Product specifications
Apollo- Ultra-Low Power Microcontroller
APOLLO512-KBR
The Apollo MCU Family is an ultra-low power, highly integrated microcontroller designed for battery-powered devices including wearable electroncis, activity & fitness monitors, and wireless sensors. By combining ultra-low power sensor conversions electronics with the powerfull ARMCortex-M4 processor with Floating Point Unit (FPU), the Apollo MCU enables complex sensor processing tasks to be completed with unprecedented battery life. Weeks, months, and years of battery life are achievable while doing complex context detection, gesture recognition, and activity monitoring. The Apollo MCU takes full advantage of Ambiq's patented Subthresholld Power Optimzed Technology (SPOT) Platform, setting a new industry benchmark in low power design.
The Apollo MCU integrates up to 512KB of flash memory and 64 KB of RAM to accomodate radio and ensor overhead while still leaving plenty of space for application code. This microcontroller also includes serial master and UART ports for communicating with radios and sensors including accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers.
Features
Ultra-Low Supply Current
- EEMBC ULP Bench score of 377
- 35uA/MHz executing from flash at 3.3V
- 143 nA deep sleep mode at 3.3V
- 419 nA deep sleep mode with XTAL-assisted RTC at 3.3V
High-Performance Arm Cortex-M4 Processor
- Up to 24 MHz clock frequency
- Floating Point Unit
- Memory Protection Unit (MPU)
- Wake-up interrupt controller with 12 interrupts
Ultra-low Power Memory
- Up to 512KB of flash memory for code/data
- Up to 64KB of low power RAM for code/data
Ultra-low Power Interface for Off-Chip Sensors
- 10-bit, 13-channel up to 800 kSps ADC
- Up to 800 kSps sampling rate
- Temperature sensor with +/-40C accuracy
Ultra-low Power Flexible Serial Peripherals
- 2x 1 2C/SPl masters for communication with sensors, radios, and other peripherals
- Ix 1 2C/SPl slave for host communications
- Ix UART for communication with peripherals and legacy devices
Rich Set of Clock Sources
- 32.768 KHz Crystal (XTAL) oscillators
- Low Frequency RC (LFRC) oscillator (1.024 KHz)
- High Frequency RC (HFRC) oscillator (24 MHz)
- RTC based on Ambiq's AM08X5/18X5 family
Wide Operating Range
- 1.8-3.8 v, to 85 0c
Applications
- Wearable electronics
- Wireless sensors
- Activity and fitness monitors
- Consumer medical devices
Package Options
- 4.5mm x 4.5mm 64-pin BGA with 50 GPIO
- 2.49mm x 2.90mm 41 -pin CSP with 27 GPIO
Ordering Information
- APOLL0512-KBR (5121<8 Flash, 64KB RAM, 64-pin BGA)
- Ambiq Product -