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Freescale Semiconductor Kinetis K40 / K60 Tower Modules and Kits
Features Industry's First Cortex™-M4 MCUsThe Freescale Semiconductor Kinetis TWR-K40X256 and TWR-K60N512 are Tower Controller Modules compatible with the Freescale Tower System. The TWR-K60N512 and TWR-K40X256 are available as a kit with the Tower Elevator Modules and the Tower Serial Module. These Kinetis Tower Controller Modules can be combined with other Freescale Tower peripheral modules to create development platforms for a wide variety of applications. About Kinetis MCUs
Freescale Semiconductor 32-bit Kinetis microcontrollers (MCUs) represent the most scalable portfolio of ARM® Cortex™-M4 MCUs in the industry.
About Freescale Tower System
Take your design to the next level with the Freescale Tower System. Freescale's modular development platform saves you months of development time through rapid prototyping and tool re-use.
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Also available: the Keil Tools MCBTWRK60 Starter Kits for the Freescale Kinetis K60 Tower system. 
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Freescale Kinetis Tower Videos
Freescale Semiconductor TWR-K60N512-IAR KickStart Kit™ for Kinetis K60The Freescale Semiconductor TWR-K60N512-IAR IAR KickStart Kit™ for the Freescale Kinetis K60 family of microcontrollers (MCUs) speeds time to market with packaged evaluation boards, software development tools, example projects, and RTOS BSPs. The Freescale TWR-K60N512-IAR IAR KickStart Kit includes a Kinetis K60 MCU module that can operate as a standalone evaluation board. This Freescale Semiconductor Kinetis K60 kit also includes an IAR J-Link Lit for Cortex-M debug probe that provides advanced debugging features through Serial Wire Debug (SWD).
Kit Contents
- TWR-K60N512 - 32-bit MCU module with MK60N512VMD100 MCU
- TWR-ELEV - Two elevator modules that provide power regulation circuitry, standardized signal assignments, and act as common backplane for all assembled Tower System modules
- TWR-SER - Serial peripheral module with Ethernet, USB, RS232/485, and CAN interface circuitry
- TWR-PROTO - Prototyping module featuring ample perfboard area for custom circuitry
- IAR J-Link Lite for Cortex-M - a small JTAG-emulator with SWD/SWO debugging support for Cortex-M devices
- DVD with IDE software, training materials and collateral
- Getting Started Guide
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Video: IAR Systems Embedded Workbench for Freescale Kinetis MCU Family
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Video: IAR Systems supports the Freescale Kinetis Tower Kit
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Freescale Kinetis KwikStik K40 Development Tool
All-In-One Solution for Kinetis K40 MCUsThe Freescale Semiconductor Kinetis KwikStik K40 Development Tool is a cost-effective, all-in-one solution for evaluating, developing, and debugging with Kinetis ARM Cortex™-M4 microcontrollers. The Freescale Semiconductor KwikStik K40 Development Tool features the Kinetis K40 with USB 2.0 full-speed OTG and segment LCD display controllers. The K40X256 includes 256KB of program flash storage and an additional 256KB of FlexMemory non-volatile storage that can be used as additional program flash memory, data flash, or variable size/endurance EEPROM. The KwikStik development tool includes a SEGGER J-Link on-board debug interface that can be used to program the onboard K40X256 MCU or an external Kinetis MCU. The Freescale Semiconductor KwikStik K40 can function as a standalone development tool or as a Freescale Tower System controller module. It can be combined with other Freescale Tower System peripheral modules to create development platforms for a wide variety of applications.
Learn More About Freescale Kinetis KwikStik
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Kinetis Cortex-M4 MCUs
Freescale Semiconductor 32-bit Kinetis microcontrollers (MCUs) represent the most scalable portfolio of ARM® Cortex™-M4 MCUs in the industry. The first phase of the Kinetis portfolio consists of five MCU families with more than 200 pin-, peripheral-, and software-compatible devices with outstanding performance, memory, and feature scalability. Freescale Semiconductor Kinetis MCUs are enabled by innovative 90nm Thin Film Storage (TFS) flash technology with unique FlexMemory (configurable embedded EEPROM) and feature the latest low-power innovations and high performance, high precision mixed-signal capability. More About Kinetis MCUs
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Kinetis MCU FeaturesAll Kinetis families include a powerful array of analog, communication and timing and control peripherals with the level of feature integration increasing with flash memory size and the number of inputs/outputs.
Core
- ARM Cortex-M4 Core delivering 1.25DMIPS / MHz with DSP instructions (floating-point unit available on certain Kinetis families)
- Up to 32-channel DMA for peripheral and memory servicing with minimal CPU intervention
- Broad range of performance levels rated at maximum CPU frequencies of 50 MHz, 72 MHz, and 100 MHz
Ultra-Low Power
- 10 low power operating modes for optimizing peripheral activity and wake-up times for extended battery life.
| Memory
- Scalable memory footprints from 32 KB Flash / 8 KB RAM to 1 MB Flash / 128 KB RAM.
- Optional 16 KB cache memory for optimizing bus bandwidth and flash execution performance
- FlexMemory with up to 512 KB FlexNVM and up to 16 KB FlexRAM.
- EEPROM endurance capable of exceeding 10 million cycles
Mixed-Signal Analog
- Fast, high precision 16-bit ADCs, 12-bit DACs, programmable gain amplifiers, high speed comparators and an internal voltage reference.
| Human Machine Interface (HMI)
- Capacitive Touch Sensing Interface with full low-power support and minimal current adder when enabled
Connectivity and Communication
- UARTs with ISO7816 and IrDA support, I²S, CAN, I²C and DSPI
Reliability, Safety,
and Security
- Hardware cyclic redundancy check engine for validating memory contents / communication data
- Independent-clocked COP for protection against code runaway in fail-safe apps
- External watchdog monitor
| Time and Control
- Powerful FlexTimers supporting general purpose, PWM, and motor control
- Carrier Modulator Transmitter for IR waveform generation
- Programmable Interrupt Timer for RTOS task scheduler time base or trigger source for ADC conversion, programmable delay
External Interfaces
- Multi-function external bus interface
System
- Wide operating voltage range from 1.71 V to 3.6 V with flash programmable down to 1.71 V
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Kinetis Features by FamilyFamily
| Program Flash
| Packages
| Key Features
| K60
| 256KB-1MB
| 100-256 pin
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| K40
| 64-512KB
| 64-144 pin
|  | K30
| 64-512KB
| 64-144 pin
|  | K20
| 32KB-1MB
| 32-144 pin
|  | K10
| 32KB-1MB
| 32-144 pin
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 Kinetis Capabilities by Family
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