
Chapter 1
Introduction
This document is a Hardware User’s Guide for the MIMXRT595 Evaluation Kit (EVK) based on the NXP Semiconductor i.MX
RT595 Cortex-M33 core processor with Cadence Xtensa Fusion F1 DSP and Vivante GCNanoLite-V vector graphics core. This
board is fully supported by NXP Semiconductor. This Manual includes system setup, debugging information, and provides detailed
information on the overall design and usage of the EVK board from a hardware systems perspective.
1.1 Board overview
This EVK board is a platform designed to showcase many of the most commonly used features of the i.MX RT595 processor in
a small, low-cost package. The MIMXRT595 EVK board is an entry level development board, which gives option to developer
to becoming familiar with the processor before investing a large amount or resources in more specific designs. This document
describes revision D and D1 of the board with B2 silicon (SILICONREV_ID = 0x000B0002).
Features of the MIMXRT595 EVK board are shown below:
• MIMXRT595SFFOC device in 249 FOWLP soldered directly onto the PCB
• Independent voltage domains: VDD_CORE and VDDIO_n’s (0-4)
• 1.2 V, 1.8 V, and 3.3 V support for each voltage domain
• On-board 5 V inputs NXP PCA9420UK PMIC providing 1.2 V, 1.8 V, 3.3 V.
• Multiple power-supply schemes supported
• Jumpers to allow power source selection
• Jumpers for IDD measurement on VDD_CORE and VDDIO_n’s (0-4)
• VBAT coin cell battery holder
• Li-Ion battery header support
• High frequency crystal 24 MHz with compatible footprint
• Low-frequency crystal 32.768 kHz for RTC
• Octal/Quad/pSRAM external memories via FlexSPI
• One reset push button/bootloader selection
• Two push buttons for user input, including Interrupt (SW2) and NMI_b (SW3)
• One motion sensor combo accelero-/magneto-meter NXP FXOS8700CQ
• One RGB LED for user interface
• One Green LED for target MCU power status
• One Red LED for reset status
• One Orange LED for LPC-Link status
• USB2.0 high-speed host and device with micro USB connector and external crystal
• On-board eMMC chip
• Full-size SD card slot
• On-board, high-speed USB, Link2 debug probe with CMSIS-DAP protocol (supports Cortex-M33 debug only) circuit based
on LPC4322 MCU
• Optional external debug probe connections with trace option (10 pin or 20 pin Cortex-M connectors, later required for
trace)
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