K70 - KSDK - MQX

[arnaud]

Hello,

Freescale MQX RTOS for Kinetis SDK seems the way to go for building MQX applications on Kinetis devices.

KSDK 1.3 released and the K70 devices, tower modules aren't supported yet.

Is it planned to support the K70 devices (when?) or are the K70 series deprecated ?

Best regards,

Arnaud.

[ivadorazinova]

Hi arnaud,

unfortunately not.

K70 devices are not supported and will not be supported in the KSDK.

Best Regards,

Iva

[a8Chcx]

Hi Iva,

K70 is the MCU that you are still going to support or it is going to be obsolete?

If it is not going to be obsolete, what kind tool I should use to develop my application, KDS?

Thanks,

Christie

[ivadorazinova]

Hi Christie,

unfortunately at the moment there is no plan for K70 support in KSDK.

I apologize for the inconvenience that may case you.

Hi Treskewl​

the same for your case.

In case of any change, I will let you know.

Best Regards,

Iva

[a8Chcx]

Hi Iva,

What kind of tool can I use to develop my application, Linux, KDS, and etc...?

K70 will be obsolete or there is other reason because I want to choose MCU to replace the old one MCF5282 that I am using now? Please give me some recommendation?

Thanks,

Christie

[LuisCasado]

Hello,

You can use MQX classic with KDS.

www.freescale.com/mqx

The MQX 4.2 does include support for K70 . You can use CodeWarrior, IAR, Keil, KDS).

Best Regards,

Luis

[robertyork]

I'm currently developing for the K70 on Codewarrior 10.6 and MQX 4.1.1. You mention the K70 is supported on KDS, but not KSDK. Does this mean I can install KDS and MQX 4.2, and bring my projects into KDS? How would I go about this, if I wanted to?

[LuisCasado]

Robert York ,

Yes, that is correct.

For example : C:\Freescale\Freescale_MQX_4_2\mqx\examples\hello\build\kds\hello_twrk70f120m

Luis

[a8Chcx]

Hi Iva/Luis,

What is the development tool used on TWR-K70F-120M?

Can I use KDS with MQX 4.2 to develop my application on TWR-K70F-120M? There is sample project there?

Is it safe to use K70, what I mean is that I can get enough support and will not be obsolete in next 10 years?

Can you tell me what is the reason to support K70?

I found that there is i.MX series, but it is too complicated to me to use and no need for my application, right? I just use it to replace my MC5282...

Thanks,

Christie

[Andrey]

I'm developing based on K70 + MQX  in IAR

There are plenty of good example projects that come with MQX that open well in IAR.

[LuisCasado]

Hello,

K70 is in our longevity program:

http://www.freescale.com/about/technology-programs/product-longevity:PRDCT_LONGEVITY_HM?fsrch=1&sr=1...

And MQX includes many examples and code for TWR-K70F120. Download it and you can see it.

Regards,

Luis

[a8Chcx]

Hi Luis,

I can't find the MCU that I am using now in that page. Could you find out for me.

MCU: MCF5282

MCU with DSP: MC56F8367

Another question: Do you have any other Kinetis MCU that has DDR and NAN controller built in? Or you are going to release any new MCU next two years?

Thanks,

Christie

[ivadorazinova]

Hi Christie,

yes, for example Kinetis K6x family has DDR Controller and NAND Flash Controller as well.

Please, for details about MCF5282 contact ColdFire/68K Microcontrollers and Processors​

for questions about MC56F8367 please contact Digital Signal Controllers​

Best Regards,

Iva

[a8Chcx]

Hi Iva,

Yes. But it is launched 5 years ago and not supported by KDSK, right?

I saw K80, but there is no support on Ethernet and CAN...

Thanks,

Christie

[ivadorazinova]

Hi Christie,

If we would talk about K6x family, for example K64, it was launched January 2014.

I´m attaching you Release Note, which contains all supported devices also for K6x family.

Hope this helps.

Iva

[a8Chcx]

Hi Iva,

Thanks.

Looks K65/K66 is good for me.

Do you have reference design to add the external flash on Kinetis MCU because I want to more flash to save my application and data?

Regards,

Christie

[ivadorazinova]

Hi Christie,

you can add external flash for example by using FlexBus.

Please, take a look at this AN : Using FlexBus Interface for Kinetis Microcontrollers

I hope this helps.

Best Regards,

Iva

[ivadorazinova]

Hi Christie,

KSDK 1.3 was compiled and tested with development tools as:

Kinetis Design Studio Integrated Development |Freescale (KDS 3.0)

IAR Embedded Workbench (IAR 7.40.3)

Keil Embedded Development Tools for ARM, Cortex-M, Cortex-R4, 8051, C166, and 251 processor families... (Keil 5.15)

http://timor.atollic.com/truestudio/  (Atollic® TrueSTUDIO® 5.3.1)

Makefiles support with GCC revision 4.9-2015-q1-update from Embedded - ARM

KDS is also available for Linux

My recommendation to similar MCU is here K70, KSDK

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,

Iva

[StrongChen]

Just for your information, K70 is supported in VxWorks.

[Treskewl]

In addition, how about the MK61? Which is effectively the MK70 without the LCD peripheral.