K20_120: Kinetis K20-120 MHz, Full-Speed USB, Mixed-Signal Integration MCUs based on ARM® Cortex®-M4

The Kinetis® K20 120 MHz MCU family offers advanced analog integration, serial communication, and a customizable system expansion for consumer, medical, and industrial devices.

Kinetis® K2x MCU Family Block Diagram
Analog to Digital Converter
Programmable Delay Block
System Integration Module
Nested Vector Interrupt Controller
Serial Audio Interface
Recommended Documentation (3)
Name/DescriptionTypeModified Date
Selector Guide: High-performance Kinetis® K Series MCUs (REV 1) PDF (2.4 MB) KINETISKMCUSELGDSelector Guides02 Oct 2015
Kinetis® K2x MCU Family - Fact Sheet (REV 10) PDF (373.5 kB) KINK2XFSFact Sheets07 Jul 2016
Demonstration software for Kinetis® peripheral modules (REV 3) PDF (2.0 MB) KQRUGQuick Reference Guides30 May 2014
Data Sheets (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Kinetis® K20: 120MHz Cortex-M4F up to 1MB Flash (144pin) (REV 6) PDF (1.1 MB) K20P144M120SF307 Sep 2015
Errata (6)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Errata Mask 1N96B for Kinetis® MCUs (REV 29 JUL 2016) PDF (338.9 kB) KINETIS_1N96B22 Aug 2016
Errata Mask 3N96B for Kinetis® MCUs (REV 29 JUL 2016) PDF (325.4 kB) KINETIS_3N96B22 Aug 2016
Errata Mask 4N96B for Kinetis® MCUs (REV 29 JUL 2016) PDF (335.7 kB) KINETIS_4N96B22 Aug 2016
Mask Set Errata for Mask 1N36B KINETIS_K_1N36B (REV 12FEB2015) PDF (160.0 kB) KINETIS_K_1N36B27 Feb 2015
Mask Set Errata for Mask 2N36B KINETIS_K_2N36B (REV 12FEB2015) PDF (152.6 kB) KINETIS_K_2N36B27 Feb 2015
Mask Set Errata for Mask 3N36B KINETIS_K_3N36B (REV 12FEB2015) PDF (159.9 kB) KINETIS_K_3N36B27 Feb 2015
Application Notes (57)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
FFT-Based Algorithm for Metering Applications - Application Note (REV 4) PDF (347.5 kB) AN425526 Jul 2015
Features of the FlexTimer Module (REV 0) PDF (1.4 MB) AN514222 Jun 2015
Power Management for Kinetis® and ColdFire®+ MCUs (REV 2) PDF (1.6 MB) AN450306 Apr 2015
Using Kinetis® FlexMemory as enhanced EEPROM (REV 2) PDF (863.9 kB) AN428204 Mar 2015
Power supply options for Tower® development plaftorm (REV 0.1) PDF (2.6 MB) AN464923 Sep 2014
Optimizing performance on Kinetis® K-series MCUs (REV 1) PDF (280.1 kB) AN474511 Jun 2014
Production Flash programming best practices for Kinetis® K and L MCUs (REV 1) PDF (173.6 kB) AN483502 May 2014
Cookbook for SAR ADC measurements (REV 1) PDF (843.1 kB) AN437317 Apr 2014
Audio player on KwikStik (REV 0) PDF (407.6 kB) AN452321 Jan 2014
Tips using PDB in motor control applications on Kinetis® (REV 0) PDF (447.9 kB) AN482218 Dec 2013
I2C non-blocking communication (REV 0) PDF (570.5 kB) AN480321 Oct 2013
Developer’s Serial Bootloader (REV 13) PDF (1.4 MB) AN229508 Oct 2013
An I2S application on Kinetis® (REV 0) PDF (239.2 kB) AN480001 Sep 2013
Using DSPI as Slave on MQX RTOS (v3.8) (REV 0) PDF (215.1 kB) AN479129 Aug 2013
Integrating a Processor Expert® driver (LDD) into a non-PEx project (REV 0) PDF (2.1 MB) AN476914 Aug 2013
AN4752, FreeMASTER Serial Driver Usage - Application Note (REV 0) PDF (2.1 MB) AN475231 May 2013
