Renesas Electronics today disclosed details of its roadmap for next-generation microcontrollers and microprocessors. Among the new developments, Renesas announced plans to use the company’s 40 nanometer MONOS embedded flash technology with its RX family of high-performance, general-purpose 32-bit MCUs.

Renesas have today unveiled Smart Analog, a technology innovation that stands to have a radical effect on the way engineers implement sensors in embedded designs. Modern sensor devices are complex systems that require tuning of circuitry to convert the analog signals produced by the sensor itself into a signal appropriate for a microcontroller’s analog-to-digital converter subsystem.

Renesas have announced it is expanding its portfolio of embedded technology solutions for the Smart Factory, partnering with leading industrial networking experts IXXAT and Real Time Automation to deliver software and IP for popular industrial networking technologies such as Ethernet/IP and CANopen targeted toward the Renesas RX600 series of MCUs.

Renesas have launched a new chipset implementing the voltage regulator for CPU power supplies used in PCs, servers, and storage systems. It comprises the R2A30521NP, the industry’s first VR controller that integrates a microcontroller-based digital interface, and the R2J20759NP, an intelligent pulse width modulation-Driver-MOSFET device with an integrated current detection circuit.

Renesas has expanded its portfolio of solutions for the low-power RL78/G14 MCU family in order to simplify systems development and decrease time-to-market. Designed to deliver performance and power-efficiency while incorporating advanced on-chip peripherals, the RL78/G14 MCUs are ideal for a number of applications including low-power consumer and wireless systems, household appliances, home healthcare, HVAC equipment and industrial automation sys...

Renesas and STZEDN today announced the availability of a complete Wireless M-Bus 169MHz / 868Mhz solution to address the requirements of sub-metering applications in Europe.

Renesas Electronics today announced the RH850/F1x Series of 32-bit microcontrollers for automotive body applications as the first products to be released in the RH850 Family of automotive MCUs with on-chip flash memory employing the industry's most advanced 40 nanometer process.

Renesas Electronics today announced 21 new 16-bit microcontroller (MCU) products in the RL78/D1A Group, including 48-pin versions, which are the industry’s smallest single-chip MCUs for two-wheeled vehicle meter applications. The new devices with packages ranging from 48 to 100 pins are designed for cost-sensitive meter control applications in two- and four-wheeled vehicles in various markets.

Renesas Product Manager Carmelo Sansone introduces the RX200 family of Microcontrollers. The newer RX200 family brings power consumption and operating voltage range to new levels. High Performance is now accessible to battery operated devices. This video describes the main features and how to get started with the RX200 microcontroller family.

Renesas Electronics announced today that Dean Kamen will be a guest speaker at the Renesas DevCon on Wednesday October 24, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency in Orange County.

Renesas has today revealed the release of three new super-junction metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistors featuring figure of merit: on-state resistance x gate change in a 600 V power semiconductor device suitable for high-speed motor drives, DC-DC converters, and DC-AC inverter applications.

Renesas has developed the near field communication wireless charging system to eliminate the power cable for charging and increase efficiency of those systems. Renesas supplies the essential components needed to build a system: the NFC microcontroller RF20, the power transmitter IC R2A45801, and the power receiver IC R2A45701. Renesas also provides the total kit including peripheral general-purpose devices (e.g. power semiconductor devices) as a ...

Renesas Electronics have announced the availability of its SuperSpeed USB hub controller system-on-chip, the μPD720210, for use in hubs that enable connection of multiple devices supporting the USB 3.0 standard, such as PC peripherals and digital TVs.

Renesas has today unveiled the RX21A Group of 32-bit microcontrollers for smart meters with advanced functionality. The new MCUs are the first in the industry to combine large flash memory capacity of 512 KB and a 24-bit delta-sigma A/D converter for high-resolution measurement. The RX21A Group of MCUs implements in a single chip functions that previously required separate devices, such as power measurement, meter control, calculation of electric...

Renesas has today released the English edition of its Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2012 (Social and Environmental), which is available online here. The CSR Report serves as a significant communication tool with the company's stakeholders and introduces Renesas Group's engagement in CSR and environmental preservation efforts and further promotes these activities for the future.

Renesas Electronics Europe, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that the Volkswagen Group has recognized its customer orientation and support with the 2012 supplier award. Renesas Electronics was also commended for maintaining supply chain reliability during the Japanese earthquake disaster of March 2011. The Volkswagen Group Award 2012 was presented by Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Mana...

Renesas Electronics Europe today announced that it has been commended by Continental Automotive Group with the Supplier of the Year 2011 Award. The award ceremony took place on July 4th at Continental’s Supplier Day 2012 event in Berlin. The accolade for Renesas was in the application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) category. Continental has over 1000 suppliers around the world and selected 14 of its most important strategic partners for thi...

Renesas have today announced the release of 13 new products in its 7th-generation Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor lineup with industry-leading high performance. The new IGBTs include the RJH/RJP65S series for 650 V and RJP1CS series for 1250 V.

Renesas today announced “Direction of various measures to establish robust and profitable structure”. The outline of the direction is as follows. Renesas has been aiming for the stable growth as achieving a double-digit operating profit since the merger in April, 2010. Please refer to the full presentation material for more details.

Renesas Electronics Europe and port GmbH today announced the availability of a highly efficient CANopen protocol stack and an engineering tool (CDT – CANopen Design Tool) for Renesas’ high performance 32-bit RX600 series of microcontrollers. Renesas ported the widely used and popular CANopen software stack in cooperation with its business partner port GmbH.