One of the main goals of the Kinetis L hardware and software support tools is to make the job of an entry level engineer as simple as possible and to make getting their products to market faster. Along with the modular Tower System Development Platform, NXP wanted to provide a basic “getting started” hardware development tool. The Freedom board platform is a low cost, low power platform for entry level developers in a convenient form factor. It provides an open SDA platform compatible with multiple expansion options, or shields. Processor Expert is a simplified code initialization tool designed to provide 80% of the required firmware from NXP, allowing designers to focus on the 20% of their own internal code that truly differentiates their products. Solutions Advisor is a web based tool, available on the NXP website, that allows designers the ability to identify the ideal Kinetis solution, by defining the operating characteristics of the device they need, memory configuration, analog, communications and clock peripherals, etc. In addition, it directs them to the associated hardware and software tools and documentation and verifies pin muxing compatibility.