Renesas Electronics EK-RA8D2 Evaluation Kit
Renesas Electronics EK-RA8D2 Evaluation Kit enables users to easily evaluate the RA8D2 MCU's features and develop embedded system applications using Renesas' Flexible Software Package (FSP) and e2 studio IDE. Users can leverage the rich onboarding features and their choice of popular ecosystem add-ons to implement a wide range of applications, including vision AI and high-end HMI applications. A bundle of example projects is available for users to download and quickly evaluate key peripherals, accelerating proof-of-concept development.
The EK-RA8D2 Evaluation Kit includes a 7.0-inch, 1024x600 parallel LCD board and a 5Mpx camera module. Preloaded demonstrations showcasing the RA8D2's performance are included in the kit. Users can combine the LCD board and camera module with the EK-RA8D2 board to enable rapid development of displays and vision systems.
Features
- Special feature access
- 2-lane MIPI DSI and parallel graphics display connectors
- Camera expansion connector, supports both CEU and MIPI-CSI2
- USB high-speed host and device
- 64MB external OSPI Flash
- 64MB SDRAM
- PDM MEMS microphones and audio codec with speaker out connections
- 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 w/ECC
- MPU and USB current measurement
- Ecosystem and system control access
- USB full-speed host and device
- 5V input through USB (Debug, HS, FS) or external power supply
- Debug on-board (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
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
Kit Contents
- EK-RA8D2 Board
- Parallel Graphics Expansion Board
- Camera FFC Cable
- MIPI Graphics Expansion Board
- Display mounting hardware (spacers and fixing screws)
Resources
Associated MCUs
Renesas Electronics RA8D2 Microcontrollers
Features the Arm Cortex-M85 & -M33 cores, delivering a breakthrough performance.
EK-RA8D2 Board Layout
