RZ/A Series 32-bit MPU

Introduction

This page is for the Renesas RZ/A family of embedded SoCs. The main goal is to make the information about RZ/A SoCs friendly, easy to access for embedded developers.

The links below can be used to get familiar with Renesas RZ/A SoC

• RZ/A MPU – The Power of an MPU, the Simplicity of an MCU

Boards

• Here is the list of available Renesas Evaluation Boards (bottom of page).
• The board pages below contain instructions for downloading and building the BSP as well as other useful information about the boards.

RZ/A3

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◼ RZA3UL Evaluation board RZA3UL by Renesas

RZ/A2M

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◼ RZA2M Evaluation board RZA2M by Renesas

◼ RZA2M MBED Mango [1] by Renesas MBED

RZ/A1

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◼ Stream It kit RZ/A1LU by Renesas

◼ RZ/A1H Starter Kit RZA/1H by Renesas

◼ GR-LYCHEE [2] RZ/A1LU by Renesas MBED

◼ GR-PEACH [3] RZ/A1H by Renesas MBED

Official Software and Documentation

These are the currently supported Software packages for the RZA1 and RZA2M. The

• RZ/A2M FreeRTOS™ Software Package
• RZ/A1LU FreeRTOS™ Software Package
• RZ/A1H FreeRTOS™ Software Package
• Microsoft Azure RZA Software Package

Renesas Supported Development Environments

• Renesas e2studio
• RZA1 Smart Configurator
  • NOTE: The RZA1 is not supported on the Smart Configurator found in the Renesas e2studio IDE.
  • This Smart Conjugator is a standalone application
  • Hardware Pin Configuration is supported
  • Code Generation not supported

RZA GUI Platforms

• Microsoft Azure GUIX demos
• TES Guiliani 　demos Support Page
• Crank contact Crank for RZA demos
• MicroEJ contact MicroEJ for RZA Java demos
• Tara Embedded Wizard contact Tara for RZA demos

RZA Bootloaders

Below are links to Source code for the RZ/A bootloaders and firmware update. These are reference code that was designed for the Renesas RZ/A EVKs. Included below are links to porting documentation.

RZA1

• RZ/A1 Bootloader
  • RZ/A1H Group Example of Booting from Serial Flash Memory doc and Source Code
  • RZ/A1LU QSPI Flash Boot Loader doc and Source Code
  • RZ/A1LU Group Example of Booting from Serial Flash Memory doc and Source Code
• RZA firmware update
  • The RZA1 does not have Firmware Update reference code.
  • Refer to the RZA2M Firmware Update for Serial Flash Driver to port to the RZA1.

RZA2M

• RZ/A2M Group Example of booting from OctaFlash™ using SPI multi I/O bus controller doc, Source Code
• RZA2M Firmware update ( rza2m_fw_update_sample_freertos_gcc.zip )
  • Code and documentation is in the "RZ/A2M Group RZ/A2M Simple Applications Package"

Articles and Whitepapers

• RZ/A2M: Improve Machine Vision up to 20 times with Renesas DRP!
• RZ/A2M DRP realizes fast detection of 2D barcode code type Sample Code
• RZ/A2M DRP realizes efficient mask face detection Sample Code

Topics

🎥 Demo Videos

FAQ

• Hardware Related
  • RZA1
  • RZA2M
• Common RZA IDE issues
• RZA FreeRTOS