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

Online Resources

🌐 RZ/G Series Website

RZ/G Series Linux MPUs (Main Page)

• Software and Document Downloads

• Recommended Winning Combinations

• Available Evaluation Kits

• Links to the individual devices product pages: (largest to smallest)

RZ/G2H , RZ/G2M , RZ/G2N , RZ/G2E , RZ/G2L , RZ/G2LC , RZ/G2UL

🧭 Introductory Guide to the all RZ MPU Families

Introductory Guide to the all RZ MPU Families

• Get familiar with Renesas RZ MPU Devices

🗺️ Navigating the Renesas Website

See the list of sections at the top of the page

Make sure you click on each tab in each section. The content is hidden on the page until you click the tab.
Some files/downloads are only in tabs. For example, IBIS Models downloads are only in "Models", not "Software and Tools"

Boards

Here is the list of available RZ/G Series Renesas Evaluation Boards and Commercial SOM Boards and Partner Solutions.

The board pages below contain instructions for downloading and building the BSP and other useful information.

RZ/G2 Series Evaluation Boards

Please visit the Renesas website for a complete list of evaluation boards. 📌 Renesas Evaluation Boards Website

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◼ RZ/G2L,/G2LC,/G2UL SMARC by Renesas	◼ RZ/G2E EK874 by Silicon Linux	◼ RZ/G2N,/G2M,/G2H HiHope by HopeRun

RZ/G2 Commercial Boards

Please visit the Renesas website for a list SOM boards provided by Renesas partner companies. 📌 Renesas RZ Partner Ecosystem Solutions Website.
RZ/G2E i.Core EDIMM SOM by Engicam : Helpful Hints Page...

RZ/G1 Series Evaluation Boards

RZ/G1 Evaluation boards are available from partner company iWave Systems Technologies
Please refer to the "Boards & Kits" section on this page

Software and Documentation

Official Renesas Online Documentation
RZ/G2 Linux BSP support page
Easy Download Guide
- The Easy Download Guide is a single document that contains direct links to all material released to an RZ MPU, from software to design guides.
- RZ/G2L, RZ/G2LC Easy Download Guide (PDF)
- RZ/G2UL Easy Download Guide (PDF)
- RZ/G2H, M, N, E Easy Download Guide (PDF)

Third Party Vendors

Altia

Altia GUI Development environment is supported for RZ/G2L

Visita https://altia.com/rzg2l for more information

Demonstration videos can be found here: RZ/G2 Demo Videos

Topics

📦 RZ/G2 Linux BSP BSP Download links and extra information	📇 Yocto Common issues, suggestions, examples	🎛️ Hardware DDR, Clocks, Timers, etc..
📷 Camera Setup info, capture examples	🎨 Graphics GPU drivers, video encode/decode, GUI Frameworks	🖼️ Wayland/Weston Helpful hints about using Weston
🐧 Kernel Kernel config, Dynamic Power, GPIO, drivers	🔑 ARM Trusted Firmware Helpful info	🥾 u-boot Helpful info, GPIO control
🌳 Device Tree and Device Drivers How to enable drivers, Device Tree examples	🚧 RZ/G2 Linux BSP Porting Hints on porting to a new board	♻️ BSP Kernel Update Instructions to update your kernel
🐛 Debugging JTAG, OpenOCD, Eclipse	🧠 AI and ML Open Source AI frameworks	GStreamer Hints and examples
🎥 Demo Videos A collection of video links	📡 Communications RS-485, SPI, Ethernet, LBSC, etc...	'