PHYTEC SoM features NXP i.MX RT1170 MCU and Zephyr OS

PHYTEC is announcing its phyCORE-i.MX RT1170, a small pluggable System on Module (SoM) featuring NXP’s i.MX RT1170 “crossover” MCU. It runs Zephyr OS as a real-time operating system.

PHYTEC SoM features Zephyr OS and NXP i.MX RT1170 MCU

Measuring 30 x 30mm, and developed in collaboration with NXP, it features both an Arm Cortex-M7 (800 MHz) and Cortex-M4 (400 MHz) core. There are common industrial interfaces (2x Ethernet, 3x CAN FD, 6x I²C, 12x UART and 2x USB 2.0) as well camera and display connectivity, Zephyr OS as a real-time operating system.

For the connection of peripheral devices there are 6x I²C and 12x UART connectors.


Integrated security includes Secure Boot, SBoM, and encryption for the development of CRA-compliant IoT devices.


PHYTEC highlights embedded vision applications:

“MIPI DSI is available for connecting HMIs. Cameras for embedded vision applications can be integrated via MIPI CSI. The four SAI modules present on the MCU are supported via an external audio codec. All processor functionalities and interfaces are made available via a 200-pin connector, allowing them to be utilized on a carrier board.”

The SoM, and a devkit, will be available from Q1 2026.

PHYTEC headquarters are in Mainz, Germany. It also has offices in China, France, India, and the USA.

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Alun Williams

Alun Williams

Web Editor of Electronics Weekly, he is the author of the Gadget Master and Electro-ramblings blogs and also covers space technology news. He has been working in tech journalism for worryingly close to thirty years. In a previous existence, he was a software programmer.

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