NXP FRDM-KL25Z

Overview

The Freedom KL25Z is an ultra-low-cost development platform for Kinetis® L Series KL1x (KL14/15) and KL2x (KL24/25) MCUs built on ARM® Cortex®-M0+ processor.

The FRDM-KL25Z features include easy access to MCU I/O, battery-ready, low-power operation, a standard-based form factor with expansion board options and a built-in debug interface for flash programming and run-control.

FRDM-KL25Z

Hardware

  • MKL25Z128VLK4 MCU @ 48 MHz, 128 KB flash, 16 KB SRAM, USB OTG (FS), 80LQFP

  • On board capacitive touch “slider”, MMA8451Q accelerometer, and tri-color LED

  • OpenSDA debug interface

For more information about the KL25Z SoC and FRDM-KL25Z board:

Supported Features

The frdm_kl25z board configuration supports the following hardware features:

Interface

Controller

Driver/Component

NVIC

on-chip

nested vector interrupt controller

SYSTICK

on-chip

systick

PINMUX

on-chip

pinmux

GPIO

on-chip

gpio

UART

on-chip

serial port-polling; serial port-interrupt

I2C

on-chip

i2c

ADC

on-chip

adc

FLASH

on-chip

soc flash

USB

on-chip

USB device

The default configuration can be found in the defconfig file:

boards/arm/frdm_kl25z/frdm_kl25z_defconfig

Other hardware features are not currently supported by the port.

Connections and IOs

The KL25Z SoC has five pairs of pinmux/gpio controllers, and all are currently enabled (PORTA/GPIOA, PORTB/GPIOB, PORTC/GPIOC, PORTD/GPIOD, and PORTE/GPIOE) for the FRDM-KL25Z board.

Name

Function

Usage

PTB2

ADC

ADC0 channel 12

PTB18

GPIO

Red LED

PTB19

GPIO

Green LED

PTD1

GPIO

Blue LED

PTA1

UART0_RX

UART Console

PTA2

UART0_TX

UART Console

PTE24

I2C0_SCL

I2C

PTE25

I2C0_SDA

I2C

System Clock

The KL25Z SoC is configured to use the 8 MHz external oscillator on the board with the on-chip FLL to generate a 48 MHz system clock.

Serial Port

The KL25Z UART0 is used for the console.

USB

The KL25Z SoC has a USB OTG (USBOTG) controller that supports both device and host functions through its mini USB connector (USB KL25Z). Only USB device function is supported in Zephyr at the moment.

Programming and Debugging

Build and flash applications as usual (see Building an Application and Run an Application for more details).

Configuring a Debug Probe

A debug probe is used for both flashing and debugging the board. This board is configured by default to use the OpenSDA DAPLink Onboard Debug Probe.

Early versions of this board have an outdated version of the OpenSDA bootloader and require an update. Please see the DAPLink Bootloader Update page for instructions to update from the CMSIS-DAP bootloader to the DAPLink bootloader.

Configuring a Console

Regardless of your choice in debug probe, we will use the OpenSDA microcontroller as a usb-to-serial adapter for the serial console.

Connect a USB cable from your PC to J7.

Use the following settings with your serial terminal of choice (minicom, putty, etc.):

  • Speed: 115200

  • Data: 8 bits

  • Parity: None

  • Stop bits: 1

Flashing

Here is an example for the Hello World application.

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b frdm_kl25z samples/hello_world
west flash

Open a serial terminal, reset the board (press the SW1 button), and you should see the following message in the terminal:

***** Booting Zephyr OS v1.14.0-rc1 *****
Hello World! frdm_kl25z

Debugging

Here is an example for the Hello World application.

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b frdm_kl25z samples/hello_world
west debug

Open a serial terminal, step through the application in your debugger, and you should see the following message in the terminal:

***** Booting Zephyr OS v1.14.0-rc1 *****
Hello World! frdm_kl25z