The RX230 Group of 32-bit MCUs have been introduced by Renesas Electronics Europe. The MCUs achieve top-class power performances in standby at only 0.8μA and operate from a 1.8-5.5V supply, making them suitable for applications requiring high processing performance in environments with low current supply capacity, as well as the robustness needed in home appliance applications.

Renesas Electronics has announced developments for the Renesas Synergy Platform, including the commercial release of the Renesas Synergy Software Package (SSP) version 1.0.0, mass production availability of the S7G2 Renesas Synergy MCUs and availability of the first Verified Software Add-on (VSA) software from VSA Programme partners.

Renesas Electronics and TTTech Computertechnik are collaborating on the development of a new automotive platform solution, aimed at providing a future proof, high-performance advanced ECU development platform for ADAS. The automotive platform solution will integrate Renesas’ automotive control MCU, the RH850/P1x, and high-performance R-Car SoCs with TTTech’s TTIntegration software platform to enable highly complex automotive solutions...

Optimised for use as video buffer memory in automotive infotainment SoCs, a dual-port on-chip SRAM has been introduced by Renesas Electronics for in-vehicle infotainment SoCs in the 16nm and later generations. The SRAM is capable of realising the real-time image processing capabilities necessary for future autonomous-driving vehicle technologies.

Renesas Electronics has unveiled the third generation R-Car, an automotive computing platform solution for driving safety support systems and in-vehicle infotainment systems. The new R-Car H3 System-on-Chip (SoC), the first member of the third generation R-Car, delivers CPU performance, image recognition processing, ISO 26262 (ASIL-B) compliance, and a system in package (SiP) with external memory to enable a range of automotive applications.

Renesas Electronics Europe and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) have announced their collaboration on industrial security solutions and services. Their first solution focuses on anti-counterfeiting solutions for industrial products and will be demonstrated at the SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg (November 24th-26th) by Renesas on stand 6-445.

Renesas Electronics Europe has announced it is expanding development support for touch-based home appliance, building, industrial automation and portable medical applications with the RX130 Group of 32-bit MCUs. The new Group allows embedded developers to incorporate both user interface (i.e., touch key) and system control capabilities in a single MCU.

Renesas Electronics Europe has announced the availability of a secure connectivity solution for industrial automation applications that supports secure web access using standard internet protocols over a PROFINET communication. A demo of the solution will be showcased during the SPS IPC Drives fair in Nuremberg (24th-26th Nov) at the Renesas stand 445 in Hall 6.

Renesas Electronics Europe and TMG TE has announced the PROFIBUS slave stack availability for the R-IN Family. The two companies have expanded their partnership to provide system solutions for Renesas’ R-IN32M3 series of industrial Ethernet communication Application Specific Standard Products (ASSPs) and RZ/T1 group of MPUs. In addition to the extensive set of industrial Ethernet protocols, an optimised PROFIBUS slave implementation is now ...

Renesas Electronics Corporation and National Electric Vehicle Sweden (Nevs) today announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement. Utilising Nevs’ Phoenix architecture technology for electric vehicles and Renesas' technologies for new energy vehicles, the companies will join forces on the development of various system solutions targeting China’s new energy vehicle market.

Expanding its RL78 family, Renesas Electronics has unveiled the RL78/F15 group of low-power 16-bit MCUs for vehicle control systems such as body control modules, air conditioners and power seats. The high-functionality MCU group combines industry-leading low-power consumption with high processing performance and CAN communication that can be used independently for control and diagnostics.

Renesas Electronics Europe and port have announced the availability of a highly efficient CANopen protocol stack for Renesas’ smart 32-bit RX231 MCUs. The RX231 series provides large on-chip SRAM of up to 64kB and up to 512kB of on-chip flash, paired with one CAN interface, which is fully compliant with the CAN 2.0B and the ISO11898-1 (standard and extended frames) standards and is therefore well-suited to industrial and consumer applicatio...

Renesas Electronics has announced the third generation of its OFDM Power-Line Communication (PLC) modem solution which continues to provide the flexibility to support any PLC protocol standard, such as PRIME1.3.6/1.4 and G3, for all global frequency bands including CENELEC A, FCC and ARIB.

Renesas has released the first products in the company’s Synergy Platform, a qualified, easy-to-use platform designed to accelerate time-to-market, reduce TCO and remove many of the obstacles engineers face when designing IoT and other embedded applications. The platform’s first products include the S7G2 and S3A7 MCU groups, which target connected HMI and power-efficient control applications used in industrial, healthcare, home applia...

Designed to be used in a wide spectrum of applications, Renesas Electronics has announced the ADAS Surround View Kit. An extension of the ADAS Starter kit, the ADAS Surround View Kit simplifies and accelerates the development of surround view applications (especially when combined with the ADAS Starter Kit). Surround view applications are expected to play a major role in future cars, providing additional comfort and new safety features.

Enabling the rapid development of high-performance Linux and Android applications, Renesas Electronics has announced the RZ/G MPU series. Designed for industrial, home appliances and office equipment employing an HMI, the RZ/G series extends the capabilities of the successful RZ/A series MPUs to deliver high-end performance in applications such as image processing, video sensing and 3D graphics and multimedia at up to 1080p resolution.

Developed specifically for V2X applications, the R-Car W2R SoC has been announced by Renesas Electronics. The automotive wireless communication SoC is designed for Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communications (also known as V2X or Vehicle-to-X) in the 5.9GHz band.

An SoC dedicated for Ethernet AVB-enabled vehicle camera networks, the R-Car T2, has been introduced by Renesas Electronics. The R-Car T2 enables the delivery of high-resolution camera video through multiple systems while maintaining real-time performance with low latency levels. These capabilities are key to providing the surround view monitoring and obstacle detection applications that contribute to safe driving experiences.

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  To significantly reduce development time to implement functional safety for industrial equipment and devices, such as sensors, safety controllers, and industrial drives, Renesas Electronics has introduced the RX111 safety package.