resolution is selectable and can be up to 1024  768
pixels. Several color modes are provided, up to a 24-bit true-color non-palettized mode.
An on-chip 512-byte color palette allows reducing bus utilization (i.e. memory size of the
displayed data) while still supporting a large number of colors.

The LCD interface includes its own DMA controller to allow it to operate independently of
the CPU and other system functions. A built-in FIFO acts as a buffer for display data,
providing flexibility for system timing. Hardware cursor support can further reduce the
amount of CPU time needed to operate the display.

7.10.1 Features
• AHB master interface to access frame buffer.
• Setup and control via a separate AHB slave interface.
• Dual 16-deep programmable 64-bit wide FIFOs for buffering incoming display data.
• Supports single and dual-panel monochrome Super Twisted Nematic (STN) displays
with 4-bit or 8-bit interfaces.
• Supports single and dual-panel color STN displays.
• Supports Thin Film Transistor (TFT) color displays.
• Programmable display resolution including, but not limited to: 320  200, 320  240,
640  200, 640  240, 640  480, 800  600, and 1024  768.
• Hardware cursor support for single-panel displays.
• 15 gray-level monochrome, 3375 color STN, and 32 K color palettized TFT support.
• 1, 2, or 4 bits-per-pixel (bpp) palettized displays for monochrome STN.
• 1, 2, 4, or 8 bpp palettized color displays for color STN and TFT.
• 16 bpp true-color non-palettized, for color STN and TFT.
• 24 bpp true-color non-palettized, for color TFT.
• Programmable timing for different display panels.
• 256 entry, 16-bit palette RAM, arranged as a 128  32-bit RAM.
• Frame, line, and pixel clock signals.
• AC bias signal for STN, data enable signal for TFT panels.
• Supports little and big-endian, and Windows CE data formats.
• LCD panel clock may be generated from the peripheral clock, or from a clock input
pin.

7.11 Ethernet
The Ethernet block contains a full featured 10 Mbit/s or 100 Mbit/s Ethernet MAC
designed to provide optimized performance through the use of DMA hardware
acceleration. Features include a generous suite of control registers, half or full duplex
operation, flow control, control frames, hardware acceleration for transmit retry, receive
packet filtering and wake-up on LAN activity. Automatic frame transmission and reception
with scatter-gather DMA off-loads many operations from the CPU.
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The Ethernet block and the CPU share a dedicated AHB subsystem that is used to access
the Ethernet SRAM for Ethernet data, control, and status information. All other AHB traffic
in the LPC2478 takes place on a different AHB subsystem, effectively separating Ethernet
activity from the rest of the system. The Ethernet DMA can also access off-chip memory
via the EMC, as well as the SRAM located on another AHB. However, using memory
other than the Ethernet SRAM, especially off-chip memory, will slow Ethernet access to
memory and increase the loading of its AHB.

The Ethernet block interfaces between an off-chip Ethernet PHY using the Media
Independent Interface (MII) or Reduced MII (RMII) protocol and the on-chip Media
Independent Interface Management (MIIM) serial bus.

7.11.1 Features
• Ethernet standards support:
– Supports 10 Mbit/s or 100 Mbit/s PHY devices including 10 Base-T, 100 Base-TX,
100 Base-FX, and 100 Base-T4.
– Fully compliant with IEEE standard 802.3.
– Fully compliant with 802.3x Full Duplex Flow Control and Half Duplex back
pressure.
– Flexible transmit and receive frame options.
– Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) frame support.

• Memory management:
– Independent transmit and receive buffers memory mapped to shared SRAM.
– DMA managers with scatter/gather DMA and arrays of frame descriptors.
– Memory traffic optimized by buffering and pre-fetching.

• Enhanced Ethernet features:


– Receive filtering.
– Multicast and broadcast frame support for both transmit and receive.
– Optional automatic Frame Check Sequence (FCS) insertion with Circular
Redundancy Check (CRC) for transmit.
– Selectable automatic transmit frame padding.
– Over-length frame support for both transmit and receive allows any length frames.
– Promiscuous receive mode.
– Automatic collision back-off and frame retransmission.
– Includes power management by clock switching.
– Wake-on-LAN power management support allows system wake-up: using the
receive filters or a magic frame detection filter.

• Physical interface:
– Attachment of external PHY chip through standard MII or RMII interface.
– PHY register access is available via the MIIM interface.

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7.12 USB interface


The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a 4-wire bus that supports communication between a
host and one or more (up to 127) peripherals. The host controller allocates the USB
bandwidth to attached devices through a token-based protocol. The bus supports hot
plugging and dynamic configuration of the devices. All transactions are initiated by the
host controller.

The LPC2478 USB interface includes a device, host, and OTG controller. Details on
typical USB interfacing solutions can be found in Section 14.2 “Suggested USB interface
solutions” on page 77

7.12.1 USB device controller


The device controller enables 12 Mbit/s data exchange with a USB host controller. It
consists of a register interface, serial interface engine, endpoint buffer memory, and a
DMA controller. The serial interface engine decodes the USB data stream and writes data
to the appropriate endpoint buffer. The status of a completed USB transfer or error
condition is indicated via status registers. An interrupt is also generated if enabled. When
enabled, the DMA controller transfers data between the endpoint buffer and the USB
RAM.

7.12.1.1 Features

• Fully compliant with USB 2.0 Specification (full speed).


• Supports 32 physical (16 logical) endpoints with a 4 kB endpoint buffer RAM.
• Supports Control, Bulk, Interrupt and Isochronous endpoints.
• Scalable realization of endpoints at run time.
• Endpoint Maximum packet size selection (up to USB maximum specification) by
software at run time.
• Supports SoftConnect and GoodLink features.
• While USB is in the Suspend mode, the LPC2478 can enter one of the reduced power
modes and wake up on USB activity.
• Supports DMA transfers with the DMA RAM of 16 kB on all non-control endpoints.
• Allows dynamic switching between CPU-controlled and DMA modes.
• Double buffer implementation for Bulk and Isochronous endpoints.

7.12.2 USB host controller


The host controller enables full- and low-speed data exchange with USB devices attached
to the bus. It consists of register interface, serial interface engine and DMA controller. The
register interface complies with the Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI) specification.

7.12.2.1 Features

• OHCI compliant
• Two downstream ports
• Supports per-port power switching

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7.12.3 USB OTG controller


USB OTG is a supplement to the USB 2.0 Specification that augments the capability of
existing mobile devices and USB peripherals by adding host functionality for connection to
USB peripherals.

The OTG Controller integrates the host controller, device controller, and a master-only I2C
interface to implement OTG dual-role device functionality. The dedicated I2C interface
controls an external OTG transceiver.

7.12.3.1 Features

• Fully compliant with On-The-Go supplement to the USB 2.0 Specification, Revision
1.0a.
• Hardware support for Host Negotiation Protocol (HNP).
• Includes a programmable timer required for HNP and Session Request Protocol
(SRP).
• Supports any OTG transceiver compliant with the OTG Transceiver Specification
(CEA-2011), Rev. 1.0.

7.13 CAN controller and acceptance filters


The Controller Area Network (CAN) is a serial communications protocol which efficiently
supports distributed real-time control with a very high level of security. Its domain of
application ranges from high-speed networks to low cost multiplex wiring.

The CAN block is intended to support multiple CAN buses simultaneously, allowing the
device to be used as a gateway, switch, or router between two of CAN buses in industrial
or automotive applications.

Each CAN controller has a register structure similar to the NXP SJA1000 and the PeliCAN
Library block, but the 8-bit registers of those devices have been combined in 32-bit words
to allow simultaneous access in the ARM environment. The main operational difference is
that the recognition of received Identifiers, known in CAN terminology as Acceptance
Filtering, has been removed from the CAN controllers and centralized in a global
Acceptance Filter.

7.13.1 Features
• Two CAN controllers and buses.
• Data rates to 1 Mbit/s on each bus.
• 32-bit register and RAM access.
• Compatible with CAN specification 2.0B, ISO 11898-1.
• Global Acceptance Filter recognizes 11-bit and 29-bit receive identifiers for all CAN
buses.
• Acceptance Filter can provide FullCAN-style automatic reception for selected
Standard Identifiers.
• FullCAN messages can generate interrupts.

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7.14 10-bit ADC


The LPC2478 contains one ADC. It is a single 10-bit successive approximation ADC with
eight channels.

7.14.1 Features
• 10-bit successive approximation ADC
• Input multiplexing among 8 pins
• Power-down mode
• Measurement range 0 V to Vi(VREF)
• 10-bit conversion time  2.44 s
• Burst conversion mode for single or multiple inputs
• Optional conversion on transition of input pin or Timer Match signal
• Individual result registers for each ADC channel to reduce interrupt overhead

7.15 10-bit DAC


The DAC allows the LPC2478 to generate a variable analog output. The maximum output
value of the DAC is Vi(VREF).

7.15.1 Features
• 10-bit DAC
• Resistor string architecture
• Buffered output
• Power-down mode
• Selectable output drive

7.16 UARTs
The LPC2478 contains four UARTs. In addition to standard transmit and receive data
lines, UART1 also provides a full modem control handshake interface.

The UARTs include a fractional baud rate generator. Standard baud rates such as 115200
can be achieved with any crystal frequency above 2 MHz.

7.16.1 Features
• 16 B Receive and Transmit FIFOs.
• Register locations conform to 16C550 industry standard.
• Receiver FIFO trigger points at 1 B, 4 B, 8 B, and 14 B.
• Built-in fractional baud rate generator covering wide range of baud rates without a
need for external crystals of particular values.
• Fractional divider for baud rate control, auto baud capabilities and FIFO control
mechanism that enables software flow control implementation.
• UART1 equipped with standard modem interface signals. This module also provides
full support for hardware flow control (auto-CTS/RTS).

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• UART3 includes an IrDA mode to support infrared communication.

7.17 SPI serial I/O controller


The LPC2478 contains one SPI controller. SPI is a full duplex serial interface designed to
handle multiple masters and slaves connected to a given bus. Only a single master and a
single slave can communicate on the interface during a given data transfer. During a data
transfer the master always sends 8 bits to 16 bits of data to the slave, and the slave
always sends 8 bits to 16 bits of data to the master.

7.17.1 Features
• Compliant with SPI specification
• Synchronous, Serial, Full Duplex Communication
• Combined SPI master and slave
• Maximum data bit rate of one eighth of the input clock rate
• 8 bits to 16 bits per transfer

7.18 SSP serial I/O controller


The LPC2478 contains two SSP controllers. The SSP controller is capable of operation on
a SPI, 4-wire SSI, or Microwire bus. It can interact with multiple masters and slaves on the
bus. Only a single master and a single slave can communicate on the bus during a given
data transfer. The SSP supports full duplex transfers, with frames of 4 bits to 16 bits of
data flowing from the master to the slave and from the slave to the master. In practice,
often only one of these data flows carries meaningful data.

7.18.1 Features
• Compatible with Motorola SPI, 4-wire TI SSI, and National Semiconductor Microwire
buses
• Synchronous serial communication
• Master or slave operation
• 8-frame FIFOs for both transmit and receive
• 4-bit to 16-bit frame
• Maximum SPI bus data bit rate of one half (Master mode) and one twelfth (Slave
mode) of the input clock rate
• DMA transfers supported by GPDMA

7.19 SD/MMC card interface


The Secure Digital and Multimedia Card Interface (MCI) allows access to external SD
memory cards. The SD card interface conforms to the SD Multimedia Card Specification
Version 2.11.

7.19.1 Features
• The MCI provides all functions specific to the SD/MMC memory card. These include
the clock generation unit, power management control, and command and data
transfer.

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• Conforms to Multimedia Card Specification v2.11.