Connecting Kinetis® MCU with CMOS sensor interface through GPIO (REV 0) PDF (411.7 kB) AN462730 May 2013
AN4753, Rational ClearCase Use in CodeWarrior® 10.3 - Application Note (REV 0) PDF (392.5 kB) AN475330 May 2013
PMSM electrical parameters measurement (REV 0) PDF (2.3 MB) AN468023 Apr 2013
Implementing in-software flash programming on Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (218.5 kB) AN469517 Apr 2013
Using NXP® USB stack to implement Audio class device (REV 0) PDF (309.9 kB) AN466523 Mar 2013
I2C driver based on interrupt and blocking mechanism for MQX (REV 0) PDF (481.2 kB) AN465220 Mar 2013
Migration Guide: Kinetis® K 100MHz Rev 1.x to 120MHz (REV 1.0) PDF (2.5 MB) AN452619 Mar 2013
USB Mass Storage Device (MSD) Host Bootloader (REV 1) PDF (2.6 MB) AN436806 Dec 2012
MQX Board Support Package (BSP) - Porting Guide on KEIL (REV 0) PDF (1.6 MB) AN462631 Oct 2012
BLDC Sensorless Algorithm Tuning (REV 0) PDF (1.4 MB) AN459711 Oct 2012
USB device firmware update (DFU) for Kinetis® MCUs (REV 1) PDF (2.5 MB) AN437007 Oct 2012
Using Kinetis® DMA and GPIO to emulate timer functionality (REV 0) PDF (825.4 kB) AN441927 Sep 2012
Using DMA to emulate ADC flexible scan mode on Kinetis® K (REV 0) PDF (204.0 kB) AN459019 Sep 2012
NXP® Embedded Software and Motor Control libraries (REV 0) PDF (216.9 kB) AN461114 Sep 2012
Understanding the 16-bit ADC PGA in Kinetis® K Series (REV 0) PDF (421.8 kB) AN456809 Sep 2012
PWM synchronization using Kinetis® Flextimers (REV 0) PDF (1.2 MB) AN456002 Aug 2012
Using Kinetis® Security and Flash Protection Features (REV 1) PDF (188.2 kB) AN450717 Jun 2012
Robust over-the-air firmware update using program flash memory swap (REV 0) PDF (1.2 MB) AN453317 Jun 2012
Motor Control under MQX RTOS (REV 0) PDF (1.2 MB) AN425411 May 2012
Using FlexBus Interface for Kinetis® Microcontrollers (REV 0) PDF (723.5 kB) AN439310 May 2012
I2S (Inter-IC Sound Bus) application on Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (382.7 kB) AN452008 May 2012
Pulse Oximeter using USB PHDC (REV 0) PDF (2.2 MB) AN449622 Mar 2012
Using CMSIS-DSP Algorithms with MQX and Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (618.3 kB) AN448920 Mar 2012
Using Low Power modes on Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (10.4 MB) AN447015 Feb 2012
Audio Output for Kinetis® MCUs using DMA/PWM, DAC or I2S (REV 0) PDF (458.4 kB) AN436913 Feb 2012
Low-Power management with MQX RTOS on Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (251.8 kB) AN444730 Jan 2012
Display eGUI using TWR-LCD board (REV 0) PDF (1.6 MB) AN445217 Jan 2012
Configuring the FlexTimer for position and speed measurement (REV 0) PDF (382.6 kB) AN438105 Dec 2011
Kinetis® KwikStik-based EzPort programmer (REV 0) PDF (2.5 MB) AN440601 Dec 2011
FlexTimer and ADC synchronization for Field-Oriented-Control (REV 0) PDF (751.2 kB) AN441022 Nov 2011
Prototyping with Tower® System MCU development board (REV 0) PDF (320.9 kB) AN439011 Nov 2011
BLDC motor control w/ Hall Effect sensor - Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (710.5 kB) AN437631 Oct 2011
