LPC1788FET208|Arm Cortex-M3|32-bit MCU

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The LPC1788 is a Cortex-M3 microcontroller for embedded applications featuring a high level of integration and low power consumption at frequencies of 120 MHz. Features include 512 kB of flash memory, 96 kB of data memory, Ethernet, USB 2.0 Host/OTG/Device , 8-channel DMA controller, 5 UARTs, 2 CAN channels, 3 SSP/SPI, 3 I2C, I2S, 8-channel 12-bit ADC, 10-bit DAC, QEI, LCD controller, SD/MMC interface, motor control PWM, 4 general purpose timers, 6-output general purpose PWM, ultra-low power Real-Time Clock with separate battery supply, and up to 165 general purpose I/O pins.

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Data Sheet

Application Notes

Product Details

Features

Functional replacement for LPC23xx and 24xx family devices
Arm Cortex-M3 processor, running at frequencies of up to 120 MHz
Arm Cortex-M3 built-in Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller (NVIC)
Multilayer AHB matrix interconnect provides a separate bus for each AHB leader
Split APB bus allows for higher throughput
Cortex-M3 system tick timer, including an external clock input option
Standard JTAG test/debug interface, Serial Wire Debug and Serial WireTrace Port
Emulation trace module supports real-time trace
Boundary scan for simplified board testing
Non-maskable Interrupt (NMI) input
512 kB on-chip flash program memory
96 kB on-chip SRAM
4 kB on-chip EEPROM
In-System Programming (ISP) and In-Application Programming (IAP) capabilities
LCD controller, supporting both STN and TFT displays
External Memory Controller (EMC)
Eight channel General Purpose DMA controller (GPDMA)
Ethernet MAC with MII/RMII interface and associated DMA controller
USB 2.0 full-speed dual port device/host/OTG controller with on-chip PHY and DMA
Five UARTs with fractional baud rate generation
Three SSP controllers with FIFO and multi-protocol capabilities
Three enhanced I2C-bus interfaces
I2S (Inter-IC Sound) interface for digital audio input or output
CAN controller with two channels
SD/MMC memory card interface
Up to 165 General Purpose I/O (GPIO) pins
Two external interrupt inputs configurable as edge/level sensitive
Four general purpose timers/counters
Quadrature encoder interface that can monitor one external quadrature encoder
Two standard PWM/timer blocks with external count input option
Real-Time Clock (RTC) with a separate power domain
Windowed Watchdog Timer (WWDT)
12-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) with conversion rates up to 400 kHz
10-bit Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC)
Four reduced power modes: Sleep, Deep-sleep, Power-down, and Deep power-down
Wake-up Interrupt Controller (WIC)
Processor wake-up from Power-down mode via any interrupt
Brownout detect with separate threshold for interrupt and forced reset
On-chip Power-On Reset (POR)
On-chip crystal oscillator with an operating range of 1 MHz to 25 MHz
12 MHz Internal RC oscillator (IRC) trimmed to 1% accuracy
Unique device serial number for identification purposes
Single 3.3 V power supply (2.4 V to 3.6 V)

Target Applications

eMetering
Lighting
Industrial networking
Alarm systems
White goods
Motor control

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Documentation

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Data Sheet
32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller; up to 512 kB flash and 96 kB SRAM; USB Device/Host/OTG; Ethernet; LCD; EMC

PDFRev 5.5Apr 26, 20162.4 MBLPC178X_7XEnglish
Application Note
Connecting TFT LCD with LCD controller of LPC MCU

ZIPRev 1Aug 22, 20173.2 MBAN12027English
Application Note
AN_LPC177x_8x_Secondary_USB_Host_Bootloader

ZIPRev 1.1Mar 6, 20153.5 MBAN11628English
Application Note
AES encryption and decryption software on LPC microcontrollers

ZIPRev 1.1Mar 17, 2014177.9 KBAN11241English
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Guidelines for full-speed USB on NXP's LPC microcontrollers

PDFRev 1.1Feb 20, 2014151.2 KBAN11392English
Application Note
Interrupt handling during IAP calls for LPC177x_8x and LPC407x_8x

ZIPRev 1.0Jan 20, 20148.7 MBAN11333English
Application Note
Using the LPC178x/7x power modes

ZIPRev 1.0Aug 9, 2013846.0 KBAN11096English
Application Note
Memory to DAC data transfers using the LPC1700's DMA

ZIPRev 1.0Aug 9, 2013480.9 KBAN10917English
Application Note
I2C secondary boot loader

ZIPRev 1.0Aug 9, 2013677.4 KBAN11258English
Application Note
Implementing emWin’s Multiple Buffering feature on the LPC1788 microcontroller

ZIPRev 1.0Jul 22, 201316.3 MBAN11328English
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How to implement the PMBus software stack

ZIPRev 1.0Jul 22, 20131.1 MBAN11318English
Application Note
LPC1700 secondary USB bootloader

ZIPRev 3.0Jul 21, 20131.1 MBAN10866English
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SPI secondary boot loader

ZIPRev 1.0Jul 21, 2013653.2 KBAN11257English
Application Note
BLDC motor control with LPC1700

ZIPRev 2.0Mar 22, 20131.3 MBAN10898English, 中文
Application Note
Migrating from the LPC177x/8x to LPC407x/8x

ZIPRev 1.0Jan 10, 20133.3 MBAN11335English
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emWin startup guide

PDFRev 1.0Aug 16, 2012328.0 KBAN11244English
Application Note
UUencoding for UART ISP

PDFRev 1.0Jul 6, 2012142.1 KBAN11229English
Application Note
emWin Porting guide: EA LPC1788 BSP to Keil MCB1700

PDFRev 1.0Jun 22, 2012465.4 KBAN11218English
Application Note
PCB layout guidelines for NXP^® MCUs in BGA packages

PDFRev 2.0Apr 22, 2011272.0 KBAN10778English
User Guide
LPC178x/7x User manual

PDFRev 3.1Sep 17, 20145.9 MBUM10470English

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Brochure
MCUs with external memory bus, Ethernet, USB, and optional LCD

PDFRev 1.0Jul 1, 2011707.0 KBLPC177XLPC178XEnglish
Errata
Errata sheet LPC177x/8x

PDFRev 4.2Jan 27, 2022468.1 KBES_LPC177X_8XEnglish
Package Information
plastic thin fine-pitch ball grid array package; 208 balls; body 15 x 15 x 0.7 mm

PDFRev 1.0Feb 8, 2016607.0 KBSOT950-1English
Training Presentation
Driving LPC1700/LPC1800/LPC4300 with EPSON Crystals

PDFRev 1.1Nov 27, 2015213.7 KBR_10076English

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Design Resources

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BSDL for LPC177x and LPC178x

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