MCF52236AF50 - ColdFire V2 32-bit MCU, 256KB Flash, 50MHz | NXP
MPN: MCF52236AF50 ✗ Akhir HidupMCF52236AF50 Ringkasan
A ColdFire microcontroller (MCU) is a 32-bit RISC processor family based on the Motorola 68000 instruction set architecture, optimized for embedded systems requiring higher performance than 8/16-bit MCUs while maintaining low power consumption. Within the broader taxonomy, ColdFire belongs to the MCU class, which is itself a subcategory of microcontrollers, embedded processors, and ultimately semiconductors. The MCF5223x family specifically targets Ethernet-enabled designs, integrating a 10/100 Mbps MAC and PHY for IP-connected endpoints.
Key features of the MCF52236AF50 include an integrated Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC) with media-independent interface (MII) and reduced MII (RMII), four 32-bit timer modules supporting capture, compare, and PWM, a 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with up to 8 input channels, two inter-integrated circuit (I2C) interfaces, two serial peripheral interfaces (SPI), three universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) modules, and a controller area network (CAN) 2.0B interface. The 56 general-purpose I/O pins provide extensive peripheral flexibility.
Technically, the MCF52236AF50 is built on a Harvard architecture ColdFire V2 core with a hardware multiply-accumulate (MAC) unit enabling efficient digital signal processing at modest clock rates. The 256KB Flash supports in-application programming (IAP) through a background debug mode (BDM) interface, while 32KB SRAM provides volatile workspace. Operating voltage spans 3.0V to 3.6V with 5V-tolerant I/O on selected pins.
Typical applications for the MCF52236AF50 include industrial Ethernet I/O modules, building automation gateways, smart energy metering endpoints, networked HVAC controllers, and intelligent sensor hubs. Designers select this part when on-chip Ethernet plus CAN simplifies gateway bill-of-materials and PCB area.
When designing with the MCF52236AF50, ensure the integrated PHY uses proper 50-ohm impedance-controlled traces to a transformer/connector (e.g., the integrated Ethernet PHY requires a 1:1 isolation transformer); decoupling requires 100nF X7R ceramic caps within 5mm of each VDD pin. The BDM interface (BKGD/MRESET) must be brought out to a header for in-circuit firmware updates.
This page synthesizes the manufacturer datasheet, distributor pricing tiers, and curated drop-in MCF5223x family alternatives that share the 80-LQFP footprint, supplementing information not found on a single product page.
Alternatif penggantian untuk MCF52236AF50 — paket yang sama, pin-pada-pin kompatibel. Bagian paket yang berbeda memerlukan kerja ulang PCB diabaikan.
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Model-series yang sama yang kompatibel dengan penggantian MCF52236AF50 (sama faktor bentuk dan footprint) — berbeda di dalam Package, Supply Voltage, RoHS Status, Core, SRAM.
