i.MX Applications Processors
Freescale Evaluation Kit (EVK)
for the i.MX233 Applications Processor
Price. Performance. Personality
Overview
Freescale delivers the cost-effective i.MX23
evaluation kit, allowing customers to develop,
debug and demonstrate their next great
product without compromising performance.
The first in our new price, performance and
personality series, the evaluation kit supports
all the features of the device in a small, single-
board design and an optional LCD add-on
module to enable developers a complete
development platform at a low price point
of less than $600. Based on a powerful and
well-proven ARM926EJ-S™ core, the i.MX23
EVK delivers exceptional performance without
sacrificing battery life, and for wall-powered
devices, will help developers design products
that meet today’s demands for energy
efficiency. A range of connectivity options
makes the i.MX23 EVK suitable for developing
many different types of user applications.
The provided Board Support Package (BSP)
for Linux
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enables rapid prototyping to help
speed up the processor selection process
and quickly deliver a demo into the hands of
the project stakeholders. The i.MX23 EVK is
preconfigured with Linux to support a wide
range of consumer, general embedded and
industrial applications.
Key Benefits
• Exploremultipleconnectivityoptionswith
the i.MX233 applications processor: display,
touchscreen, USB, SDIO and others
• Investigateusageoftheanalogaudio
through the mic input, headphone output
jack, line-in jack and speaker connector
• Developaroundareferencepower
management system that maximizes
the use of the integrated power
management unit
• Useprovendesignexamplesandsoftware
drivers to reduce hassles associated with
design-in of key connectivity and power
management options
• Simplifyproductdesign
• Enablerapidprototypingtospeedup
processor selection process
Performance
With the i.MX23 EVK, designers have access
to key features needed for an end design. The
Freescale i.MX23 EVK provides designers with
the hardware functionality and connectivity
required for developing many applications,
such as portable media players, home devices
with user interface panels (home appliances,
remote controls and security panels),
streaming internet media devices, eBooks
and VoIP handsets. With production-ready
software components, an optimized OS and
a system-validated BSP, designers have the
tools to test and maximize the performance of
the applications they have developed.
Software and hardware engineers are provided
with the key resources to test their developed
code. They can also download this code
to the target EVK to test and validate their
software and run and evaluate performance
metrics. The ability to have all communication
ports working (serial, USB) and to debug over
JTAG and Ethernet is essential for product
development. The EVK also provides boot
select switches, which gives the user the
option to override the default boot setting of
the CPU.
Personality
Freescale’s EVK for the i.MX233 applications
processor allows designers to quickly
prototype and demonstrate the results of their
development efforts in a small, portable design
the size of a 5 x 7 portrait, giving confidence
to project decision makers that the product is
that much closer to production. Develop user-
interactive software and display your product-
specific graphical data on a high-quality, touch
screen-enabled 4.3" TFT LCD, provided as an
add-on module to the EVK. With the Freescale
i.MX23 EVK, prototyping and development are
simplified to improve time to market.
i.MX23 EVK Key Features
CPU
• i.MX233applicationsprocessor(169BGA)
• 2x64MBDDR1
• 2GBNANDflash
• SPIflash/EEPROMfootprints(default:not
populated)
• ETMsupport(default:notpopulated)
• DC/DCconvertercomponents
• Li-Ionbatteryconnector
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