Freescale Semiconductor Freedom FRDM-KW24D512 User manual

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
User’s Guide
© 2015 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All rights reserved.
1 Introduction
This manual describes the Freescale development board,
FRDM-KW24D512, part of the Freescale Freedom
development platform. It has a diverse reference design with
all necessary I/O connections to use as a self-contained
board or for connection to an external application.
The MKW24D512 is a 2.4 GHz Industrial, Scientific, and
Medical (ISM) single-chip device intended for the IEEE®
Std. 802.15.4, including Thread, Zigbee Pro, ZigBee RF4CE
and IPv6/6loWPAN protocols.
The FRDM-KW24D512 contains the MKW24D512
transceiver that is combined with a software stack to
implement an IEEE Std. 802.15.4 platform solutions.
1.1 Audience
This manual is intended for system designers.
Document Number: FRDMKW24DUG
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Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.1.FCC guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.2.Regulatory approval for Canada (IC RSS 210) . . . 3
2.3.Electrostatic discharge considerations . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.4.Disposal instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. FRDM-KW24D512 overview and description . . . . . 4
3.1.Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2.Board features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.3.Software and driver considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. FRDM-KW24D512 development board . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.1.FRDM-KW24D512 board overview . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.2.Functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.3.Schematic, board layout, and bill of material . . . 18
5. PCB manufacturing specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.1.Single PCB construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.2.Panelization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.3.Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.4.Solder mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.5.Silk screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.6.Electrical PCB testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.7.Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.8.Hole specification/tool table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.9.File description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6. Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Safety information
2 Safety information
2.1 FCC guidelines
This equipment is for use by developers for evaluation purposes only and must not be incorporated into
any other device or system. Integrators will be responsible for reevaluating the end product (including the
transmitter) and obtaining a separate FCC authorization.
FCC approval of this device only covers the original configuration of this device as supplied. Any
modifications to this product, including changes shown in this manual, may violate the rules of the Federal
Communications Commission and Industry Canada and make operation of the product unlawful.
2.1.1 Labeling
FCC labels are physically located on the back of the board.
2.1.2 Operating conditions
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
• This device may not cause harmful interference.
• This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
2.1.3 Exposure limits
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment.
The antenna(s) used for this equipment must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 8
inches (20cm) from all persons.
2.1.4 Antenna restrictions
An intentional radiator is designed to ensure that no antenna other than that furnished by the responsible
party is used with the device. The use of a permanently attached antenna or of an antenna that uses a unique
coupling to the intentional radiator is considered sufficient to comply with the provisions of this Section.
The manufacturer may design the unit so that a broken antenna can be replaced by the user, but the use of
a standard antenna jack or electrical connector is prohibited. This requirement does not apply to carrier
current devices or to devices operated under the provisions of Sections 15.211, 15.213, 15.217, 15.219, or
15.221 of the IEEE Std. 802.15.4. Further, this requirement does not apply to intentional radiators that
must be professionally installed, such as perimeter protection systems and some field disturbance sensors,
or to other intentional radiators which, in accordance with Section 15.31(d) of the IEEE Std. 802.15.4,
must be measured at the installation site. However, the installer is responsible for ensuring that the proper
antenna is employed so that the limits in this Part are not exceeded.

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2.2 Regulatory approval for Canada (IC RSS 210)
This equipment complies with Industry Canada licence-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to
the following two conditions:
1. This board may not cause interference, and
2. This board must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation
of the device.
2.2.1 26 PART 5 – Appendix
Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d'Industrie Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de
licence. L'exploitation est autorisée aux deux conditions suivantes:
1. l'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et
2. l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage
est susceptible d'en compromettre le fonctionnement.
2.3 Electrostatic discharge considerations
Although damage from electrostatic discharge (ESD) is much less common on these devices than on early
CMOS circuits, normal handling precautions should be used to avoid exposure to static discharge.
Qualification tests are performed to ensure that these devices can withstand exposure to reasonable levels
of static without suffering any permanent damage.
All ESD testing is in conformity with the JESD22 Stress Test Qualification for Commercial Grade
Integrated Circuits. During the device qualification ESD stresses were performed for the human body
model (HBM), the machine model (MM) and the charge device model (CDM).
All latch-up test testing is in conformity with the JESD78 IC Latch-Up Test.
When operating or handling the development boards or components, Freescale strongly recommends
using at least the grounding wrist straps plus any, or all, of the following ESD dissipation methods:
• Flexible fabric, solid fixed size, or disposable ESD wrist straps
• Static control workstations, static control monitors and table or floor static control systems
• Static control packaging and transportation materials and environmental systems
2.4 Disposal instructions
This product may be subject to special disposal requirements. For product disposal instructions, refer to
freescale.com/productdisposal.

