Typical applications include kiosk terminals, image processing applications, IP surveillance cameras, and secure real-time embedded control applications - in fact, any device where power consumption is a challenge will benefit from this processor that combines low power consumption and high performance.

Based on a standard ARM1136 core, the i.MX31 processor includes leading power management, security features and extensive connectivity capabilities.  Value-added features are accessible to the developer through easy-to-use programming interfaces (API), and the processor is designed with Freescale's Smart Speed Technology to enable ultra low power consumption with performance equivalent to desktop computing processors.

A wide range of operating systems is supported, including Microsoft WindowsCE.net and eLinux.

Multimedia

• VGA MPEG-4 HW encode
• Graphics acceleration (i.MX31 only)
• Image Processing Unit (IPU)
• CMOS/CCD sensor interface
• Resize, color space conversion
• Deblocking, deringing, blending
• Display/TV controller

External Memory Interface (EMI)

• SDRAM 16/32-bit, 133 MHz
• Mobile DDR 16/32-bit, 266 MHz
• NAND Flash 8/16-bit
• PSRAM

Advanced Power Management

• Automatic Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS)
• Dynamic Process Temperature Compensation (DPTC)
• Active well-bias
• Power gating Connectivity

Interface 

• High Speed USB OTG, 2 Hosts
• 2 x MMC/SD, 2 x Memory Stick ProTM
• PCMCIA/CF
• ATA-6 (HDD) interface
• Audio MUX
• IrDA, fast IrDA, keypad
• Configuable SPI x 2, SSI/I2S x 2, UART x 5

Performance