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Renesas RZ Series User Manual

Renesas RZ Series User Manual

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RZ/A3M Group
Evaluation Kit for RZ/A3M Microprocessor Group
Renesas RZ Family
RZ/A Series
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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-RZ/A3M v1
User's Manual
Rev 1.00 May 2025

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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: General Precautions In The Handling Of Microprocessing Unit And Microcontroller Unit Products

    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- RZ/A3M, even if Renesas or its affiliates have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    User’s Manual Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M 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 RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Quad-SPI Flash ............................. 32 SD Card Connector ..........................32 Real Time Clock (RTC) ......................... 33 DA7212 Audio CODEC ......................... 34 Parallel Graphics Display Expansion Interface ..................35 MPU Native Pin Access Area ....................37 Pin Headers (not populated) .........................
  • Page 7 Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Figure 17. mikroBUS Connectors ..............Error! Bookmark not defined. Figure 18. User LEDs ............................ 28 Figure 19. Power LED ........................... 28 Figure 20. Debug LED ........................... 29 Figure 21. Reset and User Switches ......................29 Figure 22.
  • Page 8 Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Table 19. Pmod 2 Port Assignments ......................25 Table 20. Pmod 2 Mode Selection ......................25 Table 21. Arduino Uno Port Assignments ....................26 Table 22. mikroBUS Port Assignments ...................... 27 Table 23.

  • Page 9: Kit Overview

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 1. Kit Overview The EK-RZ/A3M, an Evaluation Kit for RZ/A3M MPU Group, enables users to seamlessly evaluate the features of the RZ/A3M MPU group and develop embedded systems applications using Flexible Software Package (FSP) and e studio IDE.

  • Page 10: Figure 1. Ek-Rz/A3M Board Top Side

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Figure 1. EK-RZ/A3M Board Top Side R20UT5543EG0100 Rev 1.00 Page 6 of 43 May.01.25...

  • Page 11: Figure 2. Ek-Rz/A3M Board Bottom Side

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Figure 2. EK-RZ/A3M Board Bottom Side R20UT5543EG0100 Rev 1.00 Page 7 of 43 May.01.25...

  • Page 12: Assumptions And Advisory Notes

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 1.1 Assumptions and Advisory Notes 1. It is assumed that the user has a basic understanding of microprocessors and embedded systems hardware. 2. It is recommended that the user refers to the EK-RZ/A3M Quick Start Guide to get acquainted with the kit and the Quick Start example project that EK-RZ/A3M board comes pre-programmed with.

  • Page 13: Kit Contents

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 2. Kit Contents The following components are included in the kit: 1. EK-RZ/A3M v1 board 2. USB-C to USB-C cable 3. USB-C to USB-A cable 4. USB-C to USB-A female host cable 5.

  • Page 14: Ordering Information

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 3. Ordering Information • EK-RZ/A3M v1 kit orderable part number: RTK9EKZA3MS10001BE Notes: 1:The underlined character in the orderable part number represents the kit version. 2:The MIPI Graphics Expansion Board 2 orderable part number: RTKAPPLCDMS02001BE •...

  • Page 15: Figure 4. Ek-Rz/A3M Board Functional Area Definitions

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Figure 4. EK-RZ/A3M Board Functional Area Definitions R20UT5543EG0100 Rev 1.00 Page 11 of 43 May.01.25...

  • Page 16: System Block Diagram

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 4.2 System Block Diagram Figure 5. EK-RZ/A3M Board Block Diagram R20UT5543EG0100 Rev 1.00 Page 12 of 43 May.01.25...

  • Page 17: Jumper Configuration

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 4.3 Jumper Configuration Two types of jumpers are provided on the EK-RZ/A3M 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 RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Location Circuit Group Default Open/Closed Function Debugger Closed Connects debugger JLOB_TRST to the RZ MPU TRST_L pin via E11 Closed Connects Q1 pin 3 (RTC interrupt) to P10_0 (IRQ0) Pmod 2 Closed...

  • Page 19: Board Configuration Switch Settings

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 4.3.4 Board Configuration Switch Settings The EK-RZ/A3M features an I C I/O Port Expander (PI4IOE5V6408) at U15 and has the I C address 0x43. The port expander is connected to the configuration switches SW4.

  • Page 20: Mpu Boot Mode Switch Settings

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 4.3.5 MPU Boot Mode Switch Settings During the RZ MPU reset sequence, the boot mode settings on MD_BOOT0, MD_BOOT1, MD_BOOT2, MD_CLKS, MD_OSCDRV0 and MD_OSCDRV1 are sampled and applied. Once the MPU has started, these pins may be used as GPIO.

