i.MX RT1020

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i.MX RT1020 Crossover MCUs are based on the Arm® Cortex®-M7 core for real-time microcontroller (MCU) performance and high integration for industrial and IoT applications.

The i.MX RT1020 CM7 operates at up to 500 MHz with 256 KB on-chip RAM that can be configured as TCM or general purpose. This real-time MCU family offers various memory interfaces and a wide range of connectivity interfaces including UART, SPI, I²C, USB, 10/100M Ethernet and CAN. 144 LQFP and 100 LQFP packages for low-cost PCB designs.

The i.MX RT1020 family is supported by the MCUXpresso ecosystem, which includes an SDK, a choice of IDEs and secure provisioning and configuration tools to enable rapid development.

Data Sheet

Reference Manual

Product Details

Block Diagram

i.MX RT1020 Crossover MCU

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Features

High-performing Arm Cortex-M7
2517 CoreMark/1070 DMIPS at 500 MHz
Real-time, low-latency response as low as 20 ns
MCUXpresso suite of software and tools
- Selection of IDE choices
- Pin, clock, peripheral, security and memory config tools
- Security programming and provisioning tools
- Software development kit (SDK)
Zephyr RTOS support
Up to 256KB tightly coupled memory (TCM)
Industry’s lowest dynamic power with integrated DC-DC converter
Low-power run modes at 24MHz
Extensive external memory interface options
- NAND, eMMC, QuadSPI NOR Flash and Parallel NOR Flash
Wireless connectivity interface for
- Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth®, Bluetooth Low Energy, ZigBee® and Thread™
144LQFP and 100LQFP packages for low-cost PCB designs

Part numbers include: MIMXRT1021CAF4B, MIMXRT1021CAG4B, MIMXRT1021DAF5B, MIMXRT1021DAG5B.

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Documentation

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1-5 of 61 documents

^{Data Sheet}
i.MX RT1020 Crossover MCUs for Industrial Products
PDFRev 3.1Mar 29, 20223.2 MBIMXRT1020IECEnglish
Supported Parts
^{Data Sheet}
i.MX RT1020 Crossover MCUs for Consumer Products
PDFRev 3.1Mar 29, 20223.3 MBIMXRT1020CECEnglish
Supported Parts
^{Reference Manual}
i.MX RT1020 Processor Reference Manual
PDFRev 2Feb 2, 202124.5 MBIMXRT1020RMEnglish
Supported Parts
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^{Application Note}
Modifying Debug Firmware on i.MX RT10xx Boards Featuring an LPC4322- based Debug Probeupdated

HTML | PDFRev 1.0Nov 6, 2024855.3 KBAN13206English, 中文
^{Application Note}
i.MX RT1xxx – Ethernet Capabilities and PHY Connection

HTML | PDFRev 2.0Sep 30, 2024401.5 KBAN14251English, 中文
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How to Enable Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM) Trace for i.MX RT10xx Series

PDFRev 1Jun 12, 2024549.3 KBAN14330English, 中文
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Dynamic Loading of Code by Overlay

HTML | PDFRev 1Apr 10, 2024238.2 KBAN14260English, 中文Associated File: AN14260SW
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Use QDC/ENC/Quad Timer Peripherals to Calculate the Angle and Speed of the Quadrature Encoder

PDFRev 1.0Apr 4, 2024467.7 KBAN14254English, 中文
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An Approach to Enable a Glitch Filter on FlexIO

PDFRev 1Oct 16, 2023133.3 KBAN14051English, 中文
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Implement second bootloader on i.MXRT10xx series

PDFRev 1Sep 21, 2023546.7 KBAN12604EnglishAssociated File: AN12604SW
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How to Enable Spread Spectrum for i.MX RT Family

PDFRev 2Aug 25, 2023866.6 KBAN12879English, 中文
^{Application Note}
i.MX RT eMMC RPMB Enablement

PDFRev 1Jun 12, 2023190.2 KBAN13975EnglishAssociated File: AN13975SW
^{Application Note}
Connect i.MX RT1060 to USB 4G Module (RNDIS Mode)

PDFRev 0Apr 26, 20231.2 MBAN13940English, 中文Associated File: AN13940SW
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LVGL E-Bike Demo on i.MX RT1060-EVK – Application note

PDFRev 0Aug 16, 20221.4 MBAN13649English, 中文Associated File: AN13649SW
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How to Enable SWO Trace for i.MX RT10xx Series

