Latest Technologies of Renesas Electronics America

2022-09-26, Renesas' family of optocouplers uses 3.3 V/5 V power supply

2022-09-16, Renesas Electronics Expands ProXO Oscillator Lineup for High-Performance Communications and Data Center Applications

Renesas Electronics Group has announced the launch of the ProXO+ family of compact, ultra-low noise, temperature compensated clock oscillators, expanding its lineup of robust clock solutions. The new high precision, high frequency differential oscillator products are suitable for fiber optic transceiver modules, accelerator cards, smart NIC cards and network equipment applications.

2022-09-15, Renesas Electronics Releases New Resolver 4.0 Catalog Offering 80 Market-Proven Inductive Position Sensor Designs

Renesas Electronics has announced the launch of its new Resolver 4.0 reference design catalog for innovative inductive position sensors for automotive and industrial motors. The Resolver 4.0 directory provides turnkey solutions that can be implemented in a wide range of applications such as automotive systems, robotics, servo motors, home automation, and healthcare.

2022-09-09, Renesas Expands Its Outstanding RISC-V Embedded Processing Portfolio with New Motor Control ASSP Solutions

Renesas Electronics announced that the R9A02G020, the industry's first RISC-V MCU optimized for advanced motor control systems, enables users to benefit from a ready-to-use turnkey solution for motor control applications without investing in development costs. With pre-programmed ASSPs, users can reduce time-to-market and costs, saving RISC-V-related tools and software investments. Target applications for the new solutions include home/building automation, healthcare equipment, home appliances, drones, and more.

2022-09-07, Renesas CK-RX65N Cloud Kit Powers Smart Home and Industrial Control Applications

The Renesas Electronics CK-RX65N Cloud Kit product provides a complete connectivity solution that enables engineers to rapidly prototype Internet of Things (IoT) clouds without the need for complex custom circuits and software stacks. The kit enables users to securely connect to the cloud to monitor various operational states in applications such as smart homes and buildings, healthcare, and industrial monitoring and control.

2022-08-31, Renesas Electronics Introduces Next-Generation Silicon-Based IGBTs for Electric Vehicle Inverters

Renesas Electronics announced the launch of a new generation of Si-IGBT (Silicon-Based Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) devices that deliver lower power losses in a smaller size. For next-generation electric vehicle (EVs) inverter applications, mass production of AE5-generation IGBT products will begin in the first half of 2023 at Renesas' 200mm and 300mm wafer lines in Naka, Japan

2022-08-29, Renesas' family of optocouplers operates from 3.3 V/5 V supplies with high noise margin CMR for low current operation

Renesas RV1S9x60A optocouplers are designed to keep pace with today's industrial equipment to shrink packaging and save energy, address environmental concerns and save costs. Temperature rises from high-density PCB layouts and noise from high-speed power devices create challenges for system designers. Series Operates from 3.3 V/5 V Supply with High Noise Tolerant CMR for Low Current Operation

2022-08-28, Industrial Ethernet's main control board simplifies the realization of network functions

Renesas Electronics Corporation now offers RZ/N2L mpus for Industrial Ethernet communications, making it simple to add networking capabilities to industrial equipment and devices. These devices follow many industry standard specifications and protocols to aid the development of industrial automation equipment requiring real-time capabilities. New products support the increasingly popular TSN Ethernet standard that provides real-time communications. The new devices integrate a tsn-compliant three-port Gigabit Ethernet switch and an EtherCAT slave controller

2022-08-24, Renesas' RZ/N2L family of 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-R52 MPUs

The Renesas RZ/N2L MPU is a high-performance ASSP that uses an Arm Cortex-R52 processor with a floating point unit (FPU), NEON™, and 1.5MB on-chip SRAM. This is an industrial Ethernet LSI, which can achieve industrial Ethernet communication. It has parallel host interface and serial host interface to connect the external CPU, which is convenient for the existing system

2022-08-23, Renesas' RX140 32-bit has an ultra-low-power MCU

The RX140 microcontroller in the Renesas RX100 series offers the highest processing performance and low power current. This makes them suitable for a wide range of home appliance, industrial and building automation applications. The RX140 with the RXv2 kernel can achieve a maximum operating frequency of 48 MHz, which is about twice the performance of the previous RX130 operating frequency of 32 MHz.