• Conforms to Secure Digital Memory Card Physical Layer Specification, v0.96.
• Can be used as a multimedia card bus or a secure digital memory card bus host. The
SD/MMC can be connected to several multimedia cards or a single secure digital
memory card.
• DMA supported through the GPDMA controller.

7.20 I2C-bus serial I/O controller


The LPC2478 contains three I2C-bus controllers.

The I2C-bus is bidirectional, for inter-IC control using only two wires: a serial clock line
(SCL), and a serial data line (SDA). Each device is recognized by a unique address and
can operate as either a receiver-only device (e.g., an LCD driver) or a transmitter with the
capability to both receive and send information (such as memory). Transmitters and/or
receivers can operate in either master or slave mode, depending on whether the chip has
to initiate a data transfer or is only addressed. The I2C-bus is a multi-master bus and can
be controlled by more than one bus master connected to it.

The I2C-bus implemented in LPC2478 supports bit rates up to 400 kbit/s (Fast I2C-bus).

7.20.1 Features
• I2C0 is a standard I2C compliant bus interface with open-drain pins.
• I2C1 and I2C2 use standard I/O pins and do not support powering off of individual
devices connected to the same bus lines.
• Easy to configure as master, slave, or master/slave.
• Programmable clocks allow versatile rate control.
• Bidirectional data transfer between masters and slaves.
• Multi-master bus (no central master).
• Arbitration between simultaneously transmitting masters without corruption of serial
data on the bus.
• Serial clock synchronization allows devices with different bit rates to communicate via
one serial bus.
• Serial clock synchronization can be used as a handshake mechanism to suspend and
resume serial transfer.
• The I2C-bus can be used for test and diagnostic purposes.

7.21 I2S-bus serial I/O controllers


The I2S-bus provides a standard communication interface for digital audio applications.

The I2S-bus specification defines a 3-wire serial bus using one data line, one clock line,
and one word select signal. The basic I2S connection has one master, which is always the
master, and one slave. The I2S interface on the LPC2478 provides a separate transmit
and receive channel, each of which can operate as either a master or a slave.

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7.21.1 Features
• The interface has separate input/output channels each of which can operate in master
or slave mode.
• Capable of handling 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit word sizes.
• Mono and stereo audio data supported.
• The sampling frequency can range from 16 kHz to 48 kHz (16, 22.05, 32, 44.1,
48) kHz.
• Configurable word select period in master mode (separately for I2S input and output).
• Two 8 word FIFO data buffers are provided, one for transmit and one for receive.
• Generates interrupt requests when buffer levels cross a programmable boundary.
• Two DMA requests, controlled by programmable buffer levels. These are connected
to the GPDMA block.
• Controls include reset, stop and mute options separately for I2S input and I2S output.

7.22 General purpose 32-bit timers/external event counters


The LPC2478 includes four 32-bit Timer/Counters. The Timer/Counter is designed to
count cycles of the system derived clock or an externally-supplied clock. It can optionally
generate interrupts or perform other actions at specified timer values, based on four
match registers. The Timer/Counter also includes four capture inputs to trap the timer
value when an input signal transitions, optionally generating an interrupt.

7.22.1 Features
• A 32-bit Timer/Counter with a programmable 32-bit prescaler.
• Counter or Timer operation.
• Up to four 32-bit capture channels per timer, that can take a snapshot of the timer
value when an input signal transitions. A capture event may also optionally generate
an interrupt.
• Four 32-bit match registers that allow:
– Continuous operation with optional interrupt generation on match.
– Stop timer on match with optional interrupt generation.
– Reset timer on match with optional interrupt generation.
• Up to four external outputs corresponding to match registers, with the following
capabilities:
– Set LOW on match.
– Set HIGH on match.
– Toggle on match.
– Do nothing on match.

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7.23 Pulse width modulator


The PWM is based on the standard Timer block and inherits all of its features, although
only the PWM function is pinned out on the LPC2478. The Timer is designed to count
cycles of the system derived clock and optionally switch pins, generate interrupts or
perform other actions when specified timer values occur, based on seven match registers.
The PWM function is in addition to these features and is based on match register events.

The ability to separately control rising and falling edge locations allows the PWM to be
used for more applications. For instance, multi-phase motor control typically requires
three non-overlapping PWM outputs with individual control of all three pulse widths and
positions.

Two match registers can be used to provide a single edge controlled PWM output. A
dedicated match register controls the PWM cycle rate, by resetting the count upon match.
The other match register controls the PWM edge position. Additional single edge
controlled PWM outputs require only one match register each, since the repetition rate is
the same for all PWM outputs. Multiple single edge controlled PWM outputs will all have a
rising edge at the beginning of each PWM cycle, when an PWMMR0 match occurs.

Three match registers can be used to provide a PWM output with both edges controlled.
Again, a dedicated match register controls the PWM cycle rate. The other match registers
control the two PWM edge positions. Additional double edge controlled PWM outputs
require only two match registers each, since the repetition rate is the same for all PWM
outputs.

With double edge controlled PWM outputs, specific match registers control the rising and
falling edge of the output. This allows both positive going PWM pulses (when the rising
edge occurs prior to the falling edge), and negative going PWM pulses (when the falling
edge occurs prior to the rising edge).

7.23.1 Features
• LPC2478 has two PWMs with the same operational features. These may be operated
in a synchronized fashion by setting them both up to run at the same rate, then
enabling both simultaneously. PWM0 acts as the master and PWM1 as the slave for
this use.
• Counter or Timer operation (may use the peripheral clock or one of the capture inputs
as the clock source).
• Seven match registers allow up to 6 single edge controlled or 3 double edge
controlled PWM outputs, or a mix of both types. The match registers also allow:
– Continuous operation with optional interrupt generation on match.
– Stop timer on match with optional interrupt generation.
– Reset timer on match with optional interrupt generation.
• Supports single edge controlled and/or double edge controlled PWM outputs. Single
edge controlled PWM outputs all go HIGH at the beginning of each cycle unless the
output is a constant LOW. Double edge controlled PWM outputs can have either edge
occur at any position within a cycle. This allows for both positive going and negative
going pulses.

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• Pulse period and width can be any number of timer counts. This allows complete
flexibility in the trade-off between resolution and repetition rate. All PWM outputs will
occur at the same repetition rate.
• Double edge controlled PWM outputs can be programmed to be either positive going
or negative going pulses.
• Match register updates are synchronized with pulse outputs to prevent generation of
erroneous pulses. Software must ‘release’ new match values before they can become
effective.
• May be used as a standard timer if the PWM mode is not enabled.
• A 32-bit Timer/Counter with a programmable 32-bit Prescaler.

7.24 Watchdog timer


The purpose of the watchdog is to reset the microcontroller within a reasonable amount of
time if it enters an erroneous state. When enabled, the watchdog will generate a system
reset if the user program fails to ‘feed’ (or reload) the watchdog within a predetermined
amount of time.

7.24.1 Features
• Internally resets chip if not periodically reloaded.
• Debug mode.
• Enabled by software but requires a hardware reset or a watchdog reset/interrupt to be
disabled.
• Incorrect/Incomplete feed sequence causes reset/interrupt if enabled.
• Flag to indicate watchdog reset.
• Programmable 32-bit timer with internal prescaler.
• Selectable time period from (Tcy(WDCLK)  256  4) to (Tcy(WDCLK)  232  4) in
multiples of Tcy(WDCLK)  4.
• The Watchdog Clock (WDCLK) source can be selected from the RTC clock, the
Internal RC oscillator (IRC), or the APB peripheral clock. This gives a wide range of
potential timing choices of Watchdog operation under different power reduction
conditions. It also provides the ability to run the WDT from an entirely internal source
that is not dependent on an external crystal and its associated components and
wiring, for increased reliability.

7.25 RTC and battery RAM


The RTC is a set of counters for measuring time when system power is on, and optionally
when power is off. It uses little power in Power-down and Deep power-down modes. On
the LPC2478, the RTC can be clocked by a separate 32.768 kHz oscillator or by a
programmable prescale divider based on the APB clock. Also, the RTC is powered by its
own power supply pin, VBAT, which can be connected to a battery or to the same 3.3 V
supply used by the rest of the device.

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The VBAT pin supplies power only to the RTC and the Battery RAM. These two functions
require a minimum of power to operate, which can be supplied by an external battery.
When the CPU and the rest of chip functions are stopped and power removed, the RTC
can supply an alarm output that can be used by external hardware to restore chip power
and resume operation.

7.25.1 Features
• Measures the passage of time to maintain a calendar and clock.
• Ultra low power design to support battery powered systems.
• Provides Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Day of Month, Month, Year, Day of Week, and
Day of Year.
• Dedicated 32 kHz oscillator or programmable prescaler from APB clock.
• Dedicated power supply pin can be connected to a battery or to the main 3.3 V.
• An alarm output pin is included to assist in waking up when the chip has had power
removed to all functions except the RTC and Battery RAM.
• Periodic interrupts can be generated from increments of any field of the time registers,
and selected fractional second values. This enhancement enables the RTC to be
used as a System Timer.
• 2 kB data SRAM powered by VBAT.
• RTC and Battery RAM power supply is isolated from the rest of the chip.

7.26 Clocking and power control

7.26.1 Crystal oscillators


The LPC2478 includes three independent oscillators. These are the Main Oscillator, the
Internal RC oscillator, and the RTC oscillator. Each oscillator can be used for more than
one purpose as required in a particular application. Any of the three clock sources can be
chosen by software to drive the PLL and ultimately the CPU.

Following reset, the LPC2478 will operate from the Internal RC oscillator until switched by
software. This allows systems to operate without any external crystal and the bootloader
code to operate at a known frequency.

7.26.1.1 Internal RC oscillator


The IRC may be used as the clock source for the WDT, and/or as the clock that drives the
PLL and subsequently the CPU. The nominal IRC frequency is 4 MHz. The IRC is
trimmed to 1 % accuracy.

Upon power-up or any chip reset, the LPC2478 uses the IRC as the clock source.
Software may later switch to one of the other available clock sources.

7.26.1.2 Main oscillator


The main oscillator can be used as the clock source for the CPU, with or without using the
PLL. The main oscillator operates at frequencies of 1 MHz to 25 MHz. This frequency can
be boosted to a higher frequency, up to the maximum CPU operating frequency, by the
PLL. The clock selected as the PLL input is PLLCLKIN. The ARM processor clock
frequency is referred to as CCLK elsewhere in this document. The frequencies of
PLLCLKIN and CCLK are the same value unless the PLL is active and connected. The
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clock frequency for each peripheral can be selected individually and is referred to as
PCLK. Refer to Section 7.26.2 for additional information.

7.26.1.3 RTC oscillator


The RTC oscillator can be used as the clock source for the RTC and/or the WDT. Also, the
RTC oscillator can be used to drive the PLL and the CPU.

7.26.2 PLL
The PLL accepts an input clock frequency in the range of 32 kHz to 25 MHz. The input
frequency is multiplied up to a high frequency, then divided down to provide the actual
clock used by the CPU and the USB block.

The PLL input, in the range of 32 kHz to 25 MHz, may initially be divided down by a value
‘N’, which may be in the range of 1 to 256. This input division provides a wide range of
output frequencies from the same input frequency.

Following the PLL input divider is the PLL multiplier. This can multiply the input divider
output through the use of a Current Controlled Oscillator (CCO) by a value ‘M’, in the
range of 1 through 32768. The resulting frequency must be in the range of 275 MHz to
550 MHz. The multiplier works by dividing the CCO output by the value of M, then using a
phase-frequency detector to compare the divided CCO output to the multiplier input. The
error value is used to adjust the CCO frequency.

The PLL is turned off and bypassed following a chip Reset and by entering Power-down
mode. PLL is enabled by software only. The program must configure and activate the PLL,
wait for the PLL to lock, then connect to the PLL as a clock source.

