MCU and SoC 01 Features 02 Products 03 Overview 04 Buy 05

MCU and SoC 01

Built on Ambiq’s patented Subthreshold Power Optimized Technology (SPOT™) platform, Apollo family of microprocessors (MCUs) and System-on-Chip (SoCs) provide the most power-efficient processing solutions in the market. Optimized in both active and sleep modes, the Apollo processors are designed to deliver an ultra-long lifetime and higher performance for Wi-Fi-connected, battery-powered wearables, hearables, remote controls, Bluetooth speakers, and portable and mobile IoT devices.

Glossary

Apollo4 Blue Apollo4 Apollo3 Blue Plus Apollo3 Blue Thin Apollo3 Blue Apollo3 Apollo2 Thin Apollo2 Apollo

Features 02

Computational Horsepower

Arm Cortex-M4F core offers the computational horsepower required in an internet of things (IoT) world.

Power Efficiency

As low as 6 μA/MHz power efficiency to meet the most battery constrained processing needs.

Reduced Sleep Current

Integrates a power switch with ~1 Ω impedance to cut-off ground current on the host MCU and reduce sleep current to < 1 nA.

Optimized Power Modes

Optimize both active and sleep mode power.

Power-Optimized Sensor

Intelligent peripheral management for power-optimized sensor processing.

Multiple Package Options

Offered in BGA and WLCSP package options.

Sensor Application Processor

Serves as an application processor for one or more sensors (some have a fully integrated BLE5 radio).

Internet of Things

The Apollo processors, integrated with analog, digital, radio frequency circuitry, multiple interfaces, and other functionalities onto one tiny package, allow manufacturers the capability of running sensing, data storage, analysis, inference, security, and communications all within an ultra-low power budget. Close to 100 millions hearables, wearables, medical monitors, IoT devices, and wireless remote sensors are benefiting from the Apollo family by gaining the flexibility to dramatically increase battery life, adding more complex intelligent processing, all the while using less or smaller batteries, or unique power supplies, to provide the ultimate customer experiences.

Highlighted Products 03

Apollo3 Blue Plus

With an integrated Arm Cortex-M4 processor with Floating Point Unit (FPU) and Ambiq TurboSPOT, Apollo3 Blue Plus propels the computational capabilities to 96 MHz while lowering the active power consumption to < 6 µA/MHz.

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Greater Performance

Delivers both greater performance and much lower power than 8-bit, 16-bit, and other comparable 32-bit cores.

Optimized PWM

Supports highly optimized PWM pattern generation for complex, efficient stepper motor operations.

Software Tool Suite

Supported by a complete suite of standard software tools to shorten development time for go to market.

Apollo2 Thin

With unprecedented levels of energy efficiency, the Apollo2 Thin can deliver always-on keyword detection and voice assistant integration, local voice control, complex sensor processing, gesture recognition, and activity monitoring applications within the smallest power budget in the smallest form factor.

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Ultra Thin with Backside Coating

As thin as 300 µm and perfect for contactless biometric cards, including payment, authentication, access, and more.

Multiple Serial Protocol Support

Multiple I²C, SPI, or I²S protocols over the serial slave port for host processor communication.

ADC with Analog and Digital Outputs

Capable of measuring both analog and digital sensor outputs via its integrated ultra-low power 14-bit ADC.

