Introduction - Renesas M-Station User Manual

1. INTRODUCTION

The M-Station baseboard (M-Station) is a base unit for use with NEC Electronics 78K0 and 78K0S
micro-boards. A low-cost application development and debugging platform, the M-Station can be used
to demonstrate and evaluate CPUs and on-chip peripheral functions of NEC Electronics 78K0 and
78K0S microcontrollers (MCUs).
Compatible with all of the device-specific 78K0 and 78K0S micro-boards, the M-Station has a flash
programming capability that allows you to replace an application program at any point during
development simply by reprogramming the M-Station's on-chip flash memory.
There are four ways to use M-Station for evaluating NEC Electronics flash devices.
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Connecting it to a micro-board through the 100-pin J1 and J2 connectors. In this mode,
flash programming and debugging are done through the J1 and J2 connectors and all
application hardware resources are available.
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Connecting it to a micro-board through the 16-pin flash programming/debugging interface
header. In this mode, the micro-board and M-Station are connected though a 16-pin ribbon
cable (included) and program debugging/flash programming is done through a 16-pin flash
programming/debugging header. (The M-Station's hardware resources cannot be used
in this configuration.)
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Connecting it to the user target through a 16-pin ribbon cable. In this case, the M-Station is
used for debugging and flash programming and you must have an on-board NEC
Electronics microcontroller and a 16-pin header mounted on the target. See Table 3 for 16-
pin header signals. (The M-Station's hardware resources cannot be used in this
configuration.)
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Connecting it to the user target board and connecting the micro-board to the M-Station
through 16-pin ribbon cables. To connect a micro-board to your target system, install the
CPU pins on the micro-board and connect the micro-board to the target system (refer to the
user's guide for your selected micro-board). In this case, the M-Station is used for
debugging and flash programming. (The M-Station's hardware resources cannot be
used in this configuration.)
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M-Station Baseboard