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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.
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Quick Start Guide Renesas RA Family VK-RA8M1 Contents Introduction ..........................3 Assumptions and Advisory Notes ......................3 Kit Contents ..........................3 Overview of the Quick Start Guide Project ................4 Quick Start Guide Project Flow ....................... 4 Running the Quick Start Example Project ................5 Connecting and Powering Up the VK-RA8M1 Board ................
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Renesas RA Family VK-RA8M1 – Quick Start Guide Figure 12. Modifying the Configuration Settings ..................... 11 Figure 13. Saving the Configuration Changes ....................12 Figure 14. Building the Project ........................12 Figure 15. Successful Build Output ......................... 12 Figure 16. Connecting the VK-RA8M1 Board to the Host PC via USB Debug Port........13 Figure 17.
Renesas RA Family VK-RA8M1 – Quick Start Guide 1. Introduction This Quick Start Guide (QSG) provides: • An overview of the Quick Start example project that the VK-RA8M1 board comes pre-programmed with. • Instructions for running the Quick Start example project.
3. Overview of the Quick Start Guide Project This QSG is aimed to explain the in-the-box programmed application for simple Voice Commands Recognition (VCR), as ramp-up experience in Renesas Voice User Interface solution with features such as • Advanced Voice Commands Recognition •...
Note: The debug LED (OB) will blink or light up Yellow; this can be ignored for now. 2. Open Teraterm with Speed 460800, Data 8 bit, Parity none, Stop bits 1 bit. 3. Say “Hi Renesas” as wake word. 4. Give one of the following commands: a.
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.
Renesas RA Family VK-RA8M1 – Quick Start Guide Figure 4. Creating a New Workspace 5. Click Launch. Figure 5. Launching the Workspace R30QS0013EE0100 Rev.1.00 Page 7 of 15 May.31.24...
Renesas RA Family VK-RA8M1 – Quick Start Guide 6. Click Import from the File drop-down menu. Figure 6. Importing the Project 7. In the Import dialog box, select General, and then select Existing Projects into Workspace. Figure 7. Importing Existing Projects into the Workspace R30QS0013EE0100 Rev.1.00...
Renesas RA Family VK-RA8M1 – Quick Start Guide 8. Click Next. Figure 8. Clicking Next to Import Existing Projects into the Workspace 9. Click Select root directory and click Browse to go to the location of the Quick Start example project folder.
Renesas RA Family VK-RA8M1 – Quick Start Guide 5.3 Modifying, Generating, and Building the Quick Start Guide Project This section provides instructions to modify the VCR DEMO project. The VCR DEMO project can be modified by editing the source code and reconfiguring the properties of the MCU peripherals, pins, clocks, interrupts, and so forth.
Renesas RA Family VK-RA8M1 – 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 13. Saving the Configuration Changes 4. Modify the source files in the /src folder as needed and save the changes.
Figure 16. Connecting the VK-RA8M1 Board to the Host PC via USB Debug Port 5.5 Downloading and Running the Modified Quick Start Guide used project 1. In e studio, click the drop-down menu for the debug icon, select Debug As option, and choose Renesas GDB Hardware Debugging. Figure 17. Selecting the Debug Option 2.
Renesas aims to provide the best microcontroller kit experience to help jumpstart customer innovation with RA family of microcontrollers and take products to market faster. The Renesas RA microcontroller kits have been designed with a lot of attention-to-detail and customer-centric thinking at every aspect of design.
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