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Renesas Itako Plant Resumes Operations on Schedule, Potential Improvement in Automotive Chip Shortage

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Renesas Itako Plant Resumes Operations on Schedule, Potential Improvement in Automotive Chip Shortage

On the 23rd, International Electronic Business News learned that Renesas Electronics, the world’s largest automotive MCU manufacturer, announced on the 22nd that its Nakano plant (located in Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan), which was halted due to a 7.3 magnitude earthquake earlier this month, has successfully resumed operations, and production capacity has returned to pre-disaster … Read more

Renesas RA8 Series Tutorial | Essential Documentation for Learning RA8

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Renesas RA8 Series Tutorial | Essential Documentation for Learning RA8

Whether you are a beginner with MCUs or working on projects using MCUs, we often refer to various related documentation (materials). So, what are the commonly referenced documents for learning the RA8 microcontroller? Where can these documents be found? 01 Where to Find Renesas RA8 Documentation? Beginners looking for documentation often resort to Baidu to … Read more

Renesas RA Series MCU Naming Method and Selection

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Renesas RA Series MCU Naming Method and Selection

2.2.2 Renesas RA Series MCU Naming Method and Selection 2.2.2.1 Renesas MCU Naming Method Overall Naming: Click to view larger image For beginners, understanding the different numbers and letters in the model numbers of the RA product family can be challenging. We will first take one model from the RA series MCU, R7FA6M5BH2CBG, as an … Read more

Introduction to ARM Microcontrollers and Overview of Renesas RA Series MCUs

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Introduction to ARM Microcontrollers and Overview of Renesas RA Series MCUs

Chapter 2 Introduction to Renesas RA Series Chips 2.1 What is an ARM Microcontroller Microcontroller MCU Commonly known as a microcontroller, this concept is familiar to those who have studied microcomputer principles. An ARM microcontroller, as the name suggests, is a microcontroller based on ARM architecture, or more specifically, a microcontroller that incorporates an ARM … Read more

Expert Insights: An Interview with Renesas Electronics’ Chief Timing Officer on the Current State of Clock IC Technology

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Expert Insights: An Interview with Renesas Electronics' Chief Timing Officer on the Current State of Clock IC Technology

Zaher Baidas Vice President and General Manager of the Renesas Timing Product Division Clocks lay the foundation for the operation of every electronic device. Clock-synchronized data signals are often referred to as the metronome of the chip industry, ensuring system reliability. However, today’s timing products are no longer just about maintaining the rhythm of a … Read more

Renesas Enhances Edge Computing with New AI-Enhanced Reconfigurable Processor

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Renesas Enhances Edge Computing with New AI-Enhanced Reconfigurable Processor

Renesas Electronics Corporation has expanded its microprocessor (MPU) lineup with a cutting-edge innovation: the RZ/V2N. This groundbreaking MPU, launched at the 2025 Embedded World Conference, integrates a powerful artificial intelligence accelerator and reconfigurable processing capabilities, promising to enhance the landscape of edge computing. The core of the RZ/V2N features an impressive architecture with four Arm … Read more

Countermeasures for Touch Button Noise from Renesas

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Countermeasures for Touch Button Noise from Renesas

Touch button products are widely used in more and more products due to their aesthetic appeal, ease of use, and easy cleaning. The scenarios in which they are used are also increasing, and the reliability of touch buttons in complex external environments is receiving greater attention. This article focuses on the characteristics of Renesas products … Read more

Launch of Domestic EtherCAT Solutions Competing with LAN9252

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Launch of Domestic EtherCAT Solutions Competing with LAN9252

Currently, the EtherCAT slave solutions available on the market mainly include the following types. The traditional ones are chips like the Beckhoff ET1100, which require a master control + ESC + PHY, resulting in higher costs, making them unsuitable for the competitive pace of domestic general-purpose products. The second type integrates PHY with the ESC, … Read more

How to Achieve Sleep Wake-Up with MCU UART?

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How to Achieve Sleep Wake-Up with MCU UART?

Follow+Star Public Account, don’t miss wonderful content Source | Renesas Embedded Encyclopedia UART is one of the most common communication methods in embedded development, thus making it a necessary peripheral for many projects. The MCU UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter) achieving sleep wake-up functionality typically involves low power design, interrupt mechanisms, and UART configuration. Below, we … Read more

Ultra-Low Power and Cost Cortex-M23 Microcontroller

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Ultra-Low Power and Cost Cortex-M23 Microcontroller

Source | Renesas Embedded Encyclopedia Recently, Renesas Electronics released a low-cost 32-bit microcontroller based on the Cortex-M23 core, with a clock frequency of up to 32M in the RA0 series low-power MCU: The new RA0 series of the Renesas RA MCU family introduces the RA0E1 product group, which is an entry-level easy-to-use MCU with excellent … Read more