RD-RW612-BGA

Board Overview

Name:

rd_rw612_bga

Vendor:

NXP Semiconductors

Architecture:

arm

SoC:

rw612

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Overview

The RW612 is a highly integrated, low-power tri-radio wireless MCU with an integrated 260 MHz ARM Cortex-M33 MCU and Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) 5.3 / 802.15.4 radios designed for a broad array of applications, including connected smart home devices, gaming controllers, enterprise and industrial automation, smart accessories and smart energy.

The RW612 MCU subsystem includes 1.2 MB of on-chip SRAM and a high-bandwidth Quad SPI interface with an on-the-fly decryption engine for securely accessing off-chip XIP flash.

The advanced design of the RW612 delivers tight integration, low power and highly secure operation in a space- and cost-efficient wireless MCU requiring only a single 3.3 V power supply.

Hardware

• 260 MHz ARM Cortex-M33, tri-radio cores for Wifi 6 + BLE 5.3 + 802.15.4

• 1.2 MB on-chip SRAM

Supported Features

The rd_rw612_bga board supports the hardware features listed below.

on-chip / on-board

Feature integrated in the SoC / present on the board.

2 / 2

Number of instances that are enabled / disabled.
Click on the label to see the first instance of this feature in the board/SoC DTS files.

vnd,foo

Compatible string for the Devicetree binding matching the feature.
Click on the link to view the binding documentation.

rd_rw612_bga

/

rw612rw612/ethernet

rd_rw612_bga/rw612 target

Type	Location	Description	Compatible
CPU	on-chip	ARM Cortex-M33F CPU1	arm,cortex-m33f
ADC	on-chip	NXP GAU GPADC1 1	nxp,gau-adc
ARM architecture	on-chip	LPC Flexcomm node2	nxp,lpc-flexcomm
	on-chip	RW SOC controller node2	nxp,rw-soc-ctrl
	on-chip	NXP NBU interruption information1	nxp,nbu
Audio	on-chip	NXP DMIC1	nxp,dmic
Bluetooth	on-chip	NXP BLE HCI information1	nxp,hci-ble
Clock control	on-chip	LPC SYSCON & CLKCTL IP node2	nxp,lpc-syscon
Counter	on-chip	Driver that uses the NXP LPC RTC High resolution counter1	nxp,lpc-rtc-highres
	on-chip	NXP MCUX Standard Timer/Counter1 3	nxp,lpc-ctimer
	on-chip	NXP Multirate Timer2	nxp,mrt
	on-chip	NXP Multirate Timer Channel1 7	nxp,mrt-channel
DAC	on-chip	NXP GAU DAC1	nxp,gau-dac
DMA	on-chip	NXP LPC DMA controller1	nxp,lpc-dma
