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Zigbee or 802.15.4 network capabilities suitable for smart energy, medical, and residential applications

Element14 and NXP announced the launch of NXP’s new Freedom development platform for Kinetis KW2x MCUs. This product is a kit that allows for the easy addition of network capabilities, such as Zigbee or 802.15.4, to electronic designs, and enables point-to-point connection immediately upon purchase using two boards. It supports native input/output functions and can be used for connecting to external applications.

The FRDM-KW24D512 is a development platform based on the MKW24D512 Kinetis W series microcontroller and is available for use with software support for Thread, ZigBee Pro, 802.15.4 MAC, SMAC, and the Kinetis Software Development Kit (SDK).

The Kinetis MKW24D512 MCU is a compact, integrated, low-power device consisting of a powerful ARM® Cortex®-M4 core system that supports a high-performance 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 compliant wireless transceiver and various connectivity features and precision mixed-signal analog peripherals.

The FRDM-KW24D512 evaluation board is designed to be used in standalone mode or as part of the Freedom development platform for rapid application prototyping, and features the following: It supports the MKW24D512 Kinetis microcontroller (Cortex-M4 MCU up to 50 MHz, 512 KB of flash memory) and enables a fully IEEE 802.15.4 compliant wireless mode.

This new kit is the latest addition to element14's diverse range of solutions, ranging from starter kits to complete development boards, including the latest versions and exclusive bundles available at the Element14 Design Center (www.element14.com/designcenter). For more information, downloads, and related discussions, please visit: https://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-78015