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Renesas RA8 Series User Manual

Renesas RA8 Series User Manual

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RA8P1 Group
Evaluation Kit for RA8P1 Microcontroller Group
Renesas RA Family
RA8 Series
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information on the product at the time of publication and is subject to change by Renesas Electronics
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through various means, including the Renesas Electronics Corp. website (https://www.renesas.com).
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EK-RA8P1 v1
User's Manual
Rev 1.01 June 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 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-RA8P1, even if Renesas or its affiliates have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
  • Page 5 User’s Manual Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 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 .......................... 13 4.3.1...
  • Page 6 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 5.5.1 User and Status LEDs ........................31 5.5.2 User and Reset Switches ........................32 5.5.3 MCU Boot Mode ..........................32 Special Feature Access Area .....................33 Ethernet ............................... 33 USB High Speed ..........................34 Octo-SPI Flash ............................
  • Page 7 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 8. Power Supply Options ........................19 Figure 9. +5 V Test Point Location ....................... 20 Figure 10. VBATT Supply (J36) Location ..................... 20 Figure 11. EK-RA8P1 Debug Interface ......................23 ®...
  • Page 8 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Table 4. Permitted Switch Configuration (SW4) ..................17 Table 5. Debug Modes ..........................21 Table 6. Jumper Connection Summary for Different Debug Modes ............21 Table 7. Debug USB Port Assignments ...................... 21 Table 8.
  • Page 9 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 1. Kit Overview The EK-RA8P1, an Evaluation Kit for RA8P1 MCU Group, enables users to seamlessly evaluate the features of the RA8P1 MCU group and develop embedded systems applications using Flexible Software Package (FSP) and e studio IDE.
  • Page 10 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 1. EK-RA8P1 Board Top Side R20UT5309EG0101 Rev 1.01 Page 6 of 53 Jun.17.25...
  • Page 11 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 2. EK-RA8P1 Board Bottom Side R20UT5309EG0101 Rev 1.01 Page 7 of 53 Jun.17.25...
  • Page 12 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 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-RA8P1 Quick Start Guide to get acquainted with the kit and the Quick Start example project that EK-RA8P1 board comes pre-programmed with.
  • Page 13 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 2. Kit Contents The following components are included in the kit: 1. EK-RA8P1 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 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 3. Ordering Information • EK-RA8P1 v1 kit orderable part number: RTK7EKA8P1S01001BE Notes: 1. The underlined character in the orderable part number represents the kit version. 2. Parallel Graphics Expansion Board 1 orderable part number: RTKLCDPAR1S00001BE 3.
  • Page 15 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 4. EK-RA8P1 Board Functional Area Definitions R20UT5309EG0101 Rev 1.01 Page 11 of 53 Jun.17.25...
  • Page 16 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 4.2 System Block Diagram Figure 5. EK-RA8P1 Board Block Diagram R20UT5309EG0101 Rev 1.01 Page 12 of 53 Jun.17.25...
  • Page 17 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 4.3 Jumper Configuration Two types of jumpers are provided on the EK-RA8P1 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-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 4.3.3 Default Jumper Configuration The following table describes the default configuration for each jumper on the EK-RA8P1 board. This includes copper jumpers (Ex designation) and traditional pin jumpers (Jx designation). The Circuit Group for each jumper is the designation found in the board schematic (available in the Design Package).
  • Page 19 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Location Circuit Group Default Position Function User LED Connects PA07 to User LED3 Closed User Switch Closed Connects P009 to User Switch SW1 User Switch Closed Connects P008 to User Switch SW2...
  • Page 20 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 4.3.4 Switch Configuration The EK-RA8P1 features an I C I/O Port Expander (PI4IOE5V6408) at U15 which has the I C address 0x43. The port expander is connected to the configuration switches SW4 and allows the settings to be read (when the I/O expander port is set to input) or overridden (when the I/O expander port is set to output) by software.
  • Page 21 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Table 4. Permitted Switch Configuration (SW4) IMPORTANT: Ensure that invalid switch configuration is not made to avoid potential failures X: Indicates invalid switch configuration, all other configurations are valid SWITCH SW4-1 SW4-2...
  • Page 22 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 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-RA8P1 board. Subsequent sections detail the features and functionality provided in the area.
