K21_50: Kinetis K21-50 MHz, Full-Speed USB, Anti-Tamper Microcontrollers based on ARM® Cortex®-M4

Kinetis® K21_50 MCUs Block Diagram
Analog to Digital Converter
Programmable Delay Block
System Integration Module
Nested Vector Interrupt Controller
Serial Audio Interface
Recommended Documentation (3)
Name/DescriptionTypeModified Date
Kinetis® K2x MCU Family - Fact Sheet (REV 10) PDF (373.5 kB) KINK2XFSFact Sheets07 Jul 2016
Selector Guide: High-performance Kinetis® K Series MCUs (REV 1) PDF (2.4 MB) KINETISKMCUSELGDSelector Guides02 Oct 2015
Demonstration software for Kinetis® peripheral modules (REV 3) PDF (2.0 MB) KQRUGQuick Reference Guides30 May 2014
Data Sheets (4)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (121pin) (REV 6) PDF (1.0 MB) K21P121M50SF4V215 Nov 2014
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (80 pin) (REV 6) PDF (996.8 kB) K21P80M50SF4V215 Nov 2014
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (121pin) (REV 4) PDF (1.9 MB) K21P121M50SF408 Aug 2013
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (80 pin) (REV 4.1) PDF (1.8 MB) K21P80M50SF408 Aug 2013
Errata (3)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Errata Mask 1N89E for Kinetis® MCUs (REV 31 JAN 2014) PDF (300.4 kB) KINETIS_1N89E06 Feb 2014
Errata Mask 0N62J for Kinetis® MCUs (REV 10DEC2013) PDF (255.5 kB) KINETIS_0N62J_05 Feb 2014
Errata Mask 0N89E for Kinetis® MCUs (REV 07 AUG 2013) PDF (160.6 kB) KINETIS_0N89E16 Aug 2013
Application Notes (48)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
AN5233, Isolator Board for In-Circuit Debugging & Programming tools of NXP® MCUs & MPUs - Application... (REV 0) PDF (2.0 MB) AN523316 Dec 2015
FFT-Based Algorithm for Metering Applications - Application Note (REV 4) PDF (347.5 kB) AN425526 Jul 2015
Power Management for Kinetis® and ColdFire®+ MCUs (REV 2) PDF (1.6 MB) AN450306 Apr 2015
Using Kinetis® FlexMemory as enhanced EEPROM (REV 2) PDF (863.9 kB) AN428204 Mar 2015
Power supply options for Tower® development plaftorm (REV 0.1) PDF (2.6 MB) AN464923 Sep 2014
Optimizing performance on Kinetis® K-series MCUs (REV 1) PDF (280.1 kB) AN474511 Jun 2014
Production Flash programming best practices for Kinetis® K and L MCUs (REV 1) PDF (173.6 kB) AN483502 May 2014
Cookbook for SAR ADC measurements (REV 1) PDF (843.1 kB) AN437317 Apr 2014
Tips using PDB in motor control applications on Kinetis® (REV 0) PDF (447.9 kB) AN482218 Dec 2013
I2C non-blocking communication (REV 0) PDF (570.5 kB) AN480321 Oct 2013
Developer’s Serial Bootloader (REV 13) PDF (1.4 MB) AN229508 Oct 2013
An I2S application on Kinetis® (REV 0) PDF (239.2 kB) AN480001 Sep 2013
Using DSPI as Slave on MQX RTOS (v3.8) (REV 0) PDF (215.1 kB) AN479129 Aug 2013
Integrating a Processor Expert® driver (LDD) into a non-PEx project (REV 0) PDF (2.1 MB) AN476914 Aug 2013
Connecting Kinetis® MCU with CMOS sensor interface through GPIO (REV 0) PDF (411.7 kB) AN462730 May 2013
PMSM electrical parameters measurement (REV 0) PDF (2.3 MB) AN468023 Apr 2013
Implementing in-software flash programming on Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (218.5 kB) AN469517 Apr 2013
Using NXP® USB stack to implement Audio class device (REV 0) PDF (309.9 kB) AN466523 Mar 2013
I2C driver based on interrupt and blocking mechanism for MQX (REV 0) PDF (481.2 kB) AN465220 Mar 2013
USB Mass Storage Device (MSD) Host Bootloader (REV 1) PDF (2.6 MB) AN436806 Dec 2012
MQX Board Support Package (BSP) - Porting Guide on KEIL (REV 0) PDF (1.6 MB) AN462631 Oct 2012
Secure Bootloader implementation (REV 0) PDF (253.2 kB) AN460514 Oct 2012
BLDC Sensorless Algorithm Tuning (REV 0) PDF (1.4 MB) AN459711 Oct 2012
USB device firmware update (DFU) for Kinetis® MCUs (REV 1) PDF (2.5 MB) AN437007 Oct 2012
Using Kinetis® DMA and GPIO to emulate timer functionality (REV 0) PDF (825.4 kB) AN441927 Sep 2012