7.26.3 Wake-up timer


The LPC2478 begins operation at power-up and when awakened from Power-down and
Deep-power down modes by using the 4 MHz IRC oscillator as the clock source. This
allows chip operation to resume quickly. If the main oscillator or the PLL is needed by the
application, software will need to enable these features and wait for them to stabilize
before they are used as a clock source.

When the main oscillator is initially activated, the wake-up timer allows software to ensure
that the main oscillator is fully functional before the processor uses it as a clock source
and starts to execute instructions. This is important at power on, all types of Reset, and
whenever any of the aforementioned functions are turned off for any reason. Since the
oscillator and other functions are turned off during Power-down and Deep power-down
modes, any wake-up of the processor from Power-down modes makes use of the
Wake-up Timer.

The Wake-up Timer monitors the crystal oscillator to check whether it is safe to begin
code execution. When power is applied to the chip, or when some event caused the chip
to exit Power-down mode, some time is required for the oscillator to produce a signal of
sufficient amplitude to drive the clock logic. The amount of time depends on many factors,
including the rate of VDD(3V3) ramp (in the case of power on), the type of crystal and its
electrical characteristics (if a quartz crystal is used), as well as any other external circuitry
(e.g., capacitors), and the characteristics of the oscillator itself under the existing ambient
conditions.

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7.26.4 Power control


The LPC2478 supports a variety of power control features. There are four special modes
of processor power reduction: Idle mode, Sleep mode, Power down-mode and Deep
power-down mode. The CPU clock rate may also be controlled as needed by changing
clock sources, reconfiguring PLL values, and/or altering the CPU clock divider value. This
allows a trade-off of power versus processing speed based on application requirements.
In addition, Peripheral power control allows shutting down the clocks to individual on-chip
peripherals, allowing fine tuning of power consumption by eliminating all dynamic power
use in any peripherals that are not required for the application. Each of the peripherals
has its own clock divider which provides even better power control.

The LPC2478 also implements a separate power domain in order to allow turning off
power to the bulk of the device while maintaining operation of the RTC and a small SRAM,
referred to as the Battery RAM.

7.26.4.1 Idle mode


In Idle mode, execution of instructions is suspended until either a Reset or interrupt
occurs. Peripheral functions continue operation during Idle mode and may generate
interrupts to cause the processor to resume execution. Idle mode eliminates dynamic
power used by the processor itself, memory systems and related controllers, and internal
buses.

7.26.4.2 Sleep mode


In Sleep mode, the oscillator is shut down and the chip receives no internal clocks. The
processor state and registers, peripheral registers, and internal SRAM values are
preserved throughout Sleep mode and the logic levels of chip pins remain static. The
output of the IRC is disabled but the IRC is not powered down for a fast wake-up later. The
32 kHz RTC oscillator is not stopped because the RTC interrupts may be used as the
wake-up source. The PLL is automatically turned off and disconnected. The CCLK and
USB clock dividers automatically get reset to zero.

The Sleep mode can be terminated and normal operation resumed by either a Reset or
certain specific interrupts that are able to function without clocks. Since all dynamic
operation of the chip is suspended, Sleep mode reduces chip power consumption to a
very low value. The flash memory is left on in Sleep mode, allowing a very quick wake-up.

On the wake-up from Sleep mode, if the IRC was used before entering Sleep mode, the
code execution and peripherals activities will resume after 4 cycles expire. If the main
external oscillator was used, the code execution will resume when 4096 cycles expire.

The customers need to reconfigure the PLL and clock dividers accordingly.

7.26.4.3 Power-down mode


Power-down mode does everything that Sleep mode does, but also turns off the IRC
oscillator and the flash memory. This saves more power, but requires waiting for
resumption of flash operation before execution of code or data access in the flash memory
can be accomplished.

On the wake-up from Power-down mode, if the IRC was used before entering
Power-down mode, it will take IRC 60 s to start-up. After this 4 IRC cycles will expire
before the code execution can then be resumed if the code was running from SRAM. In

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the meantime, the flash wake-up timer then counts 4 MHz IRC clock cycles to make the
100 s flash start-up time. When it times out, access to the flash will be allowed. The
customers need to reconfigure the PLL and clock dividers accordingly.

7.26.4.4 Deep power-down mode


Deep power-down mode is similar to the Power-down mode, but now the on-chip
regulator that supplies power to the internal logic is also shut off. This produces the lowest
possible power consumption without removing power from the entire chip. Since the Deep
power-down mode shuts down the on-chip logic power supply, there is no register or
memory retention, and resumption of operation involves the same activities as a full chip
reset.

If power is supplied to the LPC2478 during Deep power-down mode, wake-up can be
caused by the RTC Alarm interrupt or by external Reset.

While in Deep power-down mode, external device power may be removed. In this case,
the LPC2478 will start up when external power is restored.

Essential data may be retained through Deep power-down mode (or through complete
powering off of the chip) by storing data in the Battery RAM, as long as the external power
to the VBAT pin is maintained.

7.26.4.5 Power domains


The LPC2478 provides two independent power domains that allow the bulk of the device
to have power removed while maintaining operation of the RTC and the Battery RAM.

On the LPC2478, I/O pads are powered by the 3.3 V (VDD(3V3)) pins, while the
VDD(DCDC)(3V3) pins power the on-chip DC-to-DC converter which in turn provides power to
the CPU and most of the peripherals.

Although both the I/O pad ring and the core require a 3.3 V supply, different powering
schemes can be used depending on the actual application requirements.

The first option assumes that power consumption is not a concern and the design ties the
VDD(3V3) and VDD(DCDC)(3V3) pins together. This approach requires only one 3.3 V power
supply for both pads, the CPU, and peripherals. While this solution is simple, it does not
support powering down the I/O pad ring “on the fly” while keeping the CPU and
peripherals alive.

The second option uses two power supplies; a 3.3 V supply for the I/O pads (VDD(3V3)) and
a dedicated 3.3 V supply for the CPU (VDD(DCDC)(3V3)). Having the on-chip DC-DC
converter powered independently from the I/O pad ring enables shutting down of the I/O
pad power supply “on the fly”, while the CPU and peripherals stay active.

The VBAT pin supplies power only to the RTC and the Battery RAM. These two functions
require a minimum of power to operate, which can be supplied by an external battery.
When the CPU and the rest of chip functions are stopped and power removed, the RTC
can supply an alarm output that may be used by external hardware to restore chip power
and resume operation.

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7.27 System control

7.27.1 Reset
Reset has four sources on the LPC2478: the RESET pin, the Watchdog reset, power-on
reset, and the BrownOut Detection (BOD) circuit. The RESET pin is a Schmitt trigger input
pin. Assertion of chip Reset by any source, once the operating voltage attains a usable
level, starts the wake-up timer (see description in Section 7.26.3 “Wake-up timer”),
causing reset to remain asserted until the external Reset is de-asserted, the oscillator is
running, a fixed number of clocks have passed, and the flash controller has completed its
initialization.

When the internal Reset is removed, the processor begins executing at address 0, which
is initially the Reset vector mapped from the Boot Block. At that point, all of the processor
and peripheral registers have been initialized to predetermined values.

7.27.2 Brownout detection


The LPC2478 includes 2-stage monitoring of the voltage on the VDD(DCDC)(3V3) pins. If this
voltage falls below 2.95 V, the BOD asserts an interrupt signal to the Vectored Interrupt
Controller. This signal can be enabled for interrupt in the Interrupt Enable Register in the
VIC in order to cause a CPU interrupt; if not, software can monitor the signal by reading a
dedicated status register.

The second stage of low-voltage detection asserts Reset to inactivate the LPC2478 when
the voltage on the VDD(DCDC)(3V3) pins falls below 2.65 V. This Reset prevents alteration of
the flash as operation of the various elements of the chip would otherwise become
unreliable due to low voltage. The BOD circuit maintains this reset down below 1 V, at
which point the power-on reset circuitry maintains the overall Reset.

Both the 2.95 V and 2.65 V thresholds include some hysteresis. In normal operation, this
hysteresis allows the 2.95 V detection to reliably interrupt, or a regularly-executed event
loop to sense the condition.

7.27.3 Code security (Code Read Protection - CRP)


This feature of the LPC2478 allows user to enable different levels of security in the system
so that access to the on-chip flash and use of the JTAG and ISP can be restricted. When
needed, CRP is invoked by programming a specific pattern into a dedicated flash location.
IAP commands are not affected by the CRP.

There are three levels of the Code Read Protection.

CRP1 disables access to chip via the JTAG and allows partial flash update (excluding
flash sector 0) using a limited set of the ISP commands. This mode is useful when CRP is
required and flash field updates are needed but all sectors can not be erased.

CRP2 disables access to chip via the JTAG and only allows full flash erase and update
using a reduced set of the ISP commands.

Running an application with level CRP3 selected fully disables any access to chip via the
JTAG pins and the ISP. This mode effectively disables ISP override using P2[10] pin, too.
It is up to the user’s application to provide (if needed) flash update mechanism using IAP
calls or a call to reinvoke the ISP command to enable flash update via UART0.

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CAUTION
If level three Code Read Protection (CRP3) is selected, no future factory testing can be
performed on the device.

7.27.4 AHB
The LPC2478 implements two AHB in order to allow the Ethernet block to operate without
interference caused by other system activity. The primary AHB, referred to as AHB1,
includes the Vectored Interrupt Controller, GPDMA controller, USB interface, and 16 kB
SRAM.

The second AHB, referred to as AHB2, includes only the Ethernet block and an
associated 16 kB SRAM. In addition, a bus bridge is provided that allows the secondary
AHB to be a bus master on AHB1, allowing expansion of Ethernet buffer space into
off-chip memory or unused space in memory residing on AHB1.

In summary, bus masters with access to AHB1 are the ARM7 itself, the USB block, the
GPDMA function, and the Ethernet block (via the bus bridge from AHB2). Bus masters
with access to AHB2 are the ARM7 and the Ethernet block.

7.27.5 External interrupt inputs


The LPC2478 includes up to 68 edge sensitive interrupt inputs combined with up to four
level sensitive external interrupt inputs as selectable pin functions. The external interrupt
inputs can optionally be used to wake up the processor from Power-down mode.

7.27.6 Memory mapping control


The memory mapping control alters the mapping of the interrupt vectors that appear at the
beginning at address 0x0000 0000. Vectors may be mapped to the bottom of the Boot
ROM, the SRAM, or external memory. This allows code running in different memory
spaces to have control of the interrupts.

7.28 Emulation and debugging


The LPC2478 support emulation and debugging via a JTAG serial port. A trace port allows
tracing program execution. Debugging and trace functions are multiplexed only with
GPIOs on P2[0] to P2[9]. This means that all communication, timer, and interface
peripherals residing on other pins are available during the development and debugging
phase as they are when the application is run in the embedded system itself.

7.28.1 EmbeddedICE
The EmbeddedICE logic provides on-chip debug support. The debugging of the target
system requires a host computer running the debugger software and an EmbeddedICE
protocol convertor. The EmbeddedICE protocol convertor converts the Remote Debug
Protocol commands to the JTAG data needed to access the ARM7TDMI-S core present
on the target system.

The ARM core has a Debug Communication Channel (DCC) function built-in. The DCC
allows a program running on the target to communicate with the host debugger or another
separate host without stopping the program flow or even entering the debug state. The

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DCC is accessed as a coprocessor 14 by the program running on the ARM7TDMI-S core.


The DCC allows the JTAG port to be used for sending and receiving data without affecting
the normal program flow. The DCC data and control registers are mapped in to addresses
in the EmbeddedICE logic.

The JTAG clock (TCK) must be slower than 1⁄6 of the CPU clock (CCLK) for the JTAG
interface to operate.

