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Renesas RA8 Series User Manual

Renesas RA8 Series User Manual

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Evaluation Kit for RA8D1 Microcontroller Group
Renesas RA Family
RA8 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.
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EK-RA8D1 v1
User's Manual
Rev 1.00 Nov 2023

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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: Corporate Headquarters

    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-RA8D1, even if Renesas or its affiliates have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    User’s Manual Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 Contents Kit Overview ..........................5 Assumptions and Advisory Notes ......................8 Kit Contents ..........................9 Ordering Information ......................10 Hardware Architecture and Default Configuration ..............10 Kit Architecture ............................10 System Block Diagram .......................... 12 Jumper Configuration ..........................
  • Page 6 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 5.5.3 MCU Boot Mode ..........................29 Special Feature Access Area ....................29 Ethernet ..............................29 USB High Speed ........................... 30 Octo-SPI Flash ............................31 SDRAM ..............................32 Parallel Graphics Expansion Port ......................33 MCU Native Pin Access Area ....................
  • Page 7 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 12. Pmod 1 Connector ........................24 Figure 13. Pmod 2 Connector ........................24 Figure 14. Arduino Uno Connectors ......................25 Figure 15. mikroBUS Connection ........................26 Figure 16. USB Full Speed Connector ......................27 Figure 17.
  • Page 8 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Table 18. Arduino Uno Port Assignments ....................24 Table 19. mikroBUS Assignments ......................26 Table 20. USB Full Speed Port Assignments .................... 27 Table 21. C/I3C Pullup Configuration ...................... 27 Table 22.

  • Page 9: Kit Overview

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 1. Kit Overview The EK-RA8D1, an Evaluation Kit for RA8D1 MCU Group, enables users to seamlessly evaluate the features of the RA8D1 MCU group and develop embedded systems applications using Flexible Software Package (FSP) and e studio IDE.

  • Page 10: Figure 1. Ek-Ra8D1 Board Top Side

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 1. EK-RA8D1 Board Top Side R20UT5205EG0100 Rev 1.00 Page 6 of 44 Nov.16.23...

  • Page 11: Figure 2. Ek-Ra8D1 Board Bottom Side

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 2. EK-RA8D1 Board Bottom Side The key features of the included expansion boards are as follows: MIPI Graphics Expansion Board 4.5 Inch backlit TFT display, 16.7M display colors • 480x854 pixels resolution •...

  • Page 12: Assumptions And Advisory Notes

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 1.1 Assumptions and Advisory Notes 1. It is assumed that the user has a basic understanding of microcontrollers and embedded systems hardware. 2. It is recommended that the user refers to the EK-RA8D1 Quick Start Guide to get acquainted with the kit and the Quick Start example project that EK-RA8D1 board comes pre-programmed with.

  • Page 13: Kit Contents

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 2. Kit Contents The following components are included in the kit: 1. EK-RA8D1 v1 board 2. Micro USB device cable (type-A male to micro-B male) 3. Micro USB host cable (type-A female to micro-B male) 4.

  • Page 14: Ordering Information

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 3. Ordering Information EK-RA8D1 v1 kit orderable part number: RTK7EKA8D1S01001BE • Notes: 1. The underlined character in the orderable part number represents the kit version. 2. The MIPI Graphics Expansion Board part number: RTKMIPILCDB00000BE 3.

  • Page 15: Figure 4. Ek-Ra8D1 Board Functional Area Definitions

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 4. EK-RA8D1 Board Functional Area Definitions R20UT5205EG0100 Rev 1.00 Page 11 of 44 Nov.16.23...

  • Page 16: System Block Diagram

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 4.2 System Block Diagram Figure 5. EK-RA8D1 Board Block Diagram R20UT5205EG0100 Rev 1.00 Page 12 of 44 Nov.16.23...

  • Page 17: Jumper Configuration

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 4.3 Jumper Configuration Two types of jumpers are provided on the EK-RA8D1 board. 1. Copper jumpers (trace-cut type and solder bridge type) 2. Traditional pin header jumpers The following sections describe each type and their default configuration.
  • Page 18 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Location Circuit Group Default Open/Closed Function Jumper on pins 3-4 Jumper on pins 5-6 Jumper on pins 7-8 MCU Boot Mode Open Configures the MCU for normal boot mode USB FS Jumper on pins 2-3...

  • Page 19: Default Switch Configuration

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Location Circuit Group Default Open/Closed Function USBFS Closed Connects P501 to the USB VBUS Fault signal for USB Full Speed USBHS Closed Connects PB00 to the VBUS power supply enable pin for USB High Speed...

  • Page 20: System Control And Ecosystem Access Area

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 5. System Control and Ecosystem Access Area The following figure shows the System Control and Ecosystem Access area on the EK-RA8D1 board. Subsequent sections detail the features and functionality provided in the area.

