General description

The LPC18S5x/S3x are ARM Cortex-M3 based microcontrollers for embedded applications. The ARM Cortex-M3 is a next generation core that offers system enhancements such as low power consumption, enhanced debug features, and a high level of support block integration.

The LPC18S5x/S3x operate at CPU frequencies of up to 180 MHz. The ARM Cortex-M3 CPU incorporates a 3-stage pipeline and uses a Harvard architecture with separate local instruction and data buses as well as a third bus for peripherals. The ARM Cortex-M3 CPU also includes an internal prefetch unit that supports speculative branching.

The LPC18S5x/S3x include up to 1 MB of flash and 136 kB of on-chip SRAM, 16 kB of EEPROM memory, a quad SPI Flash Interface (SPIFI), a State-configurable Timer/PWM (SCTimer/PWM) subsystem, two High-speed USB controllers, Ethernet, LCD, an external memory controller, and multiple digital and analog peripherals.

For additional documentation related to the LPC18xx parts, see Section 17 “References”.

Features and benefits

 Processor core

 ARM Cortex-M3 processor (version r2p1), running at CPU frequencies of up to 180 MHz.

 ARM Cortex-M3 built-in Memory Protection Unit (MPU) supporting eight regions.

 ARM Cortex-M3 built-in Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller (NVIC).

 Non-maskable Interrupt (NMI) input.

 JTAG and Serial Wire Debug, serial trace, eight breakpoints, and four watch points.

 Enhanced Trace Module (ETM) and Enhanced Trace Buffer (ETB) support.

 System tick timer.

 On-chip memory

 Up to 1 MB on-chip dual bank flash memory with flash accelerator.

 16 kB on-chip EEPROM data memory.

 136 kB SRAM for code and data use.

 Multiple SRAM blocks with separate bus access.

 64 kB ROM containing boot code and on-chip software drivers.

 64 bit+ 256 bit of One-Time Programmable (OTP) memory for general-purpose use.

 AES engine for encryption and decryption of the boot image and data with DMA support and programmable via a ROM-based API.

 Clock generation unit

 Crystal oscillator with an operating range of 1 MHz to 25 MHz.

 12 MHz internal RC oscillator trimmed to 3 % accuracy over temperature and voltage (1.5 % accuracy for Tamb = 0 °C to 85 °C).

 Ultra-low power RTC crystal oscillator.

 Three PLLs allow CPU operation up to the maximum CPU rate without the need for a high-frequency crystal. The second PLL can be used with the High-speed USB, the third PLL can be used as audio PLL.

 Clock output.

 Configurable digital peripherals:

 State Configurable Timer/PWM (SCTimer/PWM) subsystem on AHB.

 Global Input Multiplexer Array (GIMA) allows to cross-connect multiple inputs and outputs to event driven peripherals like timers, SCTimer/PWM, and ADC0/1.

 Serial interfaces:

 Quad SPI Flash Interface (SPIFI) with 1-, 2-, or 4-bit data at rates of up to 52 MB per second.

 10/100T Ethernet MAC with RMII and MII interfaces and DMA support for high throughput at low CPU load. Support for IEEE 1588 time stamping/advanced time stamping (IEEE 1588-2008 v2).

 One High-speed USB 2.0 Host/Device/OTG interface with DMA support and on-chip high-speed PHY (USB0).

 One High-speed USB 2.0 Host/Device interface with DMA support, on-chip full-speed PHY and ULPI interface to an external high-speed PHY (USB1).

 USB interface electrical test software included in ROM USB stack.

 Four 550 UARTs with DMA support: one UART with full modem interface; one UART with IrDA interface; three USARTs support UART synchronous mode and a smart card interface conforming to ISO7816 specification.

 Up to two C_CAN 2.0B controllers with one channel each.

 Two SSP controllers with FIFO and multi-protocol support. Both SSPs with DMA support.

 One Fast-mode Plus I2C-bus interface with monitor mode and with open-drain I/O pins conforming to the full I2C-bus specification. Supports data rates of up to 1 Mbit/s.

 One standard I2C-bus interface with monitor mode and standard I/O pins.

 Two I2S interfaces with DMA support, each with one input and one output.

 Digital peripherals:

 External Memory Controller (EMC) supporting external SRAM, ROM, NOR flash, and SDRAM devices.

 LCD controller with DMA support and a programmable display resolution of up to 1024H x 768V. Supports monochrome and color STN panels and TFT color panels; supports 1/2/4/8 bpp Color Look-Up Table (CLUT) and 16/24-bit direct pixel mapping.

 SD/MMC card interface.

 Eight-channel General-Purpose DMA controller can access all memories on the AHB and all DMA-capable AHB slaves.

 Up to 164 General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) pins with configurable pull-up/pull-down resistors.

 GPIO registers are located on the AHB for fast access. GPIO ports have DMA support.

 Up to eight GPIO pins can be selected from all GPIO pins as edge and level sensitive interrupt sources.

 Two GPIO group interrupt modules enable an interrupt based on a programmable pattern of input states of a group of GPIO pins.

 Four general-purpose timer/counters with capture and match capabilities.

 One motor control PWM for three-phase motor control.

 One Quadrature Encoder Interface (QEI).

 Repetitive Interrupt timer (RI timer).

 Windowed watchdog timer.

 Ultra-low power Real-Time Clock (RTC) on separate power domain with 256 bytes of battery powered backup registers.

 Event recorder with three inputs to record event identification and event time; can be battery powered.

 Alarm timer; can be battery powered.

 Analog peripherals:

 One 10-bit DAC with DMA support and a data conversion rate of 400 kSamples/s.

 Two 10-bit ADCs with DMA support and a data conversion rate of 400 kSamples/s. Up to eight analog channels total. Each analog input is connected to both ADCs.

 Unique ID for each device.

 Power:

 Single 3.3 V (2.4 V to 3.6 V) power supply with on-chip internal voltage regulator for the core supply and the RTC power domain.

 RTC power domain can be powered separately by a 3 V battery supply.

 Four reduced power modes: Sleep, Deep-sleep, Power-down, and Deep power-down.

 Processor wake-up from Sleep mode via wake-up interrupts from various peripherals.

 Wake-up from Deep-sleep, Power-down, and Deep power-down modes via external interrupts and interrupts generated by battery powered blocks in the RTC power domain.

 Brownout detect with four separate thresholds for interrupt and forced reset.

 Power-On Reset (POR).

 Available in LQFP208, LBGA256, LQFP144, and TFBGA100 packages.

Applications

 Industrial

 RFID readers

 Consumer

 e-Metering

 White goods