2022-08-15, Microcontrollers Provide Superior Noise Tolerance for Home Appliances and Industrial Applications

Renesas Electronics has added a new member to the RX 32-bit MCU family, the RX660 MCU group, which supports operating voltages up to 5V and provides excellent noise margin for home appliances and industrial equipment exposed to high EMI. The device is the first in the company's high-end RX general-purpose MCU devices to support 5V, and the first in the RX family to offer a built-in CAN FD controller for fast data communication.

2022-08-10, Renesas Electronics Introduces RZ/N2L MPU for Industrial Ethernet, Simplifying Implementation of Network Functions in Industrial Equipment

Renesas has released a new "successful product portfolio" of two PoC (Proof of Concept) boards using RZ/N2L. These solutions use matching Renesas devices to work together seamlessly. The Gigabit Industrial Ethernet SOM solution uses Renesas' power management ICs, optocouplers, EEPROMs, and other mixed-signal devices to provide configurable industrial Ethernet in a SOM+ carrier board architecture.

2022-08-05, Renesas Electronics Introduces Powerful RZ/A3UL MPU with RTOS Support and High-Definition HMI and Fast Boot

Renesas Electronics, a global semiconductor solutions provider, announced the launch of the RZ/A3UL microprocessor (MPU) family, which enables high-definition human-machine interface (HMI) and fast startup capabilities for applications requiring high throughput and real-time capabilities.

2022-08-04, Renesas Introduces I3C Smart Switches for Next-Generation Server, Storage, and Communication System Applications

Renesas Electronics announces the launch of the RG3MxxB12 family of I3C smart switching devices for next-generation server motherboards and other infrastructure devices -- new chips that greatly improve scalability and reliability while reducing the complexity of high-performance system design. Enable an I3C control plane network with multiple originator controllers, such as cpus and substrate management controllers /BMC, to support goals in a large physical network running at full speed by improving signal integrity and reducing capacitive load.

2022-08-03, Renesas Electronics Introduces 5V High-Performance RX660 32-bit MCU

Renesas Electronics announced the introduction of the RX660 microcontroller (MCU) product family, a new member of the RX 32-bit MCU product family. The new products support 5V operating voltages, providing superior noise tolerance for household appliances and industrial equipment exposed to high electromagnetic interference. As the first 5V supporting device in Renesas's high-end RX universal MCU product, RX660 is also the first device in the RX product family with built-in CAN FD controller, enabling high-speed data communication.

2022-07-18, High precision microprocessor for AI vision Iot applications

Mouser now stocks the RZ/V2L AI microprocessors from Renesas Electronics. Ideal for engineers looking for a cost-efficient AI solution, the devices provide entry-level AI while offering several robust features found with its predecessor, the RZ/V2M, comprising best-in-class power efficiency and high-precision AI acceleration.

2022-07-10, Complete smart sensor solutions for Iot applications

Renesas Electronics Corporation is changing how designers construct sensor-connected IoT applications with various new solutions aimed at faster design cycles, improved accuracy, and lower system costs.

2022-07-04, Mouser launches Renesas RZ/V2L high-precision MPU for AI vision IoT applications

The Renesas RZ/V2L microprocessor is equipped with Renesas' unique AI dynamic Configurable processor (DRP-AI), so it can support a variety of image processing purposes, including color correction and noise reduction of input/output images. RZ/V2L microprocessors come in 15 mm x 15 mm or 21 mm x 21 mm BGA packages, both of which are compatible with Renesas RZ/G2L pins, making it easy to upgrade and reuse software without modifying system configurations.