Ethernet IoT Starter Kit¶

Hardware¶

Platform Freescale Kinetis: Freescale Kinetis Microcontrollers is family of multiple hardware- and software-compatible ARM Cortex-M0+, Cortex-M4 and Cortex-M7-based MCU series. Kinetis MCUs offer exceptional low-power performance, scalability and feature integration.

Configuration¶

Please use IBMEthernetKit ID for board option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File):

[env:IBMEthernetKit]
platform = freescalekinetis
board = IBMEthernetKit

You can override default Ethernet IoT Starter Kit settings per build environment using board_*** option, where *** is a JSON object path from board manifest IBMEthernetKit.json. For example, board_build.mcu, board_build.f_cpu, etc.

[env:IBMEthernetKit]
platform = freescalekinetis
board = IBMEthernetKit

; change microcontroller
board_build.mcu = mk64fn1m0vll12

; change MCU frequency
board_build.f_cpu = 120000000L

Uploading¶

Ethernet IoT Starter Kit supports the next uploading protocols:

• cmsis-dap

• jlink

• mbed

Default protocol is mbed

You can change upload protocol using upload_protocol option:

[env:IBMEthernetKit]
platform = freescalekinetis
board = IBMEthernetKit

upload_protocol = mbed

Debugging¶

PIO Unified Debugger - “1-click” solution for debugging with a zero configuration.

You can switch between debugging Tools & Debug Probes using debug_tool option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File).

Ethernet IoT Starter Kit has on-board debug probe and IS READY for debugging. You don’t need to use/buy external debug probe.

Frameworks¶