Chapter 2
Introduction
2.1 Overview
This chapter provides an overview of the Kinetis L series of ARM
®
Cortex
®
-M0+ MCUs
and KL02 product family. It also presents high-level descriptions of the modules
available on the devices covered by this document.
2.2 Kinetis L series
The Kinetis L series is the most scalable portfolio of ultra low-power, mixed-signal
ARM
®
Cortex
®
-M0+ MCUs in the industry. The portfolio includes five MCU families
that offer a broad range of memory, peripheral and package options. Kinetis L Series
families share common peripherals and pin-counts allowing developers to migrate easily
within an MCU family or between MCU families to take advantage of more memory or
feature integration. This scalability allows developers to standardize on the Kinetis L
Series for their end product platforms, maximising hardware and software reuse and
reducing time-to-market.
Features common to all Kinetis L series families include:
• 48 MHz ARM Cortex-M0+ core
• High-speed 12/16-bit analog-to-digital converters
• 12-bit digital-to-analog converters for all series except for KLx4/KLx2 family
• High-speed analog comparators
• Low-power touch sensing with wake-up on touch from reduced power states for all
series except for KLx4/KLx2 family
• Powerful timers for a broad range of applications including motor control
• Low-power focused serial communication interfaces such as low-power UART, SPI,
I2C, and others.
• Single power supply: 1.71–3.6 V with multiple low-power modes support single
operation temperature:
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