Kinetis-K Microcontrollers
Arm® Cortex™-M4
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Freescale Semiconductor 32-bit Kinetis-K microcontrollers 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 and feature
scalability. Freescale Kinetis MCUs are enabled by innovative 90nm Thin
Film Storage (TFS) flash technology with unique FlexMemory (configurable
embedded EEPROM). Kinetis Cortex-M4 MCUs feature the latest low-power innovations and high performance, high precision mixed-signal capability.
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Kinetis Portfolio
Freescale Kinetis-K Cortex™-M4 K10 MCUs
The K10 MCU family is the entry point into the Freescale Kinetis portfolio. Kinetis K10 Devices start from 32 KB of flash in a small-footprint 5x5mm 32 QFN package extending up to 1MB in a 144MAPBGA package with a rich suite of analog, communication, timing, and control peripherals. High memory density K10 family devices include a single precision floating point unit and NAND flash controller. Pin compatibility, flexible low-power capabilities, and innovative FlexMemory help to solve many of the major pain points for system implementation.
Features
- ARM® Cortex™-M4 core with DSP instruction support and optional single precision floating point unit
- Up to 32-channel DMA. Up to 16 KB of cache. Cross bar switch
- 32 KB-1 MB flash. Up to 128 KB of SRAM
- 32-512 KB FlexMemory
- 10 ultra low-power modes with flash programming and analog operation down to 1.71V
- Low-power timer, low-power RTC, low-leakage wake-up unit
- High-speed 16-bit ADCs. Programmable gain amplifiers
- 12-bit DAC. High-speed comparators
- On-chip voltage reference
- Low-power capacitive touch-sensing interface
- Up to six UARTs with IrDA support. One UART with ISO 7816 support
- I²S interface, up to two CAN modules, up to three DSPI interfaces, up to two
- I²C interfaces
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Applications
- Remote sensors
- HVAC systems
- Gaming controllers
- Flow meters
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Freescale Kinetis-K Cortex™-M4 K20 MCUs
The Freescale 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 charge detect capability. Freescale K20 devices start from 32KB of flash in 5x5mm 32QFN packages extending up to 1MB 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.
Features
- ARM® Cortex™-M4 core with DSP instruction support and optional single precision floating point unit
- Up to 32-channel DMA. Up to 16KB of cache. Cross bar switch
- USB On-The-Go (Full- and High-Speed) with device charger detect
- Memory protection unit
- Hardware cyclic redundancy check engine
- Independent-clocked COP. External watchdog monitor
- Up to four FlexTimers with up to 20 channels
- Carrier modulator transmitter
- 4-channel, 32-bit periodic interrupt
- FlexBus external bus interface
- Secure digital host controller
- NAND flash controller
- 32KB-1MB flash. Up to 128KB of SRAM
- 32KB-512KB FlexMemory
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Applications
- Barcode scanners
- Portable media players
- Printers
- Programmable logic controllers
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Freescale Kinetis-K Cortex™-M4 K30 MCUs
The Freescale Kinetis 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. Kinetis K30 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.
Features
- ARM® Cortex™-M4 core with DSP instruction support
- Up to 16-channel DMA. Cross bar switch
- Flexible, low-power LCD controller with support for up to 320
- segments (40x8 or 44x4)
- Low-power capacitive touch-sensing interface
- 10 ultra low-power modes with flash programming and analog
- operation down to 1.71V
- Low-power timer, low-power RTC, low-leakage wake-up unit
- Memory protection unit
- Hardware cyclic redundancy check engine
- Independent-clocked COP. External watchdog monitor
- 64 KB-512 KB flash. Up to 128 KB of SRAM
- 32 KB-256 KB FlexMemory
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Applications
- Thermostats
- Smart meters
- Heart rate monitors
- Blood gas analyzers
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| Part Number |
Flash (KB) |
Flex MM (KB) |
SRAM (KB) |
Package |
| MK30DX256ZVLQ10 |
256 |
256 |
64 |
LQFP-144 |
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Freescale Kinetis-K Cortex™-M4 K40 MCUs
The Freescale Kinetis K40 MCU family is pin, peripheral, and software compatible with the Kinetis K10 MCU family and adds full-speed USB 2.0 On-The-Go with device charge detect capability and a flexible low-power segment LCD controller with support for up to 320 segments. Kinetis K10 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.
