NXP's MCX W enables wireless connectivity for multiple standards such as Matter®, Thread®, Zigbee®, and Bluetooth® LE. The MCX W serves as the go-to for wireless applications in the MCX portfolio. The MCX W series supports both standalone or hosted architectures to support a range of device types and use cases from simple sensors to hubs and gateways. The MCX W71x and W72x families feature a 96 MHz Arm® Cortex®-M33 core. Both families leverage an independent radio subsystem with a dedicated core that offloads the main CPU, preserving it for the primary application, and additional memory to support software updates. They also offer advanced security with an integrated EdgeLock® Secure Enclave Core profile.

Building on NXP’s strong history of providing industrial and IoT edge solutions, the MCX W series offers a wide operating temperature range from -40°C to +125°C, low-power capabilities, analog integration, and peripherals like a CAN interface for industrial applications.

To maximize design flexibility for developers, this portfolio provides pin- and software combability and a range of memory sizes. The portfolio is also part of NXP’s 15-year product longevity program to support long-term use which is especially important for industrial applications.

The MCX W71x family supports simpler IoT devices with a single-chip solution or acting as a co-processor in a hosted architecture. NXP delivers a complete software solution to allow the MCX W71x to operate seamlessly as a network or radio co-processor with NXP’s broad portfolio of MCX MCUs, i.MX RT crossover MCUs, and i.MX applications processors.

The MCX W72x family adds Bluetooth channel sounding capabilities with a dedicated on-chip localization computer engine accelerator 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.