Ethernet	on-chip	NXP ENET IP Module1	nxp,enet
	on-chip	NXP ENET MAC/L2 Device1	nxp,enet-mac
	on-chip	NXP ENET PTP (Precision Time Protocol) Clock1	nxp,enet-ptp-clock
GPIO & Headers	on-chip	LPC GPIO1	nxp,lpc-gpio
	on-chip	LPC GPIO port device2	nxp,lpc-gpio-port
	on-board	GPIO pins exposed on Arduino Uno (R3) headers1	arduino-header-r3
	on-board	GPIO pins exposed on NXP LCD 8080 interface (e.g., used on LCD-PAR-035 panel)1	nxp,lcd-8080
IEEE 802.15.4 HDLC RCP interface	on-chip	NXP HDLC RCP interface node1	nxp,hdlc-rcp-if
I2C	on-chip	LPC I2C1	nxp,lpc-i2c
Input	on-board	Group of GPIO-bound input keys1	gpio-keys
Interrupt controller	on-chip	ARMv8-M NVIC (Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller)1	arm,v8m-nvic
	on-chip	NXP Pin interrupt and pattern match engine (PINT)1	nxp,pint
MDIO	on-chip	NXP ENET MDIO Features1	nxp,enet-mdio
MIPI-DBI	on-chip	NXP LCDIC Controller1	nxp,lcdic
MMU / MPU	on-chip	ARMv8-M MPU (Memory Protection Unit)1	arm,armv8m-mpu
MTD	on-board	NXP FlexSPI NOR1	nxp,imx-flexspi-nor
	on-board	Fixed partitions of a flash (or other non-volatile storage) memory1	fixed-partitions
	on-board	ISSI IS66WVQ8M4 pSRAM on NXP FlexSPI bus1	nxp,imx-flexspi-is66wvq8m4
Pin control	on-chip	MCI IO MUX Pin Controller1	nxp,mci-io-mux
Power management	on-chip	NXP RW PMU1	nxp,rw-pmu
	on-chip	Some NXP SoC’s have pins dedicated to generate a wakeup interrupt1 1	nxp,aon-wakeup-pin
	on-chip	Properties for NXP power management through the PDCFG register1 1	nxp,pdcfg-power
Power domain	on-chip	This power domain will Turn On and Off devices when transitioning in and out a specified Power State1	power-domain-soc-state-change
PWM	on-chip	NXP SCTimer PWM1	nxp,sctimer-pwm
Reset controller	on-chip	NXP RSTCTL Peripheral reset controller2	nxp,rstctl
RNG	on-chip	Kinetis TRNG (True Random Number Generator)1	nxp,kinetis-trng
RTC	on-chip	NXP LPC RTC1	nxp,lpc-rtc
Serial controller	on-chip	LPC USART1	nxp,lpc-usart
SPI	on-chip	NXP FlexSPI controller1	nxp,imx-flexspi
	on-chip	NXP LPC SPI controller1	nxp,lpc-spi
SRAM	on-chip	Generic on-chip SRAM description2	mmio-sram
Timer	on-chip	ARMv8-M System Tick1	arm,armv8m-systick
	on-chip	NXP OS Timer on i.MX-RT5xx/6xx1	nxp,os-timer
USB	on-chip	NXP EHCI USB device mode1	nxp,ehci
Watchdog	on-chip	LPC Windowed Watchdog Timer1	nxp,lpc-wwdt