  • Page 21: System Control And Ecosystem Access Area

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M 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-RZ/A3M board. Subsequent sections detail the features and functionality provided in the area.

  • Page 22: Power

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 5.1 Power The EK-RZ/A3M kit is designed for +5 V operation. An on-board Power Management IC (DA9080) is used to convert the 5 V supply to 3.3 V, 1.8 V. 1.35 V and 1.1 V supplies. These supplies are used to power the RZ MPU and other peripheral features.

  • Page 23: Power Supply Considerations

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Figure 11. 5 Volt Test Point Location 5.1.2 Power Supply Considerations The power required by the RZ MPU is provided by the DA9080 Power Management IC (PMIC). This PMIC has four buck regulators that provide the 1.1 V, 1.35 V, 1.8 V, and 3.3 V supplies required by the MPU, and ensures that these supplies ramp up and down with the correct sequence and timing during power-up and power-down.

  • Page 24: Debug And Trace

    Link 1-2 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-C connector (J10) connects the RA4M2 Debug MCU to an external USB Full Speed Host, allowing re-programming and debugging of the target RZ MPU firmware. This connection is the default debug mode for the EK-RZ/A3M board.

  • Page 25: Figure 12. Ek-Rz/A3M Debug Interface

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Debug USB Port Assignments EK-RZ/A3M Description Signal/Bus J10-B5 USB_JLOB_CC2 J10-B6 USB_D_P J10-B7 USB_D_N J10-B8 SBU2 J10-B9 VBUS P5V_USB_DBG J10-B10 RX1- J10-B11 RX1+ J10-B12 J10-S1 SHIELD J10-S2 SHIELD J10-S3 SHIELD J10-S4 SHIELD A yellow indicator, LED5, shows the visual status of the debug interface. When the EK-RZ/A3M board is powered on, and LED5 is blinking, it indicates that the RA4M2 Debug MCU is not connected to a programming host.

  • Page 26: Debug In

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 5.2.2 Debug In ® ® One 20-pin Cortex Debug Connector at J20 supports JTAG, SWD debug. One 10-pin Cortex Debug Connector at J13 supports JTAG and SWD. Either of these connectors may be used for external debug of the target RZ MPU.

  • Page 27: Ecosystem

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 5.3 Ecosystem The System Control and Ecosystem area provides users the option to simultaneously connect several third- party add-on modules compatible with five most popular ecosystems using the following connectors: ® 1. Two Seeed Grove...

  • Page 28: Digilent Pmod™ Connectors

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Table 16. Qwiic Port Assignments Qwiic Connector EK-RZ/A3M Description Signal/Bus J30-1 J30-2 +3.3 V J30-3 SDA0 J30-4 SCL0 5.3.3 Digilent Pmod™ Connectors Two 12-pin connectors are provided to support Pmod modules where the RZ MPU acts as the master, and the connected module acts as a slave device.

  • Page 29: Figure 14. Pmod 1 Connector

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Table 18. Pmod 1 Mode Selection SW4-2 SW4-1 Selected Function Conflict SD Card UART Disabled Conflict: To use Pmod 1 in SPI mode at the same time as using the SD card, then J15 must be linked 2-3 (use P3_1 for card detect).

  • Page 30: Arduino™ Connector

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Pin 6 Pin 1 Pin 12 Pin 7 Figure 15. Pmod 2 Connector 5.3.4 Arduino™ Connector Near the center of the System Control and Ecosystem Access area is an Arduino™ Uno R3 compatible connector interface.

  • Page 31: Mikroelektronika™ Mikrobus Connector

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Arduino Compatible Connectors EK-RZ/A3M Description Signal/Bus J24-9 I2C_SDA SDA0 J24-10 I2C_SCL SCL0 Figure 16. Arduino Uno Connectors 5.3.5 MikroElektronika™ mikroBUS Connector In the center of the System Control and Ecosystem Access area is a mikroBUS compatible connector interface.

  • Page 32: Miscellaneous

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 5.4 Miscellaneous 5.4.1 User and Power LEDs Five LEDs are provided on the EK-RZ/A3M board. Behavior of the LEDs on the EK-RZ/A3M board is described in the following table. Table 23. EK-RZ/A3M Board LED Functions...

  • Page 33: User And Reset Switches

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Figure 19. Debug LED 5.4.2 User and Reset Switches Three miniature, momentary, mechanical push-button type SMT switches are mounted on the EK-RZ/A3M board. Pressing the reset switch (SW3) generates a reset signal to restart the RZ MPU.

