
NXP Semiconductors
AN12306
A71CL Quick start guide for A71CLARD-BAI and Kinetis
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Rev. 1.0 — 14 December 2018
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maximum operation frequency of 120 MHz, 1 MB of flash, 256 KB RAM, a full-speed
USB controller, Ethernet controller, secure digital host controller, and analog and digital
peripherals.
The FRDM-K64F hardware is form-factor compatible with the Arduino R3 pin layout,
providing a broad range of expansion board options. The onboard interface includes a
six-axis digital accelerometer & magnetometer, RGB LED, SDHC, add-on Bluetooth
module, add-on RF module, Ethernet and OpenSDAv2, the NXP open-source hardware
embedded serial and debug adapter running an open-source bootloader.
Fig 6.
FRDM-K64F Freedom development platform for Kinetis K64, K63 and K24 MCUs
Hardware setup
The hardware setup consists of mounting the different boards together.
First, plug the A71 Mini PCB board to the I2C plug of the Arduino interface board.
Fig 7.
A71 Mini PCB board mounting on the I2C adaptor of the Arduino interface board
Second, plug the A71CL into the Kinetis board using the Arduino adaptors. The Arduino
shield board comes with male connectors below and female connectors on top.