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[Upgrade to Version] e² studio 2025-04 (PDF | English, 日本語)
Supports Smart configurator for RX V2.25.00.
[Upgrade to Version] e² studio 2025-04 (PDF | English, 日本語)
Supports Smart configurator for RX V2.25.00.
e² studio is an Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE) for Renesas MCUs. In addition to Eclipse’s own powerful code editor, e² studio offers a rich range of extended functions. e² studio covers all development processes, from the downloading of sample code to debugging.
Release Information
| Architecture | Ver. | Released |
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| 64-bit version | 2025-04 | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 32-bit version (Note1) | V7.8.0 | Apr 20, 2020 |
Note
- Henceforth, only the 64-bit version of the e² studio is to have regular updates. Updates to the 32-bit version of the e² studio, on the other hand, will be limited to essential modifications.
- Details of upgrade (See Tool News)
- Operating Environment
- How to install: User's Manual Chapter 2
Information on Usage
| Installation | Building and Debugging |
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|---|---|---|---|
| e² studio Integrated Development Environment User's Manual: Getting Started Guide RX, RL78, RH850 Family Rev.1.00 (PDF | English, 日本語) | RX Smart Configurator User's Guide: e² studio (PDF | English, 日本語) | ||
FAQ
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| e² studio FAQs |
| Where can I find e² studio tutorial? |
| Project Migration from CS+ to e² studio |
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Videos & Training
e² studio Tips: How to Use the Expressions View During Debugging
The Expressions view in e² studio lets you monitor the values of variables and expressions during debugging, among other features. This video demonstrates how to use the Expressions view.
Related Resources
Video List
News & Blog Posts
| RX Family Software – The Past and the Future - #4 | Blog Post | Jul 11, 2022 |
| RX Family Software – The Past and the Future - #3 | Blog Post | Apr 5, 2022 |
| RX Family Software – The Past and the Future - #1 | Blog Post | Feb 1, 2022 |
Additional Details
See the table below for features of the software and tools available for use with the e² studio on RX-family products.
For an overview of the functions and features of the e² studio, refer to e² studio (the general page).
Code generation support and other useful functions for the RX family
| Tool name | Description |
|---|---|
| Smart Configurator | A GUI-based tool that provides support for downloading and importing middleware for code generation and configuring various settings |
| Smart Manual | A function that allows you to find various information in a hardware manual, such as on registers, without opening the actual hardware manual |
| Smart Browser | A function that allows you to easily search and show the latest version of the hardware manual, technical updates, application notes, and tool news for the Renesas microcontroller you are using |
| Assistant for Optimization | A function that assists in optimizing the size of program code |
Compilers for the RX Family
| Supported Compiler | Information on Usage |
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| Renesas C/C++ Compiler Package for RX Family [CC-RX] |
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| Open Source ・GCC for Renesas RX |
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| IAR IAR C/C++ Compiler for Renesas RX |
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Note:
- CC-RX V3.06.01 supports Ubuntu version 20.04. Support for other versions of Ubuntu is under consideration for the next version.
Debugging tools for the RX Family
- e² studio Simulator (Note1)
- E2 Emulator (Note2,3)
- E2 Emulator Lite (Note2)
- E20 Emulator (Note3)
- E1 Emulator（Discontinued product)
- Segger J-Link (Note4)
Note
- Installed in the e² studio as a standard item.
- Compatible with tools from IAR
- The usable functions of the E20 emulator for RX family MCUs other than those of the RX600 and RX700 series are the same as for the E1.
- Product from a Renesas partner
QE: Tools for Particular Applications for RX Family
- QE for Capacitive Touch: Development Assistance Tool for Capacitive Touch Sensors
- QE for BLE: Development Assistance Tool for Bluetooth® Low Energy
- QE for Display: Development Assistance Tool for Display Applications
- QE for USB: A Dedicated Tool for USB
- QE for OTA: Development Assistance for Cloud
Details: QE(Quick and Effective tool solution)
Simpler Development of IoT Devices Connectable with Cloud Service
The e² studio supports the development of software for IoT devices to be connectable with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Service. The e² studio offers the following powerful functions for FreeRTOS or Azure RTOS.
- Quick building after downloading the latest version of FreeRTOS or Azure RTOS project directly from GitHub®
- Assisting in configuring RTOS, all required drivers, network stacks (TCP/IP, Wi-Fi, and MQTT), and component libraries (Device Shadow, Azure RTOS NetX duo so on)(Note1)
- Embedding additional middleware and drivers (such as for USB and file-system support) in IoT devices
Usage in detail (RX Family Amazon FreeRTOS download with e² studio Rev.1.00 (PDF | English, 日本語))
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Note
- The settable components of RTOS are as follows: MQTT, Greengrass Discovery, Device Shadow, Azure RTOS NetX duo , Secure Sockets, and TCP/IP
- AWS and Amazon Web Services are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. (https://aws.amazon.com/trademark-guidelines/)
- Azure is a trademark owned by Microsoft Corporation and its affiliated companies.(https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/Trademarks/)
- Microsoft has announced the open sourcing of Azure RTOS.
Azure RTOS will now be provided by the Eclipse Foundation as Eclipse ThreadX. For details, see the Microsoft website. - FreeRTOS is a trademark of Amazon Web Services, Inc. (http://www.openrtos.net/copyright.html)
- GitHub® is a trademark of GitHub, Inc. (https://github.com/logos)
- See below for building FreeRTOS projects in e² studio: Knowledge Base "Building FreeRTOS projects in e² studio"