  • Page 34: Special Feature Access Area

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 6. Special Feature Access Area The Special Feature Access area provides features specific to the RZ/A3M MPU group such as SD card, audio CODEC and USB High Speed (Host and Device). The switches to control the peripheral interface selection is also provided.
  • Page 35 Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual USB High Speed Connector EK-RZ/A3M Description Signal/Bus J7-A5 USB_HS_CC1 J7-A6 USBHS_P J7-A7 USBHS_N J7-A8 SBU1 J7-A9 VBUS USBHS_cVBUS_CON J7-A10 RX2- J7-A11 RX2+ J7-A12 J7-B1 J7-B2 TX2+ J7-B3 TX2- J7-B4 VBUS USBHS_cVBUS_CON J7-B5...

  • Page 36: Quad-Spi Flash

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 6.2 Quad-SPI Flash Included on the EK-RZ/A3M board is U16, a 256 Mb (32 MB) Quad serial flash NOR memory (MX25L25645GZNI) and U19, a 1024Mb (128MB) Quad serial NAND flash memory (W25N01GVZEIG). Only one device can be used at a time, and this is selected using SW4-5 (see table below).

  • Page 37: Real Time Clock (Rtc)

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Note: The SD card can be used at the same time as the RGB LCD, or at the same time as Pmod 1. See Table 29 for the options. Table 29. SD Card Detect Port Selection...

  • Page 38: Da7212 Audio Codec

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Figure 26. Real Time Clock (RTC) 6.5 DA7212 Audio CODEC The DA7212 is an ultra-low power audio CODEC targeting portable audio devices. The input paths support stereo FM line input and up to four analog (or two analog and two digital) microphones with two independent microphone biases.

  • Page 39: Parallel Graphics Display Expansion Interface

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Figure 27. Audio CODEC (U12), Speaker Connector (J14), and Audio Jack (J17) 6.6 Parallel Graphics Display Expansion Interface The RZ MPU parallel graphics display expansion ports can be configured with 8-8-8, and 6-6-6 color depth.
  • Page 40 Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Parallel Graphics Display EK-RZ/A3M Expansion Port RGB Signal RGB Signal Description Signal/Bus (RGB888) (RGB666) J1-26 DISP_DATA10 P3_1 J1-27 DISP_DATA13 P4_0 J1-28 DISP_DATA12 P3_3 J1-29 DISP_DATA15 P4_2 J1-30 DISP_DATA14 P4_1 J1-31 DISP_DATA1 P1_1...

  • Page 41: Mpu Native Pin Access Area

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 7. MPU Native Pin Access Area Figure 29. Native Pin Access Area 7.1 Pin Headers (not populated) The EK-RZ/A3M board pin header footprints, J1, J2 and J3 provide access to nearly all RZ MPU interface signals, and to voltages for all RZ MPU power ports.
  • Page 42 Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Figure 31. RZ +1.8 V Supply Current Measurement Circuit Figure 32. RZ +1.35 V Supply Current Measurement Circuit Figure 33. RZ +1.1 V Supply Current Measurement Circuit Figure 34. RZ MPU Supply Current Measurement Resistors and Test Points R20UT5543EG0100 Rev 1.00...

  • Page 43: Expansion Boards

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 8. Expansion Boards The EK-RZ/A3M kit includes the MIPI Graphics expansion board 2. 8.1 MIPI Graphics Expansion Board 2 8.1.1 Connecting the Graphics Expansion Board 2 to the EK-RZ/A3M Board The MIPI Graphics Expansion Board 2 features an 1280 x 720 TFT LCD with capacitive touch overlay to be connected to the RZ MPU using the MIPI Graphics Expansion Port (J32).

  • Page 44: Signal Assignments

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 8.1.2 Signal Assignments The MIPI Graphics Expansion Port J32 connects the EK-RZ/A3M board to the MIPI Graphics Expansion Board 2 supplied as part of the kit. Table 34. MIPI Graphics Expansion Port Assignments...

  • Page 45: Certifications

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 9. Certifications The EK-RZ/A3M 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 46: Design And Manufacturing Information

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual 10. Design and Manufacturing Information The design and manufacturing information for the EK-RZ/A3M v1 kit is available in the “EK-RZ/A3M v1 Design Package” available on renesas.com/ek-rza3m • Design package file name: ek-rza3m-v1-designpackage.zip •...

  • Page 47: Revision History

    Renesas RZ Family EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User's Manual Revision History Description Rev. Date Page Summary 1.00 May.01.25 — MP Release R20UT5543EG0100 Rev 1.00 Page 43 of 43 May.01.25...
  • Page 48 EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User’s Manual Publication Date: May.01.25 Published by: Renesas Electronics Corporation...
  • Page 49 EK-RZ/A3M v1 – User’s Manual R20UT5543EG0100...

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