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Renesas RA4 Series Quick Start Manual

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RA4W1 Group
Evaluation Kit for RA4W1 Microcontroller Group
Renesas
RA Family
RA4 Series
All information contained in these materials, including products and product specifications, represents
information on the product at the time of publication and is subject to change by Renesas Electronics
Corp. without notice. Please review the latest information published by Renesas Electronics Corp.
through various means, including the Renesas Electronics Corp. website (http://www.renesas.com).
www.renesas.com
EK-RA4W1
Quick Start Guide
Rev.1.00 Apr 2020

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  • Page 1 All information contained in these materials, including products and product specifications, represents information on the product at the time of publication and is subject to change by Renesas Electronics Corp. without notice. Please review the latest information published by Renesas Electronics Corp.
  • Page 2 Renesas Electronics disclaims any and all liability for any damages or losses incurred by you or any third parties arising from the use of any Renesas Electronics product that is inconsistent with any Renesas Electronics data sheet, user’s manual or other Renesas Electronics document.
  • Page 3 Renesas or its affiliates shall in no event be liable for any loss of profit, loss of data, loss of contract, loss of business, damage to reputation or goodwill, any economic loss, any reprogramming or recall costs (whether the foregoing losses are direct or indirect) nor shall Renesas or its affiliates be liable for any other direct or indirect special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of or in relation to the use of this EK-RA4W1, even if Renesas or its affiliates have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Quick Start Guide Renesas RA Family EK-RA4W1 Contents Introduction ..........................6 Assumptions and Advisory Notes ......................7 Kit Connection ......................... 7 Overview of the Quick Start Example Project................8 Running the Quick Start Example Project ................9 Connecting and Powering Up the EK-RA4W1 Board ................10 Startup Confirmation..........................
  • Page 5 Renesas RA Family EK-RA4W1 – Quick Start Guide Figure 13. Selecting LED Blink Rate Characteristic ..................14 Figure 14. LED Blink Control ......................... 14 Figure 15. Connecting to PC for Programming HCI Firmware ..............15 Figure 16. Connecting to PC for Connecting BTTS ..................15 Figure 17.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA4W1 – Quick Start Guide 1. Introduction This Quick Start Guide (QSG) provides: • An overview of the Quick Start example project that the EK-RA4W1 board comes pre-programmed with. • Instructions for running the Quick Start example project.

  • Page 7: Assumptions And Advisory Notes

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA4W1 – Quick Start Guide 1.1 Assumptions and Advisory Notes 1. Tool experience: It is assumed that the user has prior experience working with IDEs such as e studio and terminal emulation programs such as Tera Term.

  • Page 8: Renesas Ra Family

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA4W1 – Quick Start Guide 3. Overview of the Quick Start Example Project Figure 3 shows the operating flow of this example project. EK-RA4W1 Target Board for RX23W Remote Device Start advertising Remote Device action Start scanning...

  • Page 9: Running The Quick Start Example Project

    • A PC with at least 1 USB port • A smartphone with the following OS and the smartphone App “GATTBrowser” from Renesas Electronics (shown in the following graphics).  iOS version 9.0 or later  Android 5.0.1 or later...

  • Page 10: Connecting And Powering Up The Ek-Ra4W1 Board

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA4W1 – Quick Start Guide 4.1 Connecting and Powering Up the EK-RA4W1 Board This product supports USB power supply. Confirm that ESW1-2 is OFF and connect USB connector CN5 to the USB port of your PC (or other power supply) with a USB cable.

  • Page 11: Setting Up Communication With A Smartphone

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA4W1 – Quick Start Guide 5.1 Setting up Communication with a Smartphone Note: The smartphone display varies depending on the OS. In this document, the Android version GATTBrowser screen is used for explanation. To operate this product from a smartphone, use the following steps: 1.

  • Page 12: Figure 9. Confirmation Of Connection Establishment

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA4W1 – Quick Start Guide 5. Confirm that the following are detected: • LED Switch Service (UUID: 58831926-5F05-4267-AB01-B4968E8EFCE0) • Switch State Characteristic (UUID: 58837F57-5F05-4267-AB01-B4968E8EFCE0) • LED Blink Rate Characteristic (UUID: 5883C32F-5F05-4267-AB01-B4968E8EFCE0) Figure 9. Confirmation of Connection Establishment 6.

  • Page 13: Figure 11. Allowing Notifications

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA4W1 – Quick Start Guide 7. Allow notifications from your smartphone. Tap the Notification Off button to change the display to Notification On. Note: In the iOS version of GATTBrowser, tapping the Enable Notification button will change the display to Disable Notification.

  • Page 14: Figure 13. Selecting Led Blink Rate Characteristic

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA4W1 – Quick Start Guide 9. Return to the previous screen. 10. Tap the LED Blink Rate characteristic to change the LED0 blink rate from your smartphone. Figure 13. Selecting LED Blink Rate Characteristic 11. Enter a 2-digit hexadecimal number in the text box and tap the Write button. LED0 blinks at intervals proportional to the entered value.

  • Page 15: Evaluating The Functionality

    To use BTTS, it is necessary to program HCI firmware to this product. The on-board programming ® functionality is provided using Renesas S124 Debug MCU and SEGGER J-Link firmware. Programming USB Micro-B connector (ECN1) connects the S124 Debug MCU, allowing re-programming the target RA MCU firmware.

  • Page 16: Restoring Factory Settings

    “EK-RA4W1 Quick Start Guide (R20QS0015)” on Renesas Electronics website (https://www.renesas.com/) and get the accompanying software from the list of downloads. 2. Change ESW1-2 of this product to ON and connect your PC and ECN1 connector with an A – micro B type USB cable.

  • Page 17: Revision History

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA4W1 – Quick Start Guide Revision History Description Rev. Date Page Summary 1.00 Apr.16.20 — Initial release R20QS0015EJ0100 Rev.1.00 Page 17 of 17 Apr.16.20...
  • Page 18 EK-RA4W1 – Quick Start Guide Publication Date: Apr.16.20 Published by: Renesas Electronics Corporation...
  • Page 19 EK-RA4W1 – Quick Start Guide R20QS0015EJ0100...

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