Overview and description
FRDM-KW36 Minimum
BoM Development Board User’s Guide, User’s Guide, Rev. 0, 09/20187
NXP Semiconductors
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2.2 Feature description
The KW36 Minimum BoM development board is based on TPMS development platform. It is the most
diverse reference design containing the KW36Z device and all necessary I/O connections to use as a stand-
alone board. Figure 2 shows the KW36 Minimum BoM development board.
Figure 2. KW36 Minimum BoM development board
The KW36 Minimum BoM development board includes following features:
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NXP’s ultra-low-power KW36Z Wireless MCU supporting Bluetooth LE and Generic FSK
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Reference design area with small-footprint, low-cost RF node:
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Single-ended input/output port
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Very low count of external components (minimum BoM)
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Ceramic antenna
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Selectable power sources (coin cell or external output power)
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DC-DC converter with Buck, and Bypass operation modes
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32 MHz reference oscillator for RF operation
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32.768 kHz reference oscillator mainly use for RTC operation and RF low-power operation
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2.4 GHz frequency operation (ISM and MBAN)
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Coin cell connector to be able to work using a CR2032 coin cell
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Cortex 10-pin (0.05
) SWD debug port for target MCU
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1x6 Connector 6-pin UART port
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Three orange LED indicator for power and communication
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20 available GPIOs