AM2612
- Single and Dual Arm Cortex R5F CPU with each core running up to 500 MHz
- 16KB I-Cache with 64-bit ECC per CPU core
- 16KB D-cache with 32-bit ECC per CPU core
- 256KB Tightly Coupled Memory (TCM) per core, with 32-bit ECC
- Lockstep or Dual core operation supported
- Trigonometric Math Unit (TMU) for accelerating trigonometric functions
- Up to 2 × TMU, one per R5F MCU core
- 1.5MB of On-Chip Shared SRAM (3 banks × 512KB). ECC error protection for full 1.5MB OCSRAM.
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256KB Remote Low latency L2 cache (RL2), software programmable, shared between all cores, allocated from SRAM
- 1 × EDMA to support data movement functions
- Device Boot supported from the following interfaces:
- UART (Primary/Backup)
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OSPI NOR and NAND Flash (50MHz SDR and 25MHz DDR)
- USB Peripheral boot
- Interprocessor communication modules
- SPINLOCK module for synchronizing processes running on multiple R5F CPUs and HSM CPU
- MAILBOX functionality implemented through CTRLMMR registers
- 2 × Octal Serial Peripheral Interface (OSPI) at up to 133-MHz SDR and 133-MHz DDR at 1.8V and 3.3V which can be used for
- External flash memory with full XIP (eXecute In Place) support
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RAM expansion/FOTA
- 1 × 4-bit Multi-Media Card/Secure Digital (MMC/SD) interface
- General-Purpose Memory Controller (GPMC)
- 16-bit parallel data bus with 22-bit address bus and 4 chip selects
- Up to 4MB addressable memory space
- Integrated Error Location Module (ELM) support for error checking
General Connectivity:
- 6 × Universal Asynchronous RX-TX (UART) modules
- 4 × Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) controllers
- 3 × Local Interconnect Network (LIN) ports
- 3 × Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) ports
- 2 × Modular Controller Area Network (MCAN) modules with CAN-FD support
- 1 × Fast Serial Interface Transmitter (FSITX) at up to 200Mbps
- 1 × Fast Serial Interface Receiver (FSIRX) at up to 200Mbps
- Up to 140 × General Purpose I/O (GPIO)
- Port configurable as USB host, USB device, or USB Dual-Role device
- USB 2.0 Host mode
- High-Speed (HS, 480Mbps)
- Full-Speed (FS, 12Mbps)
- Low-Speed (LS, 1.5Mbps)
- USB 2.0 Device mode
- High-Speed (HS, 480Mbps)
- Full-Speed (FS, 12Mbps)
- Real-time Control Subsystem (CONTROLSS)
- Flexible Input/Output Crossbars (XBAR)
- 3 × 12-bit Analog to Digital Converters (ADC) with 3 MSPS maximum sampling rate
- Each ADC module with
- 7× Single ended channels OR
- 3 × Differential channels
- Highly configurable ADC digital logic
- With selectable internal or external reference
- 4 × Post-Processing blocks for each ADC module
- Each ADC module with
- 9 × Analog Comparators with internal 12-bit DAC reference (CMPSS-A)
- 1 × 12 bit Digital to Analog Converter (DAC)
- 10 × Enhanced High Resolution Pulse Width Modulation (eHRPWM) modules
- Single or Dual PWM channels
- Advanced PWM Configurations
- Enhanced HRPWM extends the time resolution of the PWM compared to EPWM
- 8 × Enhanced Capture (ECAP) modules
- 2 × Enhanced Quadrature Encoder Pulse (EQEP) modules
- 2 × Sigma-Delta Filter Modules (SDFM)
Industrial Connectivity:
- 2× Programmable Real-time Unit – Industrial Communication SubSystem(2× PRU-ICSS)
- 2× PRU per ICSS for a total of 4 PRU cores
- Dual core Programmable Realtime Unit Subsystem (PRU0 / PRU1)
- Deterministic hardware
- Dynamic firmware
- 20-channel enhanced input (eGPI) per PRU
- 20-channel enhanced output (eGPO) per PRU
- Embedded Peripherals and Memory
- 1 × UART, 1x ECAP
- 1 × MDIO, 1x IEP
- 1 × 32KB Shared General Purpose RAM
