Kinetis K27 150 MHz|Arm Cortex-M4|32-bit USB MCUs

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The Kinetis K27 USB Arm^® Cortex^®-M4 MCUs target applications requiring processing efficiency and extra-large embedded memory with 2 MB Flash and 1 MB SRAM. This sub-family is:

Highly integrated with two I2S interfaces, two USB Controllers (High-Speed with integrated High-Speed PHY and Full-Speed) and mainstream analog peripherals
Expandable through a 32-bit SDRAM memory controller and QuadSPI interface supporting eXecution-In-Place (XiP)
Enabling secure content using a True Random Number Generator, Cyclic Redundancy Check, Memory Mapped Cryptographic Acceleration Unit

Input supply voltage: 1.71V to 3.6V + separate VBAT domain

Packages: 169 MAPBGA (9x9mm, 0.65mm pitch)

Evaluation / Development platform: FRDM-K28F

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Block Diagram

Kinetis K27/K28 USB MCUs Block Diagram

Features

Performance

150 MHz (max) Arm Cortex-M4 with DSP instructions and Single Precision Floating Point unit (FPU)
32-channel DMA with asynchronous support in Stop mode
Cross bar switch enables concurrent multi-leader bus accesses, increasing bus bandwidth

Ultra-Low-Power

Active run power consumption @120MHz: <302 µA/MHz (TYP)(@25C) running from internal flash
Static power consumption down to <11 µA with full 1 MB SRAM retention and <6 µS wakeup
Lowest static mode down to 254 nA (VLLS0)

Memory

2 MB dual bank embedded program flash
1 MB of SRAM
8 KB I/D Cache + 8 KB System Cache
32-bit SDRAM controller
QuadSPI interface with eXecution-In-Place (XiP)

Mixed-Signal Capability

16-bit SAR ADC: Up to 18ch Single-Ended / 3ch Differential
12-bit DAC
Two analog comparators (CMP) containing a 6-bit DAC and programmable reference input
1.2V Analog voltage reference

Timing and Control

One 4-ch Periodic interrupt timer
Two 16-bit low-power timer PWM modules
Two 8-ch motor control/general purpose/PWM timers
Two 2-ch quadrature decoder/general purpose timers
Real-time clock with independent 3.6 V power domain
Programmable delay block

Human-Machine Interface (HMI)

32-ch Programmable module (FlexIO) to emulate various serial, parallel or custom interfaces

Connectivity and Communications

Dual USB Controllers: High-Speed (HS) w/ integrated HS PHY + crystal-less Full-Speed (FS) operations
Five Low Power UART (LPUART) modules
Two I2S modules for audio system interfacing and four I2C modules
Four SPI modules (One supports up to 40 Mbps)
32-ch Programmable module (FlexIO) to emulate various serial, parallel or custom interfaces
Secure Digital Host Controller (SDHC)

Reliability, Safety and Security

Cyclic redundancy check (CRC) engine validates memory contents and communication data, increasing system reliability
True random number generator (TRNG)
Memory Mapped Crypto Acceleration Unit (MMCAU): DES, 3DES, AES, MD5, SHA-1 and SHA-256

Comparison Table

Kinetis MCU sub-family	Part #	Mask Set	Flash	SRAM	PMC	Packages	Development Board
K27	MK27FN2M0AVMI15	3N96T (recommended)	2MB	1MB	No	169 MABPGA	FRDM-K28F
K27	MK27FN2M0VMI15	2N96T			No	169 MABPGA
K28	MK28FN2M0ACAU15R	3N96T (recommended)			Yes	210 WLCSP
	MK28FN2M0AVMI15	3N96T (recommended)				169 MAPBGA
	MK28FN2M0CAU15R	2N96T				210 WLCSP
	MK28FN2M0VMI15	2N96T				169 MAPBGA

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