Freedom Development Platform for Kinetis® KW40Z/30Z/20Z MCUs

FRDM-KW40Z

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

The FRDM-KW40Z is a low-cost development platform enabled by the Kinetis® W series KW40Z/30Z/20Z (KW40Z) family built on the Arm® Cortex®-M0+ processor featuring an integrated 2.4 GHz transceiver supporting Bluetooth® Smart/Bluetooth® Low Energy v4.1 and/or IEEE® 802.15.4-2011 standards.

The FRDM-KW40Z kit contains two boards, enabling point-to-point out of the box connectivity. Each board can be configured as a Freedom development board or as a Freedom shield. The FRDM-KW40Z hardware is form-factor compatible with the Arduino® Rev3 pin layout, providing a broad range of expansion board options.

The FRDM-KW40Z features a highly-sensitive, optimized 2.4 GHz radio with PCB F-antenna which can be bypassed for connection to test equipment via SMA connection, multiple power supply options, push and capacitive touch buttons, switches, LEDs and integrated sensors.

Product Details

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Supported Devices

Wireless Connectivity

Multiprotocol MCUs

  • 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+

Features

Microcontroller

    Supports MKW40Z160VHT4, MKW30Z160VHM4, MKW20Z160VHT4 Kinetis® W MCUs

    MKW40Z Arm® Cortex®-M0

  • Up to 48 MHz Cortex-M0+ MCU
  • 160 KB Flash, 20 KB SRAM
  • DMA, ADC, DAC, CMP, TMRs, SPI, I2C, UART, CMT
  • AES128 Security Hardware and True Random Number Generator

Power Management

  • Multiple DC-to-DC power supply options (Bypass, Buck, Boost)

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)
  • PCB inverted F-type antenna and SMA RF port
  • Minimum number of matching components and external balun
  • External 256 KB Serial Flash supporting Over-the-air firmware updates

Debug

  • OpenSDA debug interface

Sensors

  • FXOS8700CQ - low-power 6-axis linear accelerometer and magnetometer

Software/Protocol Stacks

  • Bluetooth Low Energy Host Stack and Application Profiles
  • IEEE 802.15.4-2011 MAC/PHY
  • NXP® Simple MAC (SMAC)

User Components

  • Multiple switches
  • Push and capacitive touch buttons
  • LEDs
  • Infrared

Buy Options

  • FRDM-KW40Z

  • Freedom Development boards for Kinetis KW20Z, KW30Z and KW40Z MCUs.

    • 2 FRDM-KW40Z Freedom Development Boards
    • Quick Reference Card
    • 2 USB Cables
  • $224.25 USD
  • For a quantity of 1
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