- 2 × 8KB Shared Data RAM
- 1 × 12KB IRAM per PRU
- ScratchPad (SPAD), MAC/CRC
- Digital encoder and sigma-delta control loops
- The PRU-ICSS enables advanced industrial protocols including:
- EtherCAT, Ethernet/IP™
- PROFINET, IO-Link
- Dedicated Interrupt Controller (INTC)
- Dynamic CONTROLSS XBAR Integration
- Supports standard ethernet (EMAC) – up to 2 external ports
- Integrated Ethernet Switch(CPSW3G)
- Supporting two external ports and one internal port with selectable MII/ RMII/ RGMII
- IEEE 1588 (2008 Annex D, Annex E, Annex F) with 802.1AS PTP
- Clause 45 MDIO PHY management
- 512 × ALE engine based packet classifiers
- Priority flow control with up to 2KB packet size
- Four CPU hardware interrupt pacing
- IP/ UDP/ TCP checksum offload in hardware
- Supports TSN
- Hardware Security Module (HSM) with support for Auto SHE 1.1/EVITA
- Targeted for ISO 21434 compliance
- Secure boot support
- Device Take Over Protection
- Hardware enforced root-of-trust
- Authenticated boot
- SW Anti-rollback protection
- Debug security
- Secure device debug only after proper authentication
- Ability to disable device debug functionality
- Device ID and Key Management
- Support for OTP Memory (FUSEROM)
- Store root keys and other security fields
- Separate EFUSE controllers and FUSE ROMs
- Unique Device Public Identifiers
- Support for OTP Memory (FUSEROM)
- Memory Protection Units (MPU)
- Dedicated Arm MPU per Cortex-R5F core
- System MPU - present at various interfaces in the SoC (MPU or Firewall)
- 8 to 16 Programmable Regions
- Enable/Privilege ID
- Start/End Address
- Read/Write/Cachable
- Secure/Non-Secure
- Cryptographic acceleration
- Cryptographic cores with DMA Support
- AES - 128/192/256-bit key sizes
- SHA2 - 256/384/512-bit support
- DRBG with pseudo and true random number generator
- Enables design of systems with functional safety requirements
- Error Signaling Module (ESM)
- ECC or parity on calculation critical memories
- Built-In Self-Test (BIST) on-chip RAM
- Runtime internal diagnostic modules including voltage, temperature, and clock monitoring, windowed watchdog timers, CRC engines for memory integrity checks
- Functional Safety-Compliant targeted [Industrial]
- Developed for functional safety applications
- Documentation to be made available to aid IEC 61508 functional safety system design
- Systematic capability up to SIL-3 targeted
- Hardware integrity up to SIL-3 targeted
- Safety-related certification
- IEC 61508 planned
- Functional Safety-Compliant targeted [Automotive]
- Developed for functional safety applications
- Documentation to be made available to aid ISO 26262 functional safety system design
- Systematic capability up to ASIL-D targeted
- Hardware integrity up to ASIL-D targeted
- Safety-related certification
- ISO 26262 planned
- AEC-Q100 qualified for automotive applications
- Package options
- Available multiple NFBGA packages (see Section 3)
- With 0.5mm, 0.65 mm and 0.8 mm pitch options
The AM261x Sitara Arm Microcontrollers are part of Sitara AM26x real-time MCU families designed to meet the complex real-time processing needs of next generation industrial and automotive embedded products. With scalable Arm Cortex R5F performance and an extensive set of peripherals, AM261x device is designed for a broad range of applications while offering safety features and optimized peripherals for real time control.
Key features and benefits:
- Peripherals supporting system level connectivity such as Gigabit Ethernet, USB, OSPI/QSPI, CAN, UARTs, SPI and GPIOs.
- Granular firewalls managed by Hardware Security Manager (HSM) enable developers to implement stringent security minded system design requirements.
