Overview
The EK-RA6M3 evaluation kit enables users to seamlessly evaluate the features of the RA6M3 MCU Group and develop embedded systems applications using the Flexible Software Package (FSP) and e2studio IDE. Utilize rich on-board features along with your choice of popular ecosystem add-ons to bring your big ideas to life.
Getting Started
Running the Quick Start Example Project
- The EK-RA6M3 comes pre-programmed with a quick start example project (provided with the example projects bundle).
- Power up the EK-RA6M3 board through the debug USB port (J10) using the micro USB device cable connected to a 5V power source. The white power LED will light up.
- The quick start example project will begin to execute blinking the red, green and blue user LEDs.
- Refer to the EK-RA6M3 – Quick Start Guide (PDF | English, 日本語) to explore additional functionality of the quick start example project.
Developing Embedded Applications
- Modifying the quick start example project – refer to the EK-RA6M3 Quick Start Guide for instructions on importing, modifying, and building the quick start example project
- Start with one of the many other example projects (provided in the example projects bundle) – choose from many example projects to learn about different peripherals of the RA6M3 MCU Group. These example projects can serve as excellent starting points for you to develop your custom applications.
Building a Custom Hardware
- Start by building a functional prototype – utilize the EK-RA6M3 board with your choice of hundreds of popular ecosystem add-ons.
- Build custom hardware – develop custom hardware by referring to the design and manufacturing information provided in the EK-RA6M3 v1 - Design Package (ZIP | English, 日本語)
Features
- Special Feature Access
- Ethernet (RMII and PHY)
- USB High Speed host and device
- 32MB External QSPI Flash
- MCU Native Pin Access
- R7FA6M3AH3CFC MCU
- 120MHz, Arm Cortex®-M4 core
- 2MB Code Flash, 640kB SRAM
- 176 pins, LQFP package, 24mm x 24mm x 1.70mm, 0.5mm pitch
- Native pin access through 4x 40-pin male headers
- MCU and USB current measurement points
- Ecosystem & System Control Access
- USB Full Speed host and device
- Multiple 5V input sources
- USB (Debug, Full Speed, High Speed)
- External power supply
- SEGGER J-LinkTM on-board programmer and debugger
- Debug modes
- Debug On-board (SWD) – via J-Link
- Debug Out (SWD) – via J-Link
- Debug In (ETM, SWD & JTAG) – via J-Link, Arm® Keil® ULINKTM, IAR I-jetTM, Renesas E2/E2 Lite, etc.
- User LEDs and buttons
- Three user LEDs (red, blue, green)
- Power LED (white) indicating availability of regulated power
- Debug LED (yellow) indicating the debug connection
- Two user buttons
- One reset button
- Four most popular ecosystem expansions
- MikroElektronikaTM mikroBUSTM connector
- Two SeeedGrove® system (I2C) connectors
- Two Digilent PmodTM (SPI and UART) connectors
- ArduinoTM (Uno R3) connector
- MCU boot configuration jumper
Getting Started
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Sample & Buy
Evaluation Kit for RA6M3 MCU Group
| Description: | Evaluation Kit for RA6M3 MCU Group |
| HTS (US): | 8471.50.0150 |
| ECCN (US): | 3A991.a.2 |
| SPQ: | 1 |
| Pb (Lead) Free: | No |
| Assembly Location: | CHINA |
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Videos & Training
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Support
Support Communities
- EK-RA6M3 - USB Host working example
Hi all, I need to work with the USBFS controller to act as a host to connect a device that receives control transfers. While searching in the RA-FSP-Examples repository I didn't find any suitable example. The only one that works with the USB stack is the quickstart ...
May 21, 2020 - EK-RA6M3
Hi everyone, Some time ago I got evalboard kit - RA63M. It's my first meeting with Renesas MCU so I need a help in basics. One year ago I've started with STM32 MCU's.and I did many not advanced projects on it. Right now, because my boss gave ...
Dec 3, 2021 - Bug with calling functions from the stdlib when debugging on the EK-RA6M3 board
Using: setup_fsp_v3_0_0_e2s_v2021-04Calling for example function rand() results in a __assert_func() call.It's working with setup_fsp_v2_2_0_e2s_v2020-10!!! This thread was automatically locked due to age.
Jun 9, 2021
Knowledge Base
- Read and Write to External I2C EEPROM with FSP 3.5.0 and EK-RA6M3 Kit
Last Updated: 03/03/2022 The below attached project for FSP 3.5.0 and the EK-RA6M3 kit demonstrates the use of FSP APIs to access an external 24L128 (128 kbit) I2C EEPROM. Here are some details from the hal_entry.c file: /* * IIC Channel 2 ...
Mar 3, 2022 - Simple Bootloader and Application Project Using MCUBoot for EK-RA6M3 in FSP 3.1.0
... Build the bootloader project, then the application project.2) Download the application project.3) Before execution in the debugger select Download Ancillary File" and select \EK_RA6M3_MCUBoot_App_Test\Debug\EK_RA6M3_MCUBoot_App_Test_signed.bin4) Download to address 0x108000 which is the update image start address. Refer ...
Jul 14, 2021 - RA Family: How to use the Debug Out function of J-Link OB on EK (Evaluation Kit)
... this on-board debugger is officially provided by Renesas, and the firmware can be updated with the update of the SEGGER tool. In this article, EK-RA6M3 is used as an example to describe the specific implementation method. Refer to the schematic diagram of EK-RA6M3: J29 can be used ...
Dec 14, 2023
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