MCF52233CAF60
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Lihat Datasheet →MCF52234CAF60
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MCF52235CAF60
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MCF52231CAF50
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MCF52252CAF66
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Lihat Datasheet →MCF52264AF80
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Lihat Datasheet →MCF52236AF50 Rating Maksimal & Karakteristik Listrik
| Core Architecture | ColdFire V2 (32-bit RISC) |
| Core Frequency | 50 MHz |
| Program Memory (Flash) | 256 KB (256K x 8) |
| RAM Size | 32 KB (32K x 8) |
| Number of I/O Pins | 56 |
| Paket / Case | 80-LQFP (14x14 mm) |
| Tipe Mounting | Surface Mount |
| Tegangan Pemuat | 3.0 V to 3.6 V |
| Oscillator Type | Internal |
| Communication Interfaces | Ethernet (10/100), CAN 2.0B, I2C x2, SPI x2, UART x3 |
| Ethernet Controller | Integrated 10/100 MAC + PHY |
| Status RoHS | Compliant |
| Lead Free | Yes |
| Packaging | Tray |
Konfigurasi Pin MCF52236AF50
| Pin produk 1 | VDD — Power supply 3.3V |
| Pin produk 2 | VSS — Ground |
| Pin produk 3 | AN0 — Analog input channel 0 / PTA0 |
| Pin produk 4 | AN1 — Analog input channel 1 / PTA1 |
| Pin produk 5 | AN2 — Analog input channel 2 / PTA2 |
| Pin produk 6 | AN3 — Analog input channel 3 / PTA3 |
| Pin produk 7 | AN4 — Analog input channel 4 / PTA4 |
| Pin produk 8 | AN5 — Analog input channel 5 / PTA5 |
| Pin produk 9 | AN6 — Analog input channel 6 / PTA6 |
| Pin produk 10 | AN7 — Analog input channel 7 / PTA7 |
| Pin produk 11 | VDDA — Analog supply 3.3V |
| Pin produk 12 | VSSA — Analog ground |
| Pin produk 13 | XTAL — Crystal oscillator input |
| Pin produk 14 | EXTAL — Crystal oscillator input / external clock |
| Pin produk 15 | VSS — Ground |
| Pin produk 16 | CLKOUT — System clock output |
| Pin produk 17 | RSTOUT — Reset output |
| Pin produk 18 | RESET — Reset input (active low) |
| Pin produk 19 | BKGD — Background Debug Mode / Mode select |
| Pin produk 20 | PTD0 — General I/O / CAN TX |
| Pin produk 21 | PTD1 — General I/O / CAN RX |
| Pin produk 22 | PTD2 — General I/O / I2C SDA |
| Pin produk 23 | PTD3 — General I/O / I2C SCL |
| Pin produk 24 | PTD4 — General I/O / SPI CLK |
| Pin produk 25 | PTD5 — General I/O / SPI MOSI |
| Pin produk 26 | PTD6 — General I/O / SPI MISO |
| Pin produk 27 | PTD7 — General I/O / SPI SS |
| Pin produk 28 | VDD — Power supply 3.3V |
| Pin produk 29 | VSS — Ground |
| Pin produk 30 | PTE0 — UART0 TX / General I/O |
| Pin produk 31 | PTE1 — UART0 RX / General I/O |
| Pin produk 32 | PTE2 — UART1 TX / General I/O |
| Pin produk 33 | PTE3 — UART1 RX / General I/O |
| Pin produk 34 | PTE4 — UART2 TX / General I/O |
| Pin produk 35 | PTE5 — UART2 RX / General I/O |
| Pin produk 36 | PTE6 — General I/O / PWM |
| Pin produk 37 | PTE7 — General I/O / PWM |
| Pin produk 38 | PTF0 — General I/O / Timer 0 |
| Pin produk 39 | PTF1 — General I/O / Timer 1 |
| Pin produk 40 | PTF2 — General I/O / Timer 2 |
| Pin produk 41 | PTF3 — General I/O / Timer 3 |
| Pin produk 42 | PTF4 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 43 | PTF5 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 44 | PTF6 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 45 | PTF7 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 46 | VDD — Power supply 3.3V |
| Pin produk 47 | VSS — Ground |
| Pin produk 48 | ETH_TX+ — Ethernet PHY transmit positive |
| Pin produk 49 | ETH_TX- — Ethernet PHY transmit negative |
| Pin produk 50 | VDD — Power supply 3.3V (PHY) |
| Pin produk 51 | VSS — Ground (PHY) |
| Pin produk 52 | ETH_RX+ — Ethernet PHY receive positive |
| Pin produk 53 | ETH_RX- — Ethernet PHY receive negative |
| Pin produk 54 | PTG0 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 55 | PTG1 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 56 | PTG2 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 57 | PTG3 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 58 | PTG4 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 59 | PTG5 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 60 | PTG6 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 61 | PTG7 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 62 | PTH0 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 63 | PTH1 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 64 | PTH2 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 65 | PTH3 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 66 | PTH4 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 67 | PTH5 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 68 | PTH6 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 69 | PTH7 — General I/O |
