Arm® Cortex®-M0+|Ultra-Low Power Kinetis® KL1x MCUs

For best experience this site requires Javascript to be enabled. To enable on your browser, follow our accessibility instructions.

Click over video to play

The Kinetis^® KL1x is a general purpose ultra-low-power MCU family, providing additional memory, communications and analog peripheral options beyond those offered in the Kinetis KL0x MCU family.

The KL1x MCU family is compatible with Kinetis K10 MCUs (based on Arm^® Cortex^®-M4) and with all other Kinetis KL1x, KL2x, KL3x and KL4x series MCUs, providing a migration path to higher performance and feature integration.

Data Sheet

Reference Manual

Product Details

Block Diagram

Kinetis L Series KL1x MCUs

Get diagram PDF

Features

Ultra-Low-Power

Next-generation 32-bit Arm^® Cortex^®-M0+ core: 2x more CoreMark/mA than the closest 8/16-bit architecture
Single-cycle fast I/O access port facilitates bit banging and software protocol emulation, keeping an 8-bit "look and feel"
Multiple flexible low-power modes, including new compute clocking option which reduces dynamic power by placing peripherals in an asynchronous stop mode
LPUART, SPI, I²C, FlexIO, ADC, DAC, LP timer and DMA support low-power mode operation without waking up the core

Memory

Up to 256 KB flash with 64 byte flash cache, up to 32 KB RAM
Security circuitry to prevent unauthorized access to RAM and flash contents
16 KB ROM and built-in boot loader simplifies the effort to program MCU and allows for easy flash upgrades

Performance

Arm^® Cortex^®-M0+ core, 48 MHz core frequency over full voltage and temperature range (-40ºC to +105ºC)
Bit manipulation engine for improved bit handling of peripheral modules
Thumb instruction set combines high code density with 32-bit performance
Up to 4-ch. DMA for peripheral and memory servicing with reduced CPU loading and faster system throughput
Independent-clocked COP guards against clock skew or code runaway for fail-safe applications

Mixed-Signal

Up to 16-bit ADC with configurable resolution, sample time and conversion speed/power
Integrated temperature sensor
High-speed comparator with internal 6-bit DAC
12-bit DAC with DMA support

Timing and Control

Two 6-ch. and one 2-ch. 16-bit low-power timer PWM modules with DMA support
2-ch., 32-bit periodic interrupt timer provides time base for RTOS task schedule or trigger source for ADC conversion
Low-power timer allows operation in all power modes except for VLLS0
Real-time clock with calendar

Human-Machine Interface

Capacitive touch sense interface supports up to 16 external electrodes and DMA data transfer
GPIO with pin interrupt support, DMA request capability and other pin control options

Connectivity and Communications

Two I²C with DMA support, up to 1Mbps and compatible with SMBus V2 features
One LPUART and two UART with DMA support
Two SPI with DMA support
I²S module for audio applications
FlexIO module supports a wide range of protocols including UART, I²C, SPI, I²S, PWM waveform generation
FlexIO for universal or customized serial peripheral emulation
High accuracy internal clock reference to support high-performance communication

Buy/Parametrics

‌ ‌ ‌	‌ ‌	‌ ‌	‌ ‌	‌ ‌	‌ ‌
‌ ‌ ‌	‌	‌	‌	‌	‌
‌ ‌ ‌	‌	‌	‌	‌	‌
‌ ‌ ‌	‌	‌	‌	‌	‌
‌ ‌ ‌	‌	‌	‌	‌	‌
‌ ‌ ‌	‌	‌	‌	‌	‌
‌ ‌ ‌	‌	‌	‌	‌	‌
‌ ‌ ‌	‌	‌	‌	‌	‌
‌ ‌ ‌	‌	‌	‌	‌	‌
‌ ‌ ‌	‌	‌	‌	‌	‌
‌ ‌ ‌	‌	‌	‌	‌	‌

Design Resources

Design Files

Quick reference to our design files types.

3 design files

Receive the full breakdown. See the product footprint and more in the eCad file.

Symbols and Footprints
Kinetis^® Symbols, Footprints and Models

INTERNALRev 1.0Nov 27, 2017 11:23:001 KBCAD-SYMBOLFOOTPRINTS

Download
Calculators
Kinetis^® Power Estimation Tool

Download Options
Calculators
EEPROM Emulation Endurance Calculator for Kinetis^® L Family

ZIPRev vBeta010Dec 17, 2012 00:00:008.2 MBTFS_L_EEE_CALCULATOR
DownloadToggle Dropdown
- Add to Queue
- Remove from Queue
- Recommended for large file sizes.
- View Queue