New host drivers and an upgrade of the software environment for the TPS-1 PROFINET IRT Device Chip have been announced by Renesas Electronics Europe. The new software version, based on the latest PROFINET standard, simplifies the PROFINET certification process and speeds up the time-to-market for new PROFINET developments.

Renesas Electronics announced its latest innovative developments in Ethernet time-sensitive networking (TSN). Renesas has become the world’s first to demonstrate standard compliance and interoperability for frame preemption, the most essential feature for TSN at the AVnu Plugfest. Ethernet TSN standards are currently under development by the TSN task group of IEEE802.1. Their goal is to pave the way for seamless deterministic communica...

Software for viewing applications can be developed and evaluated faster, using an advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) view solution kit, says Renesas Electronics.  

Renesas and ESCRYPT announced their collaboration on an integrated hardware and software platform solution that provides high-level security for protecting automotive electronic control units (ECUs). The new joint hardware/software platform solution comprises Renesas' RH850/P1x-C Series of automotive safety microcontrollers (MCUs) that combine on a single-chip: functional safety, security, and vehicle control network technologies, with ESCRY...

Renesas Electronics Europe announced a solution kit including promotional board that enables system designers to quickly implement a TFT-based HMI at lower BOM cost. The RX71M revelation kit is based on Renesas’ scalable 32-bit RX71M Group of MCUs, which provides up to 4-MB on-chip flash memory, 552-KB on-chip RAM and a high performance of 240 MHz. The kit also comes with a “Get Started” book and a hands-on guide to create ...

To accelerate the development of increasingly complex and large-scale automotive computing systems for the autonomous-driving era, Renesas Electronics has announced two new third-generation R-Car starter kits that make the development environment more accessible to automotive software development engineers.

Provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics Europe, has announced an adaptation of its PowerLine Communication (PLC) modem solution to the Renesas Synergy Platform, a qualified platform with fully integrated software, a scalable family of microcontrollers (MCUs), and unified development tool.

  Renesas Electronics announced the RX65N and RX651 Groups of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), which will be the new mainstream among Renesas’ next-generation RX Family lineup. The RX65N/RX651 Groups can be used in various application fields such as networked industrial machinery, building automation, and so forth.

Supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics, and CS Lab GmbH have announced the addition of a BACnet Verified Software Add-on (VSA) to the Renesas Synergy Gallery. Currently available for the Synergy S7G2 Group Microcontrollers (MCUs), the VSA gives the rapidly increasing Synergy Platform customer base plug-and-play access to the proven BACnet stack from CS-Lab GmbH.

Renesas Electronics announced the availability of a NSE SoC reference design that eliminates the development time for search offload engine in the communication industry’s fastest-speed class 400-Gbps network equipment. Targeting router and switch applications, the reference design comprises a network search engine evaluation board and a Xilinx FPGA employing a search SoC control IP to simplify the integration of custom functions.

A new collaboration has been forged between Renesas Electronics Corporation and Cohda Wireless in the fields of automotive vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications. By bringing together Renesas’ V2X R-Car system-on-chips (SoCs) and Cohda Wireless’ V2X and CAV software solutions, the companies can deliver a V2X reference solution that supports European and North American communications standards for V...

To help accelerate the arrival of autonomous driving, Renesas has announced the availability of an expansive lineup of V2X solutions. The solutions include two SoCs (System-on-Chips) that will ease the development process for V2V (Vehicle-to-Vehicle) and V2I (Vehicle-to-Infrastructure) communication systems.  

A range of low-power 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) has been announced by Renesas Electronics. The RL78/L1A Group microcontrollers have LCD drivers that are ideal for battery-powered sensing devices used in healthcare applications such as blood glucose monitors, lactate analysers, cholesterol analysers, and other devices equipped with biochemical sensors.

A contactless wireless charging solution for low-power applications, such as hearing aids and other wearable devices that require resistance to water and dust has been announced by Renesas Electronics. The wireless charging solution consists of a power receiver IC (RAA457100) and a power transmitter IC (RAA458100).

Renesas Electronics Europe announced that its UK staff recently moved back into its office in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, which has undergone significant interior and exterior renovation. The facility has been completely redesigned to be much more ergonomic and modern, and is now equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories and meeting spaces to encourage knowledge sharing among employees.

Renesas Electronics announced an agreement to acquire Intersil for US$3.22 billion. This follows July's announcement that Analog Devices (ADI) will acquire Linear Technology Corp. (LTC) for $14.8 billion. These deals will cause a shakeup in the analog IC market. According to IC Insights ranking of analog IC suppliers for 2015,ADI was number four, LTC was number eight and Renesas was number ten.

Renesas Electronics and Intersil have signed a definitive agreement for Renesas to acquire Intersil for $22.50 per share in cash, representing an aggregate equity value of approximately $3.2bn (approximately 321.9bn yen at an exchange rate of 100 yen to the dollar). The transaction has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies. Closing of the transaction is expected in the first half of 2017, following approval by Int...

The RZ/T1 is a real-time motion control device from Renesas Electronics.

Renesas Electronics and TSMC have announced that they are collaborating on 28nm eFlash process technology for manufacturing MCUs targeted at next-gen green and autonomous vehicles. The automotive MCUs employing this new 28nm process technology are slated for sample shipment and mass production in 2017 and 2020, respectively.

Renesas Synergy platform has helped technology company NEXTAN maximise the full potential of Luv1 Ecosystem, a wireless activity sensor that aims to improve the elderly’s life at home.