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FRDM-KW24D512 overview and description
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3.1 Introduction
The FRDM-KW24D512 development board is an evaluation environment based on the Freescale
MKW24D512 transceiver (MKW24).
The MKW24D512 device incorporates a complete low power IEEE Std. 802.15.4 2.4 GHz radio
frequency transceiver and a Kinetis family low-power, mixed-signal ARM®Cortex®-M4 MCU into a
single package.
Freescale supplements the MKW24D512 with tools and software that include hardware evaluation and
development boards, software development IDE and applications, drivers, custom PHY usable with the
Freescale IEEE Std. 802.15.4 compatible MAC.
The FRDM-KW24D development board contains the MKW24D512 device with 32 MHz reference
oscillator crystal, RF circuitry including antenna, 16 Mbit external serial flash, and supporting circuitry in
the popular Freedom form factor. The board is a standalone and supports applications development with
Freescale’s IEEE Std. 802.15.4 protocol stacks and support full speed USB 2.0.
3.2 Board features
3.2.1 FRDM-KW24D512 board
The FRDM-KW24D512 development board is part of the Freescale Freedom development (FRDM)
platform. It has a diverse reference design containing the MKW24D512 device and all necessary I/O
connections to use as a self-contained board or for connection to an external application, and also has the
capability to connect with the Freedom development boards.
Figure 1 shows the FRDM-KW24D512 development board.

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Figure 1. FRDM-KW24D512 development board
The FRDM-KW24D512 development board includes the following features:
• The Freescale low-power Kinetis MKW24D512 transceiver
• Full IEEE Std. 802.15.4 compliant wireless node; ZigBee and Thread capable
• Reference design area with small footprint, low-cost RF node
— RF circuitry includes a Balun to convert the differential input/output pin of the MKW24D512
transciever to single-ended for on-board signal routing
— Low off-chip component count
— Programmable output power from -35 dBm to +8 dBm at the SMA connector, no trap
— Receiver sensitivity: -102 dBm, typical (@1% PER for 20 byte payload packet)
• Integrated PCB inverted F-type antenna and SMA RF port
• Selectable power sources
• 32 MHz reference oscillator
• 32 kHz clock oscillator
• 2.4 GHz frequency operation (ISM Band)
• External serial flash for over-the-air programming (OTAP) support
• Integrated open-standard serial and debug interface (OpenSDA)
• Cortex 10-pin (0.05 inches) SWD debug port for target MCU
• Cortex 10-pin (0.05 inches) JTAG port for OpenSDA updates
• 1 RGB LED indicator
• 1 Blue LED indicator
• 4 Push button switches

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• FXOS8700 Combo Sensor
Figure 2 shows the main board features and I/O headers for the Freescale FRDM-KW24D512 board.
Figure 2. FRDM-KW24D512 components and I/O headers
3.3 Software and driver considerations
The FRDM-KW24D512 board includes an OpenSDAv2.1, a serial and debug adapter circuit that includes
an open-source bootloader, and debug interface software. It bridges serial and debug communications
between a USB host and an embedded target processor. The hardware circuit is based on the Kinetis K20
family. More information is provided in the following document:
• USBKW24D512 Quick Start Guide, found at the Freescale website under “Downloads”
(FRDM-KW24D512)
For additional information about our 2.4 GHz Kinetis family platforms, refer to the following:
• Freescale.com/wireless
• FRDM-OSDAUG - OpenSDA User’s Guide (OPENSDAUG)
•KW2x on freescale.com
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4.1 FRDM-KW24D512 board overview
The FRDM-KW24D512 is an evaluation board based on the Freescale MKW24D512 transceiver. The
FRDM-KW24D512 board provides a platform to evaluate the MKW24D512 transceiver, develop
External flash
memory
J1 I/O header
Combo sensor
RGB LED
J2 I/O header
OpenLink debug
SW 1 - 2
OpenLink USB
Printed F
antenna
J4 I/O header
MKW24D512
32 kHz Crystal
KW24 SWD
J3 I/O header
Reset
SW 3 - 4
KW24 USB

