NXP Semiconductors MR-VMU-RT1176 Vehicle Management Unit, Now at Mouser, Simplifies Mobile Robotic Designs
December 11, 2025 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, is now stocking the MR-VMU-RT1176 vehicle management unit (VMU) from NXP® Semiconductors. The MR-VMU-RT1176 VMU is a lightweight, all-in-one vehicle management controller solution for next-generation mobile robotics. The MR-VMU-RT1176 VMU supports a range of applications, including factory automation, real-time controllers, robotics, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), smart home and building devices, and agricultural equipment.
The NXP MR-VMU-RT1176 VMU, now at Mouser, features an NXP i.MX RT1176 Crossover Microcontroller Unit (MCU) with a high-performance dual-core 1GHz Arm® Cortex®-M7 + 400MHz Arm Cortex-M4 processor suitable for demanding mobile robotics applications. The MR-VMU-RT1176 VMU also offers an integrated inertial measurement unit (IMU) with multiple sensors for motion tracking and environmental awareness. The VMU offers extensive communication options, including a 2-wire 100Base-T1 Ethernet interface, USB Type-C® 2.0 connector, Dronecode standard JST-GH pin header for interfaces such as I2C, SPI, RC, GPS, and other interfaces, as well as multiple high-speed UARTS for telemetry and other radios, 12 PWM outputs, and others. The MR-VMU-RT1176 is part of NXP's larger lineup of robotics reference designs, developed to help bring robotics designs to market more quickly and easily.
The MR-VMU-RT1176 VMU is easily integrated into open-source real-time operating systems (RTOS) and robotics frameworks, with support for Zephyr RTOS, Cognipilot, NuttX, and PX4, which is complemented by QGroundControl. The MR-VMU-RT1176 VMU features a PX4 V6X-RT (V6X-RT) compliant form factor and a modular architecture with a compute module and carrier board. The MR-VMU-RT1176 VMU is extensible through the NXP and Dronecode robotics ecosystem, including the MR-HGK-RT drone development kit.
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