Gas meters require monitoring of various sensor information to measure gas usage and to safely supply gas, an LCD display function to show this information and a data communication function to communicate with external devices. Also, these functions must stably operate with limited battery capacity for the period specified.
To support various LCD panels, Renesas offers a lineup of RL78/L1x microcontrollers (MCUs) which support three LCD drive voltage generation methods (external resistance division method, internal voltage boosting method and capacitor split method). In addition, Renesas offers the RL78/H1D MCUs which are equipped with UART and can communicate up to 19200bps with subsystem clock (38.4kHz), sampling output timer/detector function suitable for rotation detection by magnetoresistive (MR) sensor, and is suitable for diaphragm gas meter construction.
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| Block | Semiconductor Device | Recommended Products | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Controller | MCU | RL78/L1x | 32MHz, 16-bit, true low power, on-chip LCD controller/driver |
| RL78/H1D | 32MHz, 16-bit, true low power, on-chip LCD controller/driver, on-chip timer for MR sensor | ||
| Communication | Sub-GHz RF Transceiver | RAA604S00 | RF frequency range: 863MHz to 928MHz, IEEE802.15.4g / 4e compliant hardware function |
| MCU Built-in Sub-GHz RF Transceiver | RL78/G1H | 32MHz, 16-bit CPU, RF frequency range: 864MHz to 928MHz |