Kinetis ARM Cortex-M4 Microcontrollers

32-bit Kinetis MCUs represent the most scalable portfolio of ARM® Cortex™-M4 MCUs in the industry. The first phase of the portfolio consists of five MCU families with over 200 pin-, peripheral- and software compatible devices with outstanding performance, memory and feature scalability. Enabled by innovative 90nm Thin Film Storage (TFS) flash technology with unique FlexMemory (configurable embedded EEPROM), Kinetis features the latest low-power innovations and high performance, high precision mixed-signal capability. Kinetis MCUs are supported by a market-leading enablement bundle from Freescale and ARM 3rd party ecosystem partners.

Development Kits

The Tower System Development Kits are development tools for the K-families of Kinetis microcontrollers. These kits are part of the Freescale Tower System, a modular, reusable development platform that allows designers to get to market faster with packaged evaluation boards, tools and runtime software. The K-family microcontrollers module can operate as standalone debug tools and can be purchased separately from the kits.

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Features

• Capacitive Touch Pads
• Integrated, Open-Source JTAG
• SD Card Slot
• MMA7660 3-axis accelerometer
• Tower Plug-In (TWRPI) Socket for expansion (sensors, etc.)
• Touch TWRPI Socket adds support for various capacitive touch boards (e.g. keypads, rotary dials, sliders, etc.)
• Tower connectivity for access to USB, Ethernet, RS232/RS485, CAN, SPI, I²C, Flexbus, etc.
• Plus: Potentiometer, 4 LEDs, 2 pushbuttons, infrared port

TWR-K60N512-KIT and TWR-K60N512 User's Manual | Quick Start Guide | Additional Info Supports K10, K20, and K60 K60N512 in 144 MAPBGA, K60N512VMD100

TWR-K40X256-KIT and TWR-K40X256 User's Manual | Quick Start Guide | Additional Info Supports K30 and K40 K40X256 in 144 MAPBGA Segment LCD 28 segments

KwikStik

Product Brief | Users Guide | Fact Sheet

The Kinetis KwikStik is an ultra-low-cost, all-in-one development tool for evaluating, developing & debugging with Kinetis ARM® Cortex-M4 MCUs. It will combine powerful silicon and software technology into a sleek, small-form-factor design and can be used in a variety of different ways for embedded system development.

K10 Family

The K10 MCU family is the entry point into the Kinetis portfolio. Devices start from 32 KB of flash in a small-footprint 5 x 5 mm 32 QFN package extending up to 1 MB in a 144MAPBGA package with a rich suite of analog, communication, timing and control peripherals. Additionally, pin compatibility, flexible low-power capabilities and innovative FlexMemory help to solve many of the major pain points for system implementation.

K20 Family

The K20 MCU family is pin, peripheral and software compatible with the K10 MCU family and adds full and high-speed USB 2.0 On-The-Go with device charger detect capability. Devices start from 32 KB of flash in 5 x 5 mm 32QFN packages extending up to 1 MB in a 144MAPBGA package with a rich suite of analog, communication, timing and control peripherals. High memory density K20 family devices include a single precision floating point unit and NAND flash controller.

K30 Family

The K30 MCU family is pin, peripheral and software compatible with the K10 MCU family and adds a flexible low-power segment LCD controller with support for up to 320 segments. Devices start from 64 KB of flash in 64QFN packages extending up to 512 KB in a 144MAPBGA package with a rich suite of analog, communication, timing and control peripherals.

K40 Family

The K40 MCU family is pin, peripheral and software compatible with the K10 MCU family and adds full-speed USB 2.0 On-The-Go with device charger detect capability and a flexible low-power segment LCD controller with support for up to 320 segments. Devices start from 64 KB of flash in 64QFN packages extending up to 512 KB in a 144MAPBGA package with a rich suite of analog, communication, timing and control peripherals.

K60 Family

The K60 MCU family includes IEEE 1588 Ethernet, full- and high-speed USB 2.0 On-The-Go with device charger detect capability, hardware encryption and tamper detection capabilities. Devices start from 256 KB of flash in 100LQFP packages extending up to 1 MB in a 256MAPBGA package with a rich suite of analog, communication, timing and control peripherals. High memory density K60 family devices include an optional single precision floating point unit, NAND flash controller and DRAM controller.