Using WinUSB with MCU integrating USB device controller (REV 0) PDF (906.8 kB) AN437820 Oct 2011
USB Mass Storage Device (MSD) Bootloader (REV 0) PDF (434.3 kB) AN437917 Oct 2011
NAND Flash Controller module for Kinetis® K / MCF5441x (REV 0) PDF (248.7 kB) AN434802 Sep 2011
Implement protocol converters w/ MQX communication driver (REV 0) PDF (217.1 kB) AN434526 Aug 2011
Using I2C on Coldfire+ and Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (2.0 MB) AN434210 Aug 2011
AN3863, Designing Touch Sensing Electrodes - Application Notes (REV 4) PDF (648.4 kB) AN386320 Jul 2011
Using USB2SER DLL in C# Projects (REV 1) PDF (543.4 kB) AN431420 Jul 2011
Writing Touch Sensing Software Using TSI Module (REV 0) PDF (341.5 kB) AN433012 Jul 2011
AN4287, MQX Board Support Package Porting Guide - Application Notes (REV 0) PDF (1.3 MB) AN428713 Jun 2011
Reference Manuals (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Kinetis® K20: 120MHz Cortex-M4F up to 1MB Flash (144pin) (REV 4) PDF (12.7 MB) K20P144M120SF3RM18 Nov 2015
Release Notes (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Processor Expert® 5.2 Release Notes (REV 5.2) TXT (24.2 kB) PE_5.2_RN12 Sep 2011
Product Briefs (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Kinetis® K2x: Cortex-M4(F) MCUs with cost-optimized USB (REV 11) PDF (1.5 MB) K20PB01 Aug 2012
Fact Sheets (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Kinetis® K2x MCU Family - Fact Sheet (REV 10) PDF (373.5 kB) KINK2XFS07 Jul 2016
Brochures (2)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Embedded Solutions Based on ARM Technology Guide (REV 8) PDF (4.5 MB) NXPARM07 Oct 2014
Beyond Bits Issue V (REV 6) PDF (7.1 MB) BR8BITBYNDBITS501 Nov 2010
Selector Guides (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Selector Guide: High-performance Kinetis® K Series MCUs (REV 1) PDF (2.4 MB) KINETISKMCUSELGD02 Oct 2015
Quick Reference Guides (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Demonstration software for Kinetis® peripheral modules (REV 3) PDF (2.0 MB) KQRUG30 May 2014
Supporting Information (2)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Touch Sensing Software 2.5 Beta Release notes (REV 2.5) PDF (232.4 kB) TSS_RELEASE_NOTES08 Nov 2010
Calculators
IBIS Model
Snippets, Boot Code, Headers, Monitors, etc.
Device Drivers
Archived
Ordering Information
ProductStatusStatusBudgetary Price excluding tax(US$)HW dev. toolsCore TypeFloating Point UnitOperating Frequency (Max) (MHz)Cache (KB)On-chip SRAM (KB)Total Flash (KByte)Internal RAM (KB)EEPROM (KB)External memory & connectivity interfacesUARTSPII2CUSBUSB featuresCANGPIOsADCDAC16-bit PWM (ch)16-bit Timer (ch)32-bit Timer (ch)Other analog blocksSecurityHuman Machine InterfaceVDD (min)VDD (max) (V)Package typePin countPackage dimension (WxLxH) (mm3)Pin pitch (mm)Ambient Operating Temperature (Min-Max) (°C)
MK20FN1M0VLQ12Active10K @ US$6.16TWR-K60F120MARM Cortex-M4Single Precision12016.3841281024External bus interface, NAND Flash Controller, SDHC Controller6322 (FS and FS/HS)Device Charge Detect210016-bit (SAR) x 412-bit x 220214Comparator, PGA, VREFCRCTouch System Interface1.713.6LQFP14420x20x1.60.5-40 to 105
