TWR-KL43Z48M | Tower® System Board|Kinetis® MCUs | NXP Semiconductors

Kinetis® KL43, KL33, KL27, KL17 48 MHz MCUs Tower® System Module

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Supported Devices

Processors and Microcontrollers

KL Series Arm Cortex-M0+

Features

Microcontroller

    MKL43Z48M MCU

  • 8 MHz
  • 256 KB Flash
  • 32 KB RAM
  • 16 KB ROM-based boot loader
  • low power
  • sLCD controller
  • 64 LQFP package

Connectivity

  • Tower System-compatible MCU module
  • Dual role USB interface with Micro-AB USB connector
  • Touch Tower plug-in socket (with TSS only)
  • General-purpose Tower Plug-in (TWRPI) socket
  • General-purpose pin header to directly access MCU signals

Debug

  • Onboard debug circuit MK20D50 openSDA with virtual serial port

Sensors

  • 6-Axis Xtrinsic Sensor with Integrated Linear Accelerometer and Magnetometer (FXOS8700CQ)

Support

  • Software support and application development are offered through the Kinetis® software development kit (SDK), an extensive suite of robust peripheral drivers, stacks, and middleware (replacing Sample Code Packages/examples). Get expert advice and support by joining the Kinetis Software Development Kit Community forum.

Components

  • Four (4) user-controllable LEDs
  • Two (2) user push-button switch
  • Infrared transmit and receive
  • Potentiometer for ADC measurements

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  • Tower System Development Board for Kinetis KL13, KL17/KL27 (128-256KB Flash), KL33 and KL43 MCUs.

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