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software, and applications. The core device is accompanied by a 32 MHz reference oscillator crystal, RF
circuitry including antenna, and supporting circuitry.
The FRDM-KW24D512 board is intended as the core PCB for MKW24D512 transceiver evaluation and
application development, and can be used in the following modes:
• Simple standalone evaluation platform
• Daughter card to other development platform boards (Freedom development platform)
• Mother card to an application specific daughter card such as a shield card
4.1.1 PCB features
The FRDM-KW24D512 board provides the following features:
• The Freescale Freedom development platform form factor
• 4-Layer metal, 0.062 inch thick FR4 board
• LGA footprint and power supply bypass
• Printed metal F-Antenna and footprint for installing a (user supplied) SMA connector
• 32 MHz reference oscillator crystal
• 32.768 kHz crystal provided for optional timing oscillator
• Standard FRDM card mounting interface
• External serial flash for OTAP support
• Combo sensor, 6-axis sensor with integrated linear accelerometer and magnetometer
4.1.2 Form factor
Figure 3 shows the FRDM-KW24D512 board’s connector and header locations.

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Figure 3. FRDM-KW24D512 board’s connector and header location
Figure 4 shows a footprint of the FRDM-KW24D512 board with the location of the IO headers. The
parameters of these headers are as follows:
• J1, J2, J3 and J4:
— Headers have standard 0.1 inch / 2.54 mm pin spacing
— J1 and J3 are 16-pin
— J2 is 20-pin
— J4 is 12-pin
— Pin headers are mounted on the top side of the FRDM-KW24D512 and are intended to plug
into matching receptacles on the Freescale Freedom Platform board
• J36, J37, J38, J39, J41, and J42:
— Headers have standard 0.1 in / 2.54 mm pin spacing
— All headers are 2x2 pin
— J36 and J37 are adjacent to allow UART0 data direction to be reversed by altering the
orientation of the shunt
— J38 and J39 are adjacent to allow SPI0 data direction to be reversed by altering the orientation
of the shunt
— J40 and J41 are adjacent to allow UART1 data direction to be reversed by altering the
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Figure 4. FRDM-KW24D512 board top side (component side) footprint
4.1.3 Board level specifications
Table 1. FRDM-KW24D512 board specifications
Parameter Min Typ Max Units Notes/Conditions
General
Size (PCB: X, Y) — — 81.2x53.3
3.20x2.10
mm
inches
—
Layer build (PCB) — 1.57
0.062
—mm
inches
4-Layer
Dielectric material (PCB) — — — — FR4
Power
Current consumption — — —mA Varies with operational mode, see
datasheet.
Temperature
Operating temperature (see note) -40 +25 +70 °C Operating temperature is limited to +70 °C
due to switches. Basic circuit is good for a
maximum temperature of +85 °C.
Storage temperature -30 +25 +70 °C —

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4.2 Functional description
The FRDM-KW24D512 board is built around the Freescale MKW24D512 transceiver in a 63-pin (56-pin
usable) LGA package. The MKW24D512 device features a IEEE Std. 802.15.4 radio frequency
transceiver and a Kinetis family low-power, mixed-signal ARM Cortex-M4 MCU in a single package. The
RF
802.15.4 frequency range 2405 — 2480 MHz All 16 channels in the 2450 MHz band
Operation frequency 2360 — 2480 MHz —
RF Receiver
Saturation (maximum input level) — +0 — dBm Refer to data sheet
Sensitivity for 1% packet error rate
(PER) (+25 °C) 802.15.4
— -102 — dBm Refer to data sheet
RF Transmitter
RF Power Output -35 — +8 dBm Programmable in steps. At the antenna feed
with no harmonic trap. 1
2nd harmonic — ≤40 ≤35 dBm Refer to data sheet
3rd harmonic — ≤40 ≤35 dBm Refer to data sheet
Regulatory Approval
FCC — — — — Product is approved according to the FCC
part 15 standard
CE (ETSI) — — — — Product is approved according to the EN
300 328 V1.7.1 (2006-10) standard
CE (EMC) — — — — Product is approved according to the EN
301 489-1 V1.6.1 (2005-09) and EN 301
489-17 V1.2.1 (2002-08) standards
Safety
UL — — — — Product is approved according to the IEC
60950-1 and EN 60950-1, First Edition
standards
Environment
RoHS — — — — Product complies with the EU Directive
2002/95/EC of 27 January 2003
WEEE — — — — Product complies with the EU Directive
2002/95/EC of 27 January 2003
1Harmonic trap will add 1 to 2 dB of loss.
Table 1. FRDM-KW24D512 board specifications (continued)
Parameter Min Typ Max Units Notes/Conditions