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Freedom Development Platform for Kinetis® KL03 MCUs

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The Freedom development platform is a set of software and hardware tools for evaluation and development. It is ideal for rapid prototyping of MCU-based applications. The Freedom KL03Z hardware, FRDM-KL03Z, is a simple, yet sophisticated design featuring a Kinetis® L Series MCU, built on the Arm® Cortex®-M0+ core.

Product Details

Supported Devices

Processors and Microcontrollers

KL Series Arm Cortex-M0+

  • KL0x: Kinetis® KL0x-48 MHz, Entry-Level Ultra-Low Power Microcontrollers (MCUs) based on Arm® Cortex®-M0+ Core

Features

Microcontroller

    MKL03Z32VFK4 MCU

  • 48 MHz
  • 32 kB Flash
  • 2 KB SRAM
  • 24 QFN

Connectivity

  • Form factor compatible with Arduino® Rev3 pin layout
  • Easy access to MCU I/O

Power Management

  • Flexible power supply options – USB, coin cell battery, external source
  • Battery-ready, power-measurement access points

Debug

    New, OpenSDA debug interface

  • Mass storage device flash programming interface (default)– no tool installation required to evaluate demo apps
  • P&E Debug interface provides run-control debugging and compatibility with IDE tools
  • CMSIS-DAP interface: new Arm standard for embedded debug interface

Sensors

  • MMA8451Q accelerometer
  • Thermistor sensor to measuring temperature
  • Capacitive touch slider

Components

  • tri-color LED
  • Two (2) user pushbutton switches for NMI interrupts and LLWU wake-up (SW2/SW3)

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  • FRDM-KL03Z
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  • Freedom Development Board for Kinetis KL03 MCUs.

    • FRDM-KL03Z hardware
    • Quick Reference Card
    • Additional hardware required: USB A-to-MiniB cable (not included)
  • $23.00 USD
  • For a quantity of 1
    • Availability: Pending Stock
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