Overview
Description
Topics
- Supports 2nd OTA
Firmware update for Secondary MCU connected to Primary MCU via UART is supported.
- Support for firmware updates for RX Family and RL78 Family that do not use the cloud.
This development assistance tool helps you easily try firmware update on your device.
This product is a plug-in which extends the Renesas IDE "e² studio".
This product is available free of charge.
Features
- Enables easy introduction of RTOS projects
- Automates various cloud settings such as creating those for IoT devices
- Creating initial firmware required for OTA updates and support for the debugging and programming of devices
- Creating firmware updates, uploading the firmware to the cloud, and making settings required for OTA updates
Release Information
| Product Name | Latest Ver. | Released | Taget Device (Note1) | Details | Download(Note2) | Operating Environment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QE for OTA | V2.2.0 | Jul 04, 2025 | RX Family RL78 Family RA Family | See Release Note | Download | Operating Environment |
Notes
- For detailed support devices, refer to Target Devices
- Installing this Product >>
Target Devices
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QE for OTA Tutorial: Firmware Update Using MCUboot on RA6M5
This tutorial walks you through the steps to create a bootloader using MCUboot and update the firmware with the new version.
Chapter's Title
00:00 Opening
00:18 Preparing the projects
01:01 Configuring the MCUboot settings
02:31 Creating initial firmware
03:06 Creating updated firmware
03:15 Performing a firmware Update
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News & Blog Posts
Blog Post
Sep 11, 2023
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Blog Post
Apr 24, 2023
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Additional Details
Features
Simply proceed through the workflow to realize over-the-air (OTA) firmware updates via the AWS cloud.
QE for OTA provides a graphical user interface that allows you to set up the cloud, import sample projects, manage IoT devices, create firmware, and start OTA updates.
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View for creating firmware for individual IoT devices and starting OTA updates
The [OTA Manage IoT Device (QE)] view, which is used to manage IoT devices, has the following features.
- Creating and downloading a device certificate and security key for each IoT device
- Creating an initial version of firmware (with the source code including IoT-device specific information)
- Support for programming boards with the initial firmware
- Creating firmware updates (with the source code including IoT-device specific information
- Uploading firmware updates to the cloud and starting OTA updates
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Supported Driver and Middleware
Releases - renesas/iot-reference-rx - GitHub
202210.01-LTS-rx-1.1.3, 202210.01-LTS-rx-1.2.1, FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rx-1.3.1
Releases - renesas/amazon-freertos - GitHub
202107.00-rx-1.0.0, 202107.00-rx-1.0.1
Releases - renesas/azure-rtos - GitHub
6.2.1_rel-rx-1.0.0, 6.2.1_rel-rx-1.0.1, 6.4.0_rel-rx-1.0.0
Releases - renesas/iot-reference-rl78 - GitHub
v202210.01-LTS-rl78-1.0.0, v202210.01-LTS-rl78-1.1.0 (Supported LTE only, not Wi-Fi)
The combinations of the confirmed board and OTA sample program (including RTOS)
| Board or Kit | OTA sample projects(including RTOS) |
|---|---|
| CK-RX65N v1 | FreeRTOS v202107.00-rx-1.0.1, FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rx-1.1.3(LTS #2), FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rx-1.2.1 (LTS #2), FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rx-1.3.1 (LTS #2) |
| AzureRTOS 6.2.1_rel-rx-1.0.0, AzureRTOS 6.2.1_rel-rx-1.0.1, AzureRTOS 6.4.0_rel-rx-1.0.0 | |
| CK-RX65N v2 (Wi-Fi) (Recommended) | FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rx-1.2.1 (LTS #2), FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rx-1.3.1 (LTS #2) |
| RX65N-Cloud-Kit (Note1) | FreeRTOS v202107.00-rx-1.0.0, FreeRTOS v202107.00-rx-1.0.1 |
| RX65N-2MB-Starter-Kit-Plus (Note1) | FreeRTOS v202107.00-rx-1.0.0, FreeRTOS v202107.00-rx-1.0.1 |
| RL78/G23-128p Fast Prototyping Board | FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rl78-1.0.0,FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rl78-1.1.0 (Supported LTE only, not Wi-Fi) |
| CK-RA6M5 v2 | Sample project included in the application note "RA AWS CloudConnectivity and Firmware Update OTA on CK RA6M5 v2 with Ethernet (R11AN0915)” |
| EK-RA6M5 | MCUboot function only |
| EK-RA6M4 | MCUboot function only |
Note
1. Although the operation has been confirmed, it is recommended to use the CK-RX65N.
Boards that have been confirmed to work as secondary MCUs
| Board or Kit | Reference Application Note |
|---|---|
| FPB-RX140 | RX Family Firmware Updating Communications Module Using Firmware Integration Technology (R01AN7757) |
| RSSK-RX23E-B | |
| FPB-RX261 | |
| RSK-RX66T | |
| TB-RX660 | |
| RL78/G23-128p Fast Prototyping Board | RL78/G23 Firmware Updating Communications Module (R01AN7825) |