LPC1788FET208|Arm Cortex-M3|32-bit MCU | NXP Semiconductors

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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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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
^{Application Note}
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
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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
^{Application Note}
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
^{Application Note}
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
^{Application Note}
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

Design Resources

Design Files

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BSDL for LPC177x and LPC178x

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IBIS models for LPC178x pkg LQFP-208

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IBIS models for LPC178x pkg TFBGA-208

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OM13054
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MCU-Link Pro Debug Probe

MCU-LINK-PRO
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Universal Multilink FX High-Speed Development Interface

U-MULTILINK-FX
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LPCXpresso board for LPC1769 with CMSIS DAP probe

OM13085

Training

6 trainings

^On-Demand
Altia Software Training

3 dayBy Altia Gold Partner

^On-Demand
CANopen

2By port industrial automation GmbH Gold Partner

^On-Demand
Developing with Arm Cortex-M

35 hrBy Doulos Ltd Gold Partner

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C++ Programming for Embedded Systems ONLINE

30 hrBy Doulos Ltd Gold Partner

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C Programming for Embedded Systems ONLINE

30 hrBy Doulos Ltd Gold Partner

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Embedded System Security for C/C++ Developers ONLINE

24 hrBy Doulos Ltd Gold Partner

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