K53_100: Kinetis K53-100 MHz, USB, Segment LCD, Ethernet Microcontrollers based on ARM® Cortex®-M4

The Kinetis® K53 100 MHz MCU family provides an analog measurement engine for medical and industrial applications.

Kinetis^® K50 MCU Family Block Diagram

Using thermocouple and thermistor devices with Kinetis^® K53 - Demo

Analog to Digital Converter

Programmable Delay Block

System Integration Module

Nested Vector Interrupt Controller

Serial Audio Interface

Running EKG App-based Accessory Demo on the TWR-DOCK2 - How To

Name/Description	Type	Modified Date
Selector Guide: High-performance Kinetis® K Series MCUs (REV 1) PDF (2.4 MB) KINETISKMCUSELGD	Selector Guides	02 Oct 2015
Kinetis® K5x: Cortex-M4 MCUs with measurement engine (REV 5) PDF (221.2 kB) KNTSK50FMLYFS	Fact Sheets	03 Nov 2015
Demonstration software for Kinetis® peripheral modules (REV 3) PDF (2.0 MB) KQRUG	Quick Reference Guides	30 May 2014

Data Sheets (2)

Name/Description	Modified Date
Kinetis® K53: 100MHz Cortex-M4 256/512KB Flash (144 pin) (REV 3) PDF (1.4 MB) K53P144M100SF2V2	30 Jun 2013
Kinetis® K53: 100MHz Cortex-M4 256/512KB Flash (144 pin) - Initial Product Rev (REV 7) PDF (2.1 MB) K53P144M100SF2	22 Feb 2013

Errata (6)

Name/Description	Modified Date
KINETIS_5N22D, Mask Set Errata for Mask 5N22D - Errata (REV 19 DEC 2013) PDF (155.5 kB) KINETIS_5N22D	19 Dec 2013
KINETIS_4N22D, Mask Set Errata for Mask 4N22D - Errata (REV 10 DEC 2013) PDF (154.3 kB) KINETIS_4N22D	10 Dec 2013
Errata Mask 4N30D for Kinetis® MCUs (REV 07 AUG 2013) PDF (247.7 kB) KINETIS_4N30D	16 Aug 2013
Errata Mask 8N30D for Kinetis® MCUs (REV 07 AUG 2013) PDF (234.5 kB) KINETIS_8N30D	16 Aug 2013
Errata Mask 0M33Z for Kinetis® MCUs (REV 28 MAR 2012) PDF (334.1 kB) KINETIS_0M33Z	28 Mar 2012
Errata Mask 1N30D-2N30D for Kinetis® MCUs (REV 13 JUL 2011) PDF (207.6 kB) KINETIS_1N30D-2N30D	13 Jul 2011

Application Notes (69)

