K50 Family Options
Benefits
Features
ExpressLogicThreadX
SEGGERembOS
FreeRTOS
GreenHills-velOSity
Mocana(security)
FullARMecosystem
Reducescoreinterruption,increasing
performance
Designflexibilityandsystemcostreduction
Increasessystemsafetybyrestricting
access to key memory locations
Providesscalabilityneededforkeydigital
power and motor control applications
One-Stop Enablement
Offering: MCU + IDE + RTOS
Freescale Tower System hardware
development environment:
TWR-K53N512-KIT($179)
IncludesTWR-SER,TWR-ELEVand
TWR-K53N512modules
TWR-K53N512($109)
IncludesTWR-K53N512and
TWRPI-SLCDdaughtercard
Integrateddevelopmentenvironments
Eclipse-basedCodeWarriorIDE
and Processor Expert
IAREmbeddedWorkbench
Keil MDK
CodeSourcery Sourcery G++ (GNU)
Portablemedicalapplicationsdemo
software: EKG, pulse oximeter, blood
pressure monitor, spirometer
Math,DSPandencryptionlibraries
Motorcontrollibraries
Complimentarybootloaders(USB,Ethernet,
RF, serial)
ComplimentaryFreescaleembeddedGUI
ComplimentaryFreescaleMQXRTOS
Cost-effectiveNanoSSL/NanoSSHfor
FreescaleMQXRTOS
MicriumuC/OS-III
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or service names are the property of their respective owners. ARM is the registered trademark of ARM Limited. ARM Cortex-M4 is
the trademark of ARM Limited. 2011, 2012 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
KNTSK50FMLYFS REV 4
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please visit freescale.com/Kinetis
yy = Package designator
Part Number
CPU
(MHz)
Memory
Feature Options
Packages
Flash
(KB)
FlexMemory(KB)
SRAM(KB)
EEPROM/
FlexRAM
(KB)
TRIAMP
Opamp
DAC
Ether
net
LCD
ADC
64
LQFP
(10
x
10
mm)
LH
80
LQFP
(12
x
12
mm)
LK
100
LQFP
(14
x
14
mm)
LL
121
BGA
(8
x
8
mm)
MC
144
LQFP
(20
x
20
mm)
LQ
144
BGA
(13
x
13
mm)
MD
MK50DX128Cyy7
72
128
32
2
√
MK51DX128Cyy7
72
128
32
2
√
MK50DX256Cyy7
72
256
32
64
2
√
MK51DX256Cyy7
72
256
32
64
2
√
MK51DN256ZCyy10
100
256
-
64
√
MK50DX256ZCyy10
100
256
64
4
√
MK51DX256ZCyy10
100
256
64
4
√
MK53DX256ZCyy10
100
256
128
4
√
MK50DN512ZCyy10
100
512
-
128
√
MK51DN512ZCyy10
100
512
-
128
√
MK52DN512ZCyy10
100
512
-
128
√
MK53DN512ZCyy10
100
512
-
128
√
ARM Cortex-M4 core with DSP
instruction support
Upto16-channelDMAand
crossbar switch
Upto100MHzcoresupportingabroadrangeofprocessingbandwidthneeds
PeripheralandmemoryservicingwithreducedCPUloading.Concurrentmulti-master
bus accesses for increased bus bandwidth
Upto2x16-bitADCwithPGA
Upto2x12-bitDAC
Programmabledelayblock
Operationaland
transimpedance amplifiers
Voltagereference(VREF)
High-resolutionandhigh-accuracyADCprovidesaccuratesignalacquisition
Digital-to-analogconverterwithclockgatingoptimizedforlow-powerusage
PDBpreciselytriggersADCandDACblockstocompletesensorbiasingand
measurement (i.e. glucometry strips)
OPAMPSallowsignalfilteringandamplification,TRIAMPSareoptimizedfor
converting current inputs into voltages that can be read by the ADC
VREFallowsenhancedaccuracybysupplyinganalogperipheralswithfixedreference
IEEE 1588 Ethernet MAC with
hardware time stamping
Hardwareencryptioncoprocessor
Precisionclocksynchronizationforreal-timenetworkedindustrialautomation
and control
Securedatatransferandstorage.Fasterthansoftwareimplementationsandwith
minimal CPU loading. Supports a wide variety of algorithms
USBOn-The-Go(Full-Speed)with
device charger detect
Optimizedchargingcurrent/timeforportableUSBdevicesenablinglongerbatterylife
USBlow-voltageregulatorsuppliesupto120mAoffchipat3.3Vtopowerexternal
componentsfrom5Vinput
Flexible,low-powerLCDcontroller
with support for up to 320 segments
(40 x 8 or 44 x 4)
LCDblinkmodeenableslowaveragepowerwhileremaininginlow-powermode
SegmentfaildetectguardsagainsterroneousreadoutsandreducesLCDtestcosts
Frontplane/backplanereassignmentprovidespin-outflexibilityeasingPCBdesign
and allows LCD configuration changes via firmware with no hardware re-work
Supportsmultiple3Vand5VLCDpanelsizeswithfewersegments(pins)than
competitive controllers and no external components
UnusedLCDpinscanbeconfiguredasotherGPIOfunctions
FlexBusexternalbusinterfaceand
secure digital host controller
Enablestheconnectionofexternalmemoriesandperipherals(e.g.,graphicsdisplays)
ConnectiontoSD,SDIO,MMCorCE-ATAcardsforin-applicationsoftware
upgrades,filesystemsoraddingWi-Fi or Bluetooth support
128–512KBflash.
Up to 128 KB of SRAM
32–256KBFlexMemory
Highreliability,fastaccessprogrammemorywith4-levelsecurityprotection
Independentflashbanksallowconcurrentcodeexecutionandfirmwareupdating
FlexMemoryprovides2–4KBofuser-segmentablebytewrite/eraseEEPROM
Inaddition,FlexNVMfrom32–256KBforextraprogramcode,dataor
EEPROM backup