Document Number: IMX51AEC
Rev. 2, 06/2010
Freescale Semiconductor
Data Sheet: Advance Information
IMX51A
Package Information
Plastic Package
Case 2017 19 x 19 mm, 0.8 mm pitch
i.MX51A Automotive and
Infotainment Applications
Processors
Ordering Information
See Table 1 on page 2 for ordering information.
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1. Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2. Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Special Signal Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3. IOMUX Configuration for Boot Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.1. NAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2. SD/MMC IOMUX Pin Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.3. I2C IOMUX Pin Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.4. eCSPI/CSPI IOMUX Pin Configuration . . . . . . . . 15
3.5. Wireless External Interface Module (WEIM) . . . . 15
3.6. UART IOMUX Pin Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.7. USB-OTG IOMUX Pin Configuration . . . . . . . . . . 15
4. Electrical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.1. Chip-Level Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2. Supply Power-Up/Power-Down Requirements and
Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.3. I/O DC Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.4. Output Buffer Impedance Characteristics . . . . . . 28
4.5. I/O AC Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.6. Module Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.7. External Peripheral Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
5. Package Information and Contact Assignments . . . . . 147
5.1. 19 x 19 mm Package Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
5.2. 19 x 19 mm, 0.8 Pitch Ball Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
6. Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
1 Introduction
The MCIMX51A (i.MX51A) Automotive Infotainment
Processor represents Freescale Semiconductor’s latest
addition to a growing family of multimedia focused
products offering high performance processing with a
high degree of functional integration, aimed at the
growing automotive infotainment market. This device
includes two graphics processors, 720p video
processing, dual display, and many I/Os.
The i.MX51A processor features Freescale’s advanced
implementation of the ARM Cortex A8™ core, targeting
speeds up to 600 MHz with 200 MHz I/O bus clock
DDR2 and mobileDDR. This device is well-suited for
graphics rendering for HMI and navigation, high
performance speech processing with large databases,
video processing and display, audio playback and
ripping, and many other applications.
This document contains information on a new product. Specifications and information herein
are subject to change without notice.
© Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., 2009-2010. All rights reserved.
Preliminary—Subject to Change Without Notice