Features
- 48MHz Arm Cortex-M4 CPU
- Ideal for control applications that need to drive a segment LCD panel
- Optimal combination of low power and high performance
- Segment LCD controller
- Capacitive Touch Sensing Unit
- USB 2.0 Full-Speed
- 14-bit A/D converter, 12-bit D/A converter, temperature sensor
- Safety and security features
Description
Ideal for control applications that need to drive a segment LCD panel, the S3A6 MCU Group has the optimal combination of low power and high performance, with an Arm® Cortex® -M4 CPU core running up to 48MHz, 256KB of flash memory, and 32KB of SRAM. It includes a segment LCD controller, Capacitive Touch Sensing Unit (CTSU), USB 2.0 Full-Speed, 14-bit A/D converter, 12-bit D/A converter, temperature sensor, and safety and security features.
Commercial software worth over $100K which is available to developers using the Synergy Platform for no charge and with unlimited production license rights. The production-ready SSP is fully tested, maintained, and supported by Renesas.
Parameters
| Attributes | Value |
|---|---|
| CPU Architecture | Arm |
| Main CPU | ARM Cortex-M4 |
| Program Memory (KB) | 256 |
| RAM (KB) | 32 |
| Carrier Type | Bulk (Tray), Full Carton (Tray) |
| Supply Voltage (V) | 1.6 - 5.5 |
| I/O Ports | 28, 36, 52, 84 |
| DMA (ch) | 4 |
| DRAM I/F | No |
| 3D GPU | No |
| Temp. Range (°C) | Ta = -40 to +85, Ta = -40 to +105 |
| Operating Freq (Max) (MHz) | 48 |
| Sub-clock (32.768 kHz) | Yes |
| On-chip Oscillator | Yes |
| Ethernet speed | No |
| Ethernet (ch) | 0 |
| 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 ) |
| PCI Express (generation and ch) | No |
| SCI or UART (ch) | 4 |
| SPI (ch) | 1, 2 |
| I2C (#) | 2 |
| CAN (ch) | 1 |
| CAN-FD (ch) | 0 |
| SDHI (ch) | 0 |
| High Resolution Output Timer | No |
| PWM Output (pin#) | 10, 13, 16 |
| 32-Bit Timer (ch) | 2 |
| 16-Bit Timer (ch) (#) | 2, 4, 6 |
| 8-Bit Timer (ch) | 0 |
| Standby operable timer | Yes |
| Asynchronous General Purpose Timer / Interval Timer (ch) | 0, 2 |
| 16-Bit A/D Converter (ch) | 0 |
| 14-Bit A/D Converter (ch) | 11, 14, 18, 25 |
| 12-Bit A/D Converter (ch) | 0 |
| 10-Bit A/D Converter (ch) | 0 |
| 24-Bit Sigma-Delta A/D Converter (ch) | 0 |
| 16-Bit D/A Converter (ch) | 0 |
| 12-Bit D/A Converter (ch) | 1 |
| 10-Bit D/A Converter (ch) (#) | 0 |
| 8-Bit D/A Converter (ch) | 2 |
| Capacitive Touch Sensing Unit (ch) | 10, 15, 24, 27 |
| Graphics LCD Controller | No |
| MIPI Interfaces (DSI) (ch) | 0 |
| MIPI Interfaces (CSI) (ch) | 0 |
| Image Codec | No |
| Segment LCD Controller | No, Yes |
| Security & Encryption | Unique ID, TRNG, AES(128/256), GHASH |
Applications
- Appliance control
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S3A6 Target Board Kit
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- Solution ToolkitIn developing embedded system using the capacitive touch sensor of MCUs, you can easily setup initial configurations of the touch interface as well as process the tuning of sensors, and reduce development time. [Plugin for Renesas IDE "e2 studio"] [Standalone Version] [Support MCU/MPU:RA, RL78, RX, Renesas Synergy™]
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- Solution ToolkitIn developing embedded system using the capacitive touch sensor of MCUs, you can easily setup initial configurations of the touch interface as well as process the tuning of sensors, and reduce development time. [Plugin for Renesas IDE "e2 studio"] [Standalone Version] [Support MCU/MPU:RA, RL78, RX, Renesas Synergy™]
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S3A6 SCI to LIN
Hello, can I configure one of SCI to LIN mode on Synergy S3A6?It seems there is no SCI extended mode in Synergy like in RX for example. BR Sergey
Oct 15, 2019 -
S3A6 USBX Device Class CDC-ACM Ejecution failed
Hi We are trying to communicate our electronic board with the 64-pin S3A6 synergy micro with a PC through the serial USB port, With the USBX Device class CDC-ACM. We have tested with the project USB_CDCACM_Device on a S5D9 PK development board and it works perfectly ...
Oct 8, 2018 -
S3A6 USBX Device Class CDC-ACM reduce Pool memory
HI I'am using S3A6 which has only 32kb ram. The pool memory of the USBX Device is 18k. I want to use the the communications Framework on sf_el_ux_comms_v2 According to this Thread https://renesasrulz.com/synergy/f/synergy---forum/ ...
Sep 14, 2021
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r_adc Module Guide Resources
... is complete. The ADC HAL module supports the following features: 16-Bit A/D Converter (S1JA) 14-Bit A/D Converter (S3A7, S3A3, S3A6, S3A1, S128, S124) 12-Bit A/D Converter (S7G2, S5D9, S5D5) Multiple Operation Modes Single Scan Group Scan Continuous Scan Multiple Channels All ...
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Clearing ID Codes using the ALeRASE Command with Synergy MCUs
... inspecting the scripts to see how devices are identified. For example, a script for the S3A3 will be very similar to the one for the S3A6). To use the ALeRASE command, just set the path to JLink.exe in the jlink_path.bat, and use the latest version of the ...
Apr 15, 2020 -
Correct Settings for ADC VREF pins for S3 MCUs in SSP 1.5.3
In SSP 1.5.3 the VREF pins for the ADC on S3 MCUs need to be added as Analog Pins instead of as VREF pins in order for the correct pin data to be generated. The S3A6 Hardware Manual shows the below configuration settings. Note the settings for P010 ...
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