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Description

The Renesas Promotional Board for R8C/M12A is intended as a user-friendly introductory and evaluation board for the R8C/M12A microcontroller. The board provides a useful platform for evaluating the Renesas suite of development tools for coding and debugging, using the High-performance Embedded Workshop of the E8a circuit mounted on the CPU board.

PC System Requirements

  • IBM PC/AT or compatible PC (USB interface necessary) *1
  • Intel Pentium Ⅲ 600 MHz or higher *3
  • Memory 128 MB or higher
  • Microsoft Windows 2000/ Windows XP/ Windows Vista *2 (other than the listed OS is not supported)

*1: IBM and PC/AT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation of the U.S.
*2: MS, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation of the U.S.
*3: Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation of the U.S.

Features

  • Microcontroller: R5F2M122ANSP
  • Input Clock (Main): 20MHz
  • Potentiometer: Single-turn, 10kΩ
  • LED:
    • Power indicator: green x 1
    • User: green x 1, orange x 1, red x 1
  • Switch:
    • Reset x 1
    • User x 1
  • DIP Switch: 4-pole x 1
  • Microcontroller Pin Header: 2.54mm pitch, 12-pin x 2 (is not included in the product)

Applications

Type Title Date
Application Note PDF 68 KB
AI-generated Summary: The sample code demonstrates peripheral initialization and power control on the R8C/M12A Renesas Promotion Board. It includes a main C source file that reads and writes ADC values to data flash, controlling LED flash rates via a potentiometer. The code cycles through power modes—standard, wait, and stop—showing corresponding power consumption levels. Users can measure current by modifying the board setup and must avoid debug mode for accurate readings. The code also features single ADC conversion triggered by software.
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Part NumberStatusStockSampleable
R0K502M12S000BEObsoleteOut of StockN/A
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