Overview
Description
The EK-RA8P1 evaluation kit is designed to enable users to easily evaluate the RA8P1 MCU features and develop embedded system applications using Renesas' Flexible Software Package (FSP) and e2 studio IDE. Users can utilize the rich onboard features and their choice of popular ecosystem add-ons to implement a broad range of applications, including artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT). A bundle of example projects is available for users to download and quickly evaluate key peripherals to accelerate the proof-of-concept development.
This kit is packed with a 7.0-inch, 1024x600 parallel LCD board and a 5Mpx camera module. Preloaded demonstrations that showcase the excellent performance of the RA8P1 can be found within the kit. Combine the LCD board and camera module with the EK-RA8P1 board to enable rapid voice, vision, and real-time analytics AI developments.
Features
- MCU Native Pin Access Area
- R7KA8P1KFLCAC MCU
- 1GHz, Arm® Cortex®-M85 core
- 250MHz, Arm Cortex-M33 core
- 1MB MRAM, 2MB SRAM with ECC
- 289 pins, BGA package
- Native pin access through 2 x 20-pin, and 2 x 40-pin headers
- Camera expansion connector
- 2-lane MIPI display connector
- Parallel graphics display interface connector
- MCU current measurement
- R7KA8P1KFLCAC MCU
- Special Feature Access Area
- Ethernet (RGMII)
- USB High Speed Host and Device
- 64MB External Octo-SPI Flash
- 64MB SDRAM
- PDM MEMS microphones
- Audio codec with speaker out connections
- Ecosystem & System Control Access Area
- USB Full Speed Host and Device
- Multiple 5V input sources
- USB (Debug, Full Speed, High Speed)
- External power supply
- SEGGER J-Link™ on-board programmer and debugger
- 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 indicating availability of regulated power (white)
- Debug LED indicating the debug connection (yellow)
- Two user buttons
- One reset button
- Five most popular ecosystem expansions
- MikroElektronika™ mikroBUS connector
- SparkFun® Qwiic® connector *not populated
- Two SeeedGrove® system (I2C and Analog) connectors *not populated
- Two Digilent Pmod™ (SPI/UART/I2C) connectors
- Arduino™ (Uno R3) connector
- MCU boot configuration jumper
- MIPI Graphics Expansion Board
- 7.0 Inch backlit TFT display, 18.7M display colors
- 1024x600 pixels resolution
- Capacitive touch overlay (I2C)
- Camera Expansion Board
- Off-the-shelf Arducam CMOS OV5640 Camera Module
- ¼ Inch 5.0 Megapixel image sensor
- Up to 15fps in QXSGA (2592x1944 pixels) resolution
- Kit Contents: EK-RA8P1 board, MIPI graphics expansion board, camera expansion board, USB device cables (TypeC-to-TypeC, TypeA-to-TypeC , TypeA-to-TypeC female), Ethernet patch cable, camera FFC cable, and mounting hardware
Applications
Documentation
Featured Documentation
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| Quick Start Guide | PDF 3.70 MB | |
| Manual - Development Tools | PDF 5.48 MB | |
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Design & Development
Software & Tools
Software & Tools
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| Renesas Flash Programmer (Programming GUI) Flash memory programming software [Support MCU/MPU and devices: RA, RE, RX, RL78, RH850, RISC-V MCU Renesas Synergy, DA1453x, DA1459x, DA1469x, DA1470x, Power Management, Renesas USB Power Delivery Family, ICs for Motor Driver/Actuator Driver, V850, 78K0R, 78K0]
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Programmer (Unit/SW) | Renesas |
| RA Flexible Software Package (FSP) FSP is an enhanced software package designed to provide easy-to-use, scalable, high-quality software for embedded system designs using Renesas RA Family of Arm Microcontrollers.
Note: FSP with e² studio Installer (Platform Installer) will install the e² studio tool, FSP packs, GCC toolchain, and Segger J-Link drivers required to use this software. No additional installations are required.
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Software Package | Renesas |
| SEGGER™ J-Link™ Software and Documentation Package Software utilities, firmware updates, and supporting documentation for the J-Link on-board programmer and debugger on the RA MCU kits.
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Software Package | SEGGER |
| QuickConnect Platform QuickConnect platform enables fast prototyping by providing compatible hardware and software building blocks.
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Software and Hardware Development Tools | Renesas |
| e² studio - information for RA Family Eclipse-based Renesas integrated development environment (IDE).
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IDE and Coding Tool | Renesas |
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News & Blog Posts
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Certifications
The EK-RA8P1 kit meets the following certifications/standards. Refer to the EK-RA8P1 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)
- UKCA Class A (EMC)
- 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
- WEEE
- China SJ/T 113642014, 10-year environmental protection use period
Safety Standards
- UL 94V-0