Using DMA to emulate ADC flexible scan mode on Kinetis® K (REV 0) PDF (204.0 kB) AN459019 Sep 2012
NXP® Embedded Software and Motor Control libraries (REV 0) PDF (216.9 kB) AN461114 Sep 2012
Understanding the 16-bit ADC PGA in Kinetis® K Series (REV 0) PDF (421.8 kB) AN456809 Sep 2012
PWM synchronization using Kinetis® Flextimers (REV 0) PDF (1.2 MB) AN456002 Aug 2012
Using Kinetis® Security and Flash Protection Features (REV 1) PDF (188.2 kB) AN450717 Jun 2012
Motor Control under MQX RTOS (REV 0) PDF (1.2 MB) AN425411 May 2012
Using FlexBus Interface for Kinetis® Microcontrollers (REV 0) PDF (723.5 kB) AN439310 May 2012
I2S (Inter-IC Sound Bus) application on Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (382.7 kB) AN452008 May 2012
Pulse Oximeter using USB PHDC (REV 0) PDF (2.2 MB) AN449622 Mar 2012
Using Low Power modes on Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (10.4 MB) AN447015 Feb 2012
Audio Output for Kinetis® MCUs using DMA/PWM, DAC or I2S (REV 0) PDF (458.4 kB) AN436913 Feb 2012
Display eGUI using TWR-LCD board (REV 0) PDF (1.6 MB) AN445217 Jan 2012
Configuring the FlexTimer for position and speed measurement (REV 0) PDF (382.6 kB) AN438105 Dec 2011
Kinetis® KwikStik-based EzPort programmer (REV 0) PDF (2.5 MB) AN440601 Dec 2011
FlexTimer and ADC synchronization for Field-Oriented-Control (REV 0) PDF (751.2 kB) AN441022 Nov 2011
Prototyping with Tower® System MCU development board (REV 0) PDF (320.9 kB) AN439011 Nov 2011
BLDC motor control w/ Hall Effect sensor - Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (710.5 kB) AN437631 Oct 2011
Using WinUSB with MCU integrating USB device controller (REV 0) PDF (906.8 kB) AN437820 Oct 2011
USB Mass Storage Device (MSD) Bootloader (REV 0) PDF (434.3 kB) AN437917 Oct 2011
Implement protocol converters w/ MQX communication driver (REV 0) PDF (217.1 kB) AN434526 Aug 2011
Using I2C on Coldfire+ and Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (2.0 MB) AN434210 Aug 2011
Using USB2SER DLL in C# Projects (REV 1) PDF (543.4 kB) AN431420 Jul 2011
Using the CAU/mmCAU in ColdFire® and Kinetis® families (REV 0) PDF (171.3 kB) AN430718 May 2011
Reference Manuals (4)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (121pin) (REV 6) PDF (10.2 MB) K21P121M50SF4V2RM15 Nov 2014
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (80 pin) (REV 6) PDF (10.1 MB) K21P80M50SF4V2RM15 Nov 2014
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (121pin) (REV 4) PDF (11.0 MB) K21P121M50SF4RM08 Feb 2013
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (80 pin) (REV 4) PDF (10.8 MB) K21P80M50SF4RM08 Feb 2013
Users Guides (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
TWR-K21D50M Tower® Module User's Guides (REV 2) PDF (736.8 kB) TWRK21D50MUM27 Jan 2015
Product Briefs (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Kinetis® K2x: Cortex-M4(F) MCUs with cost-optimized USB (REV 11) PDF (1.5 MB) K20PB01 Aug 2012
Engineering Bulletins (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Kinetis® K11D/K22D 50MHz: rev1.1 vs 2 (part # with "A") (REV 0) PDF (153.2 kB) EB80013 Mar 2014
Fact Sheets (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Kinetis® K2x MCU Family - Fact Sheet (REV 10) PDF (373.5 kB) KINK2XFS07 Jul 2016
Brochures (2)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Brochure: Kinetis® MCUs - Securing the Internet of Tomorrow (REV 2) PDF (1.8 MB) BRKINETISSECSOLS17 Jun 2015
Kinetis® K1x/K2x (50Mhz) for cost sensitive applications (REV 2) PDF (2.7 MB) BRKINETISELS21 Feb 2013
Selector Guides (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Selector Guide: High-performance Kinetis® K Series MCUs (REV 1) PDF (2.4 MB) KINETISKMCUSELGD02 Oct 2015
Quick Reference Guides (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Demonstration software for Kinetis® peripheral modules (REV 3) PDF (2.0 MB) KQRUG30 May 2014
Calculators
Snippets, Boot Code, Headers, Monitors, etc.