| Pin produk 70 | VDD — Power supply 3.3V |
| Pin produk 71 | VSS — Ground |
| Pin produk 72 | PTJ0 — General I/O / IRQ |
| Pin produk 73 | PTJ1 — General I/O / IRQ |
| Pin produk 74 | PTJ2 — General I/O / IRQ |
| Pin produk 75 | PTJ3 — General I/O / IRQ |
| Pin produk 76 | PTJ4 — General I/O / IRQ |
| Pin produk 77 | PTJ5 — General I/O / IRQ |
| Pin produk 78 | PTJ6 — General I/O / IRQ |
| Pin produk 79 | PTJ7 — General I/O / IRQ |
| Pin produk 80 | TEST — Test mode (tie to VDD in normal operation) |
Aplikasi Umum
MCF52236AF50 cocok untuk 6 aplikasis: Industrial Ethernet I/O Modules, Building Automation Gateways, Smart Energy Metering Endpoints, Networked HVAC Controllers, Intelligent Sensor Hubs / IoT Gateways, Industrial Protocol Converter Bridges.
Industrial Ethernet I/O Modules
The MCF52236AF50's integrated 10/100 Ethernet MAC + PHY and 32 KB SRAM make it well-suited to industrial distributed I/O modules that publish sensor states over Modbus TCP. Its 50 MHz ColdFire V2 core sustains TCP/IP stack housekeeping while a 12-bit ADC samples analog input channels concurrently. Pin-compatible with MCF52252CAF66 at 66 MHz, designs can scale up to faster response times without PCB rework.
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Building Automation Gateways
The MCF52236AF50 bridges BACnet/IP, KNX, or LonWorks fieldbuses to Ethernet in building automation gateways by combining its CAN 2.0B interface with onboard 10/100 Ethernet. ColdFire V2's deterministic interrupt latency and 256 KB Flash accommodates full BACnet protocol stacks without external memory. Designers reuse the same PCB across gateway models by swapping in MCF52233/34/35 family variants that share the 80-LQFP footprint.
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Smart Energy Metering Endpoints
In smart electricity, water, or gas metering endpoints, the MCF52236AF50 hosts the DLMS/COSEM application layer on top of its integrated Ethernet MAC while the 12-bit ADC measures consumption pulses or analog sensor outputs. Its 256 KB Flash stores monthly billing logs and the 32 KB SRAM buffers TCP connections to the head-end system. The integrated PHY eliminates external Ethernet IC, lowering BOM for high-volume residential meters.
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Networked HVAC Controllers
Networked HVAC controllers rely on the MCF52236AF50's CAN 2.0B interface for inter-board communication between the indoor unit, outdoor heat-pump, and zoning actuators while Ethernet feeds BACnet/IP to the building management system. Four 32-bit timer/PWM channels drive triac-fired damper motors without external timer ICs. The 56 GPIO plus 3 UARTs manage multiple thermostat keypads and humidity/CO2 sensors in one consolidated design.
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Intelligent Sensor Hubs / IoT Gateways
The MCF52236AF50 acts as an IoT gateway aggregating SPI or I2C sensor data from local nodes and uploading over Ethernet to a cloud broker. With two I2C and two SPI peripherals, designers can directly attach temperature, pressure, accelerometer, and gas sensors without expanders. The 256 KB Flash accommodates TLS stacks plus MQTT client logic for secure cloud publishing in industrial IoT deployments.
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Industrial Protocol Converter Bridges
Industrial protocol converters using the MCF52236AF50 translate between Modbus RTU (UART), CANopen (CAN), and Modbus TCP (Ethernet) to retrofit legacy equipment with modern SCADA connectivity. ColdFire V2's 50 MHz core provides deterministic protocol translation latencies; 32 KB SRAM buffers high-volume Modbus traffic. With NXP's free ColdFire TCP/IP Lite stack the part is production-ready out of the box for industrial bridge designs.
