Description
The SAMA5D27C-CNVAO is a high-performance, power-efficient embedded MPU based on the ARM Cortex-A5 processor. It integrates
the ARM NEON SIMD engine for accelerated multimedia and signal processing, a configurable 128-Kbyte L2 cache, a floating point unit
for high-precision computing and reliable performance, as well as high data bandwidth architecture. The device features an advanced user
interface and connectivity peripherals. Advanced security is provided by powerful cryptographic accelerators, by the ARM TrustZone technology
securing access to memories and sensitive peripherals, and by several hardware features that safeguard memory content, authenticate
software reliability, detect physical attacks and prevent information leakage during code execution.
The SAMA5D27C-CNVAO features an internal multilayer bus architecture associated with 2 x 16 DMA channels and dedicated DMAs for
the communication and interface peripherals required to ensure uninterrupted data transfers with minimal processor overhead. The device
supports DDR2, DDR3, DDR3L, LPDDR1, LPDDR2, LPDDR3, and SLC/MLC NAND Flash memory up to 32-bit ECC.
The comprehensive peripheral set includes an LCD TFT controller with overlays for hardware-accelerated image composition, an image
sensor controller, audio support through I2S, SSC, a stereo Class D amplifier and a digital microphone. Connectivity peripherals include
a 10/100 EMAC, USBs, CAN-FDs, FLEXCOMs, UARTs, SPIs and two QSPIs, SDIO/SD/e.MMCs, and TWIs/I2C.
Protection of code and data is provided by automatic scrambling of memories and an Integrity Check Monitor (ICM) to detect any modification
of the memory contents. The SAMA5D27C-CNVAO also supports execution of encrypted code (QSPI or one portion of the DDR)
with an “on-the-fly” encryption-decryption process.
With its secure design architecture, cryptographic acceleration engines, and secure boot loader, the SAMA5D27C-CNVAO is the ideal
solution for point-of-sale (POS), IoT and industrial applications requiring anti-cloning, data protection and secure communication transfer.
The SAMA5D27C-CNVAO features three software-selectable low-power modes: Idle, Ultra-low-power and Backup.
In Idle mode, the processor is stopped while all other functions can be kept running.
In Ultra-low-power-mode 0, the processor is stopped while all other functions are clocked at 512 Hz and interrupts or peripherals can be
configured to wake up the system based on events, including partial asynchronous wakeup (SleepWalking).
In Ultra-low-power mode 1, all clocks and functions are stopped but some peripherals can be configured to wake up the system based on
events, including partial asynchronous wakeup (SleepWalking).
In Backup mode, RTC and wakeup logic are active. The Backup mode can be extended to feature DDR in Self-refresh mode.
The SAMA5D27C-CNVAO also includes an Event System that allows peripherals to receive, react to and send events in Active and Idle
modes without processor intervention.

Features
• ARM Cortex-A5 core
- ARMv7-A architecture
- ARM TrustZone
- NEON™ Media Processing Engine
- Up to 500MHz
- ETM/ETB 8 Kbytes
• Memory Architecture
- Memory Management Unit
- 32-Kbyte L1 data cache, 32-Kbyte L1 instruction cache
- 128-Kbyte L2 cache configurable to be used as an internal SRAM
- One 128-Kbyte scrambled internal SRAM
- One 160-Kbyte internal ROM
 64-Kbyte scrambled and maskable ROM embedding boot loader/ Secure boot loader
 96-Kbyte unscrambled, unmaskable ROM for NAND Flash BCH ECC table
- High-bandwidth scramblable 16-bit or 32-bit Double Data Rate (DDR) multiport dynamic RAM controller supporting
up to 512 Mbyte 8-bank DDR2/DDR3 (DLL off only) / DDR3L (DLL off only) / LPDDR1/LPDDR2/
LPDDR3, including “on-the-fly” encryption/decryption path
- 8-bit SLC/MLC NAND controller, with up to 32-bit Error Correcting Code (PMECC)
• System running up to 166 MHz in typical conditions
- Reset controller, shutdown controller, periodic interval timer, independent watchdog timer and secure Real-Time
Clock (RTC) with clock calibration
- One 600 to 1200 MHz PLL for the system and one 480 MHz PLL optimized for USB high speed
