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RA Family 32-bit MCUs with Arm Cortex-M Core

Our scalable Renesas Advanced (RA) 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) lead the industry with multi-architecture designs featuring high-performance Arm® Cortex®-M processor cores. With robust security, superior CoreMark® performance, ultra-low power operation, and exceptional wireless connectivity, we provide optimal technologies for a wide range of applications—from general-purpose to AIoT. Save development time with our software, tools, and ecosystem of ready-to-use partner solutions.

Arm-Based MCUs

Arm-Based MCUs

Our MCUs are embedded with Arm Cortex cores, including the M23, M4, M33, and the high-performance M85 with Helium™ technology, ensuring optimal power efficiency and unmatched performance.

Robust Security

Robust Security

Enjoy robust protection with our integrated Renesas Security IP and Arm v8-M TrustZone®, delivering advanced tamper detection and resistance to cyberthreats.

Dynamic Technology Integration

Dynamic Technology Integration

Leverage our superior capacitive touch technology with precise sensitivity, deployable onto a wide range of materials. Take advantage of leading connectivity options integrated into our MCUs to enhance your IoT development.

Scalable Development Tools

Scalable Development Tools

Our open ecosystem and Flexible Software Package (FSP) offers adaptability and easy integration with middleware. The FSP is scalable across RA MCUs, RX MCUs, and select RZ MPUs, enabling effortless development scalability.

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With a shared design framework, these series offer feature and pin compatibility—allowing easy scalability and code reuse, accelerating time-to-market.

Security

Security

The rise of smart technologies and connected ecosystems, along with stricter regulations, drives manufacturers to prioritize security. Developers face tight budgets and timelines while building efficient, secure solutions. The RA Family meets these needs with hardware-based security, including isolated cryptographic operations, secure key storage, Arm TrustZone® technology, and side-channel protections.

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Functional Safety

Functional Safety

The importance of functional safety has grown with the demand for home appliances and industrial automation.  Functional safety protects people, machinery, and the environment from failure or error in manufacturing. System design and certification under functional safety standards, such as IEC 61508, requires significant time and effort, increasing costs and the risk of delays. Renesas offers a one-stop functional safety solution with general-purpose 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) featuring software to accelerate your time-to-market.

Motor Control

Motor Control

Our RAxT Series MCUs are designed with Arm Cortex-M23, Cortex-M33, or Cortex-M85 with TrustZone, offering robust processing performance and security for low- to high-end motor control applications. A wide range of communication interfaces integrate into these MCUs to address connectivity needs in a single package—simplifying development, lowering cost, and reducing space requirements. Renesas’ advanced low-power consumption technology enables energy-efficient products to meet the latest market needs.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Powered by Ethos™ -U55 neural processing unit, RA AI-accelerated MCUs provide best-in-class balance between AI processing performance and low power consumption, enabling developers to solve the tough energy issues while running AI applications. Engineers at all levels of AI expertise can jumpstart their AI development with the Robust Unified Heterogenous Model Integration (RUHMI) framework – an AI solution toolkit that efficiently deploy neural network models in a framework-agnostic manner. The RUHMI framework seamlessly integrates seamlessly with Renesas e2studio IDE, Flexible Software Package, and evaluation kits to accelerate development and shorten your product’s time-to-market. 

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Human Machine Interface

Human Machine Interface (HMI)

Renesas RA Family MCUs are equipped with Arm Cortex-M cores to provide enhanced responsiveness and strong security for voice and touch HMI applications. These MCUs support displays up to WXGA/XGA and are scalable with other product families, including RX Family MCUs and RZ Family MPUs.

LoRA

LoRA

Renesas entry-line MCUs, the RA0x and RA2x groups, offer excellent low-power consumption. Combined with a LoRa transceiver, these MCUs extend battery life for IoT sensor applications. Robust software resources are available for download to simplify design challenges and enable easy LoRaWAN® design, with and without interoperability features.

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