Updates and Patches
Ordering Information
ProductStatusStatusBudgetary Price excluding tax(US$)HW dev. toolsCore TypeFloating Point UnitOperating Frequency (Max) (MHz)Cache (KB)On-chip SRAM (KB)Total Flash (KByte)Internal RAM (KB)EEPROM (KB)External memory & connectivity interfacesUARTSPII2CUSBUSB featuresCANGPIOsADCDAC16-bit PWM (ch)16-bit Timer (ch)32-bit Timer (ch)Other analog blocksSecurityHuman Machine InterfaceVDD (min)VDD (max) (V)Package typePin countPackage dimension (WxLxH) (mm3)Pin pitch (mm)Ambient Operating Temperature (Min-Max) (°C)
MK21DX128AVLK5Active10K @ US$2.70TWR-K21D50MARM Cortex-M4503619244221 (FS)Device Charge Detect5616-bit (SAR) x 112134ComparatorCRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG, Tamper Detection1.713.6LQFP8012x12x1.60.5-40 to 105
MK21DN512AVMC5Active10K @ US$3.65TWR-K21D50MARM Cortex-M450645124221 (FS)Device Charge Detect6416-bit (SAR) x 112-bit x 112134ComparatorCRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG, Tamper Detection1.713.6MAPBGA1218x8x1.50.65-40 to 105
MK21DX128AVMC5Active10K @ US$2.90TWR-K21D50MARM Cortex-M4503619244221 (FS)Device Charge Detect6416-bit (SAR) x 112-bit x 112134ComparatorCRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG, Tamper Detection1.713.6MAPBGA1218x8x1.50.65-40 to 105
MK21DX256AVMC5RActive10K @ US$3.24121
MK21DN512AVLK5Active10K @ US$3.45TWR-K21D50MARM Cortex-M450645124221 (FS)Device Charge Detect5616-bit (SAR) x 112134ComparatorCRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG, Tamper Detection1.713.6LQFP8012x12x1.60.5-40 to 105
MK21DN512AVMC5RActive10K @ US$3.65121
MK21DX256AVLK5Active10K @ US$3.04TWR-K21D50MARM Cortex-M4503632044221 (FS)Device Charge Detect5616-bit (SAR) x 112134ComparatorCRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG, Tamper Detection1.713.6LQFP8012x12x1.60.5-40 to 105
MK21DX256AVMC5Active10K @ US$3.24TWR-K21D50MARM Cortex-M4503632044221 (FS)Device Charge Detect6416-bit (SAR) x 112-bit x 112134ComparatorCRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG, Tamper Detection1.713.6MAPBGA1218x8x1.50.65-40 to 105
MK21DX256VMC5Not Recommended for New Design10K @ US$3.24TWR-K21D50MARM Cortex-M4503632044221 (FS)Device Charge Detect6416-bit (SAR) x 112-bit x 112134ComparatorCRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG, Tamper Detection1.713.6MAPBGA1218x8x1.50.65-40 to 105
MK21DX128VMC5Not Recommended for New Design10K @ US$2.90TWR-K21D50MARM Cortex-M4503619244221 (FS)Device Charge Detect6416-bit (SAR) x 112-bit x 112134ComparatorCRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG, Tamper Detection1.713.6MAPBGA1218x8x1.50.65-40 to 105
MK21DX256VLK5Not Recommended for New Design10K @ US$3.04TWR-K21D50MARM Cortex-M4503632044221 (FS)Device Charge Detect5616-bit (SAR) x 112134ComparatorCRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG, Tamper Detection1.713.6LQFP8012x12x1.60.5-40 to 105
MK21DN512VMC5Not Recommended for New Design10K @ US$3.65TWR-K21D50MARM Cortex-M450645124221 (FS)Device Charge Detect6416-bit (SAR) x 112-bit x 112134ComparatorCRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG, Tamper Detection1.713.6MAPBGA1218x8x1.50.65-40 to 105