MK20FX512VLQ12Active10K @ US$6.16TWR-K60F120MARM Cortex-M4Single Precision12016.38414451216External bus interface, NAND Flash Controller, SDHC Controller6322 (FS and FS/HS)Device Charge Detect210016-bit (SAR) x 412-bit x 220214Comparator, PGA, VREFCRCTouch System Interface1.713.6LQFP14420x20x1.60.5-40 to 105
MK20FN1M0VMD12Active10K @ US$6.21TWR-K60F120MARM Cortex-M4Single Precision12016.3841281024External bus interface, NAND Flash Controller, SDHC Controller6322 (FS and FS/HS)Device Charge Detect210016-bit (SAR) x 412-bit x 220214Comparator, PGA, VREFCRCTouch System Interface1.713.6MAPBGA14413x13x1.71-40 to 105
MK20FX512VMD12Active10K @ US$6.21TWR-K60F120MARM Cortex-M4Single Precision12016.38414451216External bus interface, NAND Flash Controller, SDHC Controller6322 (FS and FS/HS)Device Charge Detect210016-bit (SAR) x 412-bit x 220214Comparator, PGA, VREFCRCTouch System Interface1.713.6MAPBGA14413x13x1.71-40 to 105
MK20FN1M0VLQ12RActive10K @ US$6.16TWR-K60F120MARM Cortex-M4Single Precision12016.3841281024External bus interface, NAND Flash Controller, SDHC Controller6322 (FS and FS/HS)Device Charge Detect210016-bit (SAR) x 412-bit x 220214Comparator, PGA, VREFCRCTouch System Interface1.713.6LQFP14420x20x1.60.5-40 to 105
Package Information
Package DescriptionOutline VersionPackingProduct StatusPart NumberChemical ContentRoHS / Pb FreeChina RoHS LookupMSLPPT (°C)
LQFP 144 20SQ1.4P0.5 C9098ASS23177WMPQ - 60 TRAYPOQ - 600 BOXActiveMK20FX512VLQ12MK20FX512VLQ12.pdf3260
MPQ - 60 TRAYPOQ - 600 BOXActiveMK20FN1M0VLQ12MK20FN1M0VLQ12.pdf3260
MPQ - 500 REELPOQ - 500 BOXActiveMK20FN1M0VLQ12RMK20FN1M0VLQ12R.pdf3260
MAPBGA 144 13*13*1.7 P198ASA00222DMPQ - 160 TRAYPOQ - 800 BRICKActiveMK20FN1M0VMD12MK20FN1M0VMD12.pdf3260
MPQ - 160 TRAYPOQ - 800 BRICKActiveMK20FX512VMD12MK20FX512VMD12.pdf3260
Kinetis® K20: 120MHz Cortex-M4F up to 1MB Flash (144pin) K20_120
Errata Mask 1N96B for Kinetis® MCUs K70_120
Errata Mask 3N96B for Kinetis® MCUs K70_120
Errata Mask 4N96B for Kinetis® MCUs K70_120
Mask Set Errata for Mask 1N36B KINETIS_K_1N36B K51_72
Mask Set Errata for Mask 2N36B KINETIS_K_2N36B K51_72
Mask Set Errata for Mask 3N36B KINETIS_K_3N36B K51_72
FFT-Based Algorithm for Metering Applications - Application Note MCF51EM
Features of the FlexTimer Module kv5x
Power Management for Kinetis® and ColdFire®+ MCUs mcf51qx
Power supply options for Tower® development plaftorm kw2xd
Optimizing performance on Kinetis® K-series MCUs K70_120
Production Flash programming best practices for Kinetis® K and L MCUs kl8x
Cookbook for SAR ADC measurements kv4x
Audio player on KwikStik K70_120
Tips using PDB in motor control applications on Kinetis® kv4x
I2C non-blocking communication 56f803x
Developer’s Serial Bootloader S08SL
An I2S application on Kinetis® kl4x
Using DSPI as Slave on MQX RTOS (v3.8) K70_120
Integrating a Processor Expert® driver (LDD) into a non-PEx project kl8x
AN4752, FreeMASTER Serial Driver Usage - Application Note S08SV
Connecting Kinetis® MCU with CMOS sensor interface through GPIO K70_120
AN4753, Rational ClearCase Use in CodeWarrior® 10.3 - Application Note S08SV
PMSM electrical parameters measurement MPC5567
