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, 12mm x 12mm x 1.38mm, 0.65mm pitch
- 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
Videos & Training
Take the guesswork out of your innovation experience by following a systematic and methodical approach to start developing with Renesas Advanced microcontrollers kits. It allows for a structured and orderly exploration of resources that you can utilize to create smart IoT and embedded products.
Additional Videos
News & Blog Posts
News Jul 1, 2025 |
Blog Post Jan 28, 2022 |
Blog Post Jan 28, 2022 |
Blog Post Nov 18, 2021 |
Blog Post Nov 11, 2021 |
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
Support
Support Communities
- How to run program from external OctaSPI flash (MX25LW51245G) on EK-RA8P1 instead of internal flash?
Hello, I am using the EK-RA8P1 board with the R7A8P1KFC MCU. My project uses LVGL with large images and fonts, so the internal flash (1 MB) overflows. The board has a *** MB OctaSPI NOR flash (MX25LW51245GXDI00), and I want to run my entire application directly from this external flash ...
Nov 17, 2025 - Running EK-RA8P1 OV-5640 camera in parallel interface mode
Hello RenesasIs there an example project running OV-5640 camera in parallel interface on EK-RA8P1?Any documents/guides will be appreciated.Thank you This thread was automatically locked due to age.
Oct 13, 2025 - EK-RA8P1 Ping Request with FreeRTOS_plus_TCP
... file for more details on Example Project and FSP User's Manual for more information about Ethernet using FreeRTOS+TCP ******************************************************************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethernet adapter Configuration for Renesas EK-RA8P1: Pre IP Init -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethernet adapter for Renesas EK-RA8P1: Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Renesas EK-RA8P1 Ethernet Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-22-33-44-55 DHCP ...
Dec 2, 2025
Knowledge Base
- RA Family: 16-Bit boundary byte swap in Macronix OSPI Memory DTR (DDR) Mode
... 0x12345678 0x34127856 MX25L25645G (QSPI)(EK-RA6M3, EK-RA6M4, EK-RA6M5, EK-RA4M2, EK-RA4M3) 0x12345678 0x12345678 0x12345678 N/A N/A MX25LW51245G (OSPI)(EK-RA8P1) 0x12345678 N/A N/A N/A (Not supported by RA8 MCU) 0x34127856 The results indicate three main findings: The ...
Sep 5, 2025 - RA Family: AES & ChaCha20 with RSIP-E50D
Last Updated: 05/21/2026 Overview This article provides a brief introduction on ChaCha20-Poly1305. This algorithm is available with the RSIP-E50D security engine. Article compares its basic performance with the cryptographically equivalent AES-256 algorithm. For example purpose, EK-RA8P1 has been considered. RSIP-E50D is ...
May 21, 2026 - RA Family: Initializing and Loading SDRAM from OSPI and Code Flash
... Copied from Code Flash into SDRAM Copied from OSPI flash into SDRAM at runtime Memory-mapped OSPI enables seamless access using standard C operations ReferencesEK-RA8P1 SDRAM initialization with OSPI_B as well as internal flash example project : EK_RA8P1_SDRAM_EP.zip (Please find the attachment available for ...
Jul 28, 2026
Support Communities