7.28.2 Embedded trace


Since the LPC2478 have significant amounts of on-chip memories, it is not possible to
determine how the processor core is operating simply by observing the external pins. The
ETM provides real-time trace capability for deeply embedded processor cores. It outputs
information about processor execution to a trace port. A software debugger allows
configuration of the ETM using a JTAG interface and displays the trace information that
has been captured.

The ETM is connected directly to the ARM core and not to the main AMBA system bus. It
compresses the trace information and exports it through a narrow trace port. An external
Trace Port Analyzer captures the trace information under software debugger control. The
trace port can broadcast the Instruction trace information. Instruction trace (or PC trace)
shows the flow of execution of the processor and provides a list of all the instructions that
were executed. Instruction trace is significantly compressed by only broadcasting branch
addresses as well as a set of status signals that indicate the pipeline status on a cycle by
cycle basis. Trace information generation can be controlled by selecting the trigger
resource. Trigger resources include address comparators, counters and sequencers.
Since trace information is compressed the software debugger requires a static image of
the code being executed. Self-modifying code can not be traced because of this
restriction.

7.28.3 RealMonitor
RealMonitor is a configurable software module, developed by ARM Inc., which enables
real-time debug. It is a lightweight debug monitor that runs in the background while users
debug their foreground application. It communicates with the host using the DCC, which is
present in the EmbeddedICE logic. The LPC2478 contain a specific configuration of
RealMonitor software programmed into the on-chip ROM memory.

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8. Limiting values
Table 6. Limiting values
In accordance with the Absolute Maximum Rating System (IEC 60134).[1]
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Max Unit
VDD(3V3) supply voltage (3.3 V) core and external 3.0 3.6 V
rail
VDD(DCDC)(3V3) DC-to-DC converter supply voltage 3.0 3.6 V
(3.3 V)
VDDA analog 3.3 V pad supply voltage 0.5 +4.6 V
Vi(VBAT) input voltage on pin VBAT for the RTC 0.5 +4.6 V
Vi(VREF) input voltage on pin VREF 0.5 +4.6 V
VIA analog input voltage on ADC related 0.5 +5.1 V
pins
VI input voltage 5 V tolerant I/O [2] 0.5 +6.0 V
pins; only valid
when the VDD(3V3)
supply voltage is
present
other I/O pins [2][3] 0.5 VDD(3V3) + V
0.5
IDD supply current per supply pin [4] - 100 mA
ISS ground current per ground pin [4] - 100 mA
Tstg storage temperature non-operating [5] 65 +150 C
Ptot(pack) total power dissipation (per package) based on package - 1.5 W
heat transfer, not
device power
consumption
VESD electrostatic discharge voltage human body [6] 2500 +2500 V
model; all pins

[1] The following applies to the limiting values:


a) This product includes circuitry specifically designed for the protection of its internal devices from the damaging effects of excessive
static charge. Nonetheless, it is suggested that conventional precautions be taken to avoid applying greater than the rated
maximum.
b) Parameters are valid over operating temperature range unless otherwise specified. All voltages are with respect to VSSIO/VSSCORE
unless otherwise noted.
[2] Including voltage on outputs in 3-state mode.
[3] Not to exceed 4.6 V.
[4] The peak current is limited to 25 times the corresponding maximum current.
[5] The maximum non-operating storage temperature is different than the temperature for required shelf life which should be determined
based on required shelf lifetime. Please refer to the JEDEC spec (J-STD-033B.1) for further details.
[6] Human body model: equivalent to discharging a 100 pF capacitor through a 1.5 k series resistor.

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9. Thermal characteristics
The average chip junction temperature, Tj (C), can be calculated using the following
equation:

T j = T amb +  P D  R th  j – a   (1)

• Tamb = ambient temperature (C),


• Rth(j-a) = the package junction-to-ambient thermal resistance (C/W)
• PD = sum of internal and I/O power dissipation
The internal power dissipation is the product of IDD and VDD. The I/O power dissipation of
the I/O pins is often small and many times can be negligible. However it can be significant
in some applications.

Table 7. Thermal characteristics


VDD = 3.0 V to 3.6 V; Tamb = 40 C to +85 C unless otherwise specified;
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit
Tj(max) maximum junction - - 125 C
temperature

Table 8. Thermal resistance value (C/W): ±15 %


VDD = 3.0 V to 3.6 V; Tamb = 40 C to +85 C unless otherwise specified;
LQFP208 TFBGA208
ja ja
JEDEC (4.5 in  4 in) JEDEC (4.5 in  4 in)
0 m/s 27.4 0 m/s 41
1 m/s 25.7 1 m/s 35
2.5 m/s 24.4 2.5 m/s 31
Single-layer (4.5 in  3 in) 8-layer (4.5 in  3 in)
0 m/s 35.4 0 m/s 34.9
1 m/s 31.2 1 m/s 30.9
2.5 m/s 29.2 2.5 m/s 28
jc 8.8 jc 8.3
jb 15.4 jb 13.6

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10. Static characteristics


Table 9. Static characteristics
Tamb = 40 C to +85 C for commercial applications, unless otherwise specified.
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ[1] Max Unit
VDD(3V3) supply voltage (3.3 V) core and external rail 3.0 3.3 3.6 V
VDD(DCDC)(3V3) DC-to-DC converter 3.0 3.3 3.6 V
supply voltage (3.3 V)
VDDA analog 3.3 V pad 3.0 3.3 3.6 V
supply voltage
Vi(VBAT) input voltage on pin [2] 2.0 3.3 3.6 V
VBAT
Vi(VREF) input voltage on pin 2.5 3.3 VDDA V
VREF
IDD(DCDC)act(3V3) active mode VDD(DCDC)(3V3) = 3.3 V;
DC-to-DC converter Tamb = 25 C; code
supply current (3.3 V) while(1){}
executed from flash; no
peripherals enabled;
PCLK = CCLK
CCLK = 10 MHz - 15 - mA
CCLK = 72 MHz - 63 - mA
all peripherals enabled;
PCLK = CCLK / 8
CCLK = 10 MHz - 21 - mA
CCLK = 72 MHz - 92 - mA
all peripherals enabled;
PCLK = CCLK
CCLK = 10 MHz - 27 - mA
CCLK = 72 MHz - 125 - mA
IDD(DCDC)pd(3V3) Power-down mode VDD(DCDC)(3V3) = 3.3 V; [3] - 113 - A
DC-to-DC converter Tamb = 25 C
supply current (3.3 V)
IDD(DCDC)dpd(3V3 Deep power-down [3]

) mode DC-to-DC
converter supply
current (3.3 V) - 20 - A
IBATact active mode battery [4]

supply current - 20 - A
IBAT battery supply current Deep power-down mode [3] - 20 - A

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Table 9. Static characteristics …continued


Tamb = 40 C to +85 C for commercial applications, unless otherwise specified.
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ[1] Max Unit
Standard port pins, RESET, RTCK
IIL LOW-level input VI = 0 V; no pull-up - - 3 A
current
IIH HIGH-level input VI = VDD(3V3); no - - 3 A
current pull-down
IOZ OFF-state output VO = 0 V; VO = VDD(3V3); - - 3 A
current no pull-up/down
Ilatch I/O latch-up current (0.5VDD(3V3)) < VI < - - 100 mA
(1.5VDD(3V3));
Tj < 125 C
VI input voltage pin configured to provide a [5][6][7] 0 - 5.5 V
digital function [8]

VO output voltage output active 0 - VDD(3V3) V


VIH HIGH-level input 2.0 - - V
voltage
VIL LOW-level input - - 0.8 V
voltage
Vhys hysteresis voltage 0.4 - - V
VOH HIGH-level output IOH = 4 mA [9] VDD(3V3)  - - V
voltage 0.4
VOL LOW-level output IOL = 4 mA [9] - - 0.4 V
voltage
IOH HIGH-level output VOH = VDD(3V3)  0.4 V [9] 4 - - mA
current
IOL LOW-level output VOL = 0.4 V [9] 4 - - mA
current
IOHS HIGH-level VOH = 0 V [10] - - 45 mA
short-circuit output
current
IOLS LOW-level VOL = VDDA [10] - - 50 mA
short-circuit output
current
Ipd pull-down current VI = 5 V [11] 10 50 150 A
Ipu pull-up current VI = 0 V 15 50 85 A
VDD(3V3) < VI < 5 V [11] 0 0 0 A
I2C-bus pins (P0[27] and P0[28])
VIH HIGH-level input 0.7VDD(3V3) - - V
voltage
VIL LOW-level input - - 0.3VDD(3V3) V
voltage
Vhys hysteresis voltage - 0.05VDD(3V3) - V
VOL LOW-level output IOLS = 3 mA [9] - - 0.4 V
voltage
ILI input leakage current VI = VDD(3V3) [12] - 2 4 A
VI = 5 V - 10 22 A

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Table 9. Static characteristics …continued


Tamb = 40 C to +85 C for commercial applications, unless otherwise specified.
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ[1] Max Unit
Oscillator pins
Vi(XTAL1) input voltage on pin 0.5 1.8 1.95 V
XTAL1
Vo(XTAL2) output voltage on pin 0.5 1.8 1.95 V
XTAL2
Vi(RTCX1) input voltage on pin 0.5 1.8 1.95 V
RTCX1
Vo(RTCX2) output voltage on pin 0.5 1.8 1.95 V
RTCX2
USB pins
IOZ OFF-state output 0 V < VI < 3.3 V - - 10 A
current
VBUS bus supply voltage - - 5.25 V
VDI differential input (D+)  (D) 0.2 - - V
sensitivity voltage
VCM differential common includes VDI range 0.8 - 2.5 V
mode voltage range
Vth(rs)se single-ended receiver 0.8 - 2.0 V
switching threshold
voltage
VOL LOW-level output RL of 1.5 k to 3.6 V - - 0.18 V
voltage for
low-/full-speed
VOH HIGH-level output RL of 15 k to GND 2.8 - 3.5 V
voltage (driven) for
low-/full-speed
Ctrans transceiver pin to GND - - 20 pF
capacitance
ZDRV driver output with 33  series resistor; [13] 36 - 44.1 
impedance for driver steady state drive
which is not
high-speed capable

[1] Typical ratings are not guaranteed. The values listed are at room temperature (25 C), nominal supply voltages
[2] The RTC typically fails when Vi(VBAT) drops below 1.6 V.
[3] VDD(DCDC)(3V3) = 3.3 V; VDD(3V3) = 3.3 V; Vi(VBAT) = 3.3 V; Tamb = 25 C.
[4] On pin VBAT.
[5] Including voltage on outputs in 3-state mode.
[6] VDD(3V3) supply voltages must be present.
[7] 3-state outputs go into 3-state mode when VDD(3V3) is grounded.
[8] Please also see the errata note in errata sheet.
[9] Accounts for 100 mV voltage drop in all supply lines.
[10] Allowed as long as the current limit does not exceed the maximum current allowed by the device.
[11] Minimum condition for VI = 4.5 V, maximum condition for VI = 5.5 V.
[12] To VSSIO.
[13] Includes external resistors of 33   1 % on D+ and D.

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10.1 Power-down mode

002aae049
4

IDD(IO)
(μA)

2
VDD(3V3) = 3.3 V

VDD(3V3) = 3.0 V

−2

−4
−40 −15 10 35 60 85
temperature (°C)

Vi(VBAT) = VDD(DCDC)(3V3) = 3.3 V; Tamb = 25 C.


Fig 5. I/O maximum supply current IDD(IO) versus temperature in Power-down mode

002aae050
40

IBAT
(μA)

30
Vi(VBAT) = 3.3 V

Vi(VBAT) = 3.0 V
20

10

0
−40 −15 10 35 60 85
temperature (°C)

VDD(3V3) = VDD(DCDC)(3V3) = 3.3 V; Tamb = 25 C.


