Datasheet
Freescale Semiconductor
Data Sheet: Technical Data
Document Number: MC9RS08KA8
Rev. 4, 6/2009
© Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., 2008-2009. All rights reserved.
This document contains information on a product under development. Freescale reserves the 
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MC9RS08KA8
Features:
• 8-Bit RS08 Central Processor Unit (CPU)
– Up to 20 MHz CPU at 1.8 V to 5.5 V across temperature 
range of –40°C to 85°C 
– Subset of HC08 instruction set with added BGND 
instruction
•On-Chip Memory
– 8 KB flash read/program/erase over full operating 
voltage and temperature; KA4 has 4 KB flash
– 254 byte random-access memory (RAM); KA4 has 126 
byte RAM
– Security circuitry to prevent unauthorized access to 
RAM and flash contents
• Power-Saving Modes
– Wait and stop
– Wakeup from power-saving modes using real-time 
interrupt (RTI), KBI, or ACMP
• Clock Source Options 
– Oscillator (XOSC) — Loop-Control Pierce oscillator; 
crystal or ceramic resonator range of 31.25 kHz to 
39.0625 kHz or 1 MHz to 5 MHz
– Internal Clock Source (ICS) — Internal clock source 
module containing a frequency-locked-loop (FLL) 
controlled by internal or external reference; precision 
trimming of internal reference allows 0.2% resolution 
and 2% deviation over temperature and voltage; 
supports bus frequencies up to 10 MHz
• System Protection
– Watchdog computer operating properly (COP) reset 
with option to run from dedicated 1 kHz internal clock 
source or bus clock
– Low-Voltage detection with reset or interrupt 
– Illegal opcode detection with reset
– Illegal address detection with reset
– Flash block protection
• Development Support
– Single-Wire background debug interface
– Breakpoint capability to allow single breakpoint setting 
during in-circuit debugging 
• Peripherals
– ADC — 12-channel, 10-bit resolution; 2.5 μs 
conversion time; automatic compare function; operation 
in stop; fully functional from 2.7 V to 5.5 V (8-channels 
available on 16-pin package)
– TPM — One 2-channel; selectable input capture, output 
compare, or buffered edge- or center-aligned PWM on 
each channel
– IIC — Inter-Integrated circuit bus module capable of 
operation up to 100 kbps with maximum bus loading; 
capable of higher baudrates with reduced loading
– MTIM1 and MTIM2 — Two 8-bit modulo timers
– KBI — Keyboard interrupts with rising or falling edge 
detect; eight KBI ports in 16-pin and 20-pin packages
– ACMP — Analog comparator: full rail-to-rail supply 
operation; option to compare to fixed internal bandgap 
reference voltage; can operate in stop mode
• Input/Output
– 14/18 GPIOs including one output only pin and one 
input only pin
– Hysteresis and configurable pullup device on all input 
pins; configurable slew rate and drive strength on all 
output pins
• Package Options
– 16-pin SOIC, PDIP or TSSOP
– 20-pin SOIC or PDIP
MC9RS08KA8 Series 
Covers: MC9RS08KA8
MC9RS08KA4
TBD
20-Pin W-SOIC
Case 751D
16-Pin W-SOIC
Case 751G
20-Pin PDIP
Case 738C
16-Pin PDIP
Case 648
TBD
TBD
TBD
16-Pin TSSOP
Case 948F










