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
  • 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.

  • Download FSP from Renesas Electronics

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.

  • Download e² studio from Renesas Electronics
 

Documents

  • User Manual
  • Quick Start Guide

Board Layout

Renesas Electronics EK-RA6M5 Evaluation Kit

Block Diagram

Block Diagram - Renesas Electronics EK-RA6M5 Evaluation Kit

Renesas Electronics EK-RA6M5 Evaluation Kit