Name/Description	Modified Date
Filter-Based Algorithm for Metering Applications (REV 4) PDF (2.1 MB) AN4265	05 Apr 2016
FFT-Based Algorithm for Metering Applications - Application Note (REV 4) PDF (347.5 kB) AN4255	26 Jul 2015
Power Management for Kinetis® and ColdFire®+ MCUs (REV 2) PDF (1.6 MB) AN4503	06 Apr 2015
Using Kinetis® FlexMemory as enhanced EEPROM (REV 2) PDF (863.9 kB) AN4282	04 Mar 2015
Power supply options for Tower® development plaftorm (REV 0.1) PDF (2.6 MB) AN4649	23 Sep 2014
Optimizing performance on Kinetis® K-series MCUs (REV 1) PDF (280.1 kB) AN4745	11 Jun 2014
Production Flash programming best practices for Kinetis® K and L MCUs (REV 1) PDF (173.6 kB) AN4835	02 May 2014
Cookbook for SAR ADC measurements (REV 1) PDF (843.1 kB) AN4373	17 Apr 2014
Audio player on KwikStik (REV 0) PDF (407.6 kB) AN4523	21 Jan 2014
Tips using PDB in motor control applications on Kinetis® (REV 0) PDF (447.9 kB) AN4822	18 Dec 2013
I2C non-blocking communication (REV 0) PDF (570.5 kB) AN4803	21 Oct 2013
Developer’s Serial Bootloader (REV 13) PDF (1.4 MB) AN2295	08 Oct 2013
An I2S application on Kinetis® (REV 0) PDF (239.2 kB) AN4800	01 Sep 2013
Using DSPI as Slave on MQX RTOS (v3.8) (REV 0) PDF (215.1 kB) AN4791	29 Aug 2013
Integrating a Processor Expert® driver (LDD) into a non-PEx project (REV 0) PDF (2.1 MB) AN4769	14 Aug 2013
Connecting Kinetis® MCU with CMOS sensor interface through GPIO (REV 0) PDF (411.7 kB) AN4627	30 May 2013
PMSM electrical parameters measurement (REV 0) PDF (2.3 MB) AN4680	23 Apr 2013
NXP® Solutions for ECG and Heart Rate Monitor (REV 1) PDF (2.1 MB) AN4323	17 Apr 2013
Implementing in-software flash programming on Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (218.5 kB) AN4695	17 Apr 2013
Using NXP® USB stack to implement Audio class device (REV 0) PDF (309.9 kB) AN4665	23 Mar 2013
Remote monitoring solution using MQX and Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (2.0 MB) AN4644	20 Mar 2013
I2C driver based on interrupt and blocking mechanism for MQX (REV 0) PDF (481.2 kB) AN4652	20 Mar 2013
Pulse Oximeter - Fundamentals and Design (REV 2) PDF (3.5 MB) AN4327	18 Jan 2013
Glucose Meter - Fundamentals and Design (REV 1) PDF (12.1 MB) AN4364	06 Jan 2013
Spirometer - Fundamentals and Design (REV 1) PDF (2.8 MB) AN4325	18 Dec 2012
Blood Pressure Monitor - Fundamentals and Design (REV 2) PDF (5.3 MB) AN4328	18 Dec 2012
USB Mass Storage Device (MSD) Host Bootloader (REV 1) PDF (2.6 MB) AN4368	06 Dec 2012
MQX Board Support Package (BSP) - Porting Guide on KEIL (REV 0) PDF (1.6 MB) AN4626	31 Oct 2012
Secure Bootloader implementation (REV 0) PDF (253.2 kB) AN4605	14 Oct 2012
BLDC Sensorless Algorithm Tuning (REV 0) PDF (1.4 MB) AN4597	11 Oct 2012
USB device firmware update (DFU) for Kinetis® MCUs (REV 1) PDF (2.5 MB) AN4370	07 Oct 2012
Using Kinetis® DMA and GPIO to emulate timer functionality (REV 0) PDF (825.4 kB) AN4419	27 Sep 2012
Using DMA to emulate ADC flexible scan mode on Kinetis® K (REV 0) PDF (204.0 kB) AN4590	19 Sep 2012
NXP® Embedded Software and Motor Control libraries (REV 0) PDF (216.9 kB) AN4611	14 Sep 2012
Understanding the 16-bit ADC PGA in Kinetis® K Series (REV 0) PDF (421.8 kB) AN4568	09 Sep 2012