  • Page 21: Power

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 5.1 Power The EK-RA8D1 kit is designed for +5 V operation. An on-board Low Dropout Regulator (LDO) is used to convert the 5 V supply to a 3.3 V supply. The 3.3 V supply is used to power the RA MCU and other peripheral features.

  • Page 22: Power Supply Considerations

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 5.1.1.4 Option 4: 5 V Test Points 5 V may be supplied from an external power supply to test points on the board. TP7 (5 V) and TP9 (GND) are loop-style test points, and J60 provides large via style test points that can accommodate a 0.1” pin header or connector.

  • Page 23: Debug On-Board

    Open All pins open 5.2.1 Debug On-Board The on-board debug functionality is provided using Renesas RA4M2 Debug MCU and SEGGER J-Link ® firmware. Debug USB Micro-B connector (J10) connects the RA4M2 Debug MCU to an external USB Full Speed Host, allowing re-programming and debugging of the target RA MCU firmware. This connection is the default debug mode for the EK-RA8D1 board.

  • Page 24: Debug In

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 10. EK-RA8D1 Debug Interface 5.2.2 Debug In One 20-pin Cortex Debug Connector at J20 supports JTAG, SWD, SWO and ETM (TRACE) debug. One 10- ® pin Cortex Debug Connector at J13 supports JTAG, SWD and SWO. Either of these connectors may be used ®...

  • Page 25: Debug Out

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual JTAG Port Assignments EK-RA8D1 JTAG Pin Name SWD Pin Name ETM Pin Name Signal/Bus J20-16 TDATA1 P306/TDATA1*,** J20-17 J20-18 TDATA2 P305/TDATA2* J20-19 J20-20 TDATA3 P304/TDATA3* * Option selection by SW1-2 ** Option to isolate with E9 Table 11.

  • Page 26: Seeed Grove ® Connectors

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 5.3.1 Seeed Grove ® Connectors 5.3.1.1 Grove 1 A Seeed Grove I C connector is provided at J27. The RA MCU acts as a two-wire serial master, and a connected module acts as a two-wire serial slave.

  • Page 27: Digilent Pmod™ Connectors

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 5.3.3 Digilent Pmod™ Connectors Two 12-pin connectors are provided to support Pmod modules where the RA MCU acts as the master, and the connected module acts as a slave device. These interfaces may be configured in firmware to support several Pmod types such as Type-2A (expanded SPI) and Type-3A (expanded UART).

  • Page 28: Arduino™ Connector

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Pin 6 Pin 1 Pin 12 Pin 7 Figure 12. Pmod 1 Connector 5.3.3.2 Pmod 2 A 12-pin Pmod connector is provided at J25, Pmod 2. Table 17. Pmod 2 Port Assignments...

  • Page 29: Figure 14. Arduino Uno Connectors

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Arduino Compatible Connector EK-RA8D1 Description Signal/Bus J18-3 RESET P813 J18-4 3.3 V +3.3 V J18-5 +5 V J18-6 J18-7 J18-8 N.C. J19-1 P004 (AN000) J19-2 P003 (AN104) J19-3 P007 (AN004) J19-4 P011 (AN106)

  • Page 30: Mikroelektronika™ Mikrobus Connector

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 5.3.5 MikroElektronika™ mikroBUS Connector In the center of the System Control and Ecosystem Access area is a mikroBUS compatible connector interface. This interface is compliant with mikroBUS Standard Specifications revision 2.00. Table 19. mikroBUS Assignments...

  • Page 31: I3C

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Table 20. USB Full Speed Port Assignments USB Full Speed Port Connector EK-RA8D1 Description Signal/Bus J11-1 +5VDC +5V_USBFS (Host Mode) P407/USB_VBUS = 2/3 of +5V_USBFS at J11 J11-2 USBFS_N J11-3 USBFS_P J11-4 USB ID, jack internal switch, cable inserted N.C.

  • Page 32: User And Reset Switches

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual The user LEDs may be isolated from the main MCU, so the associated ports can be used for other purposes. To separate LED1 from P600, trace cut jumper E27 must be open. To separate LED2 from P414, trace cut jumper E26 must be open.

  • Page 33: Mcu Boot Mode

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 5.5.3 MCU Boot Mode A two-pin header (J16) is provided to select the boot mode (P201) of the RA MCU. For normal operation, or Single-Chip mode, leave J16 open. To enter SCI Boot mode or USB boot mode, place a jumper on J16.

  • Page 34: Usb High Speed

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Table 24. Ethernet Port Assignments Ethernet Signal Description EK-RA8D1 Signal/Bus SW1-4 ON SW1-5 ON SW1-5 OFF SW1-4 OFF P000 P000 P308 P401 MDIO P307 P402 TXD1 P305 P406 TXD0 P304 P700 TXD_EN...

