Freescale Semiconductor FRDM-KW24D512 FRDM-KW24D512 User Manual Freescale PowerPoint
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Quick Start Package Overview
These documents are available as part of the Quick Start Package:
Additional reference documents are available on freescale.com/FRDM-KW24D512
Name
Type
Description
Quick Start Guide
PDF
This document
Precompiled Examples
Folder
S-record images of example projects for use with the MSD Flash Programmer
Name
Description
FRDM-KW24D512 Quick Start
Package
Quick Start Guide and supporting files for getting started with the FRDM-KW24D512
FRDM-KW24D512 User’s Manual
Overview and detailed information for the FRDM-KW24D512 hardware
FRDM-KW24D512 Pin-outs
Spreadsheet of pin connections for all MCU pins. Includes pin out for the I/O headers,
Arduino R3 compatibility chart, and OpenSDA MCU pin out.
FRDM-KW24D512 Schematics
PDF schematics for the FRDM-KW24D512 hardware
FRDM-KW24D512 Design Package
Zip file containing all design source files for the FRDM-KW24D512 hardware
OpenSDA User’s Guide
Overview and instructions for use of the OpenSDA embedded debug circuit
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Get to Know the FRDM-KW24D512
The Freescale Freedom development platform is a set of software and hardware tools for evaluation
and development. It is ideal for rapid prototyping of microcontroller-based applications. The Freescale
Freedom KW24 hardware, FRDM-KW24D512, is a simple, yet sophisticated design featuring a Kinetis
W series MCU, the industry’s first MCU built on the ARM® Cortex® M4 core.
Features:
•MKW24D512VHA5 MCU – 50MHz, 512KB Flash, 64KB SRAM, 63LGA
•Small RF reference design area marked in silkscreen, combo sensor
FXOS8700CQ, Tri-color LED, Flexible power supply options – USB, external
source
•Two (4) user push-button switches (SW1-SW4)
•Easy access to MCU I/O
•Power-measurement access points
•UART, SPI, I2C, optional USB 2.0 FS/LS H/D/OTG
•Form factor compatible with Arduino ™ R3 pin layout
•New, OpenSDA debug interface
−Mass storage device flash programming interface (default) – no tool installation required
to evaluate demo apps
−CMSIS-DAP interface: new ARM standard for embedded debug interface
Refer to the FRDM-KW24D512 User’s Manual and OpenSDA User’s
Guide for more information.
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FRDM-KW24D512 Operation Description
•The KW24 operating frequency range is 2405 MHz to 2480 MHz,
the data rate is 250 Kbps, and the modulation type is OQPSK – all
of these parameters are defined by the 802.15.4 standard.
•The antenna is a fixed printed inverted “F”, or PIFA antenna on the
PCB. The operating voltage for the KW24 is 3.3V and the current
for TX/RX is < 20 mA. The KW24 crystal oscillator is 32 MHz and
the radio uses an internal PLL to generate the RF frequency.
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Getting Started Out of the Box
Installing Drivers and Running the Out of Box Demo
FRDM-KW24D512 comes with the mass-storage
device (MSD) Flash Programmer OpenSDA
Application pre-installed. It will appear as a
removable storage drive with a volume label of
FRDM-KW24D512.
The FRDM-KW24D512 will appear as a
removable storage drive (MSD Flash
Programmer) with a volume label of ‘DAPLink’.
The board also includes an USB serial port
interface that will be enumerated as “mbed
Serial Port”.
If the USB Serial Port fails to automatically install
in Windows, follow the instructions in Step 0 to
get and install the driver required.
Optional: Download and Install the mbed serial configuration drivers from
https://developer.mbed.org/handbook/Windows-serial-configuration
The pre-installed demo running on the KW24 MCU
provides an easy way to test the RF performance
of the transceiver for basic transmitter and receiver
tests. It includes test mode (continuous tx,
modulated, unmodulated, etc.), Packet Error Rate
and Range tests (LQI
measurements) as well as radio’s registers
communication through the serial port
communication with the OpenSDA interface.