Kinetis® K 100MHz Rev 1.x to Rev 2.x Migration Guide (REV 1) PDF (2.1 MB) AN4445	31 Aug 2012
PWM synchronization using Kinetis® Flextimers (REV 0) PDF (1.2 MB) AN4560	02 Aug 2012
Using Kinetis® Security and Flash Protection Features (REV 1) PDF (188.2 kB) AN4507	17 Jun 2012
Robust over-the-air firmware update using program flash memory swap (REV 0) PDF (1.2 MB) AN4533	17 Jun 2012
Using Kinetis® K53 amplifiers to connect thermocouple and thermistor (REV 0) PDF (3.5 MB) AN4508	24 May 2012
Motor Control under MQX RTOS (REV 0) PDF (1.2 MB) AN4254	11 May 2012
Using FlexBus Interface for Kinetis® Microcontrollers (REV 0) PDF (723.5 kB) AN4393	10 May 2012
I2S (Inter-IC Sound Bus) application on Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (382.7 kB) AN4520	08 May 2012
Pulse Oximeter using USB PHDC (REV 0) PDF (2.2 MB) AN4496	22 Mar 2012
Using CMSIS-DSP Algorithms with MQX and Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (618.3 kB) AN4489	20 Mar 2012
Using Low Power modes on Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (10.4 MB) AN4470	15 Feb 2012
Audio Output for Kinetis® MCUs using DMA/PWM, DAC or I2S (REV 0) PDF (458.4 kB) AN4369	13 Feb 2012
Low-Power management with MQX RTOS on Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (251.8 kB) AN4447	30 Jan 2012
Display eGUI using TWR-LCD board (REV 0) PDF (1.6 MB) AN4452	17 Jan 2012
Configuring the FlexTimer for position and speed measurement (REV 0) PDF (382.6 kB) AN4381	05 Dec 2011
MCU control and monitoring via Twitter (HTTP Client) (REV 0) PDF (296.2 kB) AN4417	05 Dec 2011
Kinetis® KwikStik-based EzPort programmer (REV 0) PDF (2.5 MB) AN4406	01 Dec 2011
Ventilator/Respirator - Fundamentals and Design (REV 0) PDF (5.9 MB) DRM127	23 Nov 2011
Dual Motor Control application (PMSM) with Kinetis® K70 (REV 0) PDF (2.4 MB) AN4407	22 Nov 2011
FlexTimer and ADC synchronization for Field-Oriented-Control (REV 0) PDF (751.2 kB) AN4410	22 Nov 2011
Prototyping with Tower® System MCU development board (REV 0) PDF (320.9 kB) AN4390	11 Nov 2011
BLDC motor control w/ Hall Effect sensor - Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (710.5 kB) AN4376	31 Oct 2011
Connecting to an SMTP Server Using the NXP® NanoSSL Client (REV 0) PDF (567.8 kB) AN4363	21 Oct 2011
Using WinUSB with MCU integrating USB device controller (REV 0) PDF (906.8 kB) AN4378	20 Oct 2011
USB Mass Storage Device (MSD) Bootloader (REV 0) PDF (434.3 kB) AN4379	17 Oct 2011
Ethernet Bootloader for Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (1.6 MB) AN4367	12 Sep 2011
Designing prototypes with Kinetis® Tower® system and MQX (REV 0) PDF (1.3 MB) AN4346	01 Sep 2011
Implement protocol converters w/ MQX communication driver (REV 0) PDF (217.1 kB) AN4345	26 Aug 2011
Using I2C on Coldfire+ and Kinetis® MCUs (REV 0) PDF (2.0 MB) AN4342	10 Aug 2011
AN3863, Designing Touch Sensing Electrodes - Application Notes (REV 4) PDF (648.4 kB) AN3863	20 Jul 2011
Using USB2SER DLL in C# Projects (REV 1) PDF (543.4 kB) AN4314	20 Jul 2011
Writing Touch Sensing Software Using TSI Module (REV 0) PDF (341.5 kB) AN4330	12 Jul 2011
AN4287, MQX Board Support Package Porting Guide - Application Notes (REV 0) PDF (1.3 MB) AN4287	13 Jun 2011
Using the CAU/mmCAU in ColdFire® and Kinetis® families (REV 0) PDF (171.3 kB) AN4307	18 May 2011

