Freescale Announces Latest Additions to Kinetis MCU Portfolio

Freescale Semiconductor plans to begin sampling the sixth Kinetis MCU family – the K50 family for medical applications – and release details about the Kinetis K70 MCU family, featuring a floating point unit (FPU), tamper detection and graphic LCD capabilities, later this month.

Built on the ARM Cortex-M4 core, Freescale's Kinetis MCU portfolio continues to generate tremendous momentum, with thousands of samples and tools now in customers’ hands.

Since its introduction at the Freescale Technology Forum in June 2010, the Kinetis MCU portfolio has quickly established itself as a significant contender in the competitive market for ARM-based devices. In less than a year, Freescale has brought to market an extensive portfolio of pin-, peripheral- and software-compatible Kinetis MCU families with cutting-edge low power and mixed-signal innovation. The portfolio includes numerous human-machine interface (HMI), connectivity, safety and security peripherals, as well as the support of an expansive Freescale and third-party ecosystem.

In the fourth quarter of 2011, Freescale plans to introduce new devices in the Kinetis K10, K20 and K60 families. The devices will feature up to 150MHz CPU performance, 1MB of flash memory and several new feature options, including a single-precision FPU. In addition, Freescale plans to begin sampling the Kinetis K70 MCU family, which adds an on-chip graphic LCD controller for advanced HMI applications.

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