Bluetooth Low Energy/IEEE® 802.15.4 Packet Sniffer USB Dongle for Kinetis® KW40Z/30Z/20Z MCUs

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The USB-KW40Z is a development platform enabled by the Kinetis® W series KW40Z/30Z/20Z (KW40Z) family built on the Arm® Cortex®-M0+ processor in a convenient USB dongle form factor. The USB-KW40Z can be used as a Bluetooth® Smart/Bluetooth® Low Energy and/or IEEE® 802.15.4 packet sniffer or development board. Packet sniffers are essential for wireless network development allowing over-the-air traffic monitoring.

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

Product Details

Supported Devices

Wireless Connectivity

UWB Development Kits That Interoperate with Apple U1

  • 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 Remote Control

  • 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

  • MK22FN512VMP12 MCU

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)
  • Chip antenna
  • Minimum number of matching components and external balun

Software/Protocol Stacks

  • Bluetooth Low Energy Host Stack and Application Profiles
  • Thread (end device only)
  • ZigBee Pro and Application Profiles
  • IEEE 802.15.4-2011 MAC/PHY
  • NXP Simple MAC (SMAC)

Connectivity

  • USB Type A Connector

Debug

  • OpenSDA debug interface

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