Freescale Semiconductor, Inc

FRDM-KL46Z

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1 FRDM-KL46Z Overview

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

KL46Z hardware, FRDM-KL46Z, is a simple, yet sophisticated design featuring a Kinetis L series microcontroller,

built on the ARM® Cortex™-M0+ core.

FRDM-KL46Z can be used to evaluate the KL46, KL36, KL26 and KL16 Kinetis L series devices. It features a

MKL46Z256VLL4, this device boasting a max operating frequency of 48MHz, 256KB of flash, 32KB RAM, a full-

speed USB controller, segment LCD controller, and loads of analog and digital peripherals. The FRDM-KL46Z

hardware is form-factor compatible with the Arduino™ R3 pin layout, providing a broad range of expansion

board options. The on-board interfaces includes a 4 digit segment LCD, a 3-axis digital accelerometer,

magnetometer, capacitive touch slider, and ambient light sensor.

The FRDM-KL46Z features the Freescale open standard embedded serial and debug adapter known as OpenSDA.

This circuit offers several options for serial communications, flash programming and run-control debugging.

2 References documents

The table below provides a list of reference documents for the FRDM-KL46Z hardware. All of these documents

are available online at www.freescale.com/FRDM-KL46Z.

Table 1. FRDM-KL46Z Reference Documents

Filename

Description

FRDM-KL46Z Quick Start Package

Quick Start Guide and supporting files for getting started with

the FRDM-KL46Z.

FRDM-KL46Z User’s Manual

This document—overview and detailed information for the

FRDM-KL46Z hardware.

FRDM-KL46Z Pinouts

Spreadsheet of pin connections for all MCU pins. Includes

pinout for the I/O headers, Arduino R3 compatibility chart,

and OpenSDA MCU pinout.

FRDM-KL46Z Schematics

PDF schematics for the FRDM-KL46Z hardware

FRDM-KL46Z Design Package

Zip file containing all design source files for the FRDM-KL46Z

hardware

OpenSDA User’s Guide

Overview and instructions for use of the OpenSDA embedded

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Getting started

Refer to the FRDM-KL46Z Quick Start Package for step-by-step instructions for getting started with the FRDM-

KL46Z. See the Jump Start Your Design section on http://www.freescale.com/FRDM-KL46Z for the Quick Start

Package and software lab guides.