Renesas Advanced (RA) is a scalable family of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) built on Arm® Cortex®-M cores, designed to accelerate development and simplify product evolution. A unified software platform lets you reuse code across different RA MCUs, reducing development time, while built-in AI capabilities, robust security features, long-term product availability, and a global partner ecosystem mean you can scale applications without major rewrites or supply concerns, helping to reduce development risk and support evolving industry requirements.
Industry-leading Arm Cortex-M family, delivering the ultimate promise of security, connectivity, and intelligent IoT.
Combine proven Arm Cortex-M v8.0 cores with Renesas digital/analog peripherals and a unified Flexible Software Package (FSP) to accelerate development and software reuse across RA.
Protect long-term designs with proven Renesas quality, global support, dual-sourcing supply chain, and a minimum 15-year product longevity commitment.
Build connected products with hardware-based security and certified building blocks designed to address evolving cybersecurity threats and regulations such as FIPS, PSA, SESIP, CRA, and PQC.
Scale from intelligent endpoints to NPU-accelerated edge AI with software and tools such as Reality AI that simplify model development and deployment.
From value-optimized control to high-performance edge AI, the RA portfolio lets you choose the right balance of cost, power, performance and integration, all within a consistent development environment.
1GHz Cortex-M85 MCUs with AI acceleration, advanced graphics, and real-time performance for intelligent edge systems.
Integrated Cortex-M4/M33 MCUs up to 240MHz with security, connectivity, HMI, and motor control in a single platform.
Feature-rich Cortex-M4/M33 MCUs delivering an ideal balance of performance, power efficiency, and security.
Ultra-low-power Cortex-M23 MCUs with expanded memory, touch sensing, segment LCD support, and integrated peripherals.
Cost-efficient 32-bit Cortex-M23 MCUs with low power consumption and essential peripherals for high-volume designs.
Bring intelligence to the endpoint with real-time inference for vision, voice, predictive maintenance, and sensor analytics. RA MCUs scale from CPU-based AI to dedicated Ethos-U55 NPU acceleration, while Reality AI Tools, e² studio integration, evaluation kits, and application examples help simplify development and accelerate time to market.
Build secure, dependable products with hardware-based security and safety-ready software. Select RA devices hold FIPS 140-3 Level 2, PSA Certified Level 3, and SESIP3 certifications. Renesas security technologies, software, and lifecycle support help customers address CRA compliance, emerging PQC requirements, and functional-safety standards.
Develop smarter, safer robots by combining deterministic real-time control, multi-axis motor control, sensor processing, secure connectivity, and edge AI. RA MCUs scale across robot joints, servo drives, and control nodes, while safety-ready solutions help engineers address ISO 10218-1/-2:2025 requirements for industrial robots and robot cells.
Build efficient industrial systems with the real-time performance, advanced motor-control peripherals, and connectivity required for PLCs, servo and inverter drives, industrial I/O, and gateways. The scalable RA portfolio helps consolidate functions, reduce system complexity, and enable software to reuse across automation designs.
Create differentiated, energy-efficient products with capacitive touch, responsive display and HMI options, voice, sensing, connectivity, and motor control. Select 5V-capable RA devices to help simplify appliance interfaces and reduce external circuitry, while scalable hardware and reusable FSP software help accelerate development from simple controls to intelligent appliances.
Our collection of software and hardware tools highlights the RA Family’s technical capabilities while seamlessly guiding you from evaluation to production.
An industry-first unified cloud platform that connects device selection, model based system development, and early feasibility validation for confident design decisions. Starting now with RA MCUs.
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