Summary of Contents for Freescale Semiconductor Freedom FRDM-KE04Z
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Quick Start Guide for the Freescale Freedom Development Platform FRDM-KE04Z Contents: • Quick Start Package Overview Q ick Start Package O er ie • Get to Know the FRDM-KE04Z • Getting Started Out of the Box • Introduction to OpenSDA •...
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These documents are available as part of the Quick Start Package: Name Type Description Quick Start Guide Quick Start Guide This document This document OpenSDA Applications Folder OpenSDA Applications for the FRDM-KE04Z S-record images of example projects for use with the MSD Flash Precompiled Examples Folder Programmer...
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The Freescale Freedom development platform is a set of software and hardware tools for evaluation and development. It is ideal for rapid prototyping of microcontroller-based applications. The Freescale Freedom KE04Z hardware, FRDM-KE04Z, is a simple, yet sophisticated design featuring a Kinetis E Series microcontroller, the industry’s 5V microcontroller built on the ARM®...
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Installing Drivers and Running the Out of Box Demo Optional: Download and Install the P&E OpenSDA a. Open Device Manager USB Drivers found at USB Drivers found at www.pemicro.com/opensda. www pemicro com/opensda b Locate and right-click on “OpenSDA – CDC b.
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OpenSDA is an open-standard serial and debug adapter. It bridges serial and debug communications between a USB host and an embedded target processor. OpenSDA software includes a flash-resident USB mass-storage device (MSD) bootloader and a collection of OpenSDA Applications. FRDM-KE04Z comes with the MSD Flash Programmer OpenSDA Application preinstalled.
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The MSD Flash Programmer is a composite USB application that provides a virtual serial port and an easy and convenient way to program applications into the KE04Z MCU. It emulates a FAT16 file system, appearing as a removable drive in the host file system with a volume label of FRDM-KE04Z.
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Now that you are familiar with the FRDM-KE04Z and OpenSDA, it’s time to explore the additional software and lab guides available on il bl www.freescale.com/FRDM- /FRDM KE04Z. Select your next path from the links in the Jump Start Your Design section. Quick Start Guide for FRDM-KE04Z...
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