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Introduction to OpenSDA
OpenSDA is an open-standard serial and debug adapter. It bridges serial and debug communications between a USB host and an embedded
target processor. OpenSDA software includes a flash-resident USB mass-storage device (MSD) bootloader and a collection of OpenSDA
Applications. FRDM-KW24D512 comes with the following applications preloaded:
- MSD Flash Programmer
- Debug Application
- Virtual mbed serial port
Follow these instructions to run the OpenSDA Bootloader and change the installed OpenSDA application:
Enter OpenSDA Bootloader Mode
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A removable drive should now be visible in the host file
system with a volume label of BOOTLOADER. You are
now in OpenSDA Bootloader mode.
Update the OpenSDA application
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or drag & drop the OpenSDA firmware into the
BOOTLOADER drive.
Unplug the USB cable and plug it in again. The new
OpenSDA Application should now be running and a
FRDM-KW24D512 drive should be visible in the host
file system.
Unplug the USB cable if attached.
Press and hold the Reset button (SW5).
Plug in a USB cable (not included) between a USB
host and the OpenSDA USB connector (labeled
“OpenSDA”).
Release the Reset button.
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Introduction to OpenSDA
The MSD Flash Programmer is a composite USB application that provides a virtual serial port and an easy and convenient way to
program applications into the KW24 MCU. It emulates a FAT16 file system, appearing as a removable drive in the host file system with a
volume label of ‘DAPLink’. Raw binary files that are copied to the drive are programmed directly into the flash of the KW24 and executed
automatically. The virtual serial port can be opened with standard serial terminal applications.
Using the MSD Flash Programmer
Using the Virtual Serial Port
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The new application should now be running on the FRDM-
KW24D512. And you can program repeatedly without the
need to unplug and reattach the USB cable before
reprogramming.
Locate the Precompiled Examples folder in the
FRDM-KW24D512 Quick Start Package.
Copy & paste or drag & drop one of the .bin files to
the FRDM-KW24D512 drive.
Determine the symbolic name assigned to the
FRDM-KW24D512 virtual serial port. In Windows
open Device Manager and look for the COM port
named “mbed Serial Port (COMxx)”.
Open the serial terminal emulation program of your
choice. Examples for Windows include Tera Term,
PuTTY and HyperTerminal.
Program one of the applications from the
Precompiled Examples folder using the MSD
Flash Programmer.
Configure the terminal program. Most embedded
examples use 115200 baud rate, 8 data bits, no
parity bits, one stop bit (8-N-1) and no flow control.
Press and release the Reset button (SW5) at
anytime to restart the example application. Resetting
the embedded application will not affect the
connection of the virtual serial port to the terminal
program.
NOTE: Flash programming with the MSD Flash Programmer is
currently only supported on Windows operating systems. However,
the virtual serial port has been successfully tested on Windows,
Linux and Mac operating systems.
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FCC compliance information
•This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
•Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the
user’s authority to operate the equipment.
•Please notice that if the FCC identification number is not visible when the module is installed inside
another device, then the outside of the device into which the module is installed must also display a label
referring to the enclosed module. This exterior label can use wording such as the following: “Contains FCC
ID RUN-FRDM-KW24D512” any similar wording that expresses the same meaning may be used.
•This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This
equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of 20cm between the radiator & your
body. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or
transmitter.
•The board is a reference/evaluation platform that can be programmed in different ways by developers to
implement and evaluate wireless functionality. The test firmware is pre-loaded in the board during
production, and the “connectivity test” firmware allows the radio to be put into different TX and RX modes
and to run PER tests. The RF section is a 2.4 GHz 802.15.4 compliant radio with a fixed printed “F”
antenna. The board only requires +5V power to operate without any need for special installation.
