Summary of Contents for NXP Semiconductors Freescale TWR-POS-K81
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TWR-POS-K81 Quick Start Guide Development Kit for Point-of-Sale Applications using the Kinetis K81 MCU Tower System Development Platform...
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Quick Start Guide Get to Know the TWR-POS-K81 Capacitive Touch PIN Pad Character Segment LCD D1–D4 Reset NMI/PTA4 LEDs Figure 1: Front side of TWR-POS-K81...
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freescale.com MK81FN256VDC15 Debug Header Battery Cirque Receptacle SecureSense for VBAT Piezo 512 Mbit Serial Buzzer Flash QuadSPI K81 USB Figure 2: Back side of TWR-POS-K81 TWR-POS-K81 Tower System Development Platform The TWR-POS-K81 development platform is a reference platform for a payment PIN entry device.
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Quick Start Guide TWR-POS-K81 Features • MK81FN256VDC15 MCU • Capacitive PIN pad • 2x16 character, dot matrix LCD display 150 MHz ARM Cortex -M4 core, ® ® 256KB Flash, 256 KB SRAM, 121 • Four (4) user-controlled status LEDs XFBGA, with tamper detection and •...
freescale.com Step-by-Step Installation Instructions In this Quick Start Guide, you will learn how to set up the TWR-POS-K81 board and run the included demonstrated software. Download Software Connect and Tools a Terminal Download and install the KSDK for TWR- Open a terminal emulator program of your POS-K81 software.
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Quick Start Guide Step-by-Step Installation Instructions (cont.) Configure Enter a the Terminal 4-Digit PIN Setup the terminal for 115200 8-N-1 Use the capacitive PIN pad on the board communication with no flow control: to input any 4-digit value. Press the “Enter” button on the PIN pad when complete.
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freescale.com TWR-POS-K81 Jumper Options The following is a list of all the jumper options. The default installed jumper settings are indicated in the shaded boxes. Jumper Option Setting Description Use 5V from USB connector (5V0_K81_USB) Main 5V Power Selection Use 5V supply from elevator (P5V_ELEV) Use 5V from USB connector (5V0_K81_USB) K81 3.3V Regulator Source...
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Quick Start Guide TWR-POS-K81 Jumper Options (cont.) Jumper Option Setting Description Tamper 0 and Tamper 2 signals are connected (close active tamper loop) Tamper0-Tamper2 J57, 2-4 Connection Tamper 0 and Tamper 2 signals are disconnected (open active tamper loop) Tamper 5 and Tamper 7 signals are connected (close active tamper loop) Tamper5-Tamper7 J57, 5-7...
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freescale.com Virtual COM Port Driver Installation Instructions Find the MSD_CDC_ Choose Device in the Device “Browse...” Manager Click “Update Driver Software…” Then Select “Let me pick…”...
Quick Start Guide Virtual COM Port Driver Installation Instructions (cont.) Navigate to Your CDC Press Driver Location “Next” <install_dir>\examples\frdmk82f\demo_ apps\usb\device\cdc\virtual_com\inf Ignore the Warning and Press “Yes” NOTE: If you run into driver signature issue on Windows 8, please refer to the link below: https:// learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/ disabling-driver- signature-onwindows-8/disabling-signed- driverenforcement-on-windows-8.
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