Overview
Description
The CK-RA6M5 cloud kit enables users to securely connect to the cloud and explore the features of the Cortex®-M33 based RA6M5 group of MCUs and cloud services. With multiple network connectivity options, the kit provides a seamless cloud connectivity experience to most of the global cloud service providers. The kit is equipped with an onboard ethernet PHY for ethernet connectivity and includes the DA16600 Wi-Fi-Bluetooth® Low Energy combo Pmod™ for wireless connectivity. With the Renesas Flexible Software Package (FSP), the kit has complete software stack support using FreeRTOS, Azure RTOS, and other middleware stacks, thereby making it an ideal platform for efficiently developing cloud solutions and greatly reducing the time-to-market.
Visit Renesas Cloud Solutions for a complete cloud solution package.
Features
- CK-RA6M5 v2 baseboard
- Wi-Fi with US159-DA16600EVZ Pmod
- Ethernet
- USB Full-Speed host and device
- Sensors:
- Humidity and temperature
- Indoor air quality index
- Outdoor air quality index
- Heart rate, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), respiration rate
- Barometric pressure
- 6 axis motion tracking
- 2 MEMS microphones
- Battery connector for portability
- Arduino™ (Uno R3) connector
- USB Type-C power connector
- Onboard MCU:
- RF7A6M5BH3CFC microcontroller
- 200MHz, Arm® Cortex®-M33 core
- 2MB Code Flash, 512KB SRAM
- 176 pins, LQFP package
- Ecosystem:
- MCU and Pmod current measurement points
- 5V input through USB or external power supply
- USB serial converter
- Debug onboard (SEGGER J-Link)
- 4 user LEDs
- One user button
- 2 Digilent Pmod (SPI/UART/I2C: Type-6A and Type-2A) connectors
Applications
Design & Development
Videos & Training
Watch a short overview of the Renesas CK-RA6M5 and CK-RX-65N certified cellular-to-cloud IoT development kits to see how they can simplify solution prototyping for your next IoT design. Visit renesas.com/cloudsolutions to get started.
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Support
Support Communities
- CK-RA6M5 v1 quick start
... consider following query regarding CK-RA6M5 v1 kit. I tried to search for quick start sample code for CK-RA6M5 v1, but looks like only CK-RA6M5 v2 kit examples are available on REN website. Therefore, I have gone ahead with the quick start sample code of CK-RA6M5 v2 ...
Aug 29, 2025 - Get data on human heart rate, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), respiration rate and heart rate variability (a measure of
stress) from the following data structure using CK-RA6M5?
How can I get data on human heart rate, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), respiration rate and heart rate variability (a measure of stress) from the following API data structure using CK-RA6M5?
Feb 22, 2024 - CK_RA6M5 SCI-SPI
Hi, everyone. I am working with kit CK-RA6M5 with ADS1299. I have used to configure via SPI "sci_spi_ek_ra6m5". Try to send ID commnad to ADS1299. It has used "R_SCI_SPI_Write", "R_SCI_SPI_Read" or "R_SCI_SPI_WriteRead". When I were reading data ...
Jun 19, 2023
Knowledge Base
- RX Family: CK-RA6M5/CK-RX65N is used. I can only read 00h data from the outdoor sensor (ZMOD4510) installed in the same kit. Is it malfunctioning?
The ZMOD4510 (outdoor sensor) in the CK-RA6M5 and CK-RX65N requires a warm-up time. This time varies depending on the operating mode of the sensor.It is 60 minutes when operated in Gen1 mode and 42 hours in Gen2 mode.Also, since this warm-up time is required ...
Jun 9, 2022 - RA Family: CK-RA6M5/CK-RX65N is used. I can only read 00h data from the outdoor sensor (ZMOD4510) installed in the same kit. Is it malfunctioning?
The ZMOD4510 (outdoor sensor) in the CK-RA6M5 and CK-RX65N requires a warm-up time. This time varies depending on the operating mode of the sensor.It is 60 minutes when operated in Gen1 mode and 42 hours in Gen2 mode.Also, since this warm-up time is required ...
Jun 9, 2022
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