rd_rw612_bga/rw612/ethernet target

Type	Location	Description	Compatible
CPU	on-chip	ARM Cortex-M33F CPU1	arm,cortex-m33f
ADC	on-chip	NXP GAU GPADC1 1	nxp,gau-adc
ARM architecture	on-chip	LPC Flexcomm node2	nxp,lpc-flexcomm
	on-chip	RW SOC controller node2	nxp,rw-soc-ctrl
	on-chip	NXP NBU interruption information1	nxp,nbu
Audio	on-chip	NXP DMIC1	nxp,dmic
Bluetooth	on-chip	NXP BLE HCI information1	nxp,hci-ble
Clock control	on-chip	LPC SYSCON & CLKCTL IP node2	nxp,lpc-syscon
Counter	on-chip	Driver that uses the NXP LPC RTC High resolution counter1	nxp,lpc-rtc-highres
	on-chip	NXP MCUX Standard Timer/Counter1 3	nxp,lpc-ctimer
	on-chip	NXP Multirate Timer2	nxp,mrt
	on-chip	NXP Multirate Timer Channel1 7	nxp,mrt-channel
DAC	on-chip	NXP GAU DAC1	nxp,gau-dac
DMA	on-chip	NXP LPC DMA controller1	nxp,lpc-dma
Ethernet	on-chip	NXP ENET IP Module1	nxp,enet
	on-chip	NXP ENET MAC/L2 Device1	nxp,enet-mac
	on-board	Microchip KSZ8081 Ethernet PHY device1	microchip,ksz8081
	on-chip	NXP ENET PTP (Precision Time Protocol) Clock1	nxp,enet-ptp-clock
GPIO & Headers	on-chip	LPC GPIO1	nxp,lpc-gpio
	on-chip	LPC GPIO port device2	nxp,lpc-gpio-port
	on-board	GPIO pins exposed on Arduino Uno (R3) headers1	arduino-header-r3
	on-board	GPIO pins exposed on NXP LCD 8080 interface (e.g., used on LCD-PAR-035 panel)1	nxp,lcd-8080
IEEE 802.15.4 HDLC RCP interface	on-chip	NXP HDLC RCP interface node1	nxp,hdlc-rcp-if
I2C	on-chip	LPC I2C1	nxp,lpc-i2c
Input	on-board	Group of GPIO-bound input keys1	gpio-keys
Interrupt controller	on-chip	ARMv8-M NVIC (Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller)1	arm,v8m-nvic
	on-chip	NXP Pin interrupt and pattern match engine (PINT)1	nxp,pint
MDIO	on-chip	NXP ENET MDIO Features1	nxp,enet-mdio
MIPI-DBI	on-chip	NXP LCDIC Controller1	nxp,lcdic
MMU / MPU	on-chip	ARMv8-M MPU (Memory Protection Unit)1	arm,armv8m-mpu
MTD	on-board	NXP FlexSPI NOR1	nxp,imx-flexspi-nor
	on-board	Fixed partitions of a flash (or other non-volatile storage) memory1	fixed-partitions
	on-board	ISSI IS66WVQ8M4 pSRAM on NXP FlexSPI bus1	nxp,imx-flexspi-is66wvq8m4
Pin control	on-chip	MCI IO MUX Pin Controller1	nxp,mci-io-mux
Power management	on-chip	NXP RW PMU1	nxp,rw-pmu
	on-chip	Some NXP SoC’s have pins dedicated to generate a wakeup interrupt1 1	nxp,aon-wakeup-pin
	on-chip	Properties for NXP power management through the PDCFG register1 1	nxp,pdcfg-power
Power domain	on-chip	This power domain will Turn On and Off devices when transitioning in and out a specified Power State1	power-domain-soc-state-change
PWM	on-chip	NXP SCTimer PWM1	nxp,sctimer-pwm
Reset controller	on-chip	NXP RSTCTL Peripheral reset controller2	nxp,rstctl
RNG	on-chip	Kinetis TRNG (True Random Number Generator)1	nxp,kinetis-trng
RTC	on-chip	NXP LPC RTC1	nxp,lpc-rtc
Serial controller	on-chip	LPC USART1	nxp,lpc-usart
SPI	on-chip	NXP FlexSPI controller1	nxp,imx-flexspi
	on-chip	NXP LPC SPI controller1	nxp,lpc-spi
SRAM	on-chip	Generic on-chip SRAM description2	mmio-sram
Timer	on-chip	ARMv8-M System Tick1	arm,armv8m-systick
	on-chip	NXP OS Timer on i.MX-RT5xx/6xx1	nxp,os-timer
USB	on-chip	NXP EHCI USB device mode1	nxp,ehci
Watchdog	on-chip	LPC Windowed Watchdog Timer1	nxp,lpc-wwdt

Display Support

The rd_rw612_bga board supports several in-tree display modules. Setup for each module is described below:

GoWorld 16880 LCM

This module does not connect directly to the board, and must be connected via an adapter board and jumper wires. Connections are described in boards/nxp/rd_rw612_bga/dts/goworld_16880_lcm.overlay. The display sample can be built for this board like so:

west build -b rd_rw612_bga samples/drivers/display -- -DDTC_OVERLAY_FILE=goworld_16880_lcm.overlay

Adafruit 2.8 TFT

The Adafruit 2.8” TFT Touch Shield v2 connects to the board’s Arduino headers directly, but some modifications are required (see boards/shields/adafruit_2_8_tft_touch_v2/boards/rd_rw612_bga.overlay for a list). The display sample can be built for this module like so:

west build -b rd_rw612_bga --shield adafruit_2_8_tft_touch_v2 samples/drivers/display

