- Overview
- Features
- CPU Complex
- Multimedia
- Display
- External Memory Interface
- Advanced Power Management
- Connectivity
- Controllers
- Design Resources
Overview
The NXP® Smart Application Blueprint for Rapid Engineering (SABRE) series of market-focused reference designs delivers the SABRE platform for eReaders based on the i.MX508 processor.
- The i.MX508 is the first SoC designed specifically for eReaders with a high-performance Arm® Cortex®-A8 CPU and integrated display controller certified by E Ink® for Electronic Paper Display (EPD) panels
- The SABRE platform provides a reference design for EPD display, touch control, audio playback as well as the ability to add WLAN, 3G modem or Bluetooth®
- The platform was designed to facilitate software development with faster time to market through support of both Linux® and Android™ operating systems
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Features
CPU Complex
- Up to 800 MHz Arm Cortex-A8
- 32 KB instruction and data caches
- Unified 256 KB L2 cache
- NEON SIMD media accelerator
- Vector floating point coprocessor
Multimedia
- OpenVG™ 1.1 hardware accelerator
- 32-bit primary display support up to SXGA+ resolution
- 16-bit secondary display support
- EPD Controller supporting beyond 2048 × 1536 at 106 Hz refresh (or 4096 × 4096 at 20 Hz)
- Pixel Processing Pipeline (PxP) supporting CSC, Combine, Rotate, Gamma Mapping
Display
- 6”Electronic Paper Display Panel daughter card powered by E-Ink
External Memory Interface
- Up to 2 GB LP-DDR2, DDR2 and LP-DDR1(mDDR), 16/32-bit
- SLC/MLC NAND flash, 8/16-bit with 32-bit ECC
Advanced Power Management
- Multiple independent power domains
- State Retention Power Gating (SRPG)
- Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS)
Connectivity
- High-Speed USB 2.0 OTG with PHY
- High-Speed USB 2.0 Host with PHY
Controllers
- Wide array of serial interfaces, including SDIO, SPI, I2C and UART
- I2S audio interface
- 10/100 Ethernet controller
Design Resources
