Overview
Description
The R-Car S4 Starter Kit is a low-cost, readily available development board for building software using the Renesas R-Car S4 system on chip (SoC). The SoC delivers high computing performance and an array of communication features for both cloud communication and safe vehicle control. The new starter kit is a less-expensive and readily-available option compared to the existing R-Car S4 Reference Board, which provides a full-scale development environment including an evaluation board and software. Engineers can take advantage of the new kit to easily start their initial evaluation of car servers, connected gateways, connectivity modules and more, for rapid application development.
Features
- Simplifies the process of establishing open-source automotive Linux environments
- Designed to help engineers new to automotive software quickly set up automotive Linux environments, with cost-effective pricing that enables one kit per developer
- 8x 1.2 GHz Cortex A55 cores, 1x 1.0 GHz Cortex® R52 dual core (lock-step), and 2x 400MHz RH850 G4MH dual cores (lock-step) delivering up to 27 kDMIPS application performance plus greater than 5.3 kDMIPS real-time performance
- 2x Ethernet TSN
- 2x CAN FD, 1x LIN
- 128GiB UFS
- 64MiB quad SPI flash memory
Applications
- Gateway and domain control
Documentation
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| Manual - Development Tools | R-Car S4 Starter Kit Hardware Manual
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| Manual - Hardware | R-Car S4 User's Manual (Overview)
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Design & Development
Software & Tools
Software & Tools
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| R-Car S4 SDK for gateway R-Car S4 SDK is SW platform based on Linux and also common for R-Car S4 Spider board. Please download R-Car S4 SDK from R-Car S4 product page which this link guides to move to. NDA will be displayed before download of R-Car S4 SDK and acceptance of it is required for download.
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Software Package | Renesas |
| Yocto Linux BSP (elinux.org) This link goes to the Linux BSP page for R-Car S4 Starter Kit on eLinux wiki. It explains how to build the Linux BSP included in the R-Car S4 SDK.
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Software Package | Renesas |
| Hypervisor Xen BSP (elinux.org) This link goes to the Xen BSP page for R-Car S4 Starter Kit on eLinux wiki. It explains how to build the Xen BSP included in the R-Car S4 SDK.
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Software Package | Renesas |
| R-Car S4 Whitebox SDK The R-Car S4 Whitebox SDK is an integrated development platform that accelerates the development of connected services applications. All software is provided as an all-in-one package under a Free of Charge (FoC) license.
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Software Package | Renesas |
| ICUMX Loader and Flash Writer Package for R-Car S4 Starter Kit This is the ICUMX Loader and Flash Writer Package for the R-Car S4 Starter Kit.
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Software Package | Renesas |
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Related Boards & Kits
Boards & Kits
Vehicle Computer Generation 4
The VC4 is based on a complete Renesas chipset. The centerpiece is the R-Car S4 with 8x Cortex®A55 cores, 1x Cortex® R52 core 2x RH850 G4MH delivering up to 27K DMIPS application performance and up to 5.3K DMIPS lock step real-time performance. It incorporates an 8MB SRAM to execute code on the... Read More
Product Options
| Part Number | Status | Stock | Description |
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| Y-ASK-RCAR-S4-1000BASE-T#WS12 | Active | Out of Stock | R-Car S4 Starter Kit with AC adapter |
| Y-ASK-RCAR-S4-1000BASE-WS12-JP | Active | Out of Stock | R-Car S4 Starter Kit without AC adapter |
Videos & Training
This video shows how to start up R-Car S4 Whitebox SDK with the R-Car S4 Starter Kit.
News & Blog Posts
Support
eLinux Site
R-Car S4 Starter Kit board information and Yocto Linux BSP/Hypervisor Xen BSP are available from the eLinux site. See Resources and Software & Tools section.
Buy or Sample
Support Communities
- Inbuilt/Onboard sensors in S4
Hello Renesas, While researching, I learned that the S4 board includes an integrated 12-bit SAR ADC, which can monitor external signals and help track hardware lifespan. Based on this, I would like to know which sensors are embedded in the S4 board itself, specifically excluding network-related sensors. Thank ...
Nov 12, 2024
Knowledge Base
- Where can I find the R-Car S4 device manual?
Download the "R-Car S4 User's Manual (Overview)" below.https://www.renesas.com/us/en/products/automotive-products/automotive-system-chips-socs/y-ask-rcar-s4-1000base-t-r-car-s4-starter-kit#document
Nov 14, 2023 - Where can I find the R-Car S4 Starter Kit board manual and schematic?
Download the "R-Car S4 Starter Kit Hardware Manual" below. The Schematic is bundled with the Hardware Manual.https://www.renesas.com/us/en/products/automotive-products/automotive-system-chips-socs/y-ask-rcar-s4-1000base-t-r-car-s4-starter-kit ...
Nov 14, 2023 - Where can I find register information for FPGA?
Download the "R-Car S4 Starter Kit Hardware Manual" below. The register information is bundled with the Hardware Manual.https://www.renesas.com/us/en/products/automotive-products/automotive-system-chips-socs/y-ask-rcar-s4-1000base-t-r-car-s4-starter ...
Nov 14, 2023
Support Communities