NXP LCD_PAR_S035

The NXP LCD_PAR_S035 TFT LCD Module does not connect directly to the board, and must be connected via jumper wires. Connections and required board changes are described in boards/shields/lcd_par_s035/boards/rd_rw612_bga.overlay. The display sample can be built for the module like so:

west build -b rd_rw612_bga --shield lcd_par_s035_8080 samples/drivers/display

Fetch Binary Blobs

To support Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, rd_rw612_bga requires fetching binary blobs, which can be achieved by running the following command:

west blobs fetch hal_nxp

Programming and Debugging

Build and flash applications as usual (see Building an Application and Run an Application for more details).

Configuring a Debug Probe

A debug probe is used for both flashing and debugging the board. This board is configured by default to use the JLink Firmware.

Configuring a Console

Connect a USB cable from your PC to J7, and use the serial terminal of your choice (minicom, putty, etc.) with the following settings:

• Speed: 115200

• Data: 8 bits

• Parity: None

• Stop bits: 1

Flashing

Here is an example for the Hello World application. This example uses the J-Link Debug Host Tools as default.

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b rd_rw612_bga samples/hello_world
west flash

Open a serial terminal, reset the board (press the RESET button), and you should see the following message in the terminal:

***** Booting Zephyr OS v3.4.0 *****
Hello World! rd_rw612_bga

Debugging

Here is an example for the Hello World application. This example uses the J-Link Debug Host Tools as default.

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b rd_rw612_bga samples/hello_world
west debug

Open a serial terminal, step through the application in your debugger, and you should see the following message in the terminal:

***** Booting Zephyr OS zephyr-v3.6.0 *****
Hello World! rd_rw612_bga

Bluetooth

BLE functionality requires to fetch binary blobs, so make sure to follow the Fetch Binary Blobs section first.

rd_rw612_bga platform supports the monolithic feature. The required binary blob <zephyr workspace>/modules/hal/nxp/zephyr/blobs/rw61x_sb_ble_a2.bin will be linked with the application image directly, forming one single monolithic image.

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi functionality requires to fetch binary blobs, so make sure to follow the Fetch Binary Blobs section first.

rd_rw612_bga platform supports the monolithic feature. The required binary blob <zephyr workspace>/modules/hal/nxp/zephyr/blobs/rw61x_sb_wifi_a2.bin will be linked with the application image directly, forming one single monolithic image.

Board variants

Ethernet

To use ethernet on the RD_RW612_BGA board, you first need to make the following modifications to the board hardware:

Add resistors:

• R485

• R486

• R487

• R488

• R489

• R491

• R490

Remove resistors:

• R522

• R521

• R520

• R524

• R523

• R508

• R505

Then, build for the board target rd_rw612_bga//ethernet.

Support Resources for Zephyr

• NXP Zephyr Downstream Software Development Kit [1]

• MCUXpresso for VS Code [2], wiki [3] documentation and Zephyr lab guides [4]

• NXP Zephyr Knowledge Hub [5]

• NXP’s Zephyr landing page [6] (including training resources)

• NXP Support Community forum for Zephyr [7]

Resources

[1]

https://github.com/nxp-zephyr/nxp-zsdk

[2]

https://www.nxp.com/design/design-center/software/embedded-software/mcuxpresso-for-visual-studio-code:MCUXPRESSO-VSC?tid=vanMCUXPRESSO-VSC

[3]

https://github.com/nxp-mcuxpresso/vscode-for-mcux/wiki

[4]

https://github.com/nxp-mcuxpresso/vscode-for-mcux/wiki/Training-Zephyr-Getting-Started

[5]

https://community.nxp.com/t5/Zephyr-Project-Knowledge-Base/Zephyr-Knowledge-Hub/ta-p/2008548

[6]

https://nxp.com/zephyr

[7]

https://community.nxp.com/t5/Zephyr-Project/bd-p/Zephyr-Project