  • Page 23 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 5.1 Power The EK-RA8P1 kit is designed for +5 V operation. An on-board Low Dropout Regulator (ISL80103IRAJZ) is used to convert the 5 V supply to a 3.3 V supply. Also fitted is a Low Dropout Regulator (ISL9005AIRCZ-T) to convert the 3.3 V supply to a 1.8 V supply.
  • Page 24 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 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. J60 provides large via style test points that can accommodate a 0.1” pin header or connector. Reverse current protection is provided at J60-1 by D14.
  • Page 25 Jumper on pins 2-3 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-C connector (J10) connects the RA4M2 Debug MCU to an external USB Full Speed Host, allowing reprogramming and debugging of the target RA MCU firmware.
  • Page 26 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Debug USB Port Assignments EK-RA8P1 Description Signal/Bus J10-A8 SBU1 N.C. J10-A9 VBUS +5V_USB_DBG J10-A10 RX2- J10-A11 RX2+ J10-A12 J10-B1 J10-B2 TX2+ J10-B3 TX2- J10-B4 VBUS +5V_USB_DBG J10-B5 USB_JLOB_CC2 J10-B6 USB_JLOB_P J10-B7 USB_JLOB_N...
  • Page 27 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 11. EK-RA8P1 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 for external debug of the target RA MCU.
  • Page 28 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual JTAG Port Assignments EK-RA8P1 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 to isolate with E44, E45, E46, E47 and E48 Table 11.
  • Page 29 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 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 30 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual ® Figure 12. Seeed Grove and SparkFun Qwiic® Connector Footprints 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.
  • Page 31 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Caution: 5 V optional supply is provided (J26-6 and J26-12), however the interface must only be driven with 3 V signals from the Pmod 1. The EK-RA8P1 will only provide 3.3 V signal levels to the Pmod 1.
  • Page 32 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 5.3.4 Arduino™ Connector Near the center of the System Control and Ecosystem Access area is an Arduino™ Uno R3 compatible connector interface. By default, SW4-4 is off which disables connectivity to the Arduino™ headers, prioritizing Octo-SPI connectivity.
  • Page 33 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 15. 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 (not populated). This interface is compliant with mikroBUS™ Standard Specifications revision 2.00.
  • Page 34 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 5.4 Connectivity 5.4.1 USB Full Speed The USB-C connection jack (J11) connects the RA MCU USB Full Speed interface to an external USB interface, allowing communications for testing and use of the RA MCU firmware. This connection can be configured as either a USB device or a USB host interface.
  • Page 35 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 5.4.2 I3C ® By default, SW4-5 is OFF. This connects the Arduino, mikroBUS, Grove 1, and Qwiic connectors to the RA MCU I C interface using P511 and P512, leaving P400 available to allow the camera to be used.
  • Page 36 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 20. Debug LED Figure 21. Ethernet PHY LEDs 5.5.2 User and Reset Switches Three miniature, momentary, mechanical push-button type SMT switches are mounted on the EK-RA8P1 board. Pressing the reset switch (SW3) generates a reset signal to restart the RA MCU.
  • Page 37 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 6. Special Feature Access Area The Special Feature Access area provides features specific to the RA8P1 MCU group. The switches to control the peripheral interface selection are also provided in this section. The following special features are present: 1.
  • Page 38 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Table 27. Ethernet Components Component Manufacturer Manufacturer Part Number Ethernet PHY Maxlinear PEF7071VV16-LLHU (GPY111) RJ45 Connector Würth Elektronik 7498111001A 25 MHz Oscillator ECS Inc International ECS-250-10-37B-CTN-TR Figure 25. Ethernet Connector 6.2 USB High Speed The USB-C connection jack (J7) connects the RA MCU USB High Speed interface to an external USB interface, allowing communications for testing and use of the RA MCU firmware.
  • Page 39 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual USB High Speed Connector EK-RA8P1 Description Signal/Bus J7-B8 SBU2 J7-B9 VBUS USBHS_cVBUS_CON J7-B10 RX1- J7-B11 RX1+ J7-B12 J7-S1 SHIELD J7-S2 SHIELD J7-S3 SHIELD J7-S4 SHIELD Figure 26. USB High Speed Connector 6.3 Octo-SPI Flash Included on the EK-RA8P1 board is a 512 Mb (64 MB) Octo serial flash memory (MX25LW51245GXDI00).