Fig 6. RTC battery maximum supply current IBAT versus temperature in Power-down
mode

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002aae051
800

IDD(DCDC)pd(3v3)
(μA)

600

400

VDD(DCDC)(3V3) = 3.3 V

200 VDD(DCDC)(3V3) = 3.0 V

0
−40 −15 10 35 60 85
temperature (°C)

VDD(3V3) = Vi(VBAT) = 3.3 V; Tamb = 25 C.


Fig 7. Total DC-to-DC converter supply current IDD(DCDC)pd(3V3) at different temperatures
in Power-down mode

10.2 Deep power-down mode

002aae046
300

IDD(IO)
(μA)

200

100
VDD(3V3) = 3.3 V

VDD(3V3) = 3.0 V
0
−40 −15 10 35 60 85
temperature (°C)

VDD(3V3) = VDD(DCDC)(3V3) = 3.3 V; Tamb = 25 C.


Fig 8. I/O maximum supply current IDD(IO) versus temperature in Deep power-down
mode

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002aae047
40

IBAT
(μA)

30
Vi(VBAT) = 3.3 V
Vi(VBAT) = 3.0 V

20

10

0
−40 −15 10 35 60 85
temperature (°C)

VDD(3V3) = VDD(DCDC)(3V3) = 3.3 V; Tamb = 25 C


Fig 9. RTC battery maximum supply current IBAT versus temperature in Deep
power-down mode

002aae048
100
IDD(DCDC)dpd(3v3)
(μA)
80

60
VDD(DCDC)(3V3) = 3.3 V

40

VDD(DCDC)(3V3) = 3.0 V
20

0
−40 −15 10 35 60 85
temperature (°C)

VDD(3V3) = Vi(VBAT) = 3.3 V; Tamb = 25 C.


Fig 10. Total DC-to-DC converter maximum supply current IDD(DCDC)dpd(3V3) versus
temperature in Deep power-down mode

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10.3 Electrical pin characteristics

002aaf112
3.6

VOH
(V)
T = 85 °C
3.2 25 °C
−40 °C

2.8

2.4

2.0
0 8 16 24
IOH (mA)

Conditions: VDD(3V3) = 3.3 V; standard port pins.


Fig 11. Typical HIGH-level output voltage VOH versus HIGH-level output source current
IOH

002aaf111
15

IOL T = 85 °C
(mA) 25 °C
−40 °C
10

0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6
VOL (V)

Conditions: VDD(3V3) = 3.3 V; standard port pins.


Fig 12. Typical LOW-level output current IOL versus LOW-level output voltage VOL

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11. Dynamic characteristics


Table 10. Dynamic characteristics
Tamb = 40 C to +85 C for commercial applications; VDD(3V3) over specified ranges.[1]
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ[2] Max Unit
External clock
fosc oscillator frequency 1 - 25 MHz
Tcy(clk) clock cycle time 40 - 1000 ns
tCHCX clock HIGH time Tcy(clk)  0.4 - - ns
tCLCX clock LOW time Tcy(clk)  0.4 - - ns
tCLCH clock rise time - - 5 ns
tCHCL clock fall time - - 5 ns
I2C-bus pins (P0[27] and P0[28])
tf(o) output fall time VIH to VIL 20 + 0.1  Cb[3] - - ns
SSP interface
tsu(SPI_MISO) SPI_MISO set-up time Tamb = 25 C; - 11 - ns
measured in
SPI Master
mode; see
Figure 17

[1] Parameters are valid over operating temperature range unless otherwise specified.
[2] Typical ratings are not guaranteed. The values listed are at room temperature (25 C), nominal supply voltages.
[3] Bus capacitance Cb in pF, from 10 pF to 400 pF.

tCHCX
tCHCL tCLCX tCLCH
Tcy(clk)

002aaa907

Fig 13. External clock timing (with an amplitude of at least Vi(RMS) = 200 mV)

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11.1 Internal oscillators


Table 11. Dynamic characteristic: internal oscillators
Tamb = 40 C to +85 C; 3.0 V  VDD(3V3)  3.6 V.[1]
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ[2] Max Unit
fosc(RC) internal RC oscillator frequency - 3.96 4.02 4.04 MHz
fi(RTC) RTC input frequency - - 32.768 - kHz

[1] Parameters are valid over operating temperature range unless otherwise specified.
[2] Typical ratings are not guaranteed. The values listed are at room temperature (25 C), nominal supply voltages.

11.2 I/O pins


Table 12. Dynamic characteristic: I/O pins[1]
Tamb = 40 C to +85 C; VDD(3V3) over specified ranges.
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit
tr rise time pin configured as output 3.0 - 5.0 ns
tf fall time pin configured as output 2.5 - 5.0 ns

[1] Applies to standard I/O pins and RESET pin.

11.3 USB interface


Table 13. Dynamic characteristics of USB pins
CL = 50 pF; Rpu = 1.5 k on D+ to VDD(3V3),unless otherwise specified.
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit
tr rise time 10 % to 90 % 8.5 - 13.8 ns
tf fall time 10 % to 90 % 7.7 - 13.7 ns
tFRFM differential rise and fall time tr / tf - - 109 %
matching
VCRS output signal crossover voltage 1.3 - 2.0 V
tFEOPT source SE0 interval of EOP see Figure 16 160 - 175 ns
tFDEOP source jitter for differential transition see Figure 16 2 - +5 ns
to SE0 transition
tJR1 receiver jitter to next transition 18.5 - +18.5 ns
tJR2 receiver jitter for paired transitions 10 % to 90 % 9 - +9 ns
tEOPR1 EOP width at receiver must reject as [1] 40 - - ns
EOP; see
Figure 16
tEOPR2 EOP width at receiver must accept as [1] 82 - - ns
EOP; see
Figure 16

[1] Characterized but not implemented as production test. Guaranteed by design.

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11.4 Flash memory


Table 14. Dynamic characteristics of flash
Tamb = 40 C to +85 C, unless otherwise specified; VDD(3V3) = 3.0 V to 3.6 V; all voltages are measured with respect to
ground.
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit
Nendu endurance [1] 10000 100000 - cycles
tret retention time powered; < 100 cycles [2] 10 - - years
unpowered; < 100 cycles 20 - - years
ter erase time sector or multiple 95 100 105 ms
consecutive sectors
tprog programming time [2] 0.95 1 1.05 ms

[1] Number of program/erase cycles.


[2] Programming times are given for writing 256 bytes from RAM to the flash. Data must be written to the flash in blocks of 256 bytes.

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11.5 Static external memory interface
Table 15. Dynamic characteristics: Static external memory interface
CL = 30 pF, Tamb = 40 C to 85 C, VDD(DCDC)(3V3) = VDD(3V3) = 3.0 V to 3.6 V
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit
Common to read and write cycles[1]
tCSLAV CS LOW to address valid 0.29 0.20 2.54 ns
time
Read cycle parameters[1][2]
tOELAV OE LOW to address valid 0.29 0.20 2.54 ns
time
tCSLOEL CS LOW to OE LOW time 0.78 + Tcy(CCLK)  WAITOEN 0 + Tcy(CCLK)  WAITOEN 0.49 + Tcy(CCLK)  WAITOEN ns
tam memory access time [3][4] (WAITRD  WAITOEN + 1)  (WAITRD  WAITOEN + 1)  (WAITRD  WAITOEN + 1)  ns
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Tcy(CCLK)  12.70 Tcy(CCLK)  9.57 Tcy(CCLK)  8.11


th(D) data input hold time [5] 0 - - ns
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tCSHOEH CS HIGH to OE HIGH time 0.49 0 0.20 ns


tOEHANV OE HIGH to address invalid 0.20 0.20 2.44 ns
time
tOELOEH OE LOW to OE HIGH time 0.59 + (WAITRD  0 + (WAITRD  WAITOEN + 0.10 + (WAITRD 
WAITOEN + 1)  Tcy(CCLK) 1)  Tcy(CCLK) WAITOEN + 1)  Tcy(CCLK)
tBLSLAV BLS LOW to address valid 0.39 0 2.54 ns
time
tCSHBLSH CS HIGH to BLS HIGH time 0.88 0.49 0.68 ns

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Write cycle parameters[1][6]
tCSLWEL CS LOW to WE LOW time 0.88 + Tcy(CCLK)  (1 + 0.10 + Tcy(CCLK)  (1 + 0.20 + Tcy(CCLK)  (1 + ns
WAITWEN) WAITWEN) WAITWEN)
tCSLBLSL CS LOW to BLS LOW time 0.88 0.49 0.98 ns
tWELDV WE LOW to data valid time 0.68 2.54 5.86 ns
tCSLDV CS LOW to data valid time 0 2.64 4.79 ns
tWELWEH WE LOW to WE HIGH time [3] 0.78 + Tcy(CCLK)  0 + Tcy(CCLK)  (WAITWR  0.10 + Tcy(CCLK)  ns
(WAITWR  WAITWEN + 1) (WAITWR  WAITWEN + 1)

LPC2478
WAITWEN + 1)
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tBLSLBLSH BLS LOW to BLS HIGH [3] 0.88 + Tcy(CCLK)  0 + Tcy(CCLK)  (WAITWR  0.59 + Tcy(CCLK)  ns
time (WAITWR  WAITWEN + 3) WAITWEN + 3) (WAITWR  WAITWEN + 3)
tWEHANV WE HIGH to address invalid [3] 0 + Tcy(CCLK) 0.20 + Tcy(CCLK) 2.74 + Tcy(CCLK) ns
time
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NXP Semiconductors
CL = 30 pF, Tamb = 40 C to 85 C, VDD(DCDC)(3V3) = VDD(3V3) = 3.0 V to 3.6 V
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit
tWEHDNV WE HIGH to data invalid [3] 0.78 + Tcy(CCLK) 2.54 + Tcy(CCLK) 5.96 + Tcy(CCLK) ns
time
tBLSHANV BLS HIGH to address [3] 0.29 0.20 2.54 ns
invalid time
tBLSHDNV BLS HIGH to data invalid [3] 0 2.54 5.37 ns
time

[1] VOH = 2.5 V, VOL = 0.2 V.


[2] VIH = 2.5 V, VIL = 0.5 V.
[3] Tcy(CCLK) = 1⁄CCLK.
[4] Latest of address valid, CS LOW, OE LOW to data valid.
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[6] Byte lane state bit (PB) = 1.
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11.6 Dynamic external memory interface


Table 16. Dynamic characteristics: Dynamic external memory interface
CL = 30 pF, Tamb = 40 C to 85 C, VDD(DCDC)(3V3) = VDD(3V3) = 3.0 V to 3.6 V, EMC Dynamic Read Config Register = 0x0
(RD = 00)
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit
Common
td(SV) chip select valid delay time [1] - 1.05 1.76 ns
th(S) chip select hold time [1] 0.1 1.02 - ns
td(RASV) row address strobe valid delay time [1] - 1.51 1.95 ns
th(RAS) row address strobe hold time [1] 0.5 1.51 - ns
td(CASV) column address strobe valid delay time [1] - 0.98 1.27 ns
th(CAS) column address strobe hold time [1] 0.1 0.97 - ns
td(WV) write valid delay time [1] - 0.84 1.95 ns
th(W) write hold time [1] 0.1 0.84 - ns
td(GV) output enable valid delay time [1] - 0.95 1.86 ns
th(G) output enable hold time [1] 0.1 1 - ns
td(AV) address valid delay time [1] - 0.87 1.95 ns
th(A) address hold time [1] 0.1 0.81 - ns
Read cycle parameters
tsu(D) data input set-up time [1] 0.51 2.24 - ns
th(D) data input hold time [1] 0.57 2.41 - ns
Write cycle parameters
td(QV) data output valid delay time [1] - 2.65 4.36 ns
th(Q) data output hold time [1] 0.49 2.61 - ns

[1] See Figure 18.

