Renesas Electronics EK-RA6M5 Evaluation Kit
Renesas Electronics EK-RA6M5 Evaluation Kit is a Demonstration and development platform for the RA6M5 32-Bit Microcontroller (MCU) Group. The RA6M5 32-Bit MCUs are based on the high-performance 200MHz Arm® Cortex®-M33 core. These devices feature up to 2MB Code Flash memory with background and SWAP operation, 8KB Data Flash memory, and 512KB SRAM with Parity/ECC. The RA6M5 MCUs offer a broad range of communication interface options with CAN FD, Ethernet MAC with DMA, USB Full Speed and High Speed, and various serial interfaces.
The EK-RA6M5 Evaluation Kit includes a pre-installed Renesas Electronics R7FA6M5BH3CFC MCU in an LQFP176 package. Four 40-pin headers give access to all signals. Ethernet and USB ports provide connectivity, and connections are available for ecosystem expansion options.
Features
- Ecosystem and System Control Access
- Multiple 5V input sources
- USB (Debug, High Speed, Full Speed)
- External power supply
- Debug modes
- Debug onboard (SWD)
- Debug in (ETM, SWD, and JTAG)
- Debug out (SWD)
- User LEDs and buttons
- Three user LEDs (red, blue, green)
- Power LED (white) indicating the availability of regulated power
- Debug LED (yellow) indicating the debug connection
- Two user buttons
- One reset button
- Five ecosystem expansion options
- MikroElektronika™ mikroBUS connector
- SparkFun® Qwiic® connector
- Two SeeedGrove® system (I2C and Analog) connectors
- Two Digilent Pmod™ (SPI and UART) connectors
- Arduino (Uno R3) connector
- MCU boot configuration jumper
- Multiple 5V input sources
- Special Feature Access
- Ethernet (RMII and PHY)
- 64MB External Octo-SPI Flash
- 32MB External Quad-SPI Flash
- CAN FD
- USB High-Speed host and device
- MCU Native Pin Access
- R7FA6M5BH3CFC MCU
- 200MHz, Arm Cortex-M33 core
- 2MB Code Flash, 512kB SRAM
- 176 pins, LQFP package
- Native pin access through 4x 40-pin male headers
- MCU and USB current measurement points
Kit Contents
- EK-RA6M5 Board
- Ethernet cable
- Micro USB type-A male to micro-B male cable
- Micro USB type-A male to micro-B male cable
Flexible Software Package
The Renesas Electronics RA Flexible Software Package (FSP) provides a quick and versatile way to build secure connected IoT devices using the Renesas RA Family of Arm microcontrollers. FSP provides production-ready peripheral drivers, FreeRTOS, and middleware stacks to take advantage of the FSP ecosystem.
e² studio
The e² studio is an Eclipse-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Renesas MCUs. In addition to Eclipse’s own powerful code editor, the e² studio offers a rich range of extended functions. The e² studio covers all development processes, from the downloading of sample code to debugging.
Documents
Supported Devices
Renesas Electronics RA6M5 32-Bit Microcontroller Group
32-bit MCUs based on the high-performance, 200MHz Arm® Cortex®-M33 core with TrustZone®.
Related Development Tools
Renesas Electronics RA Family Microcontroller Evaluation Kits
Demonstration and development tools based on the RA Series Arm® Cortex® Microcontrollers.
Board Layout
Block Diagram
Additional Resources
- RYZ024A and RA MCU
- EK-RA6M5 Example Project Bundle
- Securing Data at Rest Using the Arm® TrustZone®
- Getting Started with ADC Interleaved Mode Application
- Guidelines for Using the S Cache on the System Bus
- RYZ024A and RA MCU LTE Communication Sample Application
- Security Design with Arm® TrustZone® - IP Protection
- Getting Started with CoreMark Benchmarking
- RA6 Secure Bootloader Using MCUboot and Internal Code Flash
- RA6 Secure Firmware Update using MCUboot and Flash Dual Bank
- Injecting Plaintext User Keys
- Injecting and Updating Secure User Keys
- RYZ014A LTE Communication Sample Application
- RYZ014A and RA MCU Firmware Upgrade from Host MCU
- Renesas RA Family Device Lifecycle Management Key Injection
- RA FSP MQTT/TLS Azure Cloud Connectivity Solution
- Exception Handling
- RA Arm® TrustZone® Tooling Primer