Specifications
Product Family
NXP FRDM (Freedom) development board, FRDM-IMX93
Processor
NXP i.MX 93 applications processor, dual Arm Cortex-A55 at 1.7 GHz
Neural Accelerator
Arm Ethos-U65 microNPU for edge machine-learning inference
DRAM
2 GB LPDDR4X, 16-bit bus (Micron)
Storage
32 GB eMMC 5.1 plus a MicroSD 3.0 card slot
Wireless Module
On-board u-blox MAYA-W27x with NXP IW612 Wi-Fi 6 tri-radio
Wireless Standards
Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4 and 802.15.4 (Thread / Zigbee)
Ethernet
Two Gigabit Ethernet ports, one with TSN support
Display and Camera
MIPI-CSI and MIPI-DSI interfaces plus HDMI
Expansion
M.2 connector
USB
Three USB 2.0 Type-C connectors, one for debug and one power-delivery only, plus one USB 2.0 host
Power Management
NXP PCA9451A PMIC
I/O Expansion
PCAL6524 and PCAL6408A I/O expanders
CAN
On-board CAN transceiver (TJA1051T/3)
USB Power Switch
NX20P3483UK USB sink and source combo power switch
Form Factor
Compact low-cost FRDM board; NXP's first FRDM board with an i.MX MPU plus Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Kit Contents
FRDM-IMX93 board with on-board wireless module and assembly cables
Target Market
Industrial and IoT development
Overview
The FRDM-IMX93 is NXP's low-cost, compact development board for the i.MX 93 applications processor. It combines dual Arm Cortex-A55 cores running at 1.7 GHz with an Arm Ethos-U65 microNPU, giving developers a path to run quantized machine-learning workloads in the low-power edge range without adding a discrete accelerator.
The board is unusually well-connected for its class. It pairs 2 GB of LPDDR4X memory and 32 GB of eMMC 5.1 storage with an onboard u-blox MAYA-W27x module carrying NXP's IW612 tri-radio, which provides Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4 and 802.15.4 for Thread and Zigbee networks. Two Gigabit Ethernet ports, one TSN-capable, cover industrial networking, while MIPI-CSI, MIPI-DSI and HDMI interfaces handle camera and display integration. An M.2 connector and three USB 2.0 Type-C ports round out expansion and debug.
The FRDM-IMX93 is notable as NXP's first FRDM board built around an i.MX MPU with integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, positioning it for industrial and IoT prototypes that need secure connectivity and local inference. QS Compute supplies the FRDM-IMX93 and the wider i.MX 9 evaluation portfolio.
Key Benefits
NPU-integrated development: Ethos-U65 microNPU on the same SoC as dual 1.7 GHz Cortex-A55 cores for low-power edge AI. Tri-radio connectivity built in: Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4 and 802.15.4 on a single onboard module. Industrial networking ready: dual Gigabit Ethernet with TSN on one port. Low-cost entry point: compact FRDM form factor for rapid industrial and IoT prototyping.
Applications
Industrial IoT edge nodes, secure connected sensors and gateways, smart-building and home-automation devices, machine-vision prototypes, voice and vision edge inference, and rapid evaluation of the i.MX 93 platform before custom carrier design.
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