TOKYO, Japan, October 13, 2021 – Renesas Electronics Group (TSE: 6723), a global supplier of semiconductor solutions, today announced the launch of a new product group, the RA2E2, for its 32-bit RA microcontroller (MCU) product family. This series of products is based on the Arm® Cortex®-M23 core, featuring low power consumption and peripherals suitable for IoT terminal applications. wafer-level chip package) to build a unique combination of performance. The new 48MHz RA2E2 product group shortens the product design cycle and can be easily upgraded to other RA products.
The launch of the RA2E2 MCU is designed to meet the needs of IoT terminal applications such as wearable devices, medical equipment, home appliances and industrial automation, providing the lowest operating power among similar products in the industry; the power consumption in working mode is only 81uA/MHz, and the software standby current is only 81uA/MHz. 200nA with fast wake-up. The new product supports an extremely wide Ta temperature range of -40 to 125°C, making it suitable for harsh IoT working environments. The RA2E2 MCU supports the I3C bus interface and integrates cost-saving peripheral functions, including an on-chip oscillator with +/-1% accuracy, power-on reset, low-Voltage detector, EEPROM and temperature sensor.
The Renesas RA product family now has more than 160 models operating at frequencies from 48MHz to 200MHz. RA MCUs offer ultra-low power consumption, a wide range of communication connectivity options, and outstanding security features including Arm TrustZone® technology. All RA products are supported by the Renesas Flexible Configuration Package (FSP), which features efficient drivers and middleware to simplify the implementation of communication and security functions. The FSP GUI simplifies and speeds up the development process. FSP can flexibly reuse existing code resources, and easily achieve compatibility and expansion with other RA series products. Developers using the FSP have access to a variety of tools through the rich Arm ecosystem and support through Renesas’ extensive partner network to accelerate time-to-market.
“We are seeing increasing demand for 32-bit MCUs in low-pin IoT end applications,” said Roger Wendelken, senior vice president of the IoT and Infrastructure Business Division at Renesas Electronics. This market demand. The Renesas RA product family now offers a variety of solutions in packages ranging from 16 to 176 pins and performance from 48 to 200MHz, all with FSP support, which enables design IP to be easily and quickly transferred between different products. Convert.”
RA2E2 MCU Product Group
The RA2E2 MCU product lineup includes nine different products, ranging from 16 to 24 pins, configured with 16 to 64KB of flash memory and 8KB of SRAM; in addition, it also includes 2KB of data flash memory, a feature not available in other pin-less products. This product group is also one of the very few MCUs in its class that provides an I3C bus interface, enabling high-speed communication at 4.6Mbps—compared to just 1Mbps for competing products. The RA2E2 product group also has advanced security features with built-in encryption accelerator (AES256/128), true random number generator (TRNG) and storage protection unit.
Key Features of the RA2E2 Product Group
Ÿ48MHz Arm Cortex-M23 CPU core
Ÿ16 to 64KB integrated flash memory options; 8KB RAM and 2KB data flash
ŸVarious package options from ultra-small 16-pin WLCSP to 20- and 24-pin QFN
Ÿ Low power operation: the power consumption in working mode is only 81uA/MHz; the software standby current is as low as 200nA, and it can wake up quickly
Ÿ I3C bus interface for higher communication speed
Ÿ Support wide temperature range: Ta = -40~125°C, suitable for harsh IoT working environment
ŸSecurity features include cryptographic accelerators, TRNGs and storage protection units
Ÿ1.6 to 5.5V wide operating voltage
Ÿ Superior performance for lower system cost
oHigh precision (+/- 1.0%), high speed on-chip oscillator
o Power-on reset and low voltage detector
oEEPROM
o High current drive port and 5V tolerant I/O
oTemperature sensor
Renesas seamlessly integrates RA2E2 MCUs with analog and power devices to create a “successful portfolio” that accelerates the design process for a wide range of applications and reduces customer risk. Among them, the “successful product portfolio” using RA2E2 MCU includes DDR5 gaming DIMM solutions. Renesas now offers more than 250 “Successful Portfolios” for various applications and end products.
Availability
RA2E2 MCUs are available now. To help engineers get started quickly, Renesas also offers the EK-RA2E2 evaluation kit.
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