PDFRev 1Jul 6, 20221.1 MBAN13234English, 中文
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Optimizing Flashloader Download Speed on RT Platform with JLink

PDFRev 0Feb 18, 2022536.1 KBAN13567English, 中文
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PMSM Field-Oriented Control on MIMXRT10xx EVK

PDFRev 1Jan 20, 20222.6 MBAN12214English, 中文Associated File: AN12214SW
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USB2.0 Certification Pre-Test for i.MXRT Series

PDFRev 0Jan 14, 202211.8 MBAN13474English, 中文
^{Application Note}
U-Disk and SD Card Update in SFW

PDFRev 0Dec 25, 2021178.8 KBAN13499English, 中文
^{Application Note}
AWS OTA Update on i.MX RT Platform

PDFRev 0Dec 6, 20213.4 MBAN13469English, 中文
^{Application Note}
LPI2C Clock Stretching in RT1010

PDFRev 0Dec 3, 2021AN13472English, 中文
^{Application Note}
FOTA Design for SBL and SFW

PDFRev 0Nov 20, 2021AN13460English, 中文
^{Application Note}
Implement IPv6 + IPv4 Communication on One ENET Port based on LWIP

PDFRev 0Nov 15, 2021AN13458EnglishAssociated File: AN13458SW
^{Application Note}
FlexIO Emulation on SPI Slave Device which Works in Continuous Mode with Dynamic Frame Size

PDFRev 0Aug 24, 2021270.3 KBAN13358English, 中文Associated File: AN13358SW
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EMC Design Recommendation on i.MXRT Series

PDFRev 0Mar 26, 20211.4 MBAN13202English, 中文
^{Application Note}
AN12919: Introduction to Boundary Scan of i.MX RT Series – Application Note

PDFRev 1Feb 28, 20216.9 MBAN12919English, 中文
^{Application Note}
AN12077: Using the i.MX RT FlexRAM – Application Note

PDFRev 3Jan 19, 2021789.9 KBAN12077English, 中文
^{Application Note}
How to Enable ETM Trace for i.MXRT10xx Series

PDFRev 0Jun 1, 2020675.0 KBAN12877English, 中文Associated File: AN12877SW
^{Application Note}
Power Consumption and Measurement of i.MX RT1020

PDFRev 1Feb 12, 2020268.3 KBAN12204English, 中文
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AN12437: i.MX RT Series Performance Optimization – Application Note

PDFRev 1Feb 1, 20201.0 MBAN12437English, 中文Associated File: AN12437SW
^{Application Note}
Implement High-Speed RS-485 Application with i.MX RT Based on NXP SDK

PDFRev 0Dec 19, 20192.3 MBAN12679English, 中文Associated File: AN12679SW
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Implement RWW on i.MX RT Series

PDFRev 0Oct 21, 2019374.3 KBAN12564English, 中文Associated File: AN12564SW
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AN12108: How to Enable Boot from QSPI Flash – Application Note

PDFRev 4Jul 15, 20191.7 MBAN12108English, 中文
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Implementing the IEEE 1588 V2 on i.MX RT Using PTPd, FreeRTOS, and lwIP TCP/IP stack

PDFRev 1Sep 25, 20181.4 MBAN12149English, 中文Associated File: AN12149SW
^{Application Note}
i.MXRT1020 Product Lifetime Usage Estimates

PDFRev 0Jun 19, 2018894.6 KBAN12203English, 中文
^{Application Note}
Dual FOC Servo Motor Control on i.MX RT

PDFRev 0Jun 7, 20181.4 MBAN12200English, 中文Associated File: AN12200SW
^{Application Note}
Measuring Interrupt Latency

PDFRev 1Apr 17, 2018777.0 KBAN12078English
^{Application Note}
Using the i.MXRT L1 Cache

PDFRev 1Jan 7, 2018723.3 KBAN12042English, 中文
^{Application Note}
Migration Guide from i.MX6UL to i.MXRT

PDFRev 0Nov 30, 2017564.5 KBAN12051English
^{Application Note}
Using Multi-Channel Feature of SAI

PDFRev 0Nov 27, 2017700.6 KBAN12090English
^{User Guide}
MCU Secure Offline Programmer User Guide

PDFRev 1Nov 15, 202323.6 MBMCUSOPUGEnglish
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Hardware Development Guide for the MIMXRT1020 Processor

PDFRev 4Feb 15, 2023594.7 KBMIMXRT1020HDUGEnglish
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MCU-OTA SBL and SFW User Guide