- Digital fractional PLL for audio (11.2896 MHz and 12.288 MHz)
- Internal low-power 12 MHz RC and 32 KHz typical RC
- Selectable 32.768-Hz low-power oscillator and 8 to 24 MHz oscillator
- 51 DMA Channels including two 16-channel 64-bit Central DMA Controllers
- 64-bit Advanced Interrupt Controller (AIC)
- 64-bit Secure Advanced Interrupt Controller (SAIC)
- Three programmable external clock signals
• Low-Power Modes
- Ultra Low-power mode with fast wakeup capability
- Low-power Backup mode with 5-Kbyte SRAM and SleepWalking™ features
 Wakeup from up to nine wakeup pins, UART reception, analog comparison
 Fast wakeup capability
 Extended Backup mode with DDR in Self-Refresh mode
• Peripherals
- LCD TFT controller up to 1024x768, with four overlays, rotation, post-processing and alpha blending, 24-bit parallel RGB
- ITU-R BT. 601/656/1120 Image Sensor Controller (ISC) supporting up to 5 M-pixel sensors with a parallel 12-bit interface for Raw
Bayer, YCbCr, Monochrome and JPEG-compressed sensor interface
- Two Synchronous Serial Controllers (SSC), two Inter-IC Sound Controllers (I2SC), and one Stereo Class D amplifier
- One Peripheral Touch Controller (PTC) with up to 8 X-lines and 8 Y-lines (64-channel capacitive touch)
- One Pulse Density Modulation Interface Controller (PDMIC)
- One USB high-speed device port (UDPHS) and one USB high-speed host port or two USB high-speed host ports (UHPHS)
- One USB high-speed host port with a High-Speed Inter-Chip (HSIC) interface
- One 10/100 Ethernet MAC (GMAC)
 Energy efficiency support (IEEE 802.3az standard)
 Ethernet AVB support with IEEE802.1AS time stamping
 IEEE802.1Qav credit-based traffic-shaping hardware support
 IEEE1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
- Two high-speed memory card hosts:
 SDMMC0: SD 3.0, eMMC 4.51, 8 bits
 SDMMC1: SD 2.0, eMMC 4.41, 4 bits only
- Two master/slave Serial Peripheral Interfaces (SPI)
- Two Quad Serial Peripheral Interfaces (QSPI)
- Five FLEXCOMs (USART, SPI and TWI)
- Five UARTs
- Two master CAN-FD (MCAN) controllers with SRAM-based mailboxes, and time- and event-triggered transmission
- One Rx only UART in backup area (RXLP)
- One analog comparator (ACC) in backup area
- Two 2-wire interfaces (TWIHS) up to 400 Kbits/s supporting the I2C protocol and SMBUS (TWIHS)
- Two 3-channel 32-bit Timer/Counters (TC), supporting basic PWM modes
- One full-featured 4-channel 16-bit Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) controller
- One 12-channel, 12-bit, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) with Resistive TouchScreen capability
• Safety
- Zero-power Power-On Reset (POR) cells
- Main crystal clock failure detector
- Write-protected registers
- Integrity Check Monitor (ICM) based on SHA256
- Memory Management Unit
- Independent watchdog
• Security
- 5 Kbytes of internal scrambled SRAM:
 1 Kbyte non-erasable on tamper detection
 4 Kbytes erasable on tamper detection
- 256 bits of scrambled and erasable registers
- Up to eight tamper pins for static or dynamic intrusion detections
- Secure Boot Loader(1)
- On-the-fly AES encryption/decryption on DDR and QSPI memories (AESB)
- RTC including time-stamping on security intrusions
- Programmable fuse box with 544 fuse bits (including JTAG protection and BMS)
• Hardware cryptography
- SHA (SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512): compliant with FIPS PUB 180-2
- AES: 256-, 192-, 128-bit key algorithm, compliant with FIPS PUB 197
- TDES: two-key or three-key algorithms, compliant with FIPS PUB 46-3
- True Random Number Generator (TRNG) compliant with NIST Special Publication 800-22 Test Suite and FIPS PUBs 140-2 and
140-3
• Up to 128 I/Os
- Fully programmable through set/clear registers
- Multiplexing of up to eight peripheral functions per I/O line
- Each I/O line can be assigned to a peripheral or used as a general purpose I/O
- The PIO controller features a synchronous output providing up to 32 bits of data output in one write operation
• Automotive
- Qualification AEC-Q100 grade 2 ([-40°C : +105°C] ambient temperature)
• Packages
- 289-ball LFBGA, 14 x 14 mm body, 0.8 mm pitch