Renesas Electronics CK-RA6M5 V2 Cloud Kit

Renesas Electronics CK-RA6M5 V2 Cloud Kit enables secure connection to the cloud and explores the features of the Cortex®-M33 based RA6M5 MCUs and cloud services. With Renesas’ RYZ014A LTE Cellular CAT-M1 module or the DA16600 Wi-Fi-BLE module and Ethernet network connectivity options, the kit provides a seamless cloud connectivity experience to global cloud service providers. With a Flexible Software Package (FSP), the kit has complete software stack support using FreeRTOS, Azure RTOS, and other middleware stacks. These stacks make the kit an ideal platform for efficiently developing cloud solutions and significantly reducing time-to-market. The Renesas Electronics CK-RA6M5 V2 Cloud Kit is Azure IoT plug-and-play certified, and AWS qualified, ratifying reliability.

Features

LTE CAT-M1 with RYZ014A Pmod or Wi-Fi connectivity with the DA16600 Wi-Fi-BLE Pmod
Ethernet
USB full-speed host and device
Sensors
- Humidity and temperature
- Indoor air quality index
- Outdoor air quality index
- Heart rate, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), and respiration rate
- Barometric pressure
- 9-axis motion tracking with RYZ014A Pmod or 6-axis with the DA16600 Wi-Fi-BLE Pmod
2x MEMS microphones
Battery connector for portability
Arduino™ (Uno R3) connector

USB Type-C™ power connector with the DA16600 Wi-Fi-BLE Pmod
Onboard MCU
- RF7A6M5BH3CFC microcontroller
- 200MHz, Arm Cortex-M33 core
- 2MB code flash, 512KB SRAM
- 176x pins, LQFP package
Ecosystem
- MCU and Pmod current measurement points
- 5V input through USB or external power supply
- USB-serial converter
- Debug on-board (SEGGER J-Link)
- 4x user LEDs
- 1x user button
- 2x Digilent Pmod™ (SPI/UART/I²C: Type-6A and Type-2A) connectors

Applications

IoT Cloud solutions
Edge Impulse Studio
Home and building automation
Smart cities
Healthcare

Industrial monitoring and sensing
Voice command
Smart metering
Asset tracking and location-based services

Kit Contents

CK-RA6M5 v2 board
RYZ014A PMOD (CAT-M1 cellular module)
Micro USB to A cable

Micro USB A/B to A adapter cable
SIM card
Antenna

Edge Impulse Resources

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Videos

Block Diagram

Application Notes

Renesas RA and RX Family of MCUs
RA AWS Cloud Connectivity on CK-RA6M5 with Cellular – Getting Started Guide
RA AWS Cloud Connectivity on CK-RA6M5 with Ethernet – Getting Started Guide
RA AWS MQTT/TLS Cloud Connectivity Solution – Cellular

RA AWS MQTT/TLS Cloud Connectivity Solution – Ethernet
RA MQTT/TLS Azure Cloud Connectivity Solution – Cellular
RA MQTT/TLS Azure Cloud Connectivity Solution – Ethernet
Security Design with Arm® TrustZone® – IP Protection

User Guides

CK-RA6M5 v2 User’s Manual – Cloud Kit Base Board for RA6M5 MCUs
CK-RA6M5 v2 with DA16600 Pmod Board Quick Start Guide – Cloud Kit for RA6M5 MCUs
CK-RA6M5 with RYZ014A Pmod Quick Start Guide – Cloud Kit for RA6M5 MCUs