FREESCALE MCF5249LAG120

ColdFire® Embedded Controllers
MCF5249
New Trends Call
for New Technology
Enhanced Features Open the Door
to New Possibilities
While sales of consumer electronics and
Freescale’s ColdFire MCF5249 32-bit
home audio devices are growing, and the
integrated microprocessor, based on the
popularity of the low-cost, high-capacity
Version 2 (V2) ColdFire core, includes new
MP3 format is increasing, Freescale
features that are ideal for any application that
Semiconductor is keeping pace with
requires significant control processing for file
innovative devices that address these
management, signal processing and data
trends. The MCF5249 ColdFire®
buffering. In fact, the MCF5249, with up to
microprocessor has entered the market
125 Dhrystone 2.1 MIPS at 140 MHz, is
at a time when a convergence is taking
diverse enough to drive a wide range of
place between home audio electronics
applications, everything from digital audio to
and computer technologies. At the same
security to industrial control.
time, Freescale has positioned this
advanced ColdFire device for many other
growing markets such as security and
biometrics for fingerprint recognition
and iris scanning applications. Many
corporations, educational facilities,
law enforcement and public transport
applications, such as information kiosks,
security and biometrics. The advanced
features include an enhanced
Multiply-Accumulate (eMAC) unit, 96 KB of
on-chip SRAM, 8 KB I-Cache, serial interfaces,
a 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC),
a four-channel direct memory access (DMA),
timers, general-purpose input/output (GPIO)
lines, system integration and a glueless
SDRAM controller.
The MCF5249, our highest performing V2
yet, gives you flexibility to cost-effectively
design the feature-rich products your
The MCF5249 is uniquely designed to
customers demand in significantly less time.
enable fewer system components and,
with low system power requirements,
products with a longer battery life.
Additionally, its integrated features
keep development costs low and time
to market short.
authorities are placing increased
New Features Give You
More Design Options
The MCF5249 includes exciting
enhancements—serial audio ports compatible
with industry-standard formats, CD-ROM
block decoder/encoder, SPDIF/EBU
emphasis and investment in the
The MCF5249 also protects the investments
transmitter/receiver, Flash media interface,
protection of their staff and assets.
you’ve already made in technology and
IDE master interface—that eliminate the need
Accordingly, the use of biometric security
training. With its seamless, fully compatible
for additional audio interfaces. The innovative
is expected to grow exponentially over
upgrade path, the MCF5249 is an attractive
on-chip audio bus allows a direct connection
the next few years.
option for MCF5206e users looking to add
between audio interfaces with no intervention
performance and capabilities.
from the CPU, adding even more intelligence
Price Performance That’s Hard to Beat
While the MCF5249 is well suited for the
digital audio market, advanced features make
it a good fit for many industrial control
to this smart device. The ColdFire Family is
designed to accelerate system design time
and reduce development costs.
MCF5249 Features
• Two I2C transmitter/receivers
> V2 ColdFire processor core
• Hard disk drive interface
> 8 KB instruction cache
• Flash media interface
> 96 KB SRAM
> eMAC unit
> Hardware integer divide unit
> System integration (Phase-Lock
real-time capability
BDM
PLL
GPIO
JTAG
IDE
Interface
12-bit
ADC
Flash Media
Interface
SPDIF/EBU
Rx/Tx
I2C
I2C
I2C
Rx/Tx
UART
UART
Loop, software watchdog)
> Doze mode and variable
frequency operation
> Industry-leading debug module
offering both background and
MCF5249 BLOCK DIAGRAM
QSPI
DMAs/
Timers
CD-ROM
Block E/D
MCF5249 Product Specifications
> Up to 125 (Dhrystone 2.1) MIPS at
140 MHz
96 KB
SRAM
8 KB
I-Cache
> Integrated processor
> -40°C to +85°C operating temperature
• Two independent
universal asynchronous
receiver/transmitters (UARTs)
> Requires 1.8V and 3.3V power supply
> Package:
• Two I2C interfaces
• 160-pin MAPBGA
package—MCF5249
• Queued serial peripheral
interface (QSPI)
• 144-pin LQFP
package—MCF5249L
eMAC
• SDRAM controller
V2
ColdFire®
Core
System
Bus
Controller
SDRAM
Controller
and
Chip Selects
• Four-channel DMA
(two internal/two external)
A Seamless Migration Path Protects Your
Technology Investment
• 12-bit ADC
By leveraging your existing development tools
• Two independent 16-bit timers
and software, the MCF5249 protects the
• Chip selects
resources you’ve already invested in 68K and
ColdFire microprocessor technology and
• 16-bit GPIOs
training. For example, when you move from 68K
• CD-ROM block decoder/encoder
to ColdFire microprocessors, you can use code
• CD text interface
translation and emulation tools, free of charge to
• Sony Phillips Digital Interface
(SPDIF)/EBU transmitter/receiver
registered users, to modify and reuse 68K
assembly code.
The 100-percent synthesizable ColdFire Family
Flexibility to Meet Your
Customers’ Needs
The MCF5249 incorporates advanced
technologies that allow you to build
greater performance into your products
and get them to market faster than
The innovative ColdFire Family has been a
key member of Freescale’s 32-bit family of
products for more than eight years. And
the ColdFire Family development roadmap
ensures your creativity, time and resources
are protected into the future.
your competition.
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secures your investment in technology and
training well into the future. Even better, the
ColdFire family of microprocessors, including
the MCF5249, gives you the freedom to
experiment with powerful capabilities for
visionary electronic products, without
sacrificing system costs or time to market.