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Chapter 2
Introduction
2.1 Overview
This chapter provides an overview of the Kinetis portfolio and K10 family of products. It
also presents high-level descriptions of the modules available on the devices covered by
this document.
2.2 K10 Family Introduction
The K10 family is the entry point into the Kinetis portfolio. Devices start from 32 KB of
flash in a small-footprint 5 x 5 mm 32 QFN package extending up to 1 MB in a
144MAPBGA package with a rich suite of analog, communication, timing and control
peripherals. High memory density K10 family devices include a single precision floating
point unit and NAND flash controller. Additionally, pin compatibility, flexible low-
power capabilities and innovative FlexMemory help to solve many of the major pain
points for system implementation.
2.3 Module Functional Categories
The modules on this device are grouped into functional categories. The following
sections describe the modules assigned to each category in more detail.
Table 2-1. Module functional categories
Module category Description
ARM Cortex-M4 core • 32-bit MCU core from ARM’s Cortex-M class adding DSP instructions, 1.25
DMIPS/MHz, based on ARMv7 architecture
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