1 Product overview

The RW612 is a highly integrated, low-power tri-radio Wireless MCU with an integrated MCU and Wi-Fi 6 +

Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) / 802.15.4 radios designed for a broad array of applications. Applications include

connected smart home and appliances, enterprise and industrial automation and smart energy..

The RW612 MCU subsystem includes a 260 MHz Arm® Cortex®-M33 core with TrustZone™-M, 1.2 MB onchip

SRAM. The RW612 also includes a Quad SPI interface with high bandwidth, and an on-the-fly decryption

engine for securely accessing off-chip XIP flash and PSRAM.

The RW612 includes a full-featured 1x1 dual-band (2.4 GHz / 5 GHz) 20 MHz Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) subsystem

bringing higher throughput, better network efficiency, lower latency, and improved range over previous

generation Wi-Fi standards. The Bluetooth LE radio supports 2 Mbit/s high-speed data rate, and long range and

extended advertising. The on-chip 802.15.4 radio can support the Thread and Zigbee networking protocols.

The RW612 is an ideal device for Matter applications running over Wi-Fi, Ethernet and Thread. The RW612 can

operate as a Matter Controller as well as Thread Border Router. This capability enables full Matter functionality

for local and cloud-based control, and for monitoring of IoT products seamlessly across major ecosystems.

EdgeLock™ security technology of NXP is incorporated, offering secure boot, secure debug, secure firmware

updates, and secure life cycle management as well as hardware cryptography and Physically Unclonable

Function (PUF) for secure key management.

The advanced design of the RW612 delivers tight integration, low power, and highly secure operation in a

space- and cost-efficient wireless MCU requiring only a single 3.3 V power supply.

1.1 Applications

• Smart home: smart outlet, light switch, security camera, thermostat, sprinkler controller, door lock, doorbell,

garage door, security system, and smart display

• Industrial: building automation, smart lighting, security / physical access, Point of Sale (POS) terminals

• Smart devices—air purifier, pet monitor, weighing scale, glucometer, blood pressure monitor, fitness

equipment

• Smart appliances—refrigerator, washer, dryer, oven range, microwave, dishwasher, water heater, air

conditioner, robotic vacuum cleaner

• Smart accessories— alarm clock, remote control

• Gateways—Multi-radio hub/smart device gateway to/for Internet/IP connectivity