Overview
Description
The Renesas RX65N Cloud Kit is an RX65N microcontroller-based cloud communications evaluation kit which is an ideal evaluation environment for IoT device developers. You can easily provide Wi-Fi connectivity to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure (Azure) to help start developing IoT devices.
The kit includes a Wi-Fi communication module, a temperature and humidity sensor, an optical sensor, a 3-axis acceleration sensor, a USB port for serial communication, and a USB port for debugging. The sensor data that is uploaded to AWS and Azure from this kit can be observed on cloud services. In addition, the e2 studio integrated development environment has been enhanced for this kit. The network stack for FreeRTOS and Azure RTOS, the configuration of component libraries, and the generation of source code can be done within e2 studio.
The RX65N microcontroller included in this kit is a next-generation general-purpose MCU with a human machine interface (HMI) and security features that are ideal for IoT edge devices. The built-in dual-bank capability and trusted secure IP features make secure cloud communications and firmware updates both easy and robust.
*The "Renesas web dashboard" has been discontinued in 2022 because it can be replaced by AWS or Azure services.
Cloud Connectivity Sample Program
Features
- Securely and reliably connect to cloud services
- The Renesas RX65N Cloud Kit, combined with a real-time OS from cloud services has the following certifications:
- AWS FreeRTOS certification
- Microsoft Azure RTOS certification
- The Renesas RX65N Cloud Kit, combined with a real-time OS from cloud services has the following certifications:
- Assists in IoT device prototyping
- Free editing and debugging sample programs for AWS and Azure communications.
- Comprehend the behavior of the sample programs from the application notes.
- Reduction in actual product development manhours
- The sample programs are based on the real-time OS provided by cloud service. You can leverage the large ecosystem of existing tools that have been developed for FreeRTOS and Azure RTOS kernels.
- You can easily program commonly needed IoT features to devices using the software library embedded in the real-time OS by cloud service.
Evaluate cloud communications using a variety of programs
- Basic AWS communications program
- Sends a "Hello World" text message to the AWS cloud at regular intervals
- FreeRTOS certified
- Communicates wirelessly using Wi-Fi
- Program for uploading sensor and other data to the AWS cloud, and for observing the information in the dashboard
- Sends data from its three on-board sensors to the AWS cloud at regular intervals
- Allows for observation of the sensor data in the dashboard
- Azure IoT plug and play certified programs
- Connects to Azure Central without coding, and monitors sensor data in a dashboard
- A program that uploads sensor data to Microsoft Azure, and then monitors it on Azure IoT Explorer's Telemetry
- Send MCU temperature data to Azure Cloud at regular intervals
- Monitor sensor data with Telemetry in Azure IoT Explorer
- A variety of sample programs that can be utilized to develop IoT devices
Applications
Design & Development
Videos & Training
This video shows you how to make Microsoft's Azure RTOS work on the RX65N Cloud Kit.
This is a tutorial on how to connect the RX65N Cloud Kit to the Azure IoT Hub and display the sensor data.
This video is the development environment setup section. It shows where to download and install the development environment used in this tutorial.
The tools shown in this video can be downloaded from the links below.
- Renesas e2 studio (with GCC Compiler): https://www.renesas.com/software-tool/e-studio
- Azure IoT Explorer: https://github.com/Azure/azure-iot-explorer/releases
- Git: https://www.git-scm.com/downloads
- npm (Node Package Manager): https://nodejs.org/
- Tera Term: https://teratermproject.github.io
* Next video.
- Azure RTOS Tutorial (2/3) RX65N Cloud Kit: Set up the Program
- Azure RTOS Tutorial (3/3) RX65N Cloud Kit: Operate Azure Cloud
The application note shown in this video can be downloaded here: RX65N Group Visualization of Sensor Data using RX65N Cloud Kit and Azure RTOS Rev.1.00 (PDF | English, 日本語)
Additional Videos
Events & Webinars
News & Blog Posts
Blog Post Jul 11, 2022 |
Blog Post Mar 15, 2022 |
Blog Post Oct 26, 2021 |
Blog Post Jun 10, 2021 |
Blog Post Jun 16, 2020 |
Support
Support Communities
- Rx65N Cloud Connectivity Kit - Firmware Download Issue
Hi I'm trying to download the freeRTOS firmware for aws cloud connectivity to the RX65N cloud kit and encountering the error. I have plugged in all three USB cable(thru an external USB adaptor), since the laptop has only one USB port. Please advise how to get this working ...
Apr 28, 2020 - LWIP porting on RX64M starter kit
Hi All, Is there any LWIP example code for RX64M starter kit?? Regards, Mayur
Jun 6, 2022 - CK-RX65N Quick Start
Quick Start Guide for CK-RX65N mentions Example Project Bundle: There are no example projects following the link, where I could find them?
Apr 25, 2024
Knowledge Base
- If I use Renesas RX65N Cloud Kit to connect to AWS Cloud, do I need to create an AWS account?
Yes, Renesas does not provide it. Please prepare your own AWS account for yourself. [Tags] FAQNo:2000623, JFAQNo:2000623, CFAQNo:2000623
Aug 20, 2019 - Is it possible to incorporate the Renesas RX65N Cloud Kit into products?
No, the Renesas RX65N Cloud Kit is intended for development and evaluation. It is not intended to be incorporated into products. [Tags] FAQNo:2000622, JFAQNo:2000622, CFAQNo:2000622
Aug 20, 2019
Support Communities
