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NXP Semiconductors FRDM-KW41Z FRDM Development Board

NXP Semiconductors FRDM-KW41Z FRDM Development Board is designed to evaluate and/or develop Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) and IEEE 802.15.4 wireless applications. This evaluation board offers an easy-to-use mass-storage device mode flash programmer, a virtual serial port, and standard programming/run-control capabilities. The FRDM-KW41Z board is used for application prototyping and demonstration of the MKW41Z MCUs. This development kit includes everything needed to establish a wireless connection between the two boards quickly. The FRDM-KW41Z equipment can be configured as a Host or Shield for connection to a Host processor. This development kit also supports all DC-DC configurations (buck, boost, and bypass).

Features

  • Supports BLE, Generic FSK, and IEEE Std. 802.15.4 (Thread) platforms
  • IEEE Std. 802.15.4, 2006-compliant transceiver supporting 250kbps O-QPSK data in 5.0MHz channels, and full spread-spectrum encoding and decoding
  • Fully compliant BLUETOOTH® v4.2 Low Energy (BLE)
  • Reference design area with small-footprint, low-cost RF node
    • Single-ended input/output port
    • Low count of external components
    • Programmable output power from -30dBm to +3.5dBm at the SMA connector, when using DCDC Bypass or Buck modes of operation
    • Receiver sensitivity
      • -100dBm, typical (at 1% PER for 20-byte payload packet) for 802.15.4 applications, at the SMA connector
      • -95dBm (for BLE applications)
  • Integrated PCB inverted F-type antenna and SMA RF port (requires moving C7 to C8)
  • Selectable power sources
  • DC-DC converter with Buck, Boost, and Bypass operation modes
  • 32MHz reference oscillator
  • 32kHz reference oscillator
  • 2.4GHz frequency operation (ISM and MBAN)
  • 4-Mbit (512 kB) external serial flash memory for Over-the-Air Programming (OTAP) support
  • Integrated Open-Standard Serial and Debug Adapter (OpenSDA)
  • Cortex 10-pin (0.05") SWD debug port for target MCU
  • Cortex 10-pin (0.05") JTAG port for OpenSDA updates
  • 1x RGB LED indicator
  • 1x red LED indicator
  • 2x push-button switches
  • 2x TSI buttons (Touch Sensing Input electrodes)

Kit Contents

  • 2x FRDM-KW41Z FRDM development boards
  • Quick reference card
  • 2x USB cables

Block Diagram

Block Diagram - NXP Semiconductors FRDM-KW41Z FRDM Development Board

Associated MCUs

NXP Semiconductors KW41Z/31Z/21Z Wireless MCUs

Integrate a Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) v4.2, Generic FSK, and IEEE® 802.15.4 compliant modem.

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Published: 2016-10-07 | Updated: 2025-03-12