Getting started with RL78 Family
Features
The RL78 microcontroller family features the following six advantages and provides customers the ability to build compact and energy-efficient systems at a lower cost.

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RL78 Family Lineup
RL78/G2x (General purpose)
Group | Features | Pin Count | Flash (KB) | Solution |
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RL78/G23 | New Standard RL78 General-Purpose Microcontrollers with Further Refined Low-Power Performance | 30 - 128 | 96 - 768 | General purpose |
RL78/G1x (General purpose)
Group | Features | Pin Count | Flash (KB) | Solution |
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RL78/G10 | General-purpose microcontrollers with low pin count, compact size, and low power consumption, ideal for small electronic devices and as sub-microcontrollers | 10 - 16 | 1 - 4 | General purpose |
RL78/G11 | Low pin and internal configurable analog MCU | 20 - 25 | 16 | General purpose |
RL78/G12 | General-purpose microcontrollers with compact size, low power consumption, and high performance ideal as sub-microcontrollers | 20 - 30 | 2 - 16 | General purpose |
RL78/G13 | Standard general-purpose microcontrollers with low power consumption, high performance, and a rich lineup | 24 - 128 | 16 - 512 | General purpose |
RL78/G13Q | Low Power, Lower Operating Current Microcontrollers for General Purpose Applications | 44 - 100 | 384 - 512 | General purpose |
RL78/G14 | General-purpose microcontrollers with low power consumption and high performance, ideal for motor control | 36 - 100 | 16 - 512 | General purpose Motor Control |
RL78/G1A | General-purpose microcontrollers with high-precision A/D converter, ideal for measuring devices | 25 - 64 | 16 - 64 | General purpose |
RL78/G1C | Small microcontroller supporting USB communication and rapid charging (USB2.0, BC1.2 standard compliant) | 32 - 48 | 32 | General purpose Connectivity |
RL78/G1D | Bluetooth® Low Energy microcontrollers for smart connection with industry's lowest-class power consumption | 0 - 48 | 128 - 256 | General purpose Connectivity |
RL78/G1E | Microcontrollers with smart analog technology suitable for sensor devices and measuring devices | 64 - 80 | 32 - 64 | General purpose |
RL78/G1F | Multi-function microcontrollers with enhanced functionality suitable for sensor-less BLDC motors | 24 - 64 | 32 - 64 | General purpose Motor Control |
RL78/G1G | Microcontrollers for brushless DC motor control with built-in comparator for stopping motor rotation when abnormality detected, PGA, and 8-bit D/A converter | 30 - 44 | 8 - 16 | General purpose Motor Control |
RL78/G1H | Microcontrollers that contributes to reduction of power consumption load for sub-GHz wireless communication systems with industry's lowest class receive current | 64 | 256 - 512 | General purpose Connectivity |
RL78/G1M | 8-bit General-purpose Microcontroller Equipped with Real-time Output Terminals for Motor Drive | 20 | 4 - 8 | General purpose |
RL78/G1N | 8-bit General-purpose Microcontroller Equipped with Large Current Output Terminals for LED Drive | 20 | 4 - 8 | General purpose |
RL78/G1P | Small Pin General-purpose Microcontroller with 12-bit A/D Converter and 10-bit D/A Converter | 24 - 32 | 16 | General purpose |
RL78/L1x(LCD)
Group | Features | Pin Count | Flash (KB) | Solution |
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RL78/L12 | Low power consumption, compact LCD microcontrollers suitable for small home appliances and healthcare devices | 32 - 64 | 8 - 32 | LCD |
RL78/L13 | Low power consumption, standard LCD microcontrollers suitable for LCD display of home appliances and measurement devices | 64 - 80 | 16 - 128 | LCD |
RL78/L1A | Low power 16-bit LCD microcontroller with rich analog integration. | 80 - 100 | 48 - 128 | LCD |
RL78/L1C | High-function LCD microcontrollers with USB 2.0/rapid charging support for sensor modules and healthcare devices | 80 - 100 | 64 - 256 | LCD Connectivity |
RL78/I1x (Industrial applications)
Group | Features | Pin Count | Flash (KB) | Solution |
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RL78/I1A | Microcontrollers that output high-resolution PWM signals for fine dimming and toning control of LED lighting | 20 - 38 | 32 - 64 | Lighting/ power supply |
RL78/I1C | Renesas introduces the RL78/I1C - Industry's lowest power microcontrollers for high-end Smart electricity meter market! | 80 - 100 | 64 - 256 | Power Meter |
RL78/I1D | Microcontrollers ideal for devices with low power requirement such as sensor applications and detectors | 20 - 48 | 8 - 32 | Sensor applications |
RL78/I1E | Microcontrollers with analog functions allowing high-accuracy measurement of flow rate, pressure, and weight | 32 - 36 | 32 | Sensor applications |
RL78/F1x (Automotive and Industrial applications)
Group | Features | Pin Count | Flash (KB) | Solution |
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RL78/F13 | Automotive general-purpose low-end microcontrollers with high reliability, also suitable for industrial applications | 30 - 64 | 16 - 128 | Automotive Connectivity |
RL78/F14 | Automotive general-purpose low-end microcontrollers with built-in motor control functions, also suitable for industrial applications | 48 - 100 | 48 - 256 | Automotive Connectivity |
RL78/F15 | Microcontrollers that offer enhanced CAN, LIN, IEBus communication functions and memory lineup from RL78/F14 | 48 - 144 | 128 - 512 | Automotive Connectivity |
Try Out RL78
RL78 Web Simulator
Carry out prototype development and power consumption simulation for the RL78 Family easily without purchasing development tools.
Starter Kits
Provides a user-friendly development environment for evaluating Renesas microcontroller. You can perform coding and debugging using the emulator and integrated development environment that are included.
Fast Prototyping Board for RL78 Family

The Fast Prototyping Board for RL78 Family comes equipped with an RL78 Family microcontroller and is an evaluation board specialized for prototype development for a variety of applications.