NXP MIMXRT1020-EVK

Overview

The i.MX RT1020 expands the i.MX RT crossover processor families by providing high-performance feature set in low-cost LQFP packages, further simplifying board design and layout for customers. The i.MX RT1020 runs on the Arm® Cortex®-M7 core at 500 MHz.

MIMXRT1020-EVK

Hardware

  • MIMXRT1021DAG5A MCU

  • Memory

    • 256 Mbit SDRAM

    • 64 Mbit QSPI Flash

    • TF socket for SD card

  • Connectivity

    • 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet PHY

    • Micro USB host and OTG connectors

    • CAN transceivers

    • Arduino interface

  • Audio

    • Audio Codec

    • 4-pole audio headphone jack

    • Microphone

    • External speaker connection

  • Power

    • 5 V DC jack

  • Debug

    • JTAG 20-pin connector

    • OpenSDA with DAPLink

For more information about the MIMXRT1020 SoC and MIMXRT1020-EVK board, see these references:

External Memory

This platform has the following external memories:

Device

Controller

Status

MT48LC16M16A2P

SEMC

Enabled via device configuration data block, which sets up SEMC at boot time

IS25LP064A

FLEXSPI

Enabled via flash configurationn block, which sets up FLEXSPI at boot time

Supported Features

The mimxrt1020_evk board configuration supports the hardware features listed below. For additional features not yet supported, please also refer to the NXP MIMXRT1064-EVK , which is the superset board in NXP’s i.MX RT10xx family. NXP prioritizes enabling the superset board with NXP’s Full Platform Support for Zephyr. Therefore, the mimxrt1064_evk board may have additional features already supported, which can also be re-used on this mimxrt1020_evk board:

Interface

Controller

Driver/Component

NVIC

on-chip

nested vector interrupt controller

SYSTICK

on-chip

systick

FLASH

on-chip

QSPI flash

GPIO

on-chip

gpio

SPI

on-chip

spi

I2C

on-chip

i2c

SDHC

on-chip

disk access

UART

on-chip

serial port-polling; serial port-interrupt

USB

on-chip

USB device

ADC

on-chip

adc

GPT

on-chip

gpt

TRNG

on-chip

entropy

FLEXSPI

on-chip

flash programming

The default configuration can be found in boards/nxp/mimxrt1020_evk/mimxrt1020_evk_defconfig

Other hardware features are not currently supported by the port.

Connections and I/Os

The MIMXRT1020 SoC has five pairs of pinmux/gpio controllers.

Name

Function

Usage

GPIO_AD_B0_05

GPIO

LED

GPIO_AD_B0_06

LPUART1_TX

UART Console

GPIO_AD_B0_07

LPUART1_RX

UART Console

GPIO_AD_B1_08

LPUART2_TX

UART BT HCI

GPIO_AD_B1_09

LPUART2_RX

UART BT HCI

GPIO_AD_B1_14

LPI2C1_SCL

I2C

GPIO_AD_B1_15

LPI2C1_SDA

I2C

GPIO_SD_B1_02

LPI2C4_SCL

I2C

GPIO_SD_B1_03

LPI2C4_SDA

I2C

WAKEUP

GPIO

SW0

GPIO_AD_B0_04

ENET_RST

Ethernet

GPIO_AD_B0_08

ENET_REF_CLK

Ethernet

GPIO_AD_B0_09

ENET_RX_DATA01

Ethernet

GPIO_AD_B0_10

ENET_RX_DATA00/LPSPI1_SCK | Ethernet/SPI

GPIO_AD_B0_11

ENET_RX_EN/LPSPI1_PCS0 | Ethernet/SPI

GPIO_AD_B0_12

ENET_RX_ER/LPSPI1_SDO | Ethernet/SPI

GPIO_AD_B0_13

ENET_TX_EN/LPSPI1_SDI | Ethernet/SPI

GPIO_AD_B0_14

ENET_TX_DATA00

Ethernet

GPIO_AD_B0_15

ENET_TX_DATA01

Ethernet

GPIO_AD_B1_06

ENET_INT

Ethernet

GPIO_EMC_41

ENET_MDC

Ethernet

GPIO_EMC_40

ENET_MDIO

Ethernet

GPIO_AD_B1_07

USDHC1_VSELECT

SD Card

GPIO_SD_B0_02

USDHC1_CMD

SD Card

GPIO_SD_B0_03

USDHC1_CLK

SD Card

GPIO_SD_B0_04

USDHC1_DATA0

SD Card

GPIO_SD_B0_05

USDHC1_DATA1

SD Card

GPIO_SD_B0_00

USDHC1_DATA2

SD Card

GPIO_SD_B0_01

USDHC1_DATA3

SD Card

GPIO_SD_B0_06

USDHC1_CD_B

SD Card

GPIO_AD_B1_10

ADC

ADC1 Channel 10

GPIO_AD_B1_11

ADC

ADC1 Channel 11

System Clock

The MIMXRT1020 SoC is configured to use SysTick as the system clock source, running at 500MHz.

When power management is enabled, the 32 KHz low frequency oscillator on the board will be used as a source for the GPT timer to generate a system clock. This clock enables lower power states, at the cost of reduced resolution

Serial Port

The MIMXRT1020 SoC has eight UARTs. LPUART1 is configured for the console, LPUART2 for the Bluetooth Host Controller Interface (BT HCI), and the remaining are not used.

Programming and Debugging

Build and flash applications as usual (see Building an Application and Run an Application for more details).

Configuring a Debug Probe

A debug probe is used for both flashing and debugging the board. This board is configured by default to use the OpenSDA DAPLink Onboard Debug Probe, however the pyOCD Debug Host Tools do not yet support programming the external flashes on this board so you must reconfigure the board for one of the following debug probes instead.

Using LinkServer

Install the LinkServer Debug Host Tools and make sure they are in your search path. LinkServer works with the default CMSIS-DAP firmware included in the on-board debugger.

Linkserver is the default runner. You may also se the -r linkserver option with West to use the LinkServer runner.

west flash
west debug

Configuring a Console

Regardless of your choice in debug probe, we will use the OpenSDA microcontroller as a usb-to-serial adapter for the serial console. Check that jumpers J25 and J26 are on (they are on by default when boards ship from the factory) to connect UART signals to the OpenSDA microcontroller.

Connect a USB cable from your PC to J23.

Use the following settings with your serial terminal of choice (minicom, putty, etc.):

  • Speed: 115200

  • Data: 8 bits

  • Parity: None

  • Stop bits: 1

Flashing

Here is an example for the Hello World application.

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b mimxrt1020_evk samples/hello_world
west flash

Open a serial terminal, reset the board (press the SW5 button), and you should see the following message in the terminal:

***** Booting Zephyr OS v1.14.0-rc1 *****
Hello World! mimxrt1020_evk

Debugging

Here is an example for the Hello World application.

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b mimxrt1020_evk samples/hello_world
west debug

Open a serial terminal, step through the application in your debugger, and you should see the following message in the terminal:

***** Booting Zephyr OS v1.14.0-rc1 *****
Hello World! mimxrt1020_evk