MK21DX128VLK5Not Recommended for New Design10K @ US$2.70TWR-K21D50MARM Cortex-M4503619244221 (FS)Device Charge Detect5616-bit (SAR) x 112134ComparatorCRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG, Tamper Detection1.713.6LQFP8012x12x1.60.5-40 to 105
MK21DN512VLK5Not Recommended for New Design10K @ US$3.45TWR-K21D50MARM Cortex-M450645124221 (FS)Device Charge Detect5616-bit (SAR) x 112134ComparatorCRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG, Tamper Detection1.713.6LQFP8012x12x1.60.5-40 to 105
Package Information
Package DescriptionOutline VersionPackingProduct StatusPart NumberChemical ContentRoHS / Pb FreeChina RoHS LookupMSLPPT (°C)
LQFP 80 12*12*1.4P0.598ASS23174WMPQ - 480 BRICKPOQ - 960 BOXActiveMK21DX128AVLK5MK21DX128AVLK5.pdf3260
MPQ - 480 BRICKPOQ - 960 BOXActiveMK21DX256AVLK5MK21DX256AVLK5.pdf3260
MPQ - 96 TRAYPOQ - 960 BOXActiveMK21DN512AVLK5MK21DN512AVLK5.pdf3260
MPQ - 480 BRICKPOQ - 480 BOXNot Recommended for New DesignMK21DN512VLK5MK21DN512VLK5.pdf3260
MPQ - 480 BRICKPOQ - 960 BOXNot Recommended for New DesignMK21DX128VLK5MK21DX128VLK5.pdf3260
MPQ - 480 BRICKPOQ - 960 BOXNot Recommended for New DesignMK21DX256VLK5MK21DX256VLK5.pdf3260
MAPBGA 121 8*8*1.4 P0.6598ASA00423DMPQ - 348 TRAYPOQ - 1740 BOXActiveMK21DX128AVMC5MK21DX128AVMC5.pdf3260
MPQ - 348 TRAYPOQ - 1740 BOXActiveMK21DX256AVMC5MK21DX256AVMC5.pdf3260
MPQ - 348 TRAYPOQ - 1740 BOXActiveMK21DN512AVMC5MK21DN512AVMC5.pdf3260
MPQ - 2000 REELPOQ - 2000 BOXActiveMK21DN512AVMC5RMK21DN512AVMC5R.pdf3260
MPQ - 2000 REELPOQ - 2000 BOXActiveMK21DX256AVMC5RMK21DX256AVMC5R.pdf3260
MPQ - 1740 BRICKPOQ - 1740 BOXNot Recommended for New DesignMK21DN512VMC5MK21DN512VMC5.pdf3260
MPQ - 348 TRAYPOQ - 1740 BOXNot Recommended for New DesignMK21DX128VMC5MK21DX128VMC5.pdf3260
MPQ - 1740 BRICKPOQ - 1740 BOXNot Recommended for New DesignMK21DX256VMC5MK21DX256VMC5.pdf3260
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (121pin) K21_50
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (80 pin) K21_50
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (121pin) K21_50
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (80 pin) K21_50
Errata Mask 1N89E for Kinetis® MCUs K22_50
Errata Mask 0N62J for Kinetis® MCUs K22_50
Errata Mask 0N89E for Kinetis® MCUs K22_50
AN5233, Isolator Board for In-Circuit Debugging & Programming tools of NXP® MCUs & MPUs - Application... S08SL
FFT-Based Algorithm for Metering Applications - Application Note MCF51EM
Power Management for Kinetis® and ColdFire®+ MCUs mcf51qx
Power supply options for Tower® development plaftorm kw2xd
Optimizing performance on Kinetis® K-series MCUs K70_120
Production Flash programming best practices for Kinetis® K and L MCUs kl8x
Cookbook for SAR ADC measurements kv4x
Tips using PDB in motor control applications on Kinetis® kv4x
I2C non-blocking communication 56f803x
Developer’s Serial Bootloader S08SL
An I2S application on Kinetis® kl4x
Using DSPI as Slave on MQX RTOS (v3.8) K70_120
Integrating a Processor Expert® driver (LDD) into a non-PEx project kl8x
Connecting Kinetis® MCU with CMOS sensor interface through GPIO K70_120