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Table 17. Dynamic characteristics: Dynamic external memory interface


CL = 30 pF on all pins, Tamb = 40 C to 85 C, VDD(DCDC)(3V3) = VDD(3V3) = 3.3 V, EMC Dynamic Read Config Register = 0x1
(RD = 01), Tcy(CCLK) = 1/CCLK
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit
Common
td(SV) chip select valid delay [1] - 3 + Tcy(CCLK) 1.5 + Tcy(CCLK) ns
time
th(S) chip select hold time [1] 4 + Tcy(CCLK) 3 + Tcy(CCLK) - ns
td(RASV) row address strobe valid [1] - 3 + Tcy(CCLK) 1.5 + Tcy(CCLK) ns
delay time
th(RAS) row address strobe hold [1] 3 + Tcy(CCLK) 2.3 + Tcy(CCLK) - ns
time
td(CASV) column address strobe [1] - 3.4 + Tcy(CCLK) 2.1 + Tcy(CCLK) ns
valid delay time
th(CAS) column address strobe [1] 4 + Tcy(CCLK) 3 + Tcy(CCLK) - ns
hold time
td(WV) write valid delay time [1] - 3.4 + Tcy(CCLK) 2.1 + Tcy(CCLK) ns
th(W) write hold time [1] 4 + Tcy(CCLK) 3 + Tcy(CCLK) - ns
td(GV) output enable valid delay [1] - 3 + Tcy(CCLK) 1.3 + Tcy(CCLK) ns
time
th(G) output enable hold time [1] 4 + Tcy(CCLK) 2.1 + Tcy(CCLK) - ns
td(AV) address valid delay time [1] - 2.6 + Tcy(CCLK) 1.4 + Tcy(CCLK) ns
th(A) address hold time [1] 4 + Tcy(CCLK) 2.3 + Tcy(CCLK) - ns
Read cycle parameters
tsu(D) data input set-up time [1] 2.6 + Tcy(CCLK) 1.5 + Tcy(CCLK) - ns
th(D) data input hold time [1] 2.6 + Tcy(CCLK) 1.3 + Tcy(CCLK) - ns
Write cycle parameters
td(QV) data output valid delay [1] - 2.6 + Tcy(CCLK)/2 4.8 + Tcy(CCLK)/2 ns
time
th(Q) data output hold time [1] 3.8 + Tcy(CCLK) 3.4 + Tcy(CCLK) - ns

[1] See Figure 18.

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11.7 Timing

tCSLAV tCSHOEH

CS

addr

tam th(D)

data
tCSLOEL
tOELAV tOEHANV

tOELOEH
OE

tBLSLAV tCSHBLSH

BLS

002aad955

Fig 14. External memory read access

CS
tCSLAV

tWELWEH
tCSLWEL
tBLSLBLSH

BLS/WE
tWEHANV
tCSLBLSL tWELDV tBLSHANV

addr
tWEHDNV
tCSLDV
tBLSHDNV

data

OE
002aad956

Fig 15. External memory write access

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TPERIOD crossover point


extended
crossover point
differential
data lines

source EOP width: tFEOPT


differential data to
SE0/EOP skew
n × TPERIOD + tFDEOP
receiver EOP width: tEOPR1, tEOPR2

002aab561

Fig 16. Differential data-to-EOP transition skew and EOP width

shifting edges

SCK

sampling edges

MOSI

MISO

tsu(SPI_MISO)
002aad326

Fig 17. MISO line set-up time in SSP Master mode

reference
clock

td(XXX) th(XXX)

output signal (O)

tsu(D) th(D)

input signal (I)

002aad636

Fig 18. Signal timing

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12. ADC electrical characteristics


Table 18. ADC static characteristics
VDDA = 2.5 V to 3.6 V; Tamb = 40 C to +85 C unless otherwise specified; ADC frequency 4.5 MHz.
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit
VIA analog input voltage 0 - VDDA V
Cia analog input capacitance - - 1 pF
ED differential linearity error [1][2][3] - - 1 LSB
EL(adj) integral non-linearity [1][4] - - 2 LSB
EO offset error [1][5] - - 3 LSB
EG gain error [1][6] - - 0.5 %
ET absolute error [1][7] - - 4 LSB
Rvsi voltage source interface [8] - - 40 k
resistance

[1] Conditions: VSSA = 0 V, VDDA = 3.3 V.


[2] The ADC is monotonic, there are no missing codes.
[3] The differential linearity error (ED) is the difference between the actual step width and the ideal step width. See Figure 19.
[4] The integral non-linearity (EL(adj)) is the peak difference between the center of the steps of the actual and the ideal transfer curve after
appropriate adjustment of gain and offset errors. See Figure 19.
[5] The offset error (EO) is the absolute difference between the straight line which fits the actual curve and the straight line which fits the
ideal curve. See Figure 19.
[6] The gain error (EG) is the relative difference in percent between the straight line fitting the actual transfer curve after removing offset
error, and the straight line which fits the ideal transfer curve. See Figure 19.
[7] The absolute error (ET) is the maximum difference between the center of the steps of the actual transfer curve of the non-calibrated
ADC and the ideal transfer curve. See Figure 19.
[8] See Figure 20.

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offset gain
error error
EO EG

1023

1022

1021

1020

1019

1018
(2)

7
code (1)
out
6

(5)
4
(4)
3
(3)
2

1 1 LSB
(ideal)

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024
VIA (LSBideal)
offset error
EO Vi(VREF) − VSSA
1 LSB =
1024
002aae604

(1) Example of an actual transfer curve.


(2) The ideal transfer curve.
(3) Differential linearity error (ED).
(4) Integral non-linearity (EL(adj)).
(5) Center of a step of the actual transfer curve.
Fig 19. ADC characteristics

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LPC2XXX

20 kΩ Rvsi
AD0[y]
AD0[y]SAMPLE

3 pF 5 pF

VEXT

VSSIO, VSSCORE

002aad586

Fig 20. Suggested ADC interface - LPC2478 AD0[y] pin

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13. DAC electrical characteristics


Table 19. DAC electrical characteristics
VDDA = 3.0 V to 3.6 V; Tamb = 40 C to +85 C unless otherwise specified
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit
ED differential linearity error - 1 - LSB
EL(adj) integral non-linearity - 1.5 - LSB
EO offset error - 0.6 - %
EG gain error - 0.6 - %
CL load capacitance - 200 - pF
RL load resistance 1 - - k

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14. Application information

14.1 LCD panel signal usage


Table 20. LCD panel connections for STN single panel mode
External pin 4-bit mono STN single panel 8-bit mono STN single panel Color STN single panel
LPC2478 pin LCD function LPC2478 pin LCD function LPC2478 pin LCD function
used used used
LCDVD[23] - - - - - -
LCDVD[22] - - - - - -
LCDVD[21] - - - - - -
LCDVD[20] - - - - - -
LCDVD[19] - - - - - -
LCDVD[18] - - - - - -
LCDVD[17] - - - - - -
LCDVD[16] - - - - - -
LCDVD[15] - - - - - -
LCDVD[14] - - - - - -
LCDVD[13] - - - - - -
LCDVD[12] - - - - - -
LCDVD[11] - - - - - -
LCDVD[10] - - - - - -
LCDVD[9] - - - - - -
LCDVD[8] - - - - - -
LCDVD[7] - - P4[29][3] UD[7] P4[29][3] UD[7]
LCDVD[6] - - P4[28][3] UD[6] P4[28][3] UD[6]
LCDVD[5] - - P2[13][2] UD[5] P2[13][2] UD[5]
LCDVD[4] - - P2[12][2] UD[4] P2[12][2] UD[4]
LCDVD[3] P2[9][1] UD[3] P2[9][1] UD[3] P2[9][1] UD[3]
LCDVD[2] P2[8][1] UD[2] P2[8][1] UD[2] P2[8][1] UD[2]
LCDVD[1] P2[7][1] UD[1] P2[7][1] UD[1] P2[7][1] UD[1]
LCDVD[0] P2[6][1] UD[0] P2[6][1] UD[0] P2[6][1] UD[0]
LCDLP P2[5][1] LCDLP P2[5][1] LCDLP P2[5][1] LCDLP
LCDENAB/ P2[4][1] LCDENAB/ P2[4][1] LCDENAB/ P2[4][1] LCDENAB/
LCDM LCDM LCDM LCDM
LCDFP P2[3][1] LCDFP P2[3][1] LCDFP P2[3][1] LCDFP
LCDDCLK P2[2][1] LCDDCLK P2[2][1] LCDDCLK P2[2][1] LCDDCLK
LCDLE P2[1][1] LCDLE P2[1][1] LCDLE P2[1][1] LCDLE
LCDPWR P2[0][1] CDPWR P2[0][1] LCDPWR P2[0][1] LCDPWR
LCDCLKIN P2[11][2] LCDCLKIN P2[11][2] LCDCLKIN P2[0][2] LCDPWR

[1] ETM replaced with LCD pins.


[2] External interrupt pins EINT1, EINT2, EINT3 replaced with LCD pins.
[3] Timer pins MAT2[0] and MAT2[1] replaced with LCD pins.

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Table 21. LCD panel connections for STN dual panel mode
External pin 4-bit mono STN dual panel 8-bit mono STN dual panel Color STN dual panel
LPC2478 pin LCD function LPC2478 pin LCD function LPC2478 pin LCD function
used used used
LCDVD[23] - - - - - -
LCDVD[22] - - - - - -
LCDVD[21] - - - - - -
LCDVD[20] - - - - - -
LCDVD[19] - - - - - -
LCDVD[18] - - - - - -
LCDVD[17] - - - - - -
LCDVD[16] - - - - - -
LCDVD[15] - - P1[29][4] LD[7] P1[29][4] LD[7]
LCDVD[14] - - P1[28][4] LD[6] P1[28][4] LD[6]
LCDVD[13] - - P1[27][4] LD[5] P1[27][4] LD[5]
LCDVD[12] - P1[26][4] LD[4] P1[26][4] LD[4]
LCDVD[11] P4[29][3] LD[3] P1[25][4] LD[3] P1[25][4] LD[3]
LCDVD[10] P4[28][3] LD[2] P1[24][4] LD[2] P1[24][4] LD[2]
LCDVD[9] P2[13][2] LD[1] P1[23][4] LD[1] P1[23][4] LD[1]
LCDVD[8] P2[12][2] LD[0] P1[22][4] LD[0] P1[22][4] LD[0]
LCDVD[7] - - P1[21][4] UD[7] P1[21][4] UD[7]
LCDVD[6] - - P1[20][4] UD[6] P1[20][4] UD[6]
LCDVD[5] - - P2[13][2] UD[5] P2[13][2] UD[5]
LCDVD[4] - - P2[12][2] UD[4] P2[12][2] UD[4]
LCDVD[3] P2[9][1] UD[3] P2[9][1] UD[3] P2[9][1] UD[3]
LCDVD[2] P2[8][1] UD[2] P2[8][1] UD[2] P2[8][1] UD[2]
LCDVD[1] P2[7][1] UD[1] P2[7][1] UD[1] P2[7][1] UD[1]
LCDVD[0] P2[6][1] UD[0] P2[6][1] UD[0] P2[6][1] UD[0]
LCDLP P2[5][1] LCDLP P2[5][1] LCDLP P2[5][1] LCDLP
LCDENAB/ P2[4][1] LCDENAB/ P2[4][1] LCDENAB/ P2[4][1] LCDENAB/
LCDM LCDM LCDM LCDM
LCDFP P2[3][1] LCDFP P2[3][1] LCDFP P2[3][1] LCDFP
LCDDCLK P2[2][1] LCDDCLK P2[2][1] LCDDCLK P2[2][1] LCDDCLK
LCDLE P2[1][1] LCDLE P2[1][1] LCDLE P2[1][1] LCDLE
LCDPWR P2[0][1] LCDPWR P2[0][1] LCDPWR P2[0][1] LCDPWR
LCDCLKIN P2[11][2] LCDCLKIN P2[11][2] LCDCLKIN P2[11][2] LCDCLKIN

[1] ETM replaced by LCD pins.


