Overview

Description

The R-Car M3Ne(-2G) can be used in a wide range of automotive applications requiring medium-class computing, including for example In-Vehicle Infotainment, low-end integrated cockpit, connected gateway, central server.
A 2GHz version (M3e-2G) is available, providing increased CPU power.
The R-Car M3Ne(-2G) is compliant with the ISO 26262 (ASIL-B) functionality safety standard for automotive and has enhanced security functions.

Features

  • Compliant with ISO 26262 (ASIL-B) functionality safety standard for automotive
  • Optimized functions and performance enable use in a wide range of applications
  • Compatibility with previous products enables use of the existing ecosystem and access to over 180 R-Car Consortium partners

Applications

Applications

  • In-Vehicle Infotainment 
  • Low-end integrated cockpit 
  • Connected gateway
  • Central server

Documentation

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Type
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PDF 40.63 MB Manual - Hardware
PDF 763 KB Application Note
PDF 1.55 MB Application Note
PDF 2.88 MB Application Note
PDF 1.17 MB Application Note
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PDF 4.71 MB Application Note
PDF 3.26 MB Application Note
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PDF 2.07 MB Application Note
PDF 685 KB Application Note
PDF 299 KB Application Note
PDF 966 KB Application Note
PDF 2.12 MB Application Note
PDF 1.83 MB Flyer
PDF 1000 KB Manual - Development Tools
PDF 492 KB Manual - Hardware
PDF 13.71 MB Manual - Hardware
PDF 1.27 MB Manual - Hardware
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Design & Development

Software & Tools

Software Downloads

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Type
Date Date
ZIP 78.62 MB Software & Tools - Evaluation Software
ZIP 199.46 MB Software & Tools - Evaluation Software
ZIP 2.35 MB Software & Tools - Evaluation Software
ZIP 164.03 MB Software & Tools - Evaluation Software
ZIP 125.62 MB Software & Tools - Evaluation Software
ZIP 127.91 MB Software & Tools - Evaluation Software
ZIP 2.45 MB Software & Tools - Other
ZIP 8.87 MB Software & Tools - Other
ZIP 133.56 MB Software & Tools - Software
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Sample Code

Sample Code

Filters
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Boards & Kits

Boards & Kits

Specification

Item R-Car M3Ne(-2G) Specifications
Product Name
(Part Number)
R-Car M3Ne (R8A779M4)
R-Car M3Ne-2G (R8A779M5)
Power Supply Voltage 3.3V/1.8V (IO), 1.1V (LPDDR4), 0.9V (core)
CPU Core Arm® Cortex®-A57
Dual
  Arm® Cortex®-R7
Dual Lockstep
Cache Memory L1 instruction cache: 48KB
L1 operand cache: 32KB
L2 cache: 1MB
L1 instruction cache: 32KB
L1 operand cache: 32KB
L2 cache: 512KB
L1 instruction cache: 32KB
L1 operand cache: 32KB
External Memory LPDDR4-SDRAM
Maximum operating frequency: 1600MHz
Data bus width: 32 bits x 1 ch (12.8GB/s x 2)
3D Graphics Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR® Series 6XT GE7800
Video Display out x 3 ch
Video input x 8 ch
Video codec module (H.265, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, VC-1, etc.)
IP conversion module
Up and down scaling, 1-D LUT/3D-LUT/1D-Histogram/2D-Histogram, color conversion, super resolution, rotate, ordered dithering, sharpness, lossless compression/decompression, lossy compression

TS interface x 2 ch
Stream and security processor
Distortion compensation module x 4 ch (IMR-LX4)
Audio Audio DSP
Sampling rate converter × 10 ch
Serial sound interface × 10 ch
Storage Interfaces USB 3.0 host interface (DRD) × 1 port (wPHY)
USB 2.0 host interface × 1 port (wPHY)
USB 2.0 host/function/OTG interface × 1 port (wPHY)
SD host interface × 4 ch (SDR104)
Multimedia card interface × 2 ch
PCI Express 2.0 (1 lane) x 2 ch
In-car Network and
Automotive Peripherals
Media local bus (MLB) interface × 1 ch (3-pin interface)
Controller Area Network (CAN-FD support) interface × 2ch
Ethernet AVB 1.0-compatible MAC built in
Interface: RGMII
Ethernet AVB (802.1BA)
  • IEEE802.1BA
  • IEEE802.1AS
  • IEEE802.1Qav
  • IEEE1722
Security Crypto engine (AES, DES, Hash, RSA) x 2 ch
System RAM
Other Peripherals SYS-DMAC x 48 ch, real-time-DMAC x 16 ch,
Audio-DMAC x 32 ch, audio (peripheral)-DMAC x 58 ch
32-bit timer x 41 ch
PWM timer × 7 ch
I2C bus interface × 8 ch
Serial communication interface (SCIF) × 11 ch
SPI multi I/O bus controller (RPC) × 1 ch (HyperFlashTM/QSPI support)
Clock-synchronized serial interface (MSIOF) × 4 ch (SPI/IIS)
Digital radio interface (DRIF) × 4 ch
Low Power Mode Dynamic power shutdown
AVS (Adaptive Voltage Scaling), DVFS (Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling), DDR-SDRAM power supply backup mode
Package 1022-pin Flip chip BGA (29mm x 29mm, 0.8mm pitch)
Development
Environment
ICE for Arm CPU available from tool vendors
Evaluation Board A user system development reference platform with the following features is also available to enable the users to carry out efficient system development.
(1) Incorporates car information system-oriented peripheral circuits, providing users with an actual device verification environment.
(2) Can be used as a software development tool for application software, etc.
(3) Allows easy implementation of custom user functions.
Software Platform Support OS: Linux, AndroidTM, QNX® Neutrino® RTOS, Integrity® etc.
OpenGL ES3.1 3D graphics library, wide variety of H.265, H.264, MPEG-4 and VC-1 for video compliant with OpenMAX IL I/F in addition to BSPs compliant with OSs standard API are available to realize complete system concept.

(Remarks)
Arm and Cortex are registered trademarks of Arm Limited.
PowerVR is a trademark of Imagination Technologies Limited.
Android is a registered trademark from Google Inc.
QNX, neutrino and Blackberry are trademarks from BlackBerry Limited, and are used with permission from QNX Software System Limited.
Green Hills Software and INTEGRITY are trademarks or registered trademarks of Green Hills Software, Inc. in the U.S. and/or internationally.
HyperFlash is a trademark of Spansion LLC in the United States and other countries.
All names of other products or services mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.