Reference Manuals (2)

Name/Description	Modified Date
Kinetis® K53: 100MHz Cortex-M4 256/512KB Flash (144 pin) (REV 2) PDF (14.3 MB) K53P144M100SF2V2RM	02 Jun 2012
Kinetis® K53: 100MHz Cortex-M4 256/512KB Flash (144 pin) - Initial Product Rev (REV 6) PDF (14.0 MB) K53P144M100SF2RM	11 Nov 2011

Release Notes (1)

Name/Description	Modified Date
Processor Expert® 5.2 Release Notes (REV 5.2) TXT (24.2 kB) PE_5.2_RN	12 Sep 2011

Product Briefs (1)

Name/Description	Modified Date
Kinetis® K5x: Cortex-M4 MCUs with measurement engine (REV 8) PDF (613.4 kB) K50PB	08 May 2011

Engineering Bulletins (1)

Name/Description	Modified Date
Kinetis® K 100MHz (no FPU): Mask set and revision number (REV 2) PDF (118.7 kB) EB782	20 Jan 2015

Fact Sheets (1)

Name/Description	Modified Date
Kinetis® K5x: Cortex-M4 MCUs with measurement engine (REV 5) PDF (221.2 kB) KNTSK50FMLYFS	03 Nov 2015

Brochures (1)

Name/Description	Modified Date
Beyond Bits Issue V (REV 6) PDF (7.1 MB) BR8BITBYNDBITS5	01 Nov 2010

Selector Guides (1)

Name/Description	Modified Date
Selector Guide: High-performance Kinetis® K Series MCUs (REV 1) PDF (2.4 MB) KINETISKMCUSELGD	02 Oct 2015

Quick Reference Guides (1)

Name/Description	Modified Date
Demonstration software for Kinetis® peripheral modules (REV 3) PDF (2.0 MB) KQRUG	30 May 2014

Calculators

TFS FlexMem Endurance Calculator (REV vBeta025) ZIP TFS_FLEXMEM_CALCULATOR 8/1/2014

Snippets, Boot Code, Headers, Monitors, etc.

Kinetis 100MHz MCU C/C++ Header Files (REV 2) ZIP KINETIS_100MHZ_HEADER_FILES 9/6/2012
Kinetis 100MHz Rev 2 MCU C/C++ Header Files (REV 2) ZIP KINETIS_100MHZ_REV2_HEADER_FILES 9/6/2012
Kinetis MCU C/C++ Header Files (REV A) ZIP KINETIS_HEADER_FILES 11/7/2011

Device Drivers

TFS Flash Driver Software for Kinetis and ColdFire+ Microcontrollers (REV 1.03) exe C90TFS_FLASH_DRIVER 10/28/2014