[2] External interrupt pins EINT1, EINT2, EINT3 replaced with LCD pins.
[3] Timer pins MAT2[0] and MAT2[1] replaced with LCD pins.
[4] USB OTG pins replaced by LCD pins.

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Table 22. LCD panel connections for TFT panels


External TFT 12 bit (4:4:4 mode) TFT 16 bit (5:6:5 mode) TFT 16 bit (1:5:5:5 mode) TFT 24 bit
pin
LPC2478 LCD LPC2478 LCD LPC2478 pin LCD LPC2478 LCD
pin used function pin used function used function pin used function
LCDVD[23] P1[29][4] BLUE3 P1[29][4] BLUE4 P1[29][4] BLUE4 P1[29][4] BLUE7
LCDVD[22] P1[28][4] BLUE2 P1[28][4] BLUE3 P1[28][4] BLUE3 P1[28][4] BLUE6
LCDVD[21] P1[27][4] BLUE1 P1[27][4] BLUE2 P1[27][4] BLUE2 P1[27][4] BLUE5
LCDVD[20] P1[26][4] BLUE0 P1[26][4] BLUE1 P1[26][4] BLUE1 P1[26][4] BLUE4
LCDVD[19] - - P2[13][2] BLUE0 P2[13][2] BLUE0 P2[13][2] BLUE3
LCDVD[18] - - - - P2[12][2] intensity P2[12][2] BLUE2
LCDVD[17] - - - - - - P0[9][5] BLUE1
LCDVD[16] - - - - - - P0[8][5] BLUE0
LCDVD[15] P1[25][4] GREEN3 P1[25][4] GREEN5 P1[25][4] GREEN4 P1[25][4] GREEN7
LCDVD[14] P1[24][4] GREEN2 P1[24][4] GREEN4 P1[24][4] GREEN3 P1[24][4] GREEN6
LCDVD[13] P1[23][4] GREEN1 P1[23][4] GREEN3 P1[23][4] GREEN2 P1[23][4] GREEN5
LCDVD[12] P1[22][4] GREEN0 P1[22][4] GREEN2 P1[22][4] GREEN1 P1[22][4] GREEN4
LCDVD[11] - - P1[21][4] GREEN1 P1[21][4] GREEN0 P1[21][4] GREEN3
LCDVD[10] - - P1[20][4] GREEN0 P1[20][4] intensity P1[20][4] GREEN2
LCDVD[9] - - - - - - P0[7][5] GREEN1
LCDVD[8] - - - - - - P0[6][5] GREEN0
LCDVD[7] P2[9][1] RED3 P2[9][1] RED4 P2[9][1] RED4 P2[9][1] RED7
LCDVD[6] P2[8][1] RED2 P2[8][1] RED3 P2[8][1] RED3 P2[8][1] RED6
LCDVD[5] P2[7][1] RED1 P2[7][1] RED2 P2[7][1] RED2 P2[7][1] RED5
LCDVD[4] P2[6][1] RED0 P2[6][1] RED1 P2[6][1] RED1 P2[6][1] RED4
LCDVD[3] - - P2[12][2] RED0 P4[29][3] RED0 P4[29][3] RED3
LCDVD[2] - - - - P4[28][3] intensity P4[28][3] RED2
LCDVD[1] - - - - - - P0[5][5] RED1
LCDVD[0] - - - - - - P0[4][5] RED0
LCDLP P2[5][1] LCDLP P2[5][1] LCDLP P2[5][1] LCDLP P2[5][1] LCDLP
LCDENAB/ P2[4][1] LCDENAB/ P2[4][1] LCDENAB/ P2[4][1] LCDENAB/ P2[4][1] LCDENAB/L
LCDM LCDM LCDM LCDM CDM
LCDFP P2[3][1] LCDFP P2[3][1] LCDFP P2[3][1] LCDFP P2[3][1] LCDFP
LCDDCLK P2[2][1] LCDDCLK P2[2][1] LCDDCLK P2[2][1] LCDDCLK P2[2][1] LCDDCLK
LCDLE P2[1][1] LCDLE P2[1][1] LCDLE P2[1][1] LCDLE P2[1][1] LCDLE
LCDPWR P2[0][1] LCDPWR P2[0][1] LCDPWR P2[0][1] LCDPWR P2[0][1] LCDPWR
LCDCLKIN P2[11][2] LCDCLKIN P2[11][2] LCDCLKIN P2[11][2] LCDCLKIN P2[11][2] LCDCLKIN

[1] ETM replaced by LCD pins.


[2] External interrupt pins EINT1, EINT2, EINT3 replaced by LCD pins.
[3] Timer pins MAT2[0] and MAT2[1] replaced by LCD pins.
[4] USB OTG pins replaced by LCD pins.
[5] I2S pins replaced by LCD pins.

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14.2 Suggested USB interface solutions

VDD(3V3)

USB_UP_LED

USB_CONNECT
LPC24XX
soft-connect switch

R1
1.5 kΩ

VBUS

USB_D+ RS = 33 Ω USB-B
connector
USB_D− RS = 33 Ω
VSSIO, VSSCORE

002aad587

Fig 21. LPC2478 USB interface on a self-powered device

VDD(3V3)

R2
LPC24XX R1
USB_UP_LED 1.5 kΩ

VBUS

USB_D+ RS = 33 Ω USB-B
connector
USB_D− RS = 33 Ω
VSSIO, VSSCORE

002aad588

Fig 22. LPC2478 USB interface on a bus-powered device

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VDD

R1 R2 R3 R4

RSTOUT RESET_N VBUS


ADR/PSW ID
OE_N/INT_N DP 33 Ω
VDD Mini-AB
SPEED 33 Ω connector
DM
SUSPEND ISP1302
R4 R5 R6 VSSIO,
USB_SCL1 SCL VSSCORE
USB_SDA1 SDA
USB_INT1 INT_N

USB_D+1
USB_D−1

VDD
USB_UP_LED1 R7

LPC24XX 5V VDD
IN
OUTA
LM3526-L
USB_PPWR2 ENA
FLAGA
USB_OVRCR2

USB_PWRD2 VBUS

USB_D+2 33 Ω D+
USB-A
USB_D−2 33 Ω D− connector

VSSIO,
15 kΩ 15 kΩ
VSSCORE

VDD
USB_UP_LED2 R8

002aad589

Fig 23. LPC2478 USB OTG port configuration: USB port 1 OTG dual-role device, USB port 2 host

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VDD

RSTOUT RESET_N

USB_TX_E1 OE_N/INT_N

USB_TX_DP1 DAT_VP
USB_TX_DM1 SE0_VM

USB_RCV1 RCV
USB_RX_DP1 VP VBUS

USB_RX_DM1 VM ID
VDD DP 33 Ω USB MINI-AB
ISP1302 connector
DM 33 Ω
LPC24XX
ADR/PSW VSSIO,
SPEED VSSCORE

SUSPEND

USB_SCL1 SCL
USB_SDA1 SDA
USB_INT1 INT_N

VDD
USB_UP_LED1

002aad590

Fig 24. LPC2478 USB OTG port configuration: VP_VM mode

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VDD
USB_UP_LED1
VSSIO,
VSSCORE

USB_D+1 33 Ω D+

USB_D−1 33 Ω D−
USB-A
15 kΩ 15 kΩ connector
VDD
USB_PWRD1 VBUS

USB_OVRCR1

USB_PPWR1 ENA FLAGA


5V OUTA
LM3526-L
IN
LPC24XX
VDD
USB_UP_LED2

VDD
USB_CONNECT2

VSSIO,
VSSCORE
USB_D+2 33 Ω D+

33 Ω
USB-B
USB_D−2 D−
connector

VBUS VBUS

002aad595

Fig 25. LPC2478 USB OTG port configuration: USB port 2 device, USB port 1 host

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VDD
USB_UP_LED1
VSSIO,
VSSCORE
USB_D+1 33 Ω D+

USB_D−1 33 Ω D−
USB-A
15 kΩ 15 kΩ connector
VDD
USB_PWRD1 VBUS

USB_OVRCR1

USB_PPWR1 ENA FLAGA


5V OUTA VDD
IN
LM3526-L OUTB
LPC24XX
USB_PPWR2 ENB
FLAGB
USB_OVRCR2

USB_PWRD2 VBUS

USB_D+2 33 Ω D+ USB-A
connector
USB_D−2 33 Ω D−

15 kΩ 15 kΩ VSSIO,
VSSCORE

VDD
USB_UP_LED2

002aad596

Fig 26. LPC2478 USB OTG port configuration: USB port 1 host, USB port 2 host

14.3 Crystal oscillator XTAL input and component selection


The input voltage to the on-chip oscillators is limited to 1.8 V. If the oscillator is driven by a
clock in slave mode, it is recommended that the input be coupled through a capacitor with
Ci = 100 pF. To limit the input voltage to the specified range, choose an additional
capacitor to ground Cg which attenuates the input voltage by a factor Ci / (Ci + Cg). In
slave mode, a minimum of 200 mV (RMS) is needed.

LPC2xxx

XTAL1

Ci Cg
100 pF

002aae718

Fig 27. Slave mode operation of the on-chip oscillator

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In slave mode the input clock signal should be coupled by means of a capacitor of 100 pF
(Figure 27), with an amplitude between 200 mV (RMS) and 1000 mV (RMS). This
corresponds to a square wave signal with a signal swing of between 280 mV and 1.4 V.
The XTAL2 pin in this configuration can be left unconnected.

External components and models used in oscillation mode are shown in Figure 28 and in
Table 23 and Table 24. Since the feedback resistance is integrated on chip, only a crystal
and the capacitances CX1 and CX2 need to be connected externally in case of
fundamental mode oscillation (the fundamental frequency is represented by L, CL and
RS). Capacitance CP in Figure 28 represents the parallel package capacitance and should
not be larger than 7 pF. Parameters FOSC, CL, RS and CP are supplied by the crystal
manufacturer.

LPC2xxx

XTAL1 XTAL2

= CL CP

XTAL

RS

CX1 CX2

002aag469

Fig 28. Oscillator modes and models: oscillation mode of operation and external crystal
model used for CX1/CX2 evaluation

Table 23. Recommended values for CX1/CX2 in oscillation mode (crystal and external
components parameters): low frequency mode
Fundamental oscillation Crystal load Maximum crystal External load
frequency FOSC capacitance CL series resistance RS capacitors CX1/CX2
1 MHz to 5 MHz 10 pF < 300  18 pF, 18 pF
20 pF < 300  39 pF, 39 pF
30 pF < 300  57 pF, 57 pF
5 MHz to 10 MHz 10 pF < 300  18 pF, 18 pF
20 pF < 200  39 pF, 39 pF
30 pF < 100  57 pF, 57 pF
10 MHz to 15 MHz 10 pF < 160  18 pF, 18 pF
20 pF < 60  39 pF, 39 pF
15 MHz to 20 MHz 10 pF < 80  18 pF, 18 pF

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Table 24. Recommended values for CX1/CX2 in oscillation mode (crystal and external
components parameters): high frequency mode
Fundamental oscillation Crystal load Maximum crystal External load
frequency FOSC capacitance CL series resistance RS capacitors CX1, CX2
15 MHz to 20 MHz 10 pF < 180  18 pF, 18 pF
20 pF < 100  39 pF, 39 pF
20 MHz to 25 MHz 10 pF < 160  18 pF, 18 pF
20 pF < 80  39 pF, 39 pF

14.4 RTC 32 kHz oscillator component selection

LPC2xxx

RTCX1 RTCX2

= CL CP
32 kHz XTAL

RS

CX1 CX2

002aaf495

Fig 29. RTC oscillator modes and models: oscillation mode of operation and external
crystal model used for CX1/CX2 evaluation

The RTC external oscillator circuit is shown in Figure 29. Since the feedback resistance is
integrated on chip, only a crystal, the capacitances CX1 and CX2 need to be connected
externally to the microcontroller.

