Renesas Electronics EK-RA8M2 Evaluation Kit

Renesas Electronics EK-RA8M2 Evaluation Kit is developed to quickly and easily evaluate the RA8M2 microcontrollers. The RA8M2 Microcontrollers feature the Arm® Cortex®-M85 and -M33 cores, delivering breakthrough performance of up to 7300 Coremark and fully deterministic, low-latency, real-time operation that meets the most demanding application requirements. The RA8M2 are ultra-high-performance, general-purpose, and graphics MCUs as part of the 2nd generation of the RA8 Series. The RA8M2 is based on the 22nmULL process and increases performance by a magnitude of 1GHz on the CM85 core and 250MHz on the CM33 core. The devices are supplied in large 176-pin LQFP, 224-pin, and 289-pin BGA packages, supplying users with ample I/O for real-time control needs. The RA8M2 is set apart with advanced security with TrustZone®, secure boot, immutable storage, and tamper protection features.

Features

  • Ecosystem and system control access
    • USB full-speed host and device
    • 5V input through USB (Debug, HS, FS) or external power supply
    • Debug onboard (SWD and JTAG)
    • Debug in (SWD, SWO, ETM, JTAG)
    • Debug out (SWD, SWO, JTAG)
    • Three user LEDs and two user buttons
    • Two SeeedGrove® system (I2C and analog)
    • Two Digilent Pmod™ (I2C, SPI, or UART selectable)
    • Arduino™ (Uno R3)
    • MikroElektronika™ mikroBUS
    • SparkFun® Qwiic® (I2C)
    • MPU boot configuration switch
  • Special feature access
    • USB high-speed host and device
    • 64MB external OSPI Flash
    • RS485/MODBUS
    • Ethernet (RJ45 RGMII interface)
  • MCU native pin access
    • R7KA8D2KFLCAC MCU, BGA289
    • 1GHz, Arm Cortex-M85 core and 250MHz, Arm Cortex-M33
    • 1MB MRAM, 2MB SRAM with ECC
    • MPU and USB current measurement

Applications

  • Industrial automation - industrial inverters, industrial HMI, asset tracking
  • Consumer - video doorbells, smart thermostats, smart speakers, graphics calculators, wearables
  • Home and building automation - security panels with displays, home hubs/gateways with displays, occupancy sensors
  • Home appliances with displays - coffee makers, refrigerators, ovens/hoods, washing machines
  • Medical - patient monitors, CPAP machines, ventilators
  • Office automation - fingerprint scanners, barcode readers, office printers with displays
  • Smart cities - traffic management, parking management

Layout

Renesas Electronics EK-RA8M2 Evaluation Kit
Đã phát hành: 2025-10-17 | Đã cập nhật: 2025-10-28