Reference Applications

Software for DRM132 (REV 0) ZIP DRM132SW 3/14/2012

Updates and Patches

PExDrv v10.2 Update 1.0.2 (REV 1.0.2) ZIP PExDrv v10.2 Update 1.0.2 10/11/2013

Ordering Information

Product	Status	Budgetary Price excluding tax(US$)	HW dev. tools	Core Type	Operating Frequency (Max) (MHz)	On-chip SRAM (KB)	Total Flash (KByte)	EEPROM (KB)	External memory & connectivity interfaces	UART	SPI	I2C	I2S	USB	USB features	Pin count	ADC	DAC	16-bit PWM (ch)	16-bit Timer (ch)	32-bit Timer (ch)	Other analog blocks	Security	Human Machine Interface	VDD (min)	VDD (max) (V)	Package type	Package dimension (WxLxH) (mm3)	Pin pitch (mm)	Ambient Operating Temperature (Min-Max) (°C)
MK53DN512CMD10	Active	10K @ US$6.10	TWR-K53N512	ARM Cortex-M4	100	128	512		External bus interface, SDHC Controller	6	3	2	1	1 (FS)	Device Charge Detect	144	16-bit (SAR) x 2	12-bit x 2	12	13	4	Comparator, OPAMP, PGA, TRIAMP, VREF	CRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG	Touch System Interface, Segment LCD	1.71	3.6	MAPBGA	13x13x1.7	1	-40 to 85
MK53DX256CLQ10	Active	10K @ US$5.85	TWR-K53N512	ARM Cortex-M4	100	68	512	4	External bus interface, SDHC Controller	6	3	2	1	1 (FS)	Device Charge Detect	144	16-bit (SAR) x 2	12-bit x 2	12	13	4	Comparator, OPAMP, PGA, TRIAMP, VREF	CRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG	Touch System Interface, Segment LCD	1.71	3.6	LQFP	20x20x1.6	0.5	-40 to 85
MK53DX256CMD10	Active	10K @ US$5.91	TWR-K53N512	ARM Cortex-M4	100	68	512	4	External bus interface, SDHC Controller	6	3	2	1	1 (FS)	Device Charge Detect	144	16-bit (SAR) x 2	12-bit x 2	12	13	4	Comparator, OPAMP, PGA, TRIAMP, VREF	CRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG	Touch System Interface, Segment LCD	1.71	3.6	MAPBGA	13x13x1.7	1	-40 to 85
MK53DN512CLQ10	Active	10K @ US$6.04	TWR-K53N512	ARM Cortex-M4	100	128	512		External bus interface, SDHC Controller	6	3	2	1	1 (FS)	Device Charge Detect	144	16-bit (SAR) x 2	12-bit x 2	12	13	4	Comparator, OPAMP, PGA, TRIAMP, VREF	CRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG	Touch System Interface, Segment LCD	1.71	3.6	LQFP	20x20x1.6	0.5	-40 to 85
MK53DX256ZCLQ10	Not Recommended for New Design	10K @ US$6.32	TWR-K53N512	ARM Cortex-M4	100	68	512	4	External bus interface, SDHC Controller	6	3	2	1	1 (FS)	Device Charge Detect	144	16-bit (SAR) x 2	12-bit x 2	12	13	4	Comparator, OPAMP, PGA, TRIAMP, VREF	CRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG	Touch System Interface, Segment LCD	1.71	3.6	LQFP	20x20x1.6	0.5	-40 to 85
MK53DN512ZCMD10	Not Recommended for New Design	10K @ US$6.59	TWR-K53N512	ARM Cortex-M4	100	128	512		External bus interface, SDHC Controller	6	3	2	1	1 (FS)	Device Charge Detect	144	16-bit (SAR) x 2	12-bit x 2	12	13	4	Comparator, OPAMP, PGA, TRIAMP, VREF	CRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG	Touch System Interface, Segment LCD	1.71	3.6	MAPBGA	13x13x1.7	1	-40 to 85
MK53DN512ZCLQ10	Not Recommended for New Design	10K @ US$6.52	TWR-K53N512	ARM Cortex-M4	100	128	512		External bus interface, SDHC Controller	6	3	2	1	1 (FS)	Device Charge Detect	144	16-bit (SAR) x 2	12-bit x 2	12	13	4	Comparator, OPAMP, PGA, TRIAMP, VREF	CRC, Cryptography Accelerator, RNG	Touch System Interface, Segment LCD	1.71	3.6	LQFP	20x20x1.6	0.5	-40 to 85
MK53DX256ZCMD10	No Longer Manufactured			ARM Cortex-M4	100	64	512	4		6	3	2	1		USB OTG LS/FS	144														-40 to 85

Package Information

Package Description	Outline Version	Packing	Product Status	Part Number	Chemical Content	MSL	PPT (°C)
LQFP 144 20SQ1.4P0.5 C90	98ASS23177W	MPQ - 60 TRAYPOQ - 600 BOX	Active	MK53DX256CLQ10	MK53DX256CLQ10.pdf	3	260
		MPQ - 60 TRAYPOQ - 600 BOX	Active	MK53DN512CLQ10	MK53DN512CLQ10.pdf	3	260
		MPQ - 300 BRICKPOQ - 300 BRICK	Not Recommended for New Design	MK53DN512ZCLQ10	MK53DN512ZCLQ10.pdf	3	260
		MPQ - 60 TRAYPOQ - 600 BOX	Not Recommended for New Design	MK53DX256ZCLQ10	MK53DX256ZCLQ10.pdf	3	260
MAPBGA 144 13131.7 P1	98ASA00222D	MPQ - 160 TRAYPOQ - 800 BOX	Active	MK53DN512CMD10	MK53DN512CMD10.pdf	3	260
		MPQ - 160 TRAYPOQ - 800 BOX	Active	MK53DX256CMD10	MK53DX256CMD10.pdf	3	260
		MPQ - 800 BRICKPOQ - 800 BOX	Not Recommended for New Design	MK53DN512ZCMD10	MK53DN512ZCMD10.pdf	3	260
144MAP 13131.7 P1	98ASA00222D		No Longer Manufactured	MK53DX256ZCMD10	MK53DX256ZCMD10.pdf	3	260