QN9090 andQN9030: thelatest in Intelligent
Connectivity

High Capability and Low PowerBluetooth® 5 SoC with Built-in NFC Option
The QN9090 and QN9030 are the latest devices in the QN series of Bluetooth low
energy devices that achieve ultra-low-power consumption and integrate an Arm®
Cortex®-M4 CPU with a comprehensive mix of analog and digital peripherals. These
highly capable devices allow developers to create products that have rich features andaddress ease of use with optional NFC technology.
TARGET APPLICATIONS
Wearables
Healthcare devices
Sports and fitness trackers
HID controllers and remote control units
Toys and gaming peripherals
Building and home automation
Retail advertising beacons
INTELLIGENT BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY CONNECTIVITY
Supporting Bluetooth 5, the QN Series is designed to enable
the next generation of intelligent connected devices. The
advanced low-power modes and ultra-low 2.4GHz transmit
and receive power consumption, extend battery life for
QN9090 and QN9030 based systems. With -97dBm Rx
sensitivity and up to +11dBm Tx output power, QN series
devices can offer reliable and robust communications
performance that simplifies design.

OVERVIEWQN series devices are powered by an Arm® Cortex®-M4 runningat 48MHz and include up to 640KB onboard flash and 152 KB
SRAM. The memory integration provides room and flexibilityfor complex applications and safe Over-the-Air (OTA) updates.
In addition, the quad serial flash memory controller, SPIFI, canbe used to extend non-volatile memory for data or code. All
QN series devices have a rich set of MCU peripherals andmultiple serial communication interfaces, that enable intelligent
connected designs and reduce CPU overhead. For example,
the Digital Microphone subsystem PDM interface enables voiceactivity detection.
Within the QN series the QN9090T and QN9030T integrate
NFC NTAG capability to support use cases such as outof-band pairing. By tapping an IoT device based on theQN9090T with an NFC reader device, such as a smart phoneor tablet, a Bluetooth LE connection can be establishedquickly simplifying the pairing process. The NFC Tag does
not require the device to be powered which means it
creates additional opportunities for diagnostics or device
commissioning in all stages of the device life cycle.

GETTING STARTEDThe QN9090 development platform, theQN9090DK, comes with an integrated
programmer and debugger along withsuite of example applications showcasing
standard GATT profiles in a complete
software development kit (SDK). The
MCUXpresso SDK for QN is compatible
with the latest toolchains from IAR
and NXP’s MCUXpresso IDE. The full
MCUXpresso Suite of software and tools
provides a seamless software experience
across all NXP devices as well as a fast
path to add Bluetooth LE capability
to an existing design on other NXP
devices. In addition, to aid Bluetooth LE
system design, NXP IoT Toolbox smart
device application is available. The NXP
Connectivity Tool and Test Tool areprovided by NXP to help the developers’
evaluate RF performance and test more
efficiently.

QN9090/30 BLOCK DIAGRAM
QN9090/30 MCU BLOCK DIAGRAM
Core PlatformTimers

Arm Cortex-M4 with MPU
48 MHz

2 * Low Power Counter/Timer

Serial Wire Debug

RF Transceiver

System Control

BLE 5.0

Power Management
Controller

Watchdog Timer
POR

Battery Sensor

Brown Out Detector

Temperature Sensor

DMA

DC/DC Converter

Antenna Diversity
Digital Interfaces

2 * I2CQSPI

2 * SPI

22 * GPIO

2 * USARTIR Modulator

10 * PWM

ISO7816DMIC InterfaceMemoryFlash640 KB/320 KB

Security
AES 128/256

SRAM
152 KB/88 KB

Random Number Generator

HASHROM
128 KB

Code Protection
Analog Interfaces

Clocks12-bit ADC (8 Channels )32 KHz Free Running Oscillator

32 MHz Xtal Oscillator

2 * Wake-up Timer

Real Time Clock48/32/12 MHz
Free Running Oscillator

32.768 KHz Xtal Oscillator

Analog Comparator

NFC Forum Type 2 Tag
1912 Byte EEPROM

7-byte UID

Optional

QN9090 SERIES HIGHLIGHTSFeatures

Benefits

System Current Consumption
7.4mA @ +0dBm TX, 4.3mA Rx peak current

Extends battery life and allows for optimized formfactors

RF Performance-97 dBm RX sensitivity
Up to 11 dBm TX output power

High sensitivity allows for a more robust linkbudget. Integrated balun reduces system sizeand cost. High TX power enables long-distancetransition.

Processing and Memory
48 MHz Arm® Cortex®–M4 core
Up to 640kB/320kB Flash, 152kB/88kB RAM

High-performance Arm core with memory options
for Bluetooth LE Stack and user applications

Connectivity throughput
Bluetooth LE 2Mbps PHY with Bluetooth 5 compatibility

Doubles data throughput for more use cases,improves user experience and lowers average
power consumption

SOFTWARE AND TOOLS

Network Support
Supports up to 8 simultaneous links

Allows for the creation of large, complex Bluetooth
LE sensor networks

NXP’s MCUXpresso softwareand tools offer comprehensive
development solutions designed
to optimize, ease and accelerate
embedded system developmentof applications based on Cortex-M
core devices, including Kinetis,
LPC, QN, JN microcontrollers andi.MX RT crossover MCUs.

NFC Communications
NFC Forum Type 2 Tag with integrated UID and Memory

Simplifies the Bluetooth LE device paring andprovisioning improving the user experience

Scalability
Hardware compatible with JN5189 and K32W041 family

Allows for fast moving to IEEE 802.15.4 ormultiprotocol applications by only updating
firmware without hardware design change

Environmental Conditions
Wide temperature range: -40°C to +125°C

Applicable in various environment

Development Environment
Compatible with IAR and MCUXpresso IDEs

Example projects support industry standard IAR
toolchains. MCUXpresso support allows for easycode migration based on other NXP devices.

In addition to the Development Board,
there are two additional hardware options
available. The USB dongle and modulewith mezzanine as shown in the last table.

QN9090 SERIES DEVICE OPTIONSPart Number

Flash (KB)

RAM (KB)

NFC

QN9090T

640

152

YQN9090640152N

QN9030T

320

88

Y

QN903032088

NPart Number

Description

QN9090-DK006

Development board

OM15080-QN9090

USB dongle

QN9090-001-T10

Module with mezzanine

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Document Number: QN9090FS REV 0Package
40 Pin HVQFN
6 mmx 6 mm 0.85mm