MCX W72 Secure and Ultra-Low-Power MCUs for Bluetooth LE, Channel Sounding, Matter, Thread, Zigbee

The MCX W72 family features a 96 MHz Arm® Cortex®-M33 core coupled with a

multiprotocol radio subsystem supporting Matter, Thread, Zigbee and Bluetooth

LE. The independent radio subsystem, with a dedicated core and memory,

offloads the main CPU, preserving it for the primary application and allowing

firmware updates to support future wireless standards. The MCX W72 also offers

advanced security with an integrated EdgeLock® Secure Enclave Core Profile and

will be supported by NXP's EdgeLock 2GO cloud services for credential sharing.

The MCX W72 family includes Bluetooth Channel Sounding capabilities, with a

dedicated on-chip Localization Compute Engine to reduce ranging latency. It

incorporates additional memory to support application-specific code,

connectivity stacks and over-the-air firmware updates. In addition, the radio

subsystem can run the full Thread or Zigbee stack alongside the Bluetooth Low

Energy stack. This delivers reliable wireless performance, as the real-time

activities of the radio run on a separate core from the application.

Building on NXP's strong history of providing industrial edge solutions, the

MCX W series offers a wide operating temperature range from -40 °C to 125 °C and

peripherals for industrial applications, including an optional CAN interface

and will be part of NXP's 15-year Product Longevity program to support long-term industrial use.

The MCX W series is supported by the

MCUXpresso Developer Experience

to optimize, ease and help accelerate embedded system development.

The MCX W72 is in pre-production, developers can get started today with the

MCX W71x,

which is pin and software compatible.