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Why 16-bit MCUs Still Matter for Smart Home Appliance and Industrial Applications

Many modern designs still benefit from the efficiency of 16-bit MCU architectures. Learn how RL78/G21 and RL78/G23 deliver low power consumption, optimized system cost, and scalable solutions for modern smart appliance designs.

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How to Simplify Complex Industrial Equipment Design

Discover how the RX74M and RX74N MCUs bring real-time performance, control and communication, and built-in security together to help streamline development.

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How Knowledge Distillation Brings AI to Industrial Edge Devices

Learn how knowledge distillation converts AI-derived behavior into compact decision rules that configurable mixed-signal hardware can execute at the industrial edge.

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Inductive Position Sensing: The Safety Backbone of Software-Defined Vehicles

As mechanical fallback disappears, automotive safety depends on precise position data. Learn how inductive position sensing enables functional safety, cyber resilience, and trust in x-by-wire systems.

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Rethinking IO-Link Device Development: A Faster, More Cost-Effective Path to Market

Learn how the Renesas modular IO-Link platform helps sensor and actuator manufacturers lower development costs, reduce risk, and accelerate time to market.

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How to Achieve More Power in Less Space with GaN

Discover how a low-voltage Renesas REXGaN® transistor can improve efficiency and thermal performance in 48V to 12V converters, enabling higher switching frequencies and smaller passive components.

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Improving Safety for Automotive Head-Up Display (HUD) Systems

Explore how functional safety and intelligent video monitoring are enabling safer, more sophisticated HUD and AR-HUD experiences.

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Qt & Renesas: From Evaluation to Production for Demanding Embedded Designs

Use case for upgrading a next-generation electrocardiograph to the Renesas RZ/G2L with Qt, replacing an aging existing platform. The result was improved CPU performance and GPU acceleration, while providing a clear upgrade path to the AI-enabled RZ/G3E.

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From HMI to IoT Edge: Scale Designs with RZ/G MPUs in One Unified Development Environment

RZ/G3L and RZ/G3SE MPUs enable scalable HMI and IoT edge designs with common hardware and software assets and optimized performance.

Ivo Marocco Executive Blog

Beyond Silicon: Humanoid Robotics Design Is a Team Sport

Learn how system-level design, digital tools, and ecosystem collaboration are helping engineers tackle humanoid robotics complexity in the physical AI era.