NXP Semiconductors FRDM-MCXA346 MCU Development Board
NXP Semiconductors FRDM-MCXA346 MCU Development Board is a compact and scalable development board for the rapid prototyping of MCX A345 and MCX A346 MCUs. It offers industry-standard headers for easy MCU I/Os access, integrated open-standard serial interfaces, external flash memory, and an onboard MCU-Link debugger. Additional tools like the NXP Expansion Board Hub for add-on boards and the Application Code Hub for software examples are available through the MCUXpresso Developer Experience.
Features
- Microcontroller
- MCXA346 Arm® Cortex®-M33 core up to 180MHz
- Up to 1MB Flash with up to 256KB RAM with 8KB ECC, support for MAU and SmartDMA, CAN-FD, LPUART, LPSPI, LPI2C, DMA, and LDO
- Connectivity
- HS USB Type-C® connectors (onboard MCU-Link debugger)
- CAN/I3C/SPI/I2C/UART connector (Arduino®, PMOD™/mikroBUS™, DNP)
- Wi-Fi® connector (Arduino, PMOD/mikroBUS, DNP)
- Camera connector (SmartDMA)
- Debugger
- Onboard MCU-Link debugger with CMSIS-DAP
- JTAG/SWD connector
- Expansion options
- Arduino header
- FRDM header
- Pmod DNP
- mikroBUS
- SmartDMA/camera header
- GPIO1 header
- GPIO2 header
- User interfaces
- RGB user LED
- Reset button
- ISP button
- Wake-up button
Applications
- Industrial
- Brushless DC motor (BLDC) control
- Motor drives
- Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs)
- Vital signs monitors
- Consumer [Air Conditioning (AC)]
Block Diagram
Board Layout
Related Microcontrollers
NXP Semiconductors MCX A34x Arm® Cortex®-M33 Microcontrollers
These microcontrollers support running up to 180MHz, 1MB of Flash, and 256kB RAM.
Development Tools
NXP Semiconductors MCX A Series FRDM Development Boards
Cost-effective, compact, and scalable board for rapid prototyping using MCUXpresso.
Published: 2025-08-06
| Updated: 2025-08-27