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Renesas RA6 Series Quick Start Manual

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RA6M4 Group
Evaluation Kit for RA6M4 Microcontroller Group
Renesas
RA Family
RA6 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).
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EK-RA6M4
Quick Start Guide
Rev.1.01 Oct 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 Unit Products The following usage notes are applicable to all Microprocessing unit and Microcontroller unit products from Renesas. For detailed usage notes on the products covered by this document, refer to the relevant sections of the document as well as any technical updates that have been issued for the products.
  • Page 4 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-RA6M4, even if Renesas or its affiliates have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Quick Start Guide Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 Contents Introduction ..........................7 Assumptions and Advisory Notes ......................7 Kit Contents ..........................7 Overview of the Quick Start Example Project ................8 Quick Start Example Project Flow ......................8 Running the Quick Start Example Project ................9 Connecting and Powering Up the EK-RA6M4 Board ................
  • Page 6 Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide Figure 11. Using Static IP ..........................14 Figure 12. Browser View..........................15 Figure 13. Network Name Lookup ......................... 16 Figure 14. Using DHCP ..........................16 Figure 15. Using Static IP ..........................17 Figure 16.

  • Page 7: Ek-Ra6M4

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 1. Introduction This Quick Start Guide (QSG) provides: • An overview of the Quick Start example project that the EK-RA6M4 board comes pre-programmed with. • Instructions for running the Quick Start example project.

  • Page 8: Overview Of The Quick Start Example Project

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 3. Overview of the Quick Start Example Project The Quick Start example project allows the user to change the frequency and intensity of the on-board user LED1 (blue) using the user buttons (S1 and S2). The supported frequencies are 1 Hz, 5 Hz, and 10 Hz and the supported intensities are 10%, 50%, and 90%.

  • Page 9: Running The Quick Start Example Project

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 4. Running the Quick Start Example Project This section lists the requirements and instructions to power up the EK-RA6M4 board and run the Quick Start example project. Hardware Requirements • EK-RA6M4 board •...

  • Page 10: Running The Quick Start Example Project

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 4.2 Running the Quick Start Example Project To run the Quick Start example project, use the following instructions: 1. On power up or RESET, the three user LEDs will take on the following states: ...

  • Page 11: Figure 5. Selecting The Serial Port On Tera Term

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 5. Open Tera Term, select Serial and COMxx: USB Serial Device (COMxx) and click OK. Figure 5. Selecting the Serial Port on Tera Term 6. Using the Setup menu pull-down, select Serial port… and ensure that the speed is set to 115200, as shown below.

  • Page 12: Figure 7. Welcome And Main Menu

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 7. Complete the connection. The ‘welcome and main menu’ screen will be displayed. Figure 7. Welcome and Main Menu Press 1 to display the Kit Information including the kit name, part number, MCU ID, MCU die temperature, and the user LED’s current blinking frequency.

  • Page 13: Figure 9. Web Server

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 8. Press space to return to the ‘welcome and main menu’ screen. 9. Press 2 to display the Web Server. This application hosts a web server on the EK-RA6M4 kit showing communication with the host PC as a remote client.

  • Page 14: Figure 11. Using Static Ip

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide If the DHCP fails to resolve a route or the DHCP server has been disabled, the application uses the static IP defined in the project. The following should be displayed. Figure 11. Using Static IP Note: If desired, the user may configure DHCP/static IP and MAC address using the project configuration (see section 5.4).

  • Page 15: Figure 12. Browser View

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 11. Once a successful network connection is established, open the web browser on the host PC. Type the IP address of the EK-RA6M4 kit as shown in the Tera Term window in the address bar of the web browser.

  • Page 16: Figure 13. Network Name Lookup

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 12. In Tera Term, press space to return to the ‘welcome and main menu’ screen. 13. Press 3 to display the Network Name Lookup. This application performs a DNS look up of renesas.com...

  • Page 17: Figure 15. Using Static Ip

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide If the DHCP fails to resolve a route or the DHCP server has been disabled, the application uses the static IP defined in the project. The following should be displayed. Figure 15. Using Static IP Note: If desired, the user may configure DHCP/static IP and MAC address using the project configuration (see section 5.4).

  • Page 18: Figure 16. External Memory Read Write

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 17. Press 4 to display Octo-SPI and Quad-SPI Speed Comparison. This application demonstrates the read and write performance between the external Octo-SPI and Quad-SPI flash memories. Figure 16. External Memory Read Write 18.

