October 18, 2012, Seoul, Korea – Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL, www.freescale.com )’s Kinetis L Series, the world’s most energy-efficient and award-winning microcontroller (MCU) designed based on ARM® Cortex™-M0+ processors, is now widely available.

The Kinetis L Series 32-bit devices, first announced earlier this year, are the first solutions used in the new Freescale Freedom development platform, a cost-effective, small, low-power evaluation and development system optimized for rapid application prototyping and demoing.

The KL25 MCU, the first model of the Kinetis L series, and the Freescale Freedom development platform are now available for immediate purchase. More than 15,000 orders for the Freescale Freedom development platform have already been received and are being shipped.

"Freescale has maintained an aggressive development schedule to deliver the world's most energy-efficient MCUs to customers as quickly as possible," said Geoff Lees, Vice President and General Manager of Freescale's Industrial and Mixed Markets MCU business unit. "Freescale is supporting existing 8-bit and 16-bit users to easily transition to 32-bit by supplying the fully validated Kinetis L series in mass production volume six months after the announcement of the ARM Cortex-M0+ core."

Features of the KL25
All Kinetis L-series products include scalable flash memory options, pin counts, and analog, communications, timing, and control peripherals, providing a migration path that facilitates the expansion of the final product line. The features of the KL25 MCU are as follows.
• 48MHz ARM Cortex-M0+ core
• Cores can run at as low as 40uA/MHz in flash memory
• 32KB ~ 128KB of flash memory
• High-speed 12/16-bit analog-to-digital converter
• 12-bit digital-to-analog converter
• High-speed analog comparator
• Low-power touch sensor
• Powerful timer supporting a wide range of applications including motor control
• USB 2.0 standard speed host/device/OTG
• Pin and software compatibility with the Kinetis K20 family provides a migration path toward DSP performance and advanced feature integration.

World-class support
The Kinetis L Series is supported by the Freescale Freedom development platform, Processor Expert software including MQX™ Lite RTOS components, Solution Advisor for rapid prototyping, and the Tower System modular development platform, along with third-party development resources for a wide range of ARM-linked systems.

Freescale Freedom hardware provides easy access to industry-standard MCU I/O pins along with a wide range of third-party expansion board options. OpenSDA, an integrated open standard serial and debug interface, offers an easy-to-use mass storage device mode flash programmer, a virtual serial port, and traditional programming and execution control capabilities.

In addition, Freescale is steadily expanding its Tower System portfolio with the announcement of the TWR-KL25Z48M controller module. This new Kinetis L-series module provides advanced evaluation capabilities and rapid prototyping capabilities to leverage the expanding Tower System portfolio. The TWR-KL25Z48M features an OpenSDA debug interface, a capacitive touchpad, and a Tower System plug-in socket.

Supply situation and prices
The Kinetis L Series MKL25Z128VLK4 (80 LQFP) MCU is currently available at a suggested retail price of $1.98 (USD) for a quantity of 10,000 units. The Freescale Freedom development platform (FRDM-KL25Z) is currently available at a suggested retail price of $12.95 (USD). The Tower System TWR-KL25Z module is available at a suggested retail price of $99 (USD). The entry-level Kinetis L Series device, the KL02 MCU, is scheduled to be available in early 2013 at a suggested retail price of 49 cents (USD).

More information about the Kinetis L Series MCU can be found at www.freescale.com/Kinetis/Lseries .