PDFRev 1.1.0Nov 10, 2021MCUOTASBLSFWUGEnglish, 中文
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PMSM Field-Oriented Control on MIMXRT10xx EVK

PDFRev 0Dec 12, 20182.8 MBPMSMFOCRT10xxUGEnglish
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MIMXRT1020 EVK Board Hardware User’s Guide

PDFRev 0Jul 26, 20181.1 MBMIMXRT1020EVKHUGEnglish
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^{Application Note Software}
Application Note Software for AN14260

ZIPRev 1Apr 10, 20241.1 MBAN14260SWEnglish
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Application note software for AN13940

ZIPRev 0Apr 25, 20232.6 MBAN13940SWEnglish
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Software for AN13649

ZIPRev 0Aug 16, 202227.5 MBAN13649SWEnglish
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Application note software for AN13458

ZIPRev 0Nov 15, 2021AN13458SWEnglish
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Application note software for AN13358

ZIPRev 0Aug 24, 202118.7 KBAN13358SWEnglish
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Application Note software for AN12604

ZIPRev 0Jul 22, 202037.7 MBAN12604SWEnglish
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Application Note Software for AN12877

CMMRev 0Jun 1, 20203.0 KBAN12877SWEnglish
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Application Note software for AN12679SW

ZIPRev 0May 28, 20206.3 MBAN12679SWEnglish
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Application Note Software for AN12437

ZIPRev 1Feb 26, 20202.5 MBAN12437SWEnglish
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Application note software for AN12214

ZIPRev 0Dec 12, 201810.8 MBAN12214SWEnglish
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Application note software for AN12204

ZIPRev 0Jun 10, 20181.4 MBAN12204SWEnglish
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Application note software for AN12200

EXERev 0Jun 7, 20183.9 MBAN12200SWEnglish
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^Brochure
i.MX RT Series of Crossover MCUs

PDFRev 7Nov 3, 20232.1 MBIMXRTPORTBREnglish, 中文, 日本語
^Brochure
Motor Control for Industrial and IoT Applications Brochure

PDFRev 5May 26, 20223.4 MBINDUSTRIAL-IOT-MOTOR-CONTROL-BREnglish, 中文, 日本語
^Brochure
i.MX RT CROSSOVER MCUS and ZEPHYR™ OS IMPROVE RESPONSIVENESS, REDUCE COSTS

PDFRev 0Nov 30, 2018347.8 KBZEPHYR-iMXRT-FLYEREnglish
^Errata
Chip Errata for the i.MX RT1020

PDFRev 3Aug 9, 2021367.9 KBIMXRT1020CEEnglish

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Design Resources

Design Files

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4 design files

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BDSL file for i.MXRT1020

BSDLRev 2Dec 22, 2020 11:40:0021.1 KBIMXRT1020-100LQFP
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BDSL file for i.MXRT1020

BSDLRev 1Dec 22, 2020 01:34:0023.8 KBIMXRT1020-144LQFP
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IBIS Model File for RT1020 144LQFP

ZIPRev 1.0Nov 30, 2021 12:19:00RT1020_144LQFP
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IBIS Model file for i.MXRT1020

IBSRev 2Mar 23, 2020 12:29:0020.5 MBIMXRT1020-100LQFP-IBS
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Hardware

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1-5 of 11 hardware offerings

^{Evaluation and Development Boards}
i.MX RT1020 Evaluation KitFeatured

MIMXRT1020-EVK
^{Emulators, Probes, and Programmers}
Universal Multilink Development Interface

UMultilink
^{Emulators, Probes, and Programmers}
MCU-Link Debug Probe

MCU-LINK
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^{Emulators, Probes, and Programmers}
LPC-Link2

OM13054
^{Emulators, Probes, and Programmers}
Universal Multilink FX High-Speed Development Interface

U-MULTILINK-FX
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PEmicro Cyclone programmer

CYCLONE
^{Emulators, Probes, and Programmers}
PEmicro Cyclone FX programmer

CYCLONE-FX
^{Emulators, Probes, and Programmers}
MCU-Link Pro Debug Probe

MCU-LINK-PRO
^{Evaluation and Development Boards}
MPC560x Calibration, Debug and Interface Boards

MPC560xBOARDS
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Eval kit for JODY-W263 Wi-Fi^®/Bluetooth^® module

UB-JODY-W263
^{Reference Design}
3-Phase PMSM Control

PERMANENT-MAGNET-MOTOR