Features
- ARM® Cortex™-M4 core with DSP instruction support
- Up to 16-channel DMA. Cross bar switch
- Up to 100MHz core supporting a broad range of processing bandwidth
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- Peripheral and memory servicing with reduced CPU loading. Concurrent multi-master bus accesses for increased bus bandwidth
- USB On-The-Go (full speed) with device charger detect
- Flexible, low-power LCD controller with support for up to 320 segments (40x8 or 44x4)
- FlexBus external bus interface
- Secure digital host controller
- Up to three FlexTimers with up to 12 channels
- Carrier modulator transmitter
- 4-channel, 32-bit interrupt
- 64KB-512KB flash. Up to 128KB of SRAM
- 32KB-256KB FlexMemory
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Applications
- GPS receivers
- Blood glucose meters
- Bike computers
- Currency counters
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K40 Overview Video
Freescale Kinetis-K Cortex™-M4 K50 MCUs
K50 MCUs provide designers with an analog measurement engine consisting of integrated operational and transimpedance amplifiers as well as high-resolution ADC and DAC modules. The family also features IEEE® 1588 Ethernet and hardware encryption, 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 128KB of flash in 64 QFN packages extending up to 512KB in a 144 MAPBGA package.
Features
- ARM® Cortex™-M4 core with DSP instruction support
- Up to 16-channel DMA and cross bar switch
- Up to 2 x 16-bit ADC with PGA
- Up to 2 x 12-bit DAC
- Programmable delay block
- Operational and transimpedance amplifiers
- Voltage reference (VREF)
- IEEE® 1588 Ethernet MAC with hardware time stamping
- Hardware encryption coprocessor
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Applications
- Low-power portable medical devices
- Clinical and lab equipment
- Test/measurement equipment
- Instrumentation applications
- Monitor and telehealth applications
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Freescale Kinetis-K Cortex™-M4 K60 MCUs
The Freescale Kinetis K60 MCU family includes IEEE 1588 Ethernet, full- and high-speed USB 2.0 On-The-Go with device charge detect capability, hardware encryption and tamper detection capabilities. K60 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 Freescale Kinetis K60 family devices include an optional single precision floating point unit, NAND flash controller, and DRAM controller.
Features
- ARM® Cortex™-M4 core with DSP instruction support and optional single precision floating point unit
- Up to 32-channel DMA. Up to 16KB of cache. Cross bar switch
- IEEE® 1588 Ethernet MAC with hardware time stamping
- USB On-The-Go (Full- and High-Speed) with device charger detect
- Hardware encryption coprocessor
- System security with hardware tamper detect
- FlexBus external bus interface
- Secure digital host controller
- NAND flash controller
- DRAM controller
- 256KB-1MB flash. Up to 128KB of SRAM
- 32KB-512KB FlexMemory
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Applications
- Building automation controllers
- Elevator control panels
- Instrumentation clusters
- Surveillance cameras
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K60 Overview Video
Freescale Kinetis-K Cortex™-M4 K70 MCUs
K70 MCUs include an integrated graphics LCD controller, IEEE® 1588 Ethernet MAC, Full- and High-Speed USB 2.0 On-The-Go with device charger detect capability, hardware encryption and tamper detection capabilities. K70 MCUs are available with 512KB or 1MB of flash in 256-pin MBGA packages. Each MCU includes a rich suite of analog, communication, timing, and control peripherals. All K70 MCUs include a single precision floating point unit and NAND flash controller. 256-pin versions include an on-chip DRAM controller for system expansion.
Features
- ARM® Cortex™-M4 core with DSP instruction support and optional single precision floating point unit
- Up to 32-channel DMA. Up to 16 KB of cache. Cross bar switch
- Graphics LCD controller
- Low-power capacitive touch-sensing
- Hardware encryption coprocessor
- Hardware tamper detection
- Memory protection unit
- Hardware cyclic redundancy check engine
- Independent-clocked COP. External watchdog monitor
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Applications
- Industrial control panels
- Navigational displays
- Point-of-sale terminals
- Medical monitoring equipment
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