Features

1GHz Arm® Cortex®-M85 core with Helium™ Vector Extensions
250MHz Cortex-M33 core
0.5/1MB MRAM and 4/8MB Flash
2MB SRAM including TCM; 64KB caches
Parallel and MIPI CSI-2 camera interfaces
I²S and PDM interfaces
GLCDC w/ RGB & MIPI DSI I/Fs
2D drawing engine
224, 289, 303-pin BGA packages
32-bit high-resolution and ultra-low-power timers
Renesas Security IP, TrustZone, tamper protection
Secure boot with immutable storage for first-stage bootloader
16-bit ADC, 12-bit DAC, HS comparators
Gigabit Ethernet, TSN switch, USB2.0 HS/FS, CAN FD interfaces
SDHI, SPI, I3C/I²C serial interfaces
32-bit external memory I/F (CS/SDRAM)
xSPI-compliant Octal SPI with XIP & DOTF

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RA8D2 and RA8M2 High-Performance Dual-Core MCUs

Description

The Renesas RA8D2 group comprises 32-bit single and dual-core graphics-enabled MCUs with 1GHz Arm® Cortex®-M85 with Helium™ Vector Extensions and 250MHz Cortex-M33 cores. These MCUs deliver ultra-high performance of over 7300 CoreMark and superior graphics capabilities that enable high-resolution TFT-LCD displays up to WXGA, and vision AI applications.

Integrating the high-performance cores with large on-chip memory, multiple high-throughput memory interfaces, and a rich set of graphics peripherals – a high-resolution LCD controller with parallel RGB and MIPI DSI interfaces, 2D drawing engine, 16-bit parallel CEU, and MIPI CSI-2 camera interfaces – the RA8D2 MCUs address the needs of demanding graphics/HMI and AI applications. Built on the advanced 22nm ULL TSMC process, these devices offer significantly lower active currents and have several low-power features developed to reduce the overall power consumption, while still providing high performance. The RA8D2 MCUs are available in 224, 289, and 303 BGA packages. Secure Element-like functionality is built-in with new cryptographic security IP, secure boot, immutable storage, and tamper protection, enabling truly secure consumer/IoT applications.

The RA8D2 MCUs are fully supported by the Flexible Software Package and a comprehensive set of hardware and software development tools.

Product Comparison

	RA8D2	RA8M2
Main CPU	Arm Cortex-M85	Arm Cortex-M85
Operating Freq (Max) (MHz)	1000	1000
Graphics LCD Controller	RGB888	No
MIPI Interfaces (DSI) (ch)	1	0
MIPI Interfaces (CSI) (ch)	1	0
2D Drawing Engine	1	0

Parameters

Attributes	Value
Main CPU	Arm Cortex-M85
Program Memory (KB)	1024
RAM (KB)	2048
Carrier Type	Bulk (Tray)
Supply Voltage (V)	1.62 -
I/O Ports	142, 199
DRAM I/F	SDRAM
Temp. Range (°C)	Tj = 0 to +95
Operating Freq (Max) (MHz)	1000
Ethernet speed	10M/100M/1G
EtherCat (ch) (#)	0
USB FS (host ch/device ch)	( 1 / 1 )
USB HS (host ch/device ch)	( 1 / 1 )
USB SS (host ch/device ch)	( 0 / 0 )
SCI or UART (ch)	9, 10
SPI (ch)	2
I2C (#)	3
CAN (ch)	0
CAN-FD (ch)	2
Wireless	No
SDHI (ch)	2
High Resolution Output Timer	Yes
PWM Output (pin#)	28
32-Bit Timer (ch)	16
16-Bit Timer (ch) (#)	0
Standby operable timer	Yes
Asynchronous General Purpose Timer / Interval Timer (ch)	2
16-Bit A/D Converter (ch)	12, 30
14-Bit A/D Converter (ch)	0
12-Bit A/D Converter (ch)	0
24-Bit Sigma-Delta A/D Converter (ch)	0
12-Bit D/A Converter (ch)	2
8-Bit D/A Converter (ch)	0
Capacitive Touch Sensing Unit (ch)	0
Image Codec	No
Segment LCD Controller	No
Security & Encryption	128-bit Unique ID, TRNG, AES(128/192/256), CHA-CHA20, SHA2, SHA3, ECC, Ed25519, RSA-4K, HMAC, GHASH, Wrapped Keys, DLM, SPA/DPA Protection, Tamper Detection, Arm TrustZone

Package Options

Pkg. Type	Pkg. Dimensions (mm)	Lead Count (#)	Pitch (mm)
BGA	11 x 11 x 1.38	224	0.65
BGA	12 x 12 x 1.38	289	0.65

Application Block Diagrams

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Additional Applications

Industrial HMI, machine vision
Video doorbells, security cameras
Thermostats, security panels
Printer displays, QR code readers
Patient health monitors
People detection, image classification

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The RA8D2 and RA8M2 MCUs are powered by high-performance Arm^® Cortex^®-M85 and Cortex-M33 cores, reaching up to 1GHz, to deliver exceptional processing power to drive complex and compute-intensive IoT and graphics applications. Integrated advanced security features—including cryptographic security IP, secure boot, immutable storage, and tamper protection—ensure robust data protection and safe operation across demanding industrial, consumer, and IoT applications. Discover how these two blazing fast MCUs with advanced security can enable smarter and more secured connected devices in industrial, consumer and IoT applications.

Related Resources

The RA8 is the industry's first series of Arm® Cortex®-M85 MCUs with unprecedented performance bridging the MCU/MPU gap, leading-edge security with TrustZone® technology, and built-in low power features for efficient operation of DSP, AI/ML, and other compute-intensive applications. Learn more at renesas.com/RA.