Features
- Compliant with ISO 26262 (ASIL B) functional safety standard for automotive
- Optimized functions and performance enable use in a wide range of automotive applications, including digital clusters, in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems, two-wheeler cockpits, and more.
- Compatibility with previous products enables use of the existing ecosystem and access to over 180 R-Car Consortium partners
- Specifications
- Product name (part number): R-Car M3Le (R8A779MD)
- Power supply voltage: 3.3V/1.8V (IO), 1.1V (LPDDR4), 0.9V (core)
- CPU core
- Arm® Cortex®-A57 Dual
- Arm Cortex-R7 Dual Lockstep
- Cache memory
- Arm Cortex-A57 dual
- L1 instruction cache: 48KB
- L1 operand cache: 32KB
- L2 cache: 1MB
- Arm Cortex-R7 dual lockstep
- L1 instruction cache: 32KB
- L1 operand cache: 32KB
- Arm Cortex-A57 dual
- External memory
- LPDDR4-SDRAM
- Maximum operating frequency: 1600MHz
- Data bus width: 32 bits x 1 ch (12.8GB/s x 2)
- 3D graphics: Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR® Series 7XE GE7800
- Video
- Display out x 2 ch
- Video input x 6 ch
- Video codec module (H.265, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, VC-1, etc.)
- IP conversion module
- Up and down scaling, 1-D LUT/3D-LUT/1D-Histogram/2D-Histogram, color conversion, super resolution, rotate, ordered dithering, sharpness, lossless compression/decompression, lossy compression
- TS interface x 2 ch
- Stream and security processor
- Distortion compensation module x 4 ch (IMR-LX4)
- Storage interfaces
- USB 2.0 host/function/OTG interface × 1 port (wPHY)
- SD host interface × 4 ch (SDR104)
- Multimedia card interface × 1 ch
- PCI Express 2.0 (1 lane) x 1 ch
- In-car network and automotive peripherals
- Controller Area Network (CAN FD support) interface × 2 ch
- 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) x 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 58 ch
- 32-bit timer x 41 ch
- PWM timer × 7 ch
- I2C bus interface × 8 ch
- Serial communication interface (SCIF) × 11 ch
- SPI multi I/O bus controller (RPC) × 1 ch (HyperFlash™/QSPI support)
- Clock-synchronized serial interface (MSIOF) × 4 ch (SPI/IIS)
- Low power mode
- Dynamic power shutdown
- AVS (Adaptive Voltage Scaling), DVFS (Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling), DDR-SDRAM power supply backup mode
- Package: 508-pin flip chip BGA (19mm x 19mm, 0.8/0.65mm pitch)
- Development environment: ICE for Arm CPU available from tool vendors
- Evaluation board: A user system development reference platform with the following features is also available to enable users to carry out efficient system development.
- Incorporates 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 OS: Linux, Android™, QNX® Neutrino® RTOS, etc.
- 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.
R-Car M3Le Block Diagram
Description
The R-Car M3Le automotive system-on-chip (SoC) for medium-class automotive computing systems can be used in a wide range of automotive applications requiring medium-class computing, including digital cluster, in-vehicle infotainment (IVI), connected gateway, and central server. The M3Le extends the R-Car Gen3 SoC portfolio into the entry-level segment with optimized functionality. The cost-efficient M3Le device is hardware- and software-compatible with the R-Car M3Ne and can be used in cost-reduction programs based on M3Ne. The R-Car M3Le is compliant with the ISO 26262 (ASIL B) functional safety standard for automotive and has enhanced security functions.
Parameters
| Attributes | Value |
|---|---|
| Parametric Applications | Cluster/IVI |
| Real Time Core Freq / KDMIPS | Cortex R7 |
| Application Core | 2 x Cortex A57 |
| 3D GPU | GE7800, D/AVE-HD |
| Computer Vision / Frequency | No |
Package Options
| Pkg. Type | Lead Count (#) | Pitch (mm) |
|---|---|---|
| FCBGA | 508 | 0.65 |
Applications
- In-Vehicle Infotainment
- Digital Cluster
- Connected Gateway
- Central Server
Renesas Boards & Kits
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