RZ/G Software Package

For RZ MPUs, we provide the following Linux software solutions. Please select the solution that best fits your intended use.

Yocto Based Linux Solution

• Linux BSP Plus: For experts who want to start development with the latest LTS kernel
• VLP: For users who require super long-term Linux kernel maintenance
• SDK: For Linux beginners who want to start application software development quickly

*Current situation

Ubuntu/Debian Solution

• The Ubuntu/Debian solution consists of Ubuntu/Debian software and Renesas software and allows users to build an Ubuntu/Debian environment using scripts.

AOSP Package

• We provide a BSP (including GPU and codec support) for running the Android™ Open Source Project (AOSP).

For an overview of the entire RZ solution, please refer to Renesas RZ Linux Solutions (GitHub).

Linux BSP Plus (Support LTS Kernel)

This solution is a BSP that supports the latest LTS kernel and Yocto Project. It also includes middleware optimized for various target applications of the RZ MPU series. For more details about this solution, please visit Renesas RZ Linux BSP Plus (GitHub).

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Verified Linux Package

The Linux package packages the basic software required for the industrial field and provides it from Renesas as a software package that has been verified based on the data sheet.

Customers can use stable operating Linux + basic software and start application development immediately.

Traditionally, software provided by semiconductor manufacturers has not been systematically maintained. The software that makes up our Linux package has been verified and provided for maintenance. Significantly reduce customer software development load in embedded system development.

Key Features of the Verified Linux Package:

• Super long-term support by Civil Infrastructure Platform™ (CIP™)
  • 5 years of backporting of additional functions for latest kernel
  • Over 10 years of security patch support
  • In addition, Renesas is independently carrying out activities to expand the scope of maintenance
• Support for industry-standard APIs
• Enhanced standard software components for use with industrial and IoT applications
  • Improved reliability, real-time performance, security, and functional safety as required by industrial segment
• Support for industry-standard APIs
• Free and simple click-through licensing
• Free maintenance

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What is the Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP)?

The Civil Infrastructure Platform is a platform that aims to establish a base layer for building Linux-based embedded systems that satisfy the requirements of modern civil infrastructure. It is driven by The Linux Foundation and global leading infrastructure system manufacturers.

Licensing

A user agreement (free) with Renesas is required for using the RZ/G Linux package.

Trademark

Civil Infrastructure Platform and CIP are trademarks of The Linux Foundation in the United States and other countries.

Linux Package (VLP)

Renesas provides the basic software required for the industrial segment as the verified software package. Renesas also provides the multimedia package for installing H.264/H.265 Video codec and graphics (OpenGL ES) function into the RZ/G BSP (Board Support Package).
Please go to the page from the link that indicates the version of VLP in the table below, download the package and use it.

* Each VLP maintenance will be finished when the maintenance of corresponding CIP Linux Kernel version is completed.
   Use of the latest version VLP is recommended.
   Please refer to CIP Wiki for CIP Linux kernel maintenance periods.

Additional Packages for VLP

This software package runs on VLP.

HTML5 Package
HTML5 enables rich HMI development based on advanced Web technologies including JavaScript.

• Chromium Package
• This package provides additional Chromium functions (rendering engine: Blink).
   
• Gecko Package
• This package provides additional rendering engine Gecko.

Qt Framework Package

• Qt6 Package
• This package is for integrating Qt, a cross-platform GUI application development framework. (This package provides for VLP v4. VLP v3 includes Qt5.6.3 for VLP.)

RZ MPU Security Package

• RZ MPU Security Package
• This package is to add Security functions (Secure Boot, Trusted Execution Environment, Hardware Cryptographic IP, Secure Debug, Security Configurator) to RZ MPU.

RZ/G Multi-OS Package

• RZ/G Multi-OS Package
• This package is the software package consisting of RZ/G Flexible Software Package (FSP) as software package for Renesas MCU with Arm® Cortex-M Core and OpenAMP as standardization API of framework for interprocessor communication for developing multi OS solution.

RZ/G AI Board Support Package

• RZ/G AI Board support Package
• AI Board support Package for embedded AI that uses machine learning results to perform inference. It provides embedded artificial intelligence that infers and executes many of the open source AI frameworks on endpoint devices using RZ/G
• Demonstration and blog
  Embedded Artificial Intelligence Inference with Renesas RZ/G2

RZ/G Linux HMI Software Development Kit

The RZ/G HMI Software Development Kit (HMI SDK) provides a Linux HMI application development environment for the RZ/G Evaluation Board Kit (EVK). The HMI SDK is a one-package solution that includes necessary software for developing HMI application programs, such as Verified Linux Package (VLP), graphics library, video codec library, and HMI framework/libraries.

Advantages of HMI SDK

• Easy-to-Use
  The HMI SDK provides a quick and easy development environment, lowering the barrier to entry for beginners to Linux to using a Linux MPU.
  • As long as you create a bootable SD card by using an image file in the SDK and put the SDK card on the board, an HMI demo starts on Linux.
  • You can start developing your application program easily since the SDK provides an installer for a toolchain of cross-development. And some application programs that run on HMI SDK Linux are available on our GitHub.
• Free of Charge
  All software in the HMI SDK is available for free.
  • The HMI SDK consists of open-source software and libraries from Renesas, and they are provided for free.
  • As long as you have a supported RZ/G series EVK, you can start developing your HMI application program using the SDK.
• Ready-to-Use
  The HMI SDK provides following GUI framework and libraries that are appropriate for HMI.
  • LVGL (Light and Versatile Graphics Library), which is a lightweight, free, open-source embedded graphics library. It does not use the GPU in the application program.
  • Chromium, which is a free and browser-based framework for application programs with GPU.

Target

The HMI SDK covers the EVK for RZ/G2L, RZ/G2LC and RZ/G2UL. In addition, we plan to expand support to other RZ/G series EVKs in the future.

For more details about the HMI SDK, please see:
https://renesas-rz.github.io/rzg_hmi_sdk/latest/

AOSP-based Package

The software package based on Android™ Open Source Project (AOSP) is a collection of the board support package (BSP) to run AOSP on RZ/G, the GPU middleware for graphic acceleration and the middleware for hardware video codecs.

To use the Software Package based on Android Open Source Project, please contact your local sales representative or distributor.

Android is a trademark of Google LLC.

Ubuntu/Debian Solution

Ubuntu and Debian are free, open-source Linux distributions widely used not only for desktops and servers, but also in embedded systems. This solution provides a guide on how to install Ubuntu/Debian on the RZ/G evaluation board kit, along with Renesas software and scripts to help you build a working Ubuntu/Debian environment.

Key Features

• This solution provides information for building an Ubuntu/Debian evaluation environment. Ubuntu/Debian can be evaluated free of charge and without any licensing contracts on the RZ/G Evaluation Kit (EVK).
• This solution provides a guide, Renesas-developed software, and scripts to help you build an Ubuntu/Debian environment with ease. The provided scripts simplify complex processes, making setup straightforward and efficient.

The Ubuntu/Debian environment built with this solution consists of both Ubuntu/Debian software and Renesas software. Additional software can be installed on the EVK as needed using the apt command.

Target Device

This solution currently supports the RZ/G2L Evaluation Kit (EVK). Support for additional EVKs in the RZ/G series is planned for future release.

For more details about this solution, please visit the webpage below.

• Ubuntu and Debian for RZ MPU Linux (GitHub)

This solution is intended for evaluation purposes. If you plan to use Ubuntu for product development, please refer to the following resources.

• Canonical Ubuntu OS

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