KW2xD: Kinetis KW2xD-2.4 GHz 802.15.4 Wireless Radio Microcontroller (MCU) based on ARM® Cortex®-M4

The Kinetis® KW2xD wireless MCU provides a low-power, compact device with integrated IEEE 802.15.4 radio, targeting control and monitoring applications for home and building automation including appliances, access control, climate control, energy management, lighting, safety and security. The KW2xD supports Thread, a lightweight, low latency IPv6 mesh networking stack, specifically designed to meet the requirements of next generation wireless networks. More information on Thread can be found here

Kinetis^® W Series KW2x MCUs Block Diagram

Name/Description	Type	Modified Date
Kinetis® KW2x Wireless MCUs - Fact Sheet (REV 3) PDF (646.8 kB) KNTSKW2XFS	Fact Sheets	20 Oct 2015
MKW2x Data Sheet: Supports MKW24D512V, MKW22D512V, MKW21D512V, and MKW21D256V Products (REV 2) PDF (943.1 kB) MKW2XDXXX	Data Sheets	12 Jun 2016
MKW2x Reference Manual: Supports MKW24D512, MKW22D512, MKW21D512, and MKW21D256 (REV 3) PDF (8.1 MB) MKW2XDXXXRM	Reference Manuals	12 Jun 2016

Data Sheets (1)

Name/Description	Modified Date
MKW2x Data Sheet: Supports MKW24D512V, MKW22D512V, MKW21D512V, and MKW21D256V Products (REV 2) PDF (943.1 kB) MKW2XDXXX	12 Jun 2016

Application Notes (15)

Name/Description	Modified Date
Wireless Coexistence in the 2.4 GHz Band (REV 0) PDF (1.3 MB) AN5185	17 Sep 2015
Power Management for Kinetis® and ColdFire®+ MCUs (REV 2) PDF (1.6 MB) AN4503	06 Apr 2015
AN4857 - Low-Power Modes on MKW2x Family (REV 2) PDF (106.1 kB) AN4857	17 Oct 2014
Power supply options for Tower® development plaftorm (REV 0.1) PDF (2.6 MB) AN4649	23 Sep 2014
Hardware Design Considerations for MKW2x IEEE 802.15.4 Devices (REV 0.0) PDF (378.8 kB) AN4957	18 Jul 2014
NXP® 802.15.4 MAC Security Setup (REV 0) PDF (98.9 kB) AN4973	17 Jul 2014
I2C non-blocking communication (REV 0) PDF (570.5 kB) AN4803	21 Oct 2013
USB Mass Storage Device (MSD) Host Bootloader (REV 1) PDF (2.6 MB) AN4368	06 Dec 2012
USB device firmware update (DFU) for Kinetis® MCUs (REV 1) PDF (2.5 MB) AN4370	07 Oct 2012
Using Kinetis® DMA and GPIO to emulate timer functionality (REV 0) PDF (825.4 kB) AN4419	27 Sep 2012
Using CMSIS-DSP Algorithms with MQX and Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (618.3 kB) AN4489	20 Mar 2012
Low-Power management with MQX RTOS on Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (251.8 kB) AN4447	30 Jan 2012
Prototyping with Tower® System MCU development board (REV 0) PDF (320.9 kB) AN4390	11 Nov 2011
Using WinUSB with MCU integrating USB device controller (REV 0) PDF (906.8 kB) AN4378	20 Oct 2011
USB Mass Storage Device (MSD) Bootloader (REV 0) PDF (434.3 kB) AN4379	17 Oct 2011

Reference Manuals (5)

Name/Description	Modified Date
MKW2x Reference Manual: Supports MKW24D512, MKW22D512, MKW21D512, and MKW21D256 (REV 3) PDF (8.1 MB) MKW2XDXXXRM	12 Jun 2016
BeeStack®™ Software Reference Manual for ZigBee 2007 (REV 1.3) PDF (835.8 kB) BSSRMZB2007	20 Jan 2016
BeeStack® BlackBox ZTC Reference Manual (REV 3) PDF (7.4 MB) BSBBZTCRM	18 Jan 2016
USB-KW2x Hardware Reference Manual (REV 0.3) PDF (1.0 MB) USB-KW2XHWRM	30 Mar 2015
TWR-KW2x Hardware Reference Manual (REV 0) PDF (1.2 MB) TWR-KW2XHWRM	26 Mar 2014

Users Guides (3)

Name/Description	Modified Date
FRDM-KW24D512 Freedom Development Platform User’s Guide - User’s Guide (REV 1) PDF (3.4 MB) FRDMKW24DUG	30 May 2016
Kinetis® ZigBee Stack Demo Applications User's Guide (REV 11) PDF (1.3 MB) KZSDAUG	19 Jan 2016
OpenSDA on TWR-KW2x Users Guide (REV 1.1) PDF (442.4 kB) TKW2X_OSDAUG	12 Aug 2014

Fact Sheets (1)

Name/Description	Modified Date
Kinetis® KW2x Wireless MCUs - Fact Sheet (REV 3) PDF (646.8 kB) KNTSKW2XFS	20 Oct 2015

Printed Circuit Boards for Reference Designs

USB-KW24D512 Reference Design (REV B) ZIP USB-KW24D512_PCBRD 7/17/2014
TWR-KW21D256 Reference Design (REV C) ZIP TWR-KW21D256_PCBRD 1/14/2014
TWR-KW24D512 Reference Design (REV C) ZIP TWR-KW24D512_PCBRD 1/14/2014

Updates and Patches

PExDrv v10.3 Kinetis® KW2xD Service Pack (REV 1.0.0) ZIP PExDrv_10-3_KW2xD_SP 3/21/2014

Ordering Information

Product	Status	Budgetary Price excluding tax(US$)	Core Type	Operating Frequency (Max) (MHz)	On-chip SRAM (KB)	Total Flash (KByte)	USB	Integrated wireless radio	Package type	Ambient Operating Temperature (Min-Max) (°C)
MKW24D512VHA5	Active	10K @ US$3.66	ARM Cortex-M4	50	64	512	1 (FS)	2.4Ghz	LGA	-40 to 105
MKW21D256VHA5R	Active	10K @ US$2.92							LGA
MKW21D512VHA5	Active	10K @ US$3.32	ARM Cortex-M4	50	64	512		2.4Ghz	LGA	-40 to 105
MKW21D256VHA5	Active	10K @ US$2.92	ARM Cortex-M4	50	32	256		2.4Ghz	LGA	-40 to 105
MKW22D512VHA5	Active	10K @ US$3.49	ARM Cortex-M4	50	64	512	1 (FS)	2.4Ghz	LGA	-40 to 105

Package Information

Package Description	Outline Version	Packing	Product Status	Part Number	Chemical Content	MSL	PPT (°C)
MAPLGA 63 880.91 P0.5	98ASA00393D	MPQ - 260 TRAYPOQ - 2600 BOX	Active	MKW24D512VHA5	MKW24D512VHA5.pdf	3	260
		MPQ - 260 TRAYPOQ - 2600 BOX	Active	MKW22D512VHA5	MKW22D512VHA5.pdf	3	260
		MPQ - 260 TRAYPOQ - 2600 BOX	Active	MKW21D256VHA5	MKW21D256VHA5.pdf	3	260
		MPQ - 260 TRAYPOQ - 2600 BOX	Active	MKW21D512VHA5	MKW21D512VHA5.pdf	3	260
		MPQ - 2000 REELPOQ - 2000 BOX	Active	MKW21D256VHA5R	MKW21D256VHA5R.pdf	3	260