• Controller modules provide easy-to-use, reconfigurable hardware
• Interchangeable peripheral modules – including serial*, memory**, graphical LCD** – make customization easy
• Open-source hardware and standardized specifications promote the development of additional modules for added functionality and customization
• Open source BDM debug hardware, allowing each controller module to become a stand-alone BDM debug tool

• Open source hardware and software allows quick development with proven designs
• Reusable modules can be quickly reconfigured into a new, application-specific development tool

• Peripheral modules can be re-used with all Tower System controller modules, eliminating the need to purchase redundant hardware for future designs
• Enabling technologies like Wi-Fi**, LCD**, serial* and memory** interfacing are offered off-the-shelf at a low cost to provide a customized enablement solution

* available now
** coming soon

Get to know the TWR-MCF51CN-KIT – the first complete kit available as part of the Tower System

The TWR-MCF51CN-KIT is a low-cost development tool for the MCF51CN128 Ethernet microcontroller. This development kit comes complete with the following:

• TWR-MCF51CN - Ethernet microcontroller module that features the MCF51CN128 and has push buttons, LEDs, potentiometer and more
• TWR-SER - Serial module that features Ethernet, USB, RS232/485 and CAN
• TWR-ELEV - Two elevator boards that provide structural integrity, communications interfaces, power regulation circuitry with standardized bus
• USB/Ethernet cables
• an interactive DVD with lab tutorials, software, training and collateral
• a printed guide on how to quickly get started using the development kit

The MCF51CN microcontroller module is designed to be a standalone debug tool and can also be purchased separately from the kit, part number TWR-MCF51CN. This individual module features basic user interfaces like push buttons, LEDs, and a potentiometer, and it also features the MCF51CN microcontroller with on-chip Ethernet.

Features:

• Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)
• Mini-FlexBus External Bus Interface
• Integrated, Open-Source BDM
• 10/100 baseT Ethernet with DMA
• small form factor (59mm x 90mm) standard with Freescale Tower System

TWR-SER Peripheral Module
The TWR-SER Serial Module provides USB, Ethernet, CAN and RS323/485 connectivity solutions for designers developing with the Tower System. This peripheral module is designed to be combined and used with other microcontroller and peripheral modules in the Tower System.

Features:

• RS232 and RS485
• Ethernet
• CAN
• USB

The TWR-ELEV Elevator modules are the basic building block of the Tower System. Designed to connect microcontroller and peripheral modules, the Elevator modules provide the power regulation circuitry and structural integrity needed for all configurations of an assembled Tower System.