Name: RA8P1 - 1GHz Arm Cortex-M85 and Ethos-U55 NPU Based AI Microcontroller
Brand: Renesas Electronics Corporation
SKU: RA8P1 - 1GHz Arm Cortex-M85 and Ethos-U55 NPU Based AI Microcontroller
Price: 16.60578 USD
Availability: InStock

Features

1GHz Arm Cortex-M85 and 250MHz Cortex-M33 cores
Ethos-U55 NPU, 256GOPS at 500MHz
0.5/1MB MRAM, 4/8MB Flash options
2MB SRAM including TCM and 64KB caches
Parallel and MIPI-CSI2 camera interface (I/F) for vision AI
I²S and PDM I/F for voice AI
GLCDC w/ parallel RGB and MIPI-DSI I/Fs
2D drawing engine
xSPI compliant octal SPI with XIP & DOTF
Renesas Security IP, TrustZone, tamper protection
Secure boot with immutable storage for first stage bootloader
32/16-bit high-resolution timers, 32-bit ultra-low-power timer
16-bit ADC, 12-bit DAC, HS comparators
Gigabit Ethernet, TSN switch, USB 2.0 HS/FS, CAN FD
SDHI, SPI, I3C, I²C serial interfaces
32/16-bit external memory I/F (CS/SDRAM)

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Description

The RA8P1 group features Renesas’s first 32-bit AI-accelerated microcontrollers (MCUs) powered by the high-performance Arm^® Cortex^®-M85 (CM85) with Helium™ MVE and Ethos™-U55 NPU. It delivers 256GOPS* of AI performance, a breakthrough CPU performance of over 7300 CoreMarks and advanced artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities enabling voice, vision, and real-time analytics AI applications on a single chip. The RA8P1 MCUs built on the advanced 22nm ULL process are available in single and dual-core options with a Cortex-M33 core embedded on the dual-core MCUs.

The RA8P1 MCUs integrate high-performance CPU cores with large memory, multiple external memory interfaces, and a rich peripheral set optimized for AI applications. Single and dual-core devices in 224 and 289 BGA packages are available, to address diverse use cases across broad markets. Secure Element-like functionality is built-in with advanced cryptographic security IP, immutable storage, and tamper protection, to deliver truly secure Edge AI and IoT applications.

To streamline and accelerate development, the RA8P1 MCUs are supported by the Flexible Software Package, a comprehensive set of hardware and software development tools, and RUHMI - a highly optimized AI software platform providing all necessary tools for AI development, model optimization, and conversion, fully integrated with e² studio.

*Giga Operations Per Second

Parameters

Attributes	Value
Main CPU	Arm Cortex-M85
Program Memory (KB)	1024
RAM (KB)	2048
Carrier Type	Bulk (Tray)
Supply Voltage (V)	-
I/O Ports	142, 199
DRAM I/F	SDRAM
Temp. Range (°C)	Tj = 0 to +95
Operating Freq (Max) (MHz)	1000
Ethernet speed	10M/100M/1G
EtherCat (ch) (#)	0
USB FS (host ch/device ch)	( 1 / 1 )
USB HS (host ch/device ch)	( 1 / 1 )
USB SS (host ch/device ch)	( 0 / 0 )
SCI or UART (ch)	9, 10
SPI (ch)	2
I2C (#)	3
CAN (ch)	0
CAN-FD (ch)	2
Wireless	No
SDHI (ch)	2
High Resolution Output Timer	Yes
PWM Output (pin#)	28
32-Bit Timer (ch)	16
16-Bit Timer (ch) (#)	0
Standby operable timer	Yes
Asynchronous General Purpose Timer / Interval Timer (ch)	2
16-Bit A/D Converter (ch)	12, 30
14-Bit A/D Converter (ch)	0
12-Bit A/D Converter (ch)	0
24-Bit Sigma-Delta A/D Converter (ch)	0
12-Bit D/A Converter (ch)	2
8-Bit D/A Converter (ch)	0
Capacitive Touch Sensing Unit (ch)	0
Image Codec	No
Segment LCD Controller	No
Security & Encryption	128-bit Unique ID, TRNG, AES(128/192/256), CHA-CHA20, SHA2, SHA3, ECC, Ed25519, RSA-4K, HMAC, GHASH, Wrapped Keys, DLM, SPA/DPA Protection, Tamper Detection, Arm TrustZone

Package Options

Pkg. Type	Pkg. Dimensions (mm)	Lead Count (#)	Pitch (mm)
BGA	11 x 11 x 1.38	224	0.65
BGA	12 x 12 x 1.38	289	0.65

Application Block Diagrams

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Additional Applications

Machine Vision, Robotics
Video Doorbells, Security Cameras
Smart Thermostats, Security Panels
AI-enabled Fingerprint Scanners
Smart Appliances
Traffic/Pedestrian/Driver Monitoring
People Detection, Image Classification
Predictive Maintenance

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Discover the AI-Accelerated RA8P1 microcontroller, powered by the Arm^® Cortex^®-M85 and Ethos^™-U55 NPU, designed for energy-efficient AI applications in vision, voice, and real-time analytics. This high-performance microcontroller enables users to build advanced AI solutions with ease.

Learn about its key features and how the RUHMI Framework simplifies AI application development by allowing seamless deployment of neural network models in a framework-agnostic way. Watch now to explore how the RA8P1 MCU can transform your AI projects.

Related Resources

Learn how the Renesas Robust Unified Heterogenous Model Integration (RUHMI) Framework simplifies AI model integration. This tool combines an embedded AI compiler with e² studio to quickly generate optimized models for Renesas embedded processors, making it ideal for both beginners and experts.

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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.