Overview
Description
The R-Car H3e(-2G) is an automotive SOC for high-end computing, able to process large volumes of information from vehicle sensors accurately in real-time. Its applications are broad, including for example In-Vehicle Infotainment systems and integrated cockpit. It is compliant with the ISO 26262 (ASIL-B) functionality safety standard for automotive and has enhanced security functions. The 2GHz speed grade (H3e-2G) adds processing power while keeping HW & SW compatibility.
Features
- Compliant with ISO 26262 (ASIL-B) functionality safety standard for automotive
- System-on-chip (SoC) for automotive that enables the highest level of performance
- Compatibility with previous products enables use of existing ecosystem and access to over 180 R-Car Consortium partners
Specifications
- Product Name (Part Number)
- R-Car H3e (R8A779M0)
- R-Car H3e-2G (R8A779M1)
- Power Supply Voltage: 3.3V/1.8V (IO), 1.1V (LPDDR4), 0.8V (core), 2.5V (Ethernet AVB)
- CPU Core
- Arm® Cortex®-A57 Quad
- Arm® Cortex®-A53 Quad
- Arm® Cortex®-R7 Dual lockstep
- Cache Memory
- Arm® Cortex®-A57 Quad
- L1 instruction cache: 48KB
- L1 operand cache: 32KB
- L2 cache: 2MB
- Arm® Cortex®-A53 Quad
- L1 instruction cache: 32KB
- L1 operand cache: 32KB
- L2 cache: 512KB
- Arm® Cortex®-R7 Dual lockstep
- L1 instruction cache: 32KB
- L1 operand cache: 32KB
- Arm® Cortex®-A57 Quad
- External Memory
- LPDDR4-SDRAM
- Maximum operating frequency: 1600MHz
- Data bus width: 32 bits x 4 ch (12.8GB/s x 4)
- Expansion Bus: PCI Express 2.0 (1 lane) x 2 ch
- 3D Graphics: IMG PowerVR Series6XT GX6650
- Video
- Display Out x 4 ch
- Video Input x 12 ch
- Video codec module (H.265, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, VC-1, etc.)
- IP conversion module
- TS Interface x 2 ch
- Stream and Security Processor
- Video image processing (up and down scaling, dynamic γ correction, color space conversion, I/P conversion, super resolution processing, rotation, visual near lossless image compression)
- Distortion compensation module x 4 ch (IMR-LSX4)
- Audio
- Audio DSP
- Sampling rate converter × 10 ch
- Serial sound interface × 10 ch
- MOST DTCP
- Storage Interfaces
- USB 3.0 host interface (DRD) × 1 ports (wPHY)
- USB 2.0 host/function/OTG interface × 4 ports (wPHY)
- SD host interface × 4 ch (SDR104)
- Multimedia card interface × 2 ch
- Serial ATA interface × 1 ch
- In-car Network and Automotive Peripherals
- Media Local Bus (MLB) interface × 1 ch (3-pin interface)
- Controller Area Network (CAN-FD support) interface × 2ch
- Ethernet AVB 1.0-compatible MAC built in
- Interface: RGMII
- Ethernet AVB (802.1BA)
- IEEE802.1BA
- IEEE802.1AS
- IEEE802.1Qav
- IEEE1722
- Security
- Crypto engine (AES, DES, Hash, RSA) × 2 ch
- System RAM
- Other Peripherals
- SYS-DMAC x 48 ch, real-time-DMAC x 16 ch
- Audio-DMAC x 32 ch, audio (peripheral)-DMAC x 29 ch
- 32-bit timer x 26 ch
- PWM timer × 7 ch
- I2C bus interface × 7 ch
- Serial communication interface (SCIF) × 11 ch
- Quad serial peripheral interface (QSPI) x 2 ch (for boot, HyperFlash support)
- Clock-synchronized serial interface (MSIOF) × 4 ch (SPI/IIS)
- Ethernet controller (IEEE802.3u, RMII, without PHY)
- Digital radio interface (DRIF) × 4 ch
- Interrupt controller (INTC)
- Clock generator (CPG) with built-in PLL
- On-chip debugger interface
- Low Power Mode
- Dynamic power shutdown
- AVS (Adaptive Voltage Scaling), DVFS (Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling), DDR-SDRAM power supply backup mode
- Package: 1384-pin Flip chip BGA (21mm × 21mm, 0.5mm pitch)
- Development Environment: ICE for Arm CPU available from different vendors
- Evaluation Board: A user system development reference platform offering the following features is also available, enabling the users to carry out efficient system development.
- Includes car information system-oriented peripheral circuits, providing users with an actual device verification environment.
- Can be used as a software development tool for application software, etc.
- Allows easy implementation of custom user functions.
- Software Platform
- Supported operating systems: Linux, Android, QNX® Neutrino® RTOS, Green Hills INTEGRITY® RTOS and Multivisor™, others
- OpenGL ES3.1 3D graphics library, wide variety of H.265, H.264, MPEG-4 and VC-1 for video compliant with OpenMAX IL I/F in addition to BSPs compliant with OSs standard API are available to realize complete system concept.
Arm, Cortex is a registered trademark of Arm Limited. NEON is a trademark of Arm Limited.
PowerVR, SGX is a trademark or a registered trademark of Imagination Technologies Ltd. (UK).
CAN (Controller Area Network): An automotive network specification developed by Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany.
Linux is a registered trademark or trademark of Linus Torvalds in Japan and other countries.
QNX and Neutrino are trademarks of QNX Software Systems GmbH & Co. KG, registered in certain jurisdictions, and are used under license by QNX Software Systems Co.
Other product names and service names mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks that all belong to each owner.
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Schematic symbols, PCB footprints, and 3D CAD models from SamacSys can be found by clicking on the CAD Model links in the Product Options table. If a symbol or model isn't available, it can be requested directly from SamacSys.

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Interfacing of Camera and Display to Renesas RCAR H3e to RCAR-KF-M06.
How to Interface Camera and Display to Renesas RCAR H3e to RCAR-KF-M06 Kingfisher. Also suggest camera and display module and camera and display connectors. also share datasheet and pin configuration for that. Also told me how to access all peripherals of RCAR-KF-M06 kingfisher board.
Oct 24, 2024 -
RE: Checking GPU performance on R-CAR H3e sk
Hi All We are trying to run Vulkan Application on rcar but we didn't get any information about gpu which is present on rcar. And how to check gpu performance on rcar? What is the ram size of gpu on rcar ?
Jan 10, 2023 -
Fetching Serial Number Information in R-Car H3e (Yocto Linux)
With R-Car H3e Starter Kit board, I need to fetch serial number of the board. I have flashed Yocto Linux BSP in it. Kindly share the steps to be used to fetch the serial number details of the board.
Mar 25, 2025
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