Freescale TWR-K40X256 Tower System

 
Freescale Kinetis Challenge
Controller:
  • Kinetis K40X256
CPU:
  • Cortex-M4
Board main features::
  • Capacitive Touch Pads
  • Integrated, Open-Source JTAG
  • SD Card Slot
  • MMA7660 3-axis accelerometer
  • Tower Plug-In (TWRPI) Socket for expansion (sensors, etc.)
  • Touch TWRPI Socket adds support for various capacitive touch boards (e.g. keypads, rotary dials, sliders, etc.)
  • Tower connectivity for access to USB, Ethernet, RS232/RS485, CAN, SPI, I²C, Flexbus, etc.
  • Plus: Potentiometer, 4 LEDs, 2 pushbuttons, infrared port
Controller main features::
  • ARM Cortex-M4 Core delivering 1.25 DMIPS/MHz with DSP instructions (floating-point unit available on certain Kinetis families)
  • Up to 32-channel DMA for peripheral and memory servicing with minimal CPU intervention
  • Broad range of performance levels rated at maximum CPU frequencies of 50 MHz, 72 MHz, and 100 MHz (120 MHz and 150 MHz available on certain Kinetis families)
  • 10 low power operating modes for optimizing peripheral activity and wake-up times for extended battery life. •
  • Low–leakage wake-up unit, low power timer, and low power RTC for additional low power flexibility
  • Industry-leading fast wake-up times
  • Scalable memory footprints from 32 KB flash / 8 KB RAM to 1 MB flash / 128 KB RAM.
  • FlexMemory with up to 512 KB FlexNVM and up to 16 KB FlexRAM.
  • EEPROM endurance capable of exceeding 10 million cycles
  • Human Machine Interface (HMI):
  • Capacitive Touch Sensing Interface with full low-power support and minimal current adder when enabled