PMSM electrical parameters measurement MPC5567
Implementing in-software flash programming on Kinetis® MCUs MCF51QE
Using NXP® USB stack to implement Audio class device kl8x
I2C driver based on interrupt and blocking mechanism for MQX kv4x
USB Mass Storage Device (MSD) Host Bootloader S08JS
MQX Board Support Package (BSP) - Porting Guide on KEIL K70_120
Secure Bootloader implementation MCF5441X
BLDC Sensorless Algorithm Tuning kv4x
USB device firmware update (DFU) for Kinetis® MCUs S08JM
Using Kinetis® DMA and GPIO to emulate timer functionality kw2xd
Using DMA to emulate ADC flexible scan mode on Kinetis® K K70_120
NXP® Embedded Software and Motor Control libraries 56f803x
Understanding the 16-bit ADC PGA in Kinetis® K Series kv4x
PWM synchronization using Kinetis® Flextimers kv4x
Using Kinetis® Security and Flash Protection Features kv3x
Motor Control under MQX RTOS MCF5441X
Using FlexBus Interface for Kinetis® Microcontrollers K70_120
I2S (Inter-IC Sound Bus) application on Kinetis® MCUs kl4x
Pulse Oximeter using USB PHDC K70_120
Using Low Power modes on Kinetis® MCUs kl8x
Audio Output for Kinetis® MCUs using DMA/PWM, DAC or I2S kl8x
Display eGUI using TWR-LCD board MCF5445X
Configuring the FlexTimer for position and speed measurement mcf51qx
Kinetis® KwikStik-based EzPort programmer K70_120
FlexTimer and ADC synchronization for Field-Oriented-Control mc56f800x
Prototyping with Tower® System MCU development board kw2xd
BLDC motor control w/ Hall Effect sensor - Kinetis® MCUs kv4x
Using WinUSB with MCU integrating USB device controller S08JS
USB Mass Storage Device (MSD) Bootloader S08JS
Implement protocol converters w/ MQX communication driver K70_120
Using I2C on Coldfire+ and Kinetis® MCUs mcf51qx
Using USB2SER DLL in C# Projects kl4x
Using the CAU/mmCAU in ColdFire® and Kinetis® families MCF5445X
Using Kinetis® FlexMemory as enhanced EEPROM K70_120
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (121pin) K21_50
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (80 pin) K21_50
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (121pin) K21_50
Kinetis® K21: 50MHz Cortex-M4 up to 512KB Flash (80 pin) K21_50
TWR-K21D50M Tower® Module User's Guides K22_50
Kinetis® K2x: Cortex-M4(F) MCUs with cost-optimized USB K22_50
Kinetis® K11D/K22D 50MHz: rev1.1 vs 2 (part # with "A") K21_50
Kinetis® K2x MCU Family - Fact Sheet K26_180
Brochure: Kinetis® MCUs - Securing the Internet of Tomorrow K82_150
Kinetis® K1x/K2x (50Mhz) for cost sensitive applications K22_50
Selector Guide: High-performance Kinetis® K Series MCUs K82_150
Demonstration software for Kinetis® peripheral modules K82_150
TFS FlexMem Endurance Calculator K53_100
K11_K21_50MHz_Rev2_Header_Files K21_50
PExDrv v10.2 Update 1.0.2 K53_100
98ASS23174W K51_72
MK21DX128AVLK5.pdf K21_50
MK21DX256AVLK5.pdf K21_50
MK21DN512AVLK5.pdf K21_50
MK21DN512VLK5.pdf K21_50
MK21DX128VLK5.pdf K21_50
MK21DX256VLK5.pdf K21_50
98ASA00423D K51_72
MK21DX128AVMC5.pdf K21_50
MK21DX256AVMC5.pdf K21_50
MK21DN512AVMC5.pdf K21_50
MK21DN512AVMC5R.pdf K21_50
MK21DX256AVMC5R.pdf K21_50
MK21DN512VMC5.pdf K21_50
MK21DX128VMC5.pdf K21_50
MK21DX256VMC5.pdf K21_50