MCU and SoC Products Overview 04


	Apollo	Apollo2	Apollo3	Apollo4	Apollo3 Blue	Apollo3 Blue Plus	Apollo4 Blue
MCU Frequency	24 MHz	48 MHz	96 MHz 192 MHz TurboSPOT	96 MHz 192 MHz TurboSPOT	48 MHz 96 MHz TurboSPOT	48 MHz 96 MHz TurboSPOT	96 MHz 192 MHz TurboSPOT
MCU	32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M4F	32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F	32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA	32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA	32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA, Arm® Cortex®-M0 for BLE	32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA Arm Cortex-M0 for BLE	32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA, Arm Cortex-M0 for BLE
MCU Power Efficiency	34 µA/MHz	10 µA/MHz	6 μA/MHz	4 μA/MHz	6 μA/MHz	6 μA/MHz	4 μA/MHz
NVM	512KB Flash	1MB Flash	1MB Flash	2MB MRAM	1MB Flash	2MB Flash	2MB MRAM
SRAM	64KB	256KB	384KB	1.8MB	384KB	768KB	1.8MB
Voltage	2.2-3.8 V	1.755-3.63 V	1.755-3.63 V	1.71-2.2 V	1.755-3.63 V	1.755-3.63 V	1.71-2.2 V
ADC	10-bit, 13-channel, up to 800 kSps Sampling Rate ADC	14-bit, 15-channel, up to 2.67 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC	14-bit, 15-channel, up to 2.67 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC	12-bit, 11-channel, up to 2.8 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC	14-bit, 15-channel, up to 2.67 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC	14-bit, 15-channel, up to 2.67 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC	12-bit, 11-channel, up to 2.8 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC
UART	1	2	2	4	2	2	4
I/O	I²C/SPI master (2x) I²C/SPI slave	I²C/SPI master (6x) I²C/SPI slave	I²C/SPI master (6x) I²C/SPI slave	I²C/SPI master (8x) I²C/SPI slave USB FS/HS SDIO v3.0/1x eMMC	I²C/SPI master (6x) I²C/SPI slave	I²C/SPI master (6x) I²C/SPI slave	I²C/SPI master (7x) I²C/SPI slave USB FS/HS SDIO v3.0/1x eMMC
MSPI	-	-	Dual/Quad/Octal-SPI Master 48 MHz SDR ISO7816 Master	Dual/Quad/Octal-SPI Master (3x) 96 MHz SDR 48 MHz DDR	Dual/Quad/Octal-SPI Master 48 MHz SDR ISO7816 Master	Dual/Quad/Octal-SPI Master (3x) 48 MHz SDR ISO7816 Master	Dual/Quad/Octal-SPI Master (2x) 96 MHz SDR 48 MHz DDR
I²S	-	I²S slave for PDM Audio Pass-through	I²S slave for PDM Audio Pass-through	I²S master/slave (2x) full-duplex with ASRC	I²S slave for PDM Audio Pass-through	I²S slave for PDM Audio Pass-through	I²S master/slave (2x) full-duplex with ASRC
Audio	-	Dual Interface PDM for Mono and Stereo Audio Microphones	Dual Interface PDM for Mono and Stereo Audio Microphones	4x Stereo Digital Microphones 2x LP Analog Microphone with PGA	Dual Interface PDM for Mono and Stereo Audio Microphones	Dual Interface PDM for Mono and Stereo Audio Microphones	4x Stereo Digital Microphones 2x LP Analog Microphone with PGA
Display	-	-	SPI 3-wire/4-wire	SPI 3-wire/4-wire Dual/QuadSPI MIPI DSI x2 4-layer Display Controller	SPI 3-wire/4-wire	SPI 3-wire/4-wire Dual/QuadSPI	SPI 3-wire/4-wire Dual/QuadSPI MIPI DSI x2 4-layer Display Controller
Graphics	-	-	-	2D/2.5D GPU	-	-	2D/2.5D GPU
Security	-	-	SecureSPOT	SecureSPOT 2.0	SecureSPOT	SecureSPOT	SecureSPOT 2.0
Connectivity	-	-	-	-	BLE 5	BLE 5	BLE 5.1
RF Sensitivity	-	-	-	-	-94 dBm	-94 dBm	-97 dBm
Tx Output Power	-	-	-	-	Up to +4 dBm	Up to +4 dBm	Up to +6 dBm
Packages	4.5 mm x 4.5 mm, 64-pin BGA with 50 GPIO 2.49 mm x 2.90 mm, 41-pin WLCSP with 27 GPIO	4.5 mm x 4.5 mm, 64-pin BGA with 50 GPIO 2.5 mm x 2.5 mm, 49-pin WLCSP with 34 GPIO 2.5 mm x 2.5 mm, 49-pin WLCSP with 300um with backside coating (Thin)	5 mm x 5 mm, 81-pin BGA with 50 GPIO 3.25 mm x 3.37 mm, 66-pin WLCSP with 37 GPIO	5 mm x 5 mm, 146-pin BGA with 105 GPIO	4.5 mm x 4.5 mm, 81-pin BGA with 50 GPIO 3.25 mm x 3.37 mm, 66-pin WLCSP with 37 GPIO 3.25 mm x 3.37 mm, 66-pin WLCSP 300um with backside coating (Thin)	5.3 mm x 4.3 mm x 0.8 mm, 108-pin BGA with 74 GPIO	4.7 mm x 4.7 mm, 131-pin SiP BGA with 81 GPIO
Ordering Information	APOLLO512-KBR (BGA) APOLLO512-KCR (WLCSP) AMAP1EVB (EVB)	AMAPH1KK-KBR (BGA) AMAPH1KK-KCR (WLCSP) AMAPH1KK-KCR-TB (Thin) AMAPHEVB (EVB)	AMAP31KK-KBR (BGA) AMAP31KK-KCR (WLCSP)	AMAP42KK-KBR-B2 (BGA) AMA4B2EVB (EVB) AMAP4DISP (EVB)	AMA3B1KK-KBR-B0 (BGA) AMA3B1KK-KCR-B0 (WLCSP) AMA3B1KK-KCR-TB (Thin) AMA3BEVB (EVB)	AMA3B2KK-KBR AMA3B2EVB (EVB)	AMA4B2KK-KBR-B2 AMA4BEVB (EVB)

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Where To Buy 05

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