Implementing in-software flash programming on Kinetis® MCUs MCF51QE
Using NXP® USB stack to implement Audio class device kl8x
I2C driver based on interrupt and blocking mechanism for MQX kv4x
Migration Guide: Kinetis® K 100MHz Rev 1.x to 120MHz K70_120
USB Mass Storage Device (MSD) Host Bootloader S08JS
MQX Board Support Package (BSP) - Porting Guide on KEIL K70_120
BLDC Sensorless Algorithm Tuning kv4x
USB device firmware update (DFU) for Kinetis® MCUs S08JM
Using Kinetis® DMA and GPIO to emulate timer functionality kw2xd
Using DMA to emulate ADC flexible scan mode on Kinetis® K K70_120
NXP® Embedded Software and Motor Control libraries 56f803x
Understanding the 16-bit ADC PGA in Kinetis® K Series kv4x
PWM synchronization using Kinetis® Flextimers kv4x
Using Kinetis® Security and Flash Protection Features kv3x
Robust over-the-air firmware update using program flash memory swap K70_120
Motor Control under MQX RTOS MCF5441X
Using FlexBus Interface for Kinetis® Microcontrollers K70_120
I2S (Inter-IC Sound Bus) application on Kinetis® MCUs kl4x
Pulse Oximeter using USB PHDC K70_120
Using CMSIS-DSP Algorithms with MQX and Kinetis® MCUs kw2xd
Using Low Power modes on Kinetis® MCUs kl8x
Audio Output for Kinetis® MCUs using DMA/PWM, DAC or I2S kl8x
Low-Power management with MQX RTOS on Kinetis® MCUs kw2xd
Display eGUI using TWR-LCD board MCF5445X
Configuring the FlexTimer for position and speed measurement mcf51qx
Kinetis® KwikStik-based EzPort programmer K70_120
FlexTimer and ADC synchronization for Field-Oriented-Control mc56f800x
Prototyping with Tower® System MCU development board kw2xd
BLDC motor control w/ Hall Effect sensor - Kinetis® MCUs kv4x
Using WinUSB with MCU integrating USB device controller S08JS
USB Mass Storage Device (MSD) Bootloader S08JS
NAND Flash Controller module for Kinetis® K / MCF5441x MCF5441X
Implement protocol converters w/ MQX communication driver K70_120
Using I2C on Coldfire+ and Kinetis® MCUs mcf51qx
AN3863, Designing Touch Sensing Electrodes - Application Notes kl8x
Using USB2SER DLL in C# Projects kl4x
Writing Touch Sensing Software Using TSI Module kl8x
AN4287, MQX Board Support Package Porting Guide - Application Notes K70_120
Using Kinetis® FlexMemory as enhanced EEPROM K70_120
Kinetis® K20: 120MHz Cortex-M4F up to 1MB Flash (144pin) K20_120
Processor Expert® 5.2 Release Notes mcf51qx
Kinetis® K2x: Cortex-M4(F) MCUs with cost-optimized USB K22_50
Kinetis® K2x MCU Family - Fact Sheet K26_180
基于ARM®技术的嵌入式控制解决方案 i.mx6sl-family
Beyond Bits Issue V mcf51qx
Selector Guide: High-performance Kinetis® K Series MCUs K82_150
Demonstration software for Kinetis® peripheral modules K82_150
Touch Sensing Software 2.5 Beta Release notes K60_120
TFS FlexMem Endurance Calculator K53_100
K20 120 MHz and 150 MHz IBIS Model Files K20_120
Kinetis MCU C/C++ Header Files K53_100
TFS Flash Driver Software for Kinetis and ColdFire+ Microcontrollers K53_100
[Archive]:K20 120MHz and 150MHZ BSDL File K20_120
98ASS23177W K51_100
MK20FX512VLQ12.pdf K20_120
MK20FN1M0VLQ12.pdf K20_120
MK20FN1M0VLQ12R.pdf K20_120
98ASA00222D K51_100
MK20FN1M0VMD12.pdf K20_120
MK20FX512VMD12.pdf K20_120