Overview
The EK-RA8E2 evaluation kit enables users to effortlessly evaluate the features of the RA8E2 MCU Group and develop embedded systems applications using Renesas' Flexible Software Package (FSP) and e2 studio IDE. Utilize rich onboard features along with your choice of popular ecosystem add-ons to bring your big ideas to life.
The EK-RA8E2 board features the RA8E2 MCU, OSPI Flash, SDRAM, CAN FD, and a parallel graphics expansion port.
Features
- MCU Native Pin Access
- R7FA8E2AFDCBD MCU (referred to as RA MCU)
- 480MHz, Arm® Cortex®-M85 core
- 1MB Code Flash, 672KB SRAM
- 224 pins, BGA package, 13mm x 13mm x 1.47mm, 0.8mm pitch
- Native pin access through 2 x 20-pin, and 2 x 40-pin headers (not populated)
- MCU current measurement points for precision current consumption measurement
- Multiple clock sources – RA MCU oscillator and sub-clock oscillator crystals, providing precision 24.000MHz and 32,768Hz reference clocks. Additional low-precision clocks are available internal to the RA MCU.
- System Control and Ecosystem Access
- USB Full Speed Host and Device (USB-C connector)
- Three 5V input sources
- USB (Debug, Full Speed)
- External power supply (using surface mount clamp test points and power input vias)
- Three debug modes
- Debug on-board (SWD and JTAG)
- Debug in (ETM, SWD, SWO, and JTAG)
- Debug out (SWD, SWO, and JTAG)
- User LEDs and buttons
- Three user LEDs (Red, Blue, Green)
- Power LED (white) indicating availability of regulated power
- Debug LED (yellow) indicating the debug connection
- Two user buttons
- One reset button
- Five most popular ecosystem expansions
- Two SeeedGrove® system (I2C/Analog) connectors (not populated)
- SparkFun® Qwiic® connector (not populated)
- Two Digilent Pmod™ (SPI, UART, and I2C) connectors
- Arduino™ (Uno R3) connector
- MikroElektronika™ mikroBUS connector (not populated)
- MCU boot configuration jumper
- Special Feature Access
- 64MB (512Mb) External Octo-SPI NOR Flash (present in the MCU Native Pin Access area)
- 64MB (512Mb) SDRAM (present in the MCU Native Pin Access area)
- Parallel Graphics Expansion Port (present in the MCU Native Pin Access area)
- CAN FD
- Configuration Switch (SW4)
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Active| SPQ: | 1 |
| Pb (Lead) Free: | No |
| Assembly Location: | UNITED KINGDOM |
1u | $87.29Budgetary Price
Add-on Hardware
Additional boards that work with this platform. Some may be required for full functionality or to evaluate specific features.
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Videos & Training
Watch an unboxing and overview of the RA8 series evaluation kits, including several example projects. The RA8 series kits can help you quickly develop proofs of concept for resource-constrained AIoT edge and endpoint devices.
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