  • Page 19: Customizing The Quick Start Example Project

    The FSP, J-Link USB drivers, and e studio are bundled in a downloadable platform installer available on the FSP webpage at renesas.com/ra/fsp. New users are recommended to use the Quick Install option provided in the installation wizard, to minimize the amount of manual configuration needed.

  • Page 20: Downloading And Importing The Quick Start Example Project

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 5.2 Downloading and Importing the Quick Start Example Project 1. Download and extract the Quick Start example project to a local directory on the host PC.  The Quick Start example project (source code and project files) is available in the EK-RA6M4 Example Projects Bundle that is available in the Downloads tab of EK-RA6M4 webpage at renesas.com/ra/ek-ra6m4...

  • Page 21: Figure 21. Importing The Project

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide Figure 21. Importing the Project R20QS0016EG0101 Rev.1.01 Page 21 of 32 Nov.17.20...

  • Page 22: Figure 22. Importing Existing Projects Into The Workspace

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 6. In the Import dialog box, select General, and then select Existing Projects into Workspace. Figure 22. Importing Existing Projects into the Workspace 7. Click Next. Figure 23. Clicking Next to Import Existing Projects into the Workspace R20QS0016EG0101 Rev.1.01...

  • Page 23: Figure 24. Selecting The Root Directory

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 8. Click Select root directory and click Browse to go to the location of the Quick Start example project folder. Figure 24. Selecting the Root Directory 9. Select the Quick Start example project and click Finish.

  • Page 24: Modifying, Generating, And Building The Quick Start Example Project

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 5.3 Modifying, Generating, and Building the Quick Start Example Project This section provides instructions to modify the Quick Start example project. The Quick Start example project can be modified by editing the source code and reconfiguring the properties of the MCU peripherals, pins, clocks, interrupts, and so forth.

  • Page 25: Figure 27. Modifying The Configuration Settings

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 2. For example, in the Stacks tab of the configurator, the user can click to select modules to modify the configuration settings, as required, in the Properties tab. The following screen shot illustrates modifying the FreeRTOS+TCP driver configuration.

  • Page 26: Figure 28. Saving The Configuration Changes

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 3. After the desired modifications are made, click Generate Project. A dialog box may appear with an option of saving the configuration changes. Click Proceed. Figure 28. Saving the Configuration Changes 4. Modify the source files in the /src folder as needed and save the changes.

  • Page 27: Dhcp And Static Ip Settings

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 5.4 DHCP and Static IP settings To modify the Ethernet based sample to enable/disable DHCP use the FreeRTOS+TCP setting in the stack. The FSP Configuration view must be active to access the stack items properties.

  • Page 28: Setting Up Debug Connection Between The Ek-Ra6M4 Board And Host Pc

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 5.5 Setting Up Debug Connection between the EK-RA6M4 board and Host PC To program the modified Quick Start example project on to the EK-RA6M4 board, a debug connection is necessary between the EK-RA6M4 board and host PC.

  • Page 29: Downloading And Running The Modified Quick Start Example Project

    Debug Configurations option. Figure 33. Selecting the Debug Option 2. In the dialogue, on the left-hand pane, expand the Renesas GDB Hardware Debugger and select the built image to debug. In this case, the quickstart_ek_ra6m4_ep.

  • Page 30: Firewall Dialogue

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide 5.7 Firewall Dialogue 1. A firewall warning may be displayed for ‘e2- server-gdb.exe’. Check the ‘Private networks, such as my home or work network’ box and click ‘Allow access’. A user account control dialog may be displayed. Enter the administrator password and click Yes.

  • Page 31: Next Steps

    Documents and Download tabs respectively of the EK-RA6M4 webpage at renesas.com/ra/ek-ra6m4 2. Renesas provides several example projects that demonstrate different capabilities of the RA MCUs. These example projects can serve as a good starting point for users to develop custom applications.

  • Page 32: Revision History

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide Revision History Description Rev. Date Page Summary 1.00 Sep.18.20 — Initial release 1.01 Nov.17.20 — Updated section 1.1 to add step 5, corrected typo for DNS in step 13 R20QS0016EG0101 Rev.1.01 Page 32 of 32...
  • Page 33 EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide Publication Date: Nov.17.20 Published by: Renesas Electronics Corporation...
  • Page 34 EK-RA6M4 – Quick Start Guide R20QS0016EG0101...

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