Freedom Development Platform for Kinetis® KW40Z/30Z/20Z MCUs

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Note: K32W061/41 is preferred for any new Zigbee®, Thread and Bluetooth® LE 5.0 design. No new software releases planned

The FRDM-KW40Z is a low-cost development platform enabled by the Kinetis® W series KW40Z/30Z/20Z (KW40Z) family built on the Arm® Cortex®-M0+ processor featuring an integrated 2.4 GHz transceiver supporting Bluetooth® Smart/Bluetooth® Low Energy v4.1 and/or IEEE® 802.15.4-2011 standards.

The FRDM-KW40Z kit contains two boards, enabling point-to-point out of the box connectivity. Each board can be configured as a Freedom development board or as a Freedom shield. The FRDM-KW40Z hardware is form-factor compatible with the Arduino® Rev3 pin layout, providing a broad range of expansion board options.

The FRDM-KW40Z features a highly-sensitive, optimized 2.4 GHz radio with PCB F-antenna which can be bypassed for connection to test equipment via SMA connection, multiple power supply options, push and capacitive touch buttons, switches, LEDs and integrated sensors.

Product Details

Supported Devices

Wireless Connectivity

Multiprotocol MCUs

  • KW40Z: Kinetis® KW40Z-2.4 GHz Dual Mode: Bluetooth Low Energy and 802.15.4 Wireless Radio Microcontroller (MCU) based on Arm® Cortex®-M0+ Core

Bluetooth Low Energy

  • KW30Z: Kinetis® KW30Z-2.4 GHz Bluetooth Low Energy 4.1 Microcontroller based on Arm® Cortex®-M0+

Zigbee

  • KW20Z: Kinetis® KW20Z-2.4 GHz 802.15.4 Wireless Radio Microcontroller based on Arm® Cortex®-M0+

Features

Microcontroller

    Supports MKW40Z160VHT4, MKW30Z160VHM4, MKW20Z160VHT4 Kinetis® W MCUs

    MKW40Z Arm® Cortex®-M0

  • Up to 48 MHz Cortex-M0+ MCU
  • 160 KB Flash, 20 KB SRAM
  • DMA, ADC, DAC, CMP, TMRs, SPI, I²C, UART, CMT
  • AES128 Security Hardware and True Random Number Generator

Power Management

  • Multiple DC-to-DC power supply options (Bypass, Buck, Boost)

Radio (RF) Features

  • High-performance 2.4 GHz transceiver supporting Bluetooth Low Energy v4.1 and IEEE 802.15.4-2011
  • -91 dBm Bluetooth Low Energy and -102 dBm 802.15.4 receive sensitivity
  • Up to +5 dBm programmable transmit output power
  • 6.5 mA / 8.4 mA Rx/Tx power consumption (DC-to-DC enabled)
  • PCB inverted F-type antenna and SMA RF port
  • Minimum number of matching components and external balun
  • External 256 KB Serial Flash supporting Over-the-air firmware updates

Debug

  • OpenSDA debug interface

Sensors

  • FXOS8700CQ - low-power 6-axis linear accelerometer and magnetometer

Software/Protocol Stacks

  • Bluetooth Low Energy Host Stack and Application Profiles
  • IEEE 802.15.4-2011 MAC/PHY
  • NXP® Simple MAC (SMAC)

User Components

  • Multiple switches
  • Push and capacitive touch buttons
  • LEDs
  • Infrared

Buy Options

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  • FRDM-KW40Z

  • Freedom Development boards for Kinetis KW20Z, KW30Z and KW40Z MCUs.

    • 2 FRDM-KW40Z Freedom Development Boards
    • Quick Reference Card
    • 2 USB Cables
  • $224.25 USD
  • For a quantity of 1
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