Features
- 360MHz Arm® Cortex®-M85 with Helium™ MVE
- 1MB Flash memory and 544KB of SRAM including TCM
- 32KB I/D caches and 12KB data flash
- ARMv8-M TrustZone security
- On-chip immutable ROM for first stage bootloader
- 8-bit CEU camera I/F
- xSPI compliant Octal SPI with XIP
- USB 2.0 FS
- 2ch of CAN FD
- Ethernet controller with DMA
- 32-bit & 16-bit timers, 32-bit ultra-low-power timers
- 12-bit ADC and 12-bit DAC
- High-speed analog comparators
- SCI (UART, Simple SPI, Simple I2C), SSI
- SPI/ I2C multi-master interface
- 100 and 144-pin LQFP packages
Description
The RA8E1 MCU Group features entry-line 32-bit microcontrollers (MCU) based on the Arm® Cortex®-M85 (CM85) core with Helium and TrustZone®, delivering breakthrough performance of 6.39 CoreMarks/MHz, with fully deterministic, low-latency, real-time operation that enables customers’ most demanding application needs. These are general-purpose MCUs and address diverse high-performance and compute-intensive applications in industrial automation, home appliances, smart home, consumer, building/home automation, and medical/healthcare market segments.
The RA8E1 MCUs integrate the high-performance CM85 core with memory, multiple external interfaces and an optimized peripheral set that addresses the needs of price-sensitive applications. RA8E1 MCUs are available in 100 and 144-pin LQFP packages, to serve the needs of a broad range of high-performance applications.
The RA8E1 MCUs are fully supported by the RA Flexible Software Package and a comprehensive set of hardware and software development tools.
Parameters
Attributes | Value |
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Main CPU | ARM Cortex-M85, Arm Cortex-M85 |
Program Memory (KB) | 1024 |
RAM (KB) | 544 |
Carrier Type | Full Carton (Tray), Full Tray (Tray) |
Supply Voltage (V) | - |
I/O Ports | 70, 106 |
DRAM I/F | SDRAM |
Temp. Range (°C) | Tj = -40 to +105 |
Operating Freq (Max) (MHz) | 360 |
Ethernet speed | 10M/100M |
EtherCat (ch) (#) | 0 |
USB FS (host ch/device ch) | ( 1 / 1 ) |
USB HS (host ch/device ch) | ( 0 / 0 ) |
USB SS (host ch/device ch) | ( 0 / 0 ) |
SCI or UART (ch) | 6 |
SPI (ch) | 2 |
I2C (#) | 2 |
CAN (ch) | 0 |
CAN-FD (ch) | 2 |
Wireless | No |
SDHI (ch) | 0 |
High Resolution Output Timer | No |
PWM Output (pin#) | 20 |
32-Bit Timer (ch) | 6, 8 |
16-Bit Timer (ch) (#) | 4 |
Standby operable timer | Yes |
Asynchronous General Purpose Timer / Interval Timer (ch) | 2 |
16-Bit A/D Converter (ch) | 0 |
14-Bit A/D Converter (ch) | 0 |
12-Bit A/D Converter (ch) | 13 |
24-Bit Sigma-Delta A/D Converter (ch) | 0 |
12-Bit D/A Converter (ch) | 1 |
8-Bit D/A Converter (ch) | 0 |
Capacitive Touch Sensing Unit (ch) | 0 |
Image Codec | No |
Segment LCD Controller | No |
Security & Encryption | Unique ID, TRNG |
Application Block Diagrams
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Additional Applications
- Industrial Applications (PLC, Robotics, Power Tools, Smart Meters, etc.)
- Consumer Products (Smart Appliances, Robotic Vacuum Cleaners, Exercise Equipment, etc.)
- Smart Home and Building Automation (HVAC, Thermostats, Home Hubs/Gateways, Security Access Panels)
- Office Automation (Barcode Scanner, QR Code Reader, Fingerprint Scanner, etc.)
- Healthcare (Infusion Pumps, CPAP Machine, etc.)
- Predictive Maintenance and Voice AI Applications
- Vision AI Applications (People Detection, Image Classification, Object Detection)
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Overview of the RA8E1 32-bit MCU group delivering breakthrough performance of 6.39 Coremarks/MHz, with fully deterministic, low latency, realtime operation to enable the most demanding application needs. Learn more on the RA8E1 page.
Watch an unboxing and overview of the RA8 series evaluation kits, including several example projects. The RA8 series kits can help you quickly develop proofs of concept for resource-constrained AIoT edge and endpoint devices.
The RA8 is the industry's first series of Arm® Cortex®-M85 MCUs with unprecedented performance bridging the MCU/MPU gap, leading-edge security with TrustZone® technology, and built-in low power features for efficient operation of DSP, AI/ML, and other compute-intensive applications. Learn more at renesas.com/RA.
The RA8 is the industry’s first series of Arm® Cortex®-M85 MCUs that are the ideal platform for voice-enabled edge and endpoint devices. Cyberon’s Natural Language Understanding software leverages the exceptional performance of RA8 MCUs, as well as the secure, low-power operation.
The Renesas RA Family of 32-bit MCUs is designed to help device developers create the next generation of secure IoT devices. They are low power, have a wide variety of peripherals and connectivity options, and sport the latest HMI to help end customers have an immersive experience.
Introduction to the evaluation kits for the Renesas Advanced Microcontrollers. Select from an assortment of ecosystem-ready kits to jumpstart developing your next embedded systems or IoT design. All the kits feature serial connectivity on-board debugging interface and provide unhindered native access to all MCU IO pins.
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