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KW41Z Power Amplifier Reference Design

KW41Z Power Amplifier Reference Design

Overview

The KW41Z Power Amplifier reference design uses an external power amplifier to boost the transmitter output power to +20 dBm. This enables extended range for applications that require communications over long distances or in harsh RF environments.The reference design uses the KW41Z wireless MCU which is pin compatible with KW31Z and KW21Z devices. The KW41Z can easily be replaced with the desired device.

KW41Z/31Z/21Z Power Amplifier Reference Design - Fact Sheet

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

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Schematics

Design Files/BOM

Tools and Software

KW41Z Reference Design

KW41-PA-RD-Board-2

KW41-PA-RD-Board

Specifications

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KW41Z Power Amplifier

KW41Z-PA-RD Block Diagram

Microcontrollers (MCUs)

KW21Z : Kinetis^® KW21Z-2.4 GHz 802.15.4 Wireless Radio Microcontroller (MCU) based on Arm^® Cortex^®-M0+ Core
KW41Z : Kinetis^® KW41Z-2.4 GHz Dual Mode: Bluetooth^® Low Energy and 802.15.4 Wireless Radio Microcontroller (MCU) based on Arm^® Cortex^®-M0+ Core
KW31Z : Kinetis^® KW31Z-2.4 GHz Bluetooth Low Energy Wireless Radio Microcontroller (MCU) based on Arm^® Cortex^®-M0+ Core

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KW41Z : Kinetis^® KW41Z-2.4 GHz Dual Mode: Bluetooth^® Low Energy and 802.15.4 Wireless Radio Microcontroller (MCU) based on Arm^® Cortex^®-M0+ Core

Technical and Functional Specifications

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Communications

Multi-protocol radio supporting Bluetooth^® low energy and 802.15.4 (Thread^™ and ZigBee^®)
20 dBm power amplifier

Power

DCDC Converter supporting buck and boost

Memory

Up to 512 kB Flash and 128 kB RAM

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FRDM-KW41Z ^Active
Part Description: Freedom Development Boards for Kinetis KW21Z, KW31Z and KW41Z MCUs. 2 boards per order.
Kit contains:
- 2 FRDM-KW41Z Freedom Development Boards
- Quick Reference Card
- 2 x USB cables

FRDM-KW41Z
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$145.00

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Design Resources

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Getting Started and Quick Started Guide

Use the following to start developing with the KW41Z Power Amplifier Reference Design solution

KW41Z Quick Start Guide
- PDF
- Rev 0
- Feb 27, 2018
- 637.1 KB
- KW41Z-PA-RD-QSG
- English

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Schematics
KW41Z Schematics
- ZIP
- Rev 0
- Feb 27, 2018
- 362.9 KB
- KW41Z-PA-RD-SCH
Design Files/BOM
KW41Z Reference Design Layout
- ZIP
- Rev 0
- Feb 27, 2018
- 2.6 MB
- KW41Z-PA-RD-LAYOUT
KW41Z BOM
- ZIP
- Rev 0
- Feb 27, 2018
- 2.0 KB
- KW41Z-PA-RD-BOM
KW41Z Reference Design Gerber Files
- ZIP
- Rev 0
- Feb 27, 2018
- 894.8 KB
- KW41Z-PA-RD-GERBER
Tools and Software
SDK 2.2 FRDM KW41Z
- HTML
- Rev 0
- Feb 27, 2018
- 92.8 MB
- SDK-FRDM-KW41Z_PA

KW41Z Power Amplifier Reference Design

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