  • Page 35: Octo-Spi Flash

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual The USB High Speed support on this board is optional and cannot be used with the GLCD (Parallel LCD data bus) module. SW1-6 when turned on for GLCD will disable the USB Host, VBUS and Overcurrent controls.

  • Page 36: Sdram

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 6.4 SDRAM Included in the EK-RA8D1 board is a 512 Mb (64 MB organized as 32M x 16 bits) SDRAM (IS42S16320F- 6BLI). The SDRAM can be isolated from the MCU bus by turning SW1-7 off to allow the ports to be used for other purposes.

  • Page 37: Parallel Graphics Expansion Port

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 25. SDRAM 6.5 Parallel Graphics Expansion Port The RA MCU parallel graphics expansion port can be configured with 8-8-8, 6-6-6, and 5-6-5 color depth. Table 29 shows the Parallel Graphics Expansion Port Assignments and signal names for the EK-RA8D1 board.

  • Page 38: Figure 26. Parallel Graphics Expansion Port

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Parallel Graphics Expansion Port EK-RA8D1 RGB Signal RGB Signal RGB Signal Description Signal/Bus (RGB888) (RGB666) (RGB565) J57-27 LCDC_DATA13 P714 J57-28 LCDC_DATA12 P713 J57-29 LCDC_DATA15 PB07 J57-30 LCDC_DATA14 P715 J57-31 LCDC_DATA17 PB05 N.C.

  • Page 39: Mcu Native Pin Access Area

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 7. MCU Native Pin Access Area Figure 27. Native Pin Access Area 7.1 Breakout Pin Headers The EK-RA8D1 board pin headers, J51, J52, J53, J54, J55 and J56 provide access to nearly all RA MCU interface signals, and to voltages for all RA MCU power ports.

  • Page 40: Figure 28. Ra Usb Current Measurement Circuit

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 28. RA USB Current Measurement Circuit Figure 29. RA +3.3 V Current Measurement Circuit Figure 30. RA MCU and USB Current Measurement R20UT5205EG0100 Rev 1.00 Page 36 of 44 Nov.16.23...

  • Page 41: Expansion Boards

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 8. Expansion Boards The EK-RA8D1 kit includes the MIPI Graphics and Camera expansion boards. 8.1 MIPI Graphics Expansion Board 8.1.1 Connecting the Graphics Expansion Board to the EK-RA8D1 Board The MIPI Graphics Expansion Board connects to the EK-RA8D1 board via 2-lane MIPI interface. It features a 4.5 inch TFT LCD with capacitive touch overlay and must be securely mounted to the EK-RA8D1 board...

  • Page 42: Figure 31. Ek-Ra8D1 Board Connected With Mipi Graphics Expansion Board

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 31. EK-RA8D1 Board Connected with MIPI Graphics Expansion Board R20UT5205EG0100 Rev 1.00 Page 38 of 44 Nov.16.23...

  • Page 43: Signal Assignments

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 8.1.2 Signal Assignments The MIPI Graphics Expansion Port (J58) connects the EK-RA8D1 board to the MIPI Graphics Expansion Board supplied as part of the kit. Table 30. MIPI Graphics Expansion Port Assignments...

  • Page 44: Figure 32. Ek-Ra8D1 Board Connected With Camera Expansion Board

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 32. EK-RA8D1 Board Connected with Camera Expansion Board R20UT5205EG0100 Rev 1.00 Page 40 of 44 Nov.16.23...

  • Page 45: Signal Assignments

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 8.2.2 Signal Assignments The camera connector J59 connects the EK-RA8D1 board to the camera module supplied as part of the kit. Table 31. Camera Expansion Port Assignments Camera Expansion Port Assignments EK-RA8D1...

  • Page 46: Certifications

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual 9. Certifications The EK-RA8D1 v1 kit meets the following certifications/standards. See page 3 of this user’s manual for the disclaimer and precautions. 9.1 EMC/EMI Standards • FCC Notice (Class A) This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

  • Page 47: Design And Manufacturing Information

    Renesas aims to provide the best microcontroller kit experience to help our customers jumpstart innovation and take products to market faster with the RA family of microcontrollers. The Renesas RA microcontroller kits have been designed with a lot of attention to detail and customer-centered thinking in every aspect of the design.

  • Page 48: Revision History

    Renesas RA Family EK-RA8D1 v1 – User's Manual Revision History Description Rev. Date Page Summary 1.00 Nov.16.23 — Initial release R20UT5205EG0100 Rev 1.00 Page 44 of 44 Nov.16.23...
  • Page 49 EK-RA8D1 v1 – User’s Manual Publication Date: Nov.16.23 Published by: Renesas Electronics Corporation...
  • Page 50 EK-RA8D1 v1 – User’s Manual R20UT5205EG0100...

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