Renesas RA Series Quick Design Manual

Renesas RA Family
RA0 Quick Design Guide
Introduction
This document answers common questions and points out subtleties of the RA0 MCU that might be missed
unless the hardware manual was extensively reviewed. The document is not intended to be a replacement
for the hardware manual. It is intended to supplement the manual by highlighting some key items most
engineers will need to start their own design. It also discusses some design decisions from an application
point of view.
Target Device
RA0 MCU Series
Contents
1. Power Supplies ........................................................................................................................ 3
1.1 References .............................................................................................................................................. 3
2. Emulator Support ..................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 SWD Interface ......................................................................................................................................... 4
3. MCU Operating Modes ............................................................................................................ 5
4. Option-Setting Memory ............................................................................................................ 6
4.1 Option-Setting Memory Registers ........................................................................................................... 7
5. Clock Circuits ........................................................................................................................... 8
5.1 Reset Conditions ..................................................................................................................................... 9
5.2 Clock Frequency Requirements .............................................................................................................. 9
5.2.1 Requirements for Programming and Erasing ROM or Data Flash ........................................................ 9
5.3 Lowering Clock Generation Circuit (CGC) Power Consumption ............................................................. 9
5.4 Writing the System Clock Control Registers ......................................................................................... 10
5.5 Clock Setup Example ............................................................................................................................ 10
5.6 HOCO Accuracy .................................................................................................................................... 11
5.7 Flash Interface Clock ............................................................................................................................. 11
5.8 Board Design ......................................................................................................................................... 11
5.9 External Crystal Resonator Selection.................................................................................................... 11
5.10 External Clock Input .............................................................................................................................. 12
6. Reset Requirements and the Reset Circuit ............................................................................ 12
6.1 Pin Reset ............................................................................................................................................... 12
6.2 Power-On Reset .................................................................................................................................... 13
6.3 Independent Watchdog Timer Reset ..................................................................................................... 13
6.4 Voltage-Monitoring Resets .................................................................................................................... 13
6.5 Software Reset ...................................................................................................................................... 13
R01AN7309EU0100 Rev.1.00
Apr.09.24
Application Note
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