Apollo510

Advanced AI on a Chip

The first member of the Apollo5 family, the Apollo510, provides unrivaled energy efficiency at 300x more inference throughput per joule, built to handle advanced artificial intelligence such as speech, vision, health, and industrial AI models.

Design resources

Endless Endpoint Capabilities

Outstanding Graphics

A 2.5D GPU with vector graphics acceleration for vibrant, crystal-clear, and smooth graphics, a 3.5x overall performance enhancement over the Apollo4 Plus family

Leading Energy-Efficiency

A complete overhaul in hardware and software to include the Arm-Cortex M55 CPU with Helium to achieve processing speeds up to 250MHz.

Built for Next-Gen AI

Capable of performing a vast majority of AI, all WITHOUT the need for an NPU, including low-power sensor monitoring, always on voice commands, teleco-quality audio enhancements and more.

Robust Security

Built on Ambiq's secureSPOT platform and Arm's TrustZone technology with a physical unclonable function (PUF), tamper-resistant OTP, and secure peripherals — establishing a trusted execution environment (TEE).

Block Diagram for the Ultra-Low Power Apollo510 MCU

Specifications

High-Performance Arm Cortex-M55 Processor with FPU

Integrated 64 kB Instruction Cache and 64 kB Data Cache
Integrated 256 kB Instruction Tightly Coupled Memory (ITCM) and 512 kB Data TCM (DTCM)
Up to 250 MHz clock frequency
Integer, half-precision and single-precision floating-point Mprofile Vector Extensions (MVE) supported
Memory Protection Unit (MPU)

Security Features

Arm Trust Zone®
Secure Boot
Secure over-the-air (OTA) updates
Secure wired updates
Key Revocation

Ultra-low Power Memory

Up to 4MB of non-volatile memory for code/data
Up to 3.75MB of TCM and system RAM for code/data

Ultra-Low Power Interface for On- and Off-Chip Sensors

12-bit ADC, 11 selectable input channels
Up to 1.7 MS/s sampling rate
Temperature sensor with ±3°C accuracy

Ultra-low Power Flexible Serial Peripherals

2x 2/4/8-bit SPI master interfaces
2x 2/4/8/16-bit SPI master interface
8x I²C/SPI masters for peripheral communication
I²C/SPI slave for host communications
4x UART modules with FIFOs and flow control
1x USB 2.0 HS/FS device controller
2x SDIO (SD3.0) / eMMC (v4.51)

Display

Memory in Pixel (MiP) display interface with fast-forward
LCD controller
MIPI DSI 1.2 with 2 data lanes up to 1.5 Gbps (768 Mbps per lane)
Up to 640x480 resolution at 60 fps
4 layers with alpha blending
Frame Buffer Decompression

Audio Processing

1x LP Always-on Audio ADC
2x PDM DMIC interface
2x full-duplex multichannel I2S ports, 1 with ASRC

Graphics

96 MHz / 250 MHz operating modes
2.5D-like graphics accelerator with Vector Graphics (VG)
Anti-aliasing hardware acceleration
Rasterizer / full alpha blending / texture mapping
Texture / frame buffer compression (TSC4, 6, 6A and 12)
Dithering and radial/conical fill support

Rich Set of Clock Sources

PLL for precise clocking applications
16-52 MHz and 32.768 kHz Crystal (XTAL) oscillators
1 kHz Low Frequency RC (LFRC) oscillator
2x High Frequency RC (HFRC) oscillator

Power Management

Operating range: 1.71-2.2 V
SIMO buck
Multiple I/O voltages supported

Applications

Smart watches/bands
Wireless sensors and IoT
Activity and fitness monitors
Children's watches
Animal trackers
Motion and tracking devices
Alarms and security system
Far-field voice remotes
Consumer medical devices
Predictive maintenance
Smart home

Package Options

Several BGA packages with 48-190 GPIO

Ordering Information
(-20 to +70C)

AP510NFA-CCR (CSP, No connectivity built in)
AP510NFA-CBR (BGA, No connectivity built in)

Ordering Information
(-40 to +85C)

AP510NFA-ICR (CSP, No connectivity built in)
AP510NFA-IBR (BGA, No connectivity built in)

Design Resources

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Apollo510 SoC Product Brief
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