Table 25 gives the crystal parameters that should be used. CL is the typical load
capacitance of the crystal and is usually specified by the crystal manufacturer. The actual
CL influences oscillation frequency. When using a crystal that is manufactured for a
different load capacitance, the circuit will oscillate at a slightly different frequency
(depending on the quality of the crystal) compared to the specified one. Therefore for an
accurate time reference it is advised to use the load capacitors as specified in Table 25
that belong to a specific CL. The value of external capacitances CX1 and CX2 specified in
this table are calculated from the internal parasitic capacitances and the CL. Parasitics
from PCB and package are not taken into account.

Table 25. Recommended values for the RTC external 32 kHz oscillator CX1/CX2 components
Crystal load capacitance Maximum crystal series External load capacitors CX1/CX2
CL resistance RS
11 pF < 100 k 18 pF, 18 pF
13 pF < 100 k 22 pF, 22 pF
15 pF < 100 k 27 pF, 27 pF

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14.5 XTAL and RTCX Printed Circuit Board (PCB) layout guidelines
The crystal should be connected on the PCB as close as possible to the oscillator input
and output pins of the chip. Take care that the load capacitors Cx1, Cx2, and Cx3 in case of
third overtone crystal usage have a common ground plane. The external components
must also be connected to the ground plain. Loops must be made as small as possible in
order to keep the noise coupled in via the PCB as small as possible. Also parasitics
should stay as small as possible. Values of Cx1 and Cx2 should be chosen smaller
accordingly to the increase in parasitics of the PCB layout.

14.6 Standard I/O pin configuration


Figure 30 shows the possible pin modes for standard I/O pins with analog input function:

• Digital output driver


• Digital input: Pull-up enabled/disabled
• Digital input: Pull-down enabled/disabled
• Analog input (for ADC input channels)

The default configuration for standard I/O pins is input with pull-up enabled. The weak
MOS devices provide a drive capability equivalent to pull-up and pull-down resistors.

VDD

output enable ESD


pin configured
as digital output output PIN
driver

ESD

VDD VSS

weak
pull-up
pull-up enable

weak
pin configured pull-down
as digital input pull-down enable

data input

select analog input


pin configured
as analog input analog input 002aaf496

Fig 30. Standard I/O pin configuration with analog input

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14.7 Reset pin configuration

VDD

VDD

VDD
Rpu ESD

20 ns RC
reset PIN
GLITCH FILTER

ESD

VSS
002aaf274

Fig 31. Reset pin configuration

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15. Package outline

LQFP208; plastic low profile quad flat package; 208 leads; body 28 x 28 x 1.4 mm SOT459-1

c
y
X

A
105
156
157 104

ZE

E HE
A A2 A1 (A 3)

wM θ
bp Lp
L
pin 1 index detail X

53
208
1 52

wM ZD v M A
e bp

D B
HD v M B

0 5 10 mm
scale

DIMENSIONS (mm are the original dimensions)


A
UNIT A1 A2 A3 bp c D (1) E (1) e HD HE L Lp v w y ZD ZE θ
max.

mm
0.15 1.45 0.27 0.20 28.1 28.1 30.15 30.15 0.75 1.43 1.43 7o
1.6 0.25 0.5 1 0.12 0.08 0.08 o
0.05 1.35 0.17 0.09 27.9 27.9 29.85 29.85 0.45 1.08 1.08 0

Note
1. Plastic or metal protrusions of 0.25 mm maximum per side are not included.

OUTLINE REFERENCES EUROPEAN


ISSUE DATE
VERSION IEC JEDEC JEITA PROJECTION

00-02-06
SOT459-1 136E30 MS-026
03-02-20

Fig 32. Package outline SOT459-1 (LQFP208)


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TFBGA208: plastic thin fine-pitch ball grid array package; 208 balls; body 15 x 15 x 0.7 mm SOT950-1

D B A

ball A1
index area

A2
E A

A1 detail X

e1
C
∅v M C A B
e b
∅w M C y1 C y

U
T
R
P
N
M
L e
K
J e2
H
G
F
E
D
C
B
A

ball A1 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17
index area 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 X

0 5 10 mm
scale
DIMENSIONS (mm are the original dimensions)

UNIT A A1 A2 b D E e e1 e2 v w y y1
max
0.4 0.8 0.5 15.1 15.1
mm 1.2 0.8 12.8 12.8 0.15 0.08 0.12 0.1
0.3 0.6 0.4 14.9 14.9

OUTLINE REFERENCES EUROPEAN


ISSUE DATE
VERSION IEC JEDEC JEITA PROJECTION
06-06-01
SOT950-1 ---
06-06-14

Fig 33. Package outline SOT950-1 (TFBGA208)

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16. Abbreviations
Table 26. Acronym list
Acronym Description
ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter
AHB Advanced High-performance Bus
AMBA Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture
APB Advanced Peripheral Bus
BLS Byte Lane Select
BOD BrownOut Detection
CAN Controller Area Network
DAC Digital-to-Analog Converter
DCC Debug Communication Channel
DMA Direct Memory Access
EOP End Of Packet
ETM Embedded Trace Macrocell
GP General Purpose
GPIO General Purpose Input/Output
IrDA Infrared Data Association
JTAG Joint Test Action Group
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
MCI Multimedia Card Interface
MII Media Independent Interface
MIIM Media Independent Interface Management
OHC Open Host Controller
OHCI Open Host Controller Interface
OTG On-The-Go
PHY PHYsical layer
PLL Phase-Locked Loop
PWM Pulse Width Modulator
RMII Reduced Media Independent Interface
SD Secure Digital
SD/MMC Secure Digital/MultiMedia Card
SE0 Single Ended Zero
SPI Serial Peripheral Interface
SSI Synchronous Serial Interface
SSP Synchronous Serial Port
TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
USB Universal Serial Bus

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17. Revision history


Table 27. Revision history
Document ID Release date Data sheet status Change notice Supersedes
LPC2478 v.3.1 20131016 Product data sheet - LPC2478 v.3
Modifications: • Table 4 “Pin description”, Table note 6: Changed glitch filter spec from 5 ns to 10 ns.
• Table 10 “Dynamic characteristics”: Changed min clock cycle time from 42 to 40.
• Table 17 “Dynamic characteristics: Dynamic external memory interface”: Changed td(QV) typ
and max.
LPC2478 v.3 20110912 Product data sheet - LPC2478 v.2
Modifications: • Table 4 “Pin description”: Updated description for USB_UP_LED1 and USB_UP_LED2.
• Table 6 “Limiting values”: Added “non-operating” to conditions column of Tstg.
• Table 6 “Limiting values”: Updated Table note [5].
• Table 8 “Thermal resistance value (C/W): ±15 %”: Added new table.
• Table 9 “Static characteristics”: Changed Vhys typ value from 0.5VDD(3V3) to 0.05VDD(3V3).
• Table 14 “Dynamic characteristics of flash”: Updated table.
• Table 15 “Dynamic characteristics: Static external memory interface”: Removed “AHB clock
= 1 MHz”.
• Table 15 “Dynamic characteristics: Static external memory interface”: Swapped min/max
values for tam.
• Table 15 “Dynamic characteristics: Static external memory interface”: Updated tWEHDNV
spec.
• Table 16 “Dynamic characteristics: Dynamic external memory interface”: Removed “AHB
clock = 1 MHz”.
• Table 17 “Dynamic characteristics: Dynamic external memory interface”: Added new table.
• Section 14.6 “Standard I/O pin configuration” Updated bullets.
LPC2478 v.2 20100929 Product data sheet - LPC2478 v.1
LPC2478 v.1 20081111 Preliminary data sheet - -

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20. Contents
1 General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7.22.1 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2 Features and benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7.23 Pulse width modulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7.23.1 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
7.24 Watchdog timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4 Ordering information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
7.24.1 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.1 Ordering options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7.25 RTC and battery RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5 Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7.25.1 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
6 Pinning information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7.26 Clocking and power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
6.1 Pinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7.26.1 Crystal oscillators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
6.2 Pin description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 7.26.1.1 Internal RC oscillator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
7 Functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 7.26.1.2 Main oscillator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
7.1 Architectural overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 7.26.1.3 RTC oscillator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
7.2 On-chip flash programming memory . . . . . . . 29 7.26.2 PLL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
7.3 On-chip SRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 7.26.3 Wake-up timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
7.4 Memory map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 7.26.4 Power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
7.5 Interrupt controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 7.26.4.1 Idle mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
7.5.1 Interrupt sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 7.26.4.2 Sleep mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
7.6 Pin connect block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 7.26.4.3 Power-down mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
7.7 External memory controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 7.26.4.4 Deep power-down mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7.7.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 7.26.4.5 Power domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7.8 General purpose DMA controller . . . . . . . . . . 33 7.27 System control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
7.8.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 7.27.1 Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
7.9 Fast general purpose parallel I/O . . . . . . . . . . 34 7.27.2 Brownout detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
7.9.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 7.27.3 Code security
7.10 LCD controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 (Code Read Protection - CRP) . . . . . . . . . . . 49
7.10.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 7.27.4 AHB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.11 Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 7.27.5 External interrupt inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.11.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 7.27.6 Memory mapping control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.12 USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 7.28 Emulation and debugging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.12.1 USB device controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 7.28.1 EmbeddedICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.12.1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 7.28.2 Embedded trace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.12.2 USB host controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 7.28.3 RealMonitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.12.2.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 8 Limiting values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
7.12.3 USB OTG controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 9 Thermal characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
7.12.3.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 10 Static characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
7.13 CAN controller and acceptance filters . . . . . . 38 10.1 Power-down mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
7.13.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 10.2 Deep power-down mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
7.14 10-bit ADC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 10.3 Electrical pin characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
7.14.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
11 Dynamic characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7.15 10-bit DAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
11.1 Internal oscillators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
7.15.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
11.2 I/O pins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
7.16 UARTs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
11.3 USB interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
7.16.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
11.4 Flash memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
7.17 SPI serial I/O controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
11.5 Static external memory interface . . . . . . . . . . 64
7.17.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
11.6 Dynamic external memory interface . . . . . . . 66
7.18 SSP serial I/O controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
11.7 Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
7.18.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7.19 SD/MMC card interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 12 ADC electrical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
7.19.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 13 DAC electrical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
7.20 I2C-bus serial I/O controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 14 Application information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
7.20.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 14.1 LCD panel signal usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
7.21 I2S-bus serial I/O controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 14.2 Suggested USB interface solutions . . . . . . . . 77
7.21.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 14.3 Crystal oscillator XTAL input and
7.22 General purpose 32-bit timers/external event component selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 14.4 RTC 32 kHz oscillator component selection . 83

LPC2478 All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. © NXP B.V. 2013. All rights reserved.

Product data sheet Rev. 3.1 — 16 October 2013 92 of 93


NXP Semiconductors LPC2478
Single-chip 16-bit/32-bit microcontroller

14.5 XTAL and RTCX Printed Circuit Board


(PCB) layout guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
14.6 Standard I/O pin configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
14.7 Reset pin configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
15 Package outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
16 Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
17 Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
18 Legal information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
18.1 Data sheet status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
18.2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
18.3 Disclaimers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
18.4 Trademarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
19 Contact information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
20 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

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described herein, have been included in section ‘Legal information’.

© NXP B.V. 2013. All rights reserved.


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Date of release: 16 October 2013
Document identifier: LPC2478

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