Reference Manual

USB-KW2x Hardware Reference Manual, Rev. 0.1
Freescale Semiconductor 2-1
Chapter 2
USB-KW24D512 Development Platform Overview and
Description
2.1 Introduction
The USB-KW24D512 development platform is an evaluation environment based on the Freescale
MKW24D512 SIP device (MKW2x).
The MKW2x device family is Freescale's latest generation ZigBee™ platform which incorporates a
complete low power IEEE® 802.15.4 Standard 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 MKW2x with tools and software that include hardware evaluation and
development boards, software development IDE and applications, drivers, custom PHY usable with
Freescale’s IEEE 802.15.4 compatible MAC.
The USB-KW24D512 development platform contains the MKW24D512 device with 32 MHz reference
oscillator crystal, RF circuitry including antenna, and supporting circuitry in a USB stick hardware format.
The board is a standalone and can be used for application development or as a packet sniffer.
Whether the USB-KW24D512 is used in a simple standalone application or in combination with another
boards, Freescale provides a complete software development environment called the Freescale BeeKit
Wireless Connectivity Toolkit (BeeKit). BeeKit is a comprehensive codebase of wireless networking
libraries, application templates, and sample applications. A wide range of software functionality are
available to complement the USB-KW24D512 platform and these are provided as codebases within
BeeKit.
2.2 Board Features
2.2.1 USB-KW24D512 Board
The USB-KW24D512 development platform contains the MKW24D512 device and is one of the simplest
reference designs utilizing the on chip USB block for power and communication. The USB-KW24D512
is a small form factor self-contained board for evaluation of wireless applications and can be used as packet
sniffer. The USB Type A connection is used with USB enabled hardware such as a computer.
Figure 2-1 shows the USB-KW24D512 development platform.