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Ringkasan Produk Direkomendasikan
Data referensi engineering untuk MCF52236AF50 — pembandingan, panduan desain, dan informasi konformitas.
Panduan Pemilihan
Pembandingan dengan Alternatif
| Parameter Umum | Produk Ini | MCF52233CAF60 | MCF52235CAF60 | MCF52252CAF66 | MCF52264AF80 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | NXP Semiconductors | NXP Semiconductors | NXP Semiconductors | NXP Semiconductors | NXP Semiconductors |
| Package | 80-LQFP (14x14) | 80-LQFP (14x14) - same | 80-LQFP (14x14) - same | 80-LQFP (14x14) - same | 80-LQFP (14x14) - same |
| Core Frequency | 50 MHz | 60 MHz | 60 MHz | 66 MHz | 80 MHz |
| Flash Memory | 256 KB | 128 KB | 256 KB | 256 KB | 256 KB |
| SRAM | 32 KB | 32 KB | 32 KB | 64 KB | 64 KB |
| Ethernet PHY | Integrated 10/100 | Integrated 10/100 | Integrated 10/100 | Integrated 10/100 | Integrated 10/100 |
| CAN 2.0B | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cryptographic Acceleration | No | No | Yes (CAU) | No | No |
| Lifecycle Status | NRND | NRND | NRND | Active | Active |
Diferensiator Kunci
- Full 256 KB Flash with integrated Ethernet PHY (vsMCF52233CAF60)
- Cryptographic acceleration absent (vsMCF52235CAF60)
- NRND status vs active MCF52252CAF66 (vsMCF52252CAF66)
- Core frequency 50 MHz vs 80 MHz alternatives (vsMCF52264AF80)
Catatan Desain
Each VDD/VSS pair on the MCF52236AF50 requires a 100 nF X7R ceramic decoupling capacitor placed within 5 mm of the pin to suppress switching noise from the ColdFire core. Bulk 10 uF tantalum or polymer capacitors on each supply rail handle transient demands of the integrated Ethernet PHY during packet transmission. The VDDA/VSSA analog supply pair must be filtered with a ferrite bead and decoupled separately from the digital supply to keep ADC conversions accurate (target 12-bit SNR).
Estimated: At 50 MHz with all peripherals active, the MCF52236AF50 dissipates approximately 0.5 W typical, which the 80-LQFP package dissipates via the PCB copper pour without a dedicated heatsink. For sealed enclosures with ambient temperatures above 70 C, increase the GND copper pour to at least 2 square inches on top and bottom layers tied with thermal vias. Designers switching to the 80 MHz MCF52264AF80 should verify the 0.7 W worst-case dissipation does not exceed theta_JA characterization.
The integrated Ethernet PHY on pins 48-53 (ETH_TX+/-, VDD/VSS PHY, ETH_RX+/-) requires 50-ohm single-ended impedance traces routed directly to the magnetics/transformer with ground reference plane underneath. Keep PHY traces under 25 mm and avoid vias; series-termination resistors are not needed because the PHY already drives matched impedance. MDI/MII routed to a connector should be length-matched within 2 mm between positive and negative pairs to maintain common-mode rejection.
Do not leave the BKGD pin floating - it must be tied high through a 4.7 kohm resistor to VDD for normal operation. Connecting BKGD to ground forces BDM mode and prevents normal startup. The TEST pin (pin 80) must be tied to VDD for normal operation; tying it low enables factory test mode. Crystal selection on XTAL/EXTAL (pins 13/14) must include series load capacitors matched to the crystal's specified load capacitance (typically 18-22 pF).
Informasi Konformitas
RoHS and lead-free per NXP product page. Not AEC-Q100 qualified - not recommended for automotive safety applications. Industrial and commercial temperature grades only.
