Overview
Description
The EK-RA8M1 evaluation kit enables users to effortlessly evaluate the features of the RA8M1 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.
Getting Started
Running the Quick Start Example Project
- The EK-RA8M1 board comes pre-programmed with a Quick Start example project (source code provided in the EK-RA8M1 example project bundle).
- Power up the EK-RA8M1 board through the USB debug port (J10) using the micro USB device cable connected to a 5V power source. The white power LED will light up.
- The Quick Start example project will begin to execute blinking the blue user LED.
- Refer to the EK-RA8M1 - Quick Start Guide (PDF | English, 日本語) to explore additional functionality of the Quick Start example project.
Developing Embedded Applications
- Modifying the Quick Start example project – Refer to the EK-RA8M1 Quick Start Guide for instructions on importing, modifying, and building the Quick Start example project.
- Start with one of the many other example projects (provided in the EK-RA8M1 example project's bundle) – Choose from many example projects to learn about different peripherals of the RA8M1 MCU group. These example projects can serve as excellent starting points for you to develop your custom applications.
Building Custom Hardware
- Start by building a functional prototype - Utilize the EK-RA8M1 board with your choice of ecosystem add-ons.
- Build custom hardware – Develop custom hardware by referring to the design and manufacturing information provided in the EK-RA8M1 v1 - Design Package (ZIP).
Features
- Special Feature Access
- Ethernet
- USB High-Speed Host and Device
- 64MB External Octo-SPI Flash
- CAN FD PHY
- MCU Native Pin Access
- R7FA8M1AHECBD MCU
- 480MHz, Arm® Cortex®-M85 core
- 2MB Code Flash, 1MB SRAM
- 224 pins, BGA package, 13mm x 13mm x 1.47mm, 0.8mm pitch
- Native pin access
- MCU and USB current measurement
- DC/DC mode configuration
- Ecosystem and System Control Access
- USB Full-Speed Host and Device
- Multiple 5V input sources
- USB (debug, Full-Speed, High-Speed)
- External power supply
- SEGGER J-Link™ onboard programmer and debugger
- Debug modes
- Debug Onboard (SWD) – via J-Link
- Debug Out (SWD) – via J-Link
- Debug In (ETM, SWD and JTAG) – via J-Link, Arm® Keil® ULINKTM, IAR I-jetTM, Renesas E2/E2 Lite, etc.
- User LEDs and buttons
- Three user LEDs (red, blue, green)
- Power LED (white) indicating the availability of regulated power
- Debug LED (yellow) indicating the debug connection
- Two user buttons
- One reset button
- Five most popular ecosystem expansions
- MikroElektronika™ mikroBUS connector
- SparkFun® Qwiic® connector
- Two SeeedGrove® system (I2C and analog) connectors
- Two Digilent Pmod™ (SPI and UART) connectors
- Arduino™ (Uno R3) connector
- MCU boot configuration
- Kit Contents: EK-RA8M1 board, Micro USB device cable (Type-A male to Micro-B male), Micro USB host cable (Type-A male to Micro-B male), Ethernet patch cable
Applications
Design & Development
Videos & Training
The industry’s first high-performance MCUs based on the new Arm® Cortex®-M85 core with Helium are ideal for compute-intensive DSP and AI/ML tasks. The RA8M1 delivers 480MHz with up to 2MB code flash memory, 1MB SRAM and advanced peripherals.
Additional Videos
News & Blog Posts
News Oct 31, 2023 |
Blog Post Oct 31, 2023 |
Blog Post Jan 28, 2022 |
Blog Post Jan 28, 2022 |
Blog Post Nov 18, 2021 |
Blog Post Nov 11, 2021 |
Certifications
The EK-RA8M1 kit meets the following certifications/standards. Refer to the EK-RA8M1 user manual for the disclaimer, precautions and more details on the certifications.
EMC/EMI Standards
- FCC Notice (Class A) – Part 15
- Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada ICES-003 Compliance: CAN ICES-3 (A)/NMB-3(A)
- CE Class A (EMC Directive 2004/108/EEC)
- Taiwan Chinese National Standard 13438, C6357 compliance, Class A limits
- Australia/New Zealand AS/NZS CISPR 32:2015, Class A
Material Selection, Waste, Recycling, and Disposal Standards
- EU RoHS
- China SJ/T 113642014, 10-year environmental protection use period
Safety Standards
- UL 94V-0
Support
Support Communities
- Regarding EK-RA8M1
What was default program flashed on EK-RA8M1 ??? So that it will show welcome interface ?? actually i flashed zephyr OS on EK-RA8M1 sampleproject/helloworld How i can do peripheral test
Aug 6, 2024 - [EK-RA8M1]-[USBX_HHID] - CAN NOT RUN EXAMPLE "USBX_hhid_ek_ra8m1_ep" OF EXAMPLE PROJECT
Hi all, I'm a newbie, I try to run example project "USBX_hhid_ek_ra8m1_ep" with FSP version 5.4.0 But it doesn't work. It is connected with keyboard, but when keyboard pressed it doesn't show in RTTviewer. I try to debug and an error ...
Aug 27, 2024 - Building error for two example projects_ EK-RA8M1
... com/renesas/ra-fsp-examples/tree/master/example_projects/ek_ra8m1/NetX_dhcpv4_client/NetX_dhcpv4_client_ek_ra8m1_ep https://github.com/renesas/ra-fsp-examples/tree/master/example_projects/ek_ra8m1/ ...
Aug 21, 2024
Knowledge Base
- RA and FSP Curriculum: I-002A Fundamentals of FSP (Non-Trustzone)
... are available in a single zip file located here. I-002A Fundamentals of FSP Presentation and Lab (Non-TrustZone) for FSP 5.2.0 with EK-RA8M1- a step by step PPT hands-on lab using FSP 5.2.0 and the EK-RA8M1 kit. It introduces FSP including components ...
Oct 9, 2024 - RA and FSP Curriculum : High Performance with RA8 Arm Cortex-M85 Helium Lab
... improvement. High Performance with RA8 Arm Cortex-M85 Helium Lab for FSP 5.5.0 - a hands on lab using FSP 5.5.0 and EK-RA8M1. It uses Arm CMSIS DSP Library and calculates the dot product of two vectors. The Helium version of this function is used to ...
- RA Family: How to generate self-signed x509 certificate using MbedTLS stack
Last Updated: 02/04/2025 Answer: The attached sample reference application generates an RSA self-signed x509 certificate by leveraging FSP middleware MbedTLS stack and RSIP IP of RA on the EK-RA8M1 board. Below are the list of operations that can be verified using the sample application ...
Feb 4, 2025
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