Overview
The EK-RA6M3G evaluation kit enables users to seamlessly evaluate the features of the RA6M3 MCU Group and develop embedded systems applications using Renesas' Flexible Software Package (FSP) and e2 studio IDE. You can utilize rich on-board features along with your choice of popular ecosystem add-ons to bring your big ideas to life.
The EK-RA6M3G kit consists of two boards: the EK-RA6M3 board featuring the RA6M3 MCU with on-chip graphics LCD controller and the graphics expansion board featuring a 4.3-inch TFT color LCD with capacitive touch overlay.
Getting Started
Running the Quick Start Example Project
- The EK-RA6M3G comes pre-programmed with quick start example project (provided with the example projects bundle).
- Connect the graphics expansion board to the graphics expansion port (J1) on the EK-RA6M3 board.
- Power up the EK-RA6M3G 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 showing graphics elements on the screen.
- Refer to the EK-RA6M3G – Quick Start Guide (PDF | English, 日本語) to explore additional functionality of the quick start example project.
Developing Embedded Applications
- 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 for the RA6M3 MCU Group. These example projects can serve as excellent starting points for you to develop your custom applications.
Building Custom Hardware
- Start by building a functional prototype - utilize the EK-RA6M3 and graphics expansion boards 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-RA6M3G v1 - Design Package (ZIP)
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 ecosystems expansions
- MikroElektronikaTM mikroBUS connector
- Two SeeedGrove® system (I2C) connectors
- Two Digilent PmodTM (SPI and UART) connectors
- ArduinoTM (Uno R3) connector
- MCU boot configuration jumper
- Graphics Expansion Board
- 4.3-inch TFT color LCD
- 480 x 272 resolution
- Capacitive touch overlay with controller
- Back light controller
- SeggerTM emWin Embedded GUI Library
- Enables the creation of stunning graphics
- Powerful and easy to use API
- Uses ANSI C/C++ development environment
Sample & Buy
Evaluation Kit for RA6M3 MCUs with Graphics Expansion Boards
| Description: | Evaluation Kit for RA6M3 MCUs with Graphics Expansion Boards |
| HTS (US): | 8471.50.0150 |
| ECCN (US): | 3A991.a.2 |
| SPQ: | 1 |
| Pb (Lead) Free: | No |
| Assembly Location: | CHINA |
Add-on Hardware
Evaluation Kit for RA6M3 MCU Group
Videos & Training
Kickstart IoT and embedded systems development using Renesas EK-RA6M3, Evaluation Kit for RA6M3 MCU Group. Familiarize yourself with the kit architecture, key features, quick start example project and many useful resources to begin innovating quickly.
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News & Blog Posts
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Support
Support Communities
- Can't debug RA8D1 with EK-RA6M3G (J-Link OB-S124)
I'm trying to externally debug an RA8D1 with the EK-RA6M3G. Flash programmer seems to be able to connect, but J-Link gives the following error: The log: LOG: Connecting to J-Link via USB... LOG: Device "R7FA8D1BH" selected. LOG: ConfigTargetSettings() start LOG: Configuring FlashDLNoRMWThreshold=0x200 in order to ...
May 28, 2024 - EK - RA6M3G :- QSPI custom pin configuration
Hi Team, I am using a custom hardware where my qspi pin configuration is "BankAddr=0x60000000&Loader=CLK@P500_nCS@P501_D0@P502_D1@P503_D2@P504_D3@P208" Using this configuration we are unable to program external memory. Please provide a solution such that we can load the ...
Aug 30, 2023 - EK-RA6M3G / Quick Start Example Project
Hello, I want to get the "Quick Start Example Project" code showing in the Graphics Evaluation Kit for RA6M3 Microcontroller Group EK-RA6M3G Quick Start Guide. Could you let me know where I can get it? I downloaded the examples in here(https://www.renesas.com/br ...
Aug 25, 2021
Knowledge Base
- RA Family: Application Brief: Using FreeRTOS RTOS Resources View with FSP 08
... how this debugging feature in e2 studio works, let's start with an example project that uses FreeRTOS. The emWin Quick Start project for the EK-RA6M3G is a good one. If you don't already have it available in your workspace, download it from here, generate content, compile and ...
Mar 4, 2020 - RA Family: Application Brief: Using Memory View for Graphics Images for Debugging with FSP 08
... see how this debugging feature in e2 studio works, let's start with a graphics oriented example project. The emWin Quick Start project for the EK-RA6M3G is a good one. If you don't already have it available in your workspace, download it from here, generate content, and compile ...
Mar 4, 2020 - RA Family: Application Brief: emWin Hello World for FSP 0.8
emWin is a powerful FSP module for implementing GUI applications. The below attached simple Hello World example project demonstrates how to use emWin with the EK-RA6M3G kit. Read over the following short descriptions and code snippets to understand how the application works and then download, import and run the ...
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