- Up to two R5F cores in cluster with 256KB of shared Tightly Coupled Memory (TCM) per core along with 1.5MB of shared SRAM, greatly reducing the need for external memory.
Technical documentation
Design & development
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The Texas Instruments XDS110 is a new class of debug probe (emulator) for TI embedded processors. The XDS110 replaces the XDS100 family while supporting a wider variety of standards (IEEE1149.1, IEEE1149.7, SWD) in a single pod. Also, all XDS debug probes support Core and System Trace in all (...)
TMDSEMU560V2STM-U — XDS560™ software v2 system trace USB debug probe
The XDS560v2 is the highest performance of the XDS560™ family of debug probes and supports both the traditional JTAG standard (IEEE1149.1) and cJTAG (IEEE1149.7). Note that it does not support serial wire debug (SWD).
All XDS debug probes support Core and System Trace in all ARM and DSP processors (...)
TMDSEMU560V2STM-UE — XDS560v2 System Trace USB & Ethernet Debug Probe
The XDS560v2 is the highest performance of the XDS560™ family of debug probes and supports both the traditional JTAG standard (IEEE1149.1) and cJTAG (IEEE1149.7). Note that it does not support serial wire debug (SWD).
All XDS debug probes support Core and System Trace in all ARM and DSP processors (...)
AM261X-TIFS-SDK — AM261x foundational security software
The AM261x microcontroller (MCU) plus software development kit (SDK) is a unified software platform for embedded processors providing easy setup and fast out-of-the-box access to examples, benchmarks and demonstrations. This software accelerates application development schedules by eliminating (...)
Supported products & hardware
Products
Arm Cortex-R MCUs
Hardware development
Evaluation board
Software
Software development kit (SDK)
IND-COMMS-SDK — Industrial real-time communications software development kit
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MCU-PLUS-SDK-AM261X — MCU+ SDK for AM261x - RTOS, No-RTOS
The AM261x microcontroller (MCU) plus software development kit (SDK) is a unified software platform for embedded processors providing easy setup and fast out-of-the-box access to examples, benchmarks and demonstrations. This software accelerates application development schedules by eliminating (...)
Supported products & hardware
Products
Arm Cortex-R MCUs
CCSTUDIO — Code Composer Studio™ integrated development environment (IDE)
Code Composer Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for TI's microcontrollers and processors. It is comprised of a rich suite of tools used to build, debug, analyze and optimize embedded applications. Code Composer Studio is available across Windows®, Linux® and macOS® platforms.
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Supported products & hardware
This design resource supports most products in these categories.
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parametric-filter Digital signal processors (DSPs) -
parametric-filter Arm-based processors -
parametric-filter MSP430 microcontrollers -
parametric-filter C2000 real-time microcontrollers -
parametric-filter Arm-based microcontrollers -
parametric-filter Signal conditioners -
parametric-filter mmWave radar sensors -
parametric-filter Wi-Fi products -
parametric-filter Sub-1 GHz products -
parametric-filter Digital power isolated controllers
SYSCONFIG — Standalone desktop version of SysConfig
SysConfig is a configuration tool designed to simplify hardware and software configuration challenges to accelerate software development.
SysConfig is available as part of the Code Composer Studio™ integrated development environment as well as a standalone application. Additionally SysConfig (...)
Supported products & hardware
Products
Automotive mmWave radar sensors
Digital signal processors (DSPs)
C2000 real-time microcontrollers
Wi-Fi products
Arm-based processors
Industrial mmWave radar sensors
Arm Cortex-M4 MCUs
Arm Cortex-M0+ MCUs
Arm Cortex-R MCUs
Sub-1 GHz wireless MCUs
Automotive wireless connectivity products
Low-power 2.4-GHz products
AM26X-ACADEMY — AM26x Academy
Supported products & hardware
Products
Arm Cortex-R MCUs
Hardware development
Evaluation board
Software
Software development kit (SDK)
Package | Pins | CAD symbols, footprints & 3D models |
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NFBGA (ZFG) | 304 | Ultra Librarian |
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