topic Re: KW2x: XTAL (PTA19) in Kinetis Microcontrollers

KW2x: XTAL (PTA19)

ignisuti_ — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 17:11:48 GMT

Hello,
I'm using the KW2x MCU and am curious about using PTA19 as GPIO.

I'm using PTA18 as a modem CLK_OUT (MCU CLK_IN). This signal is running at 4MHz. Then my MCU is put into PEE mode to run at 48MHz.

According to everything I've read in the reference manual, I should be allowed to use PTA19 as a GPIO. However it is toggling states as if it were internally tied to a clocking signal. Does anyone know what steps I need to take to use PTA19 as a GPIO?

Note: I do have it configure as an INPUT with MUX ALT1.

Re: KW2x: XTAL (PTA19)

EarlOrlando — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 18:23:58 GMT

Hello Joe,

As you said, this pin can be used as GPIO.

To achieve this, you need to configure the field MCG_C2[EREFS] as "External reference clock requested" (bit in 0).

Please confirm that this solves your problem.

Best regards,

Earl Ramírez

NXP Technical Support Engineer

Re: KW2x: XTAL (PTA19)

ignisuti_ — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 14:26:24 GMT

Earl,

Thanks for the reply. That worked. Thank you!

For anyone else reading... I did also have to remove the line of code below which was waiting on the EREFS to finish initialization.

while (!(MCG_S & MCG_S_OSCINIT0_MASK)){}