  • Page 40 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 27. Octo-SPI Flash (labelled as “OCTASPI” on silkscreen text) 6.3.1 OSPI Flash Read / Write Byte Order The MX25LW51245GXDI00 flash device uses the byte order shown in Figure 28 below (taken from the Macronix MX25LW51245G data sheet) when writing or reading data in DOPI mode.
  • Page 41 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual SDRAM EK-RA8P1 Description Signal/Bus SDRAM_A11 P510 SDRAM_A12 P608 SDRAM_BA0 PD00 SDRAM_BA1 PC15 SDRAM_DQ0 P302 SDRAM_DQ1 P301 SDRAM_DQ2 P300 SDRAM_DQ3 P112 SDRAM_DQ4 P113 SDRAM_DQ5 P114 SDRAM_DQ6 P115 SDRAM_DQ7 P609 SDRAM_DQ8 PA11 SDRAM_DQ9 PA12...
  • Page 42 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 29. SDRAM 6.5 SPH069 PDM MEMS Microphones The SPH0690LM4H-1 is a miniature, low power, omnidirectional bottom port microphone with a PDM digital output. The solution consists of a high-performance acoustic sensor, a low noise input buffer, a sigma-delta modulator, and an interface to condition the signal into an industry standard PDM format.
  • Page 43 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Table 32. Audio CODEC Port Pin Assignments SSIE/ I S Audio CODEC EK-RA8P1 Device Pin Name Connector Pin Description Signal/Bus J38-7 MIC1_P Mic input 1 positive MIC1_N J38-9 Mic input 1 negative...
  • Page 44 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 7. MCU Native Pin Access Area Figure 33. Native Pin Access Area 7.1 Breakout Pin Headers (not populated) The EK-RA8P1 board pin header footprints, J2, J3, J4 and J17 provide access to nearly all RA MCU interface signals, and to voltages for all RA MCU power ports.
  • Page 45 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 34. RA USB Current Measurement Circuit Figure 35. RA +3.3 V Current Measurement Circuit Figure 36. RA MCU and USB Current Measurement R20UT5309EG0101 Rev 1.01 Page 41 of 53 Jun.17.25...
  • Page 46 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 8. Expansion Boards 8.1 Parallel Graphics Expansion Board 1 The Parallel Graphics Expansion Board 1 features a 1024 x 600 TFT LCD with capacitive touch overlay and can be configured with 8-8-8, 6-6-6 and 5-6-5 color depth.
  • Page 47 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 37. Parallel Graphics Expansion Port R20UT5309EG0101 Rev 1.01 Page 43 of 53 Jun.17.25...
  • Page 48 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 8.1.1 Connecting the Parallel Graphics Expansion Board 1 to the EK-RA8P1 Board Figure 38. Parallel Graphics Expansion Board 1 connected to EK-RA8P1 Board R20UT5309EG0101 Rev 1.01 Page 44 of 53 Jun.17.25...
  • Page 49 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 8.2 MIPI Graphics Expansion Board 1 The MIPI Graphics Expansion Board 1 features an 854 x 480 TFT LCD with capacitive touch overlay. The MIPI Graphics Expansion Board 1 connects to the EK-RA8P1 via the MIPI graphics expansion port (J32) as seen in Figure 40.
  • Page 50 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 8.2.1 Connecting the MIPI Graphics Expansion Board 1 to the EK-RA8P1 Board Figure 40. MIPI Graphics Expansion Board 1 connected to the EK-RA8P1 R20UT5309EG0101 Rev 1.01 Page 46 of 53 Jun.17.25...
  • Page 51 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 8.3 Camera Expansion Board The Camera Expansion Board features a 2592×1944 high dynamic range image sensor. MIPI CSI (Camera Serial Interface) and DVP (Digital Video Port) protocols are both supported. The Camera Expansion Board connects to the EK-RA8P1 via the FFC connector (J35) as seen in Figure 42.
  • Page 52 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Table 35. Camera Expansion Port Assignments in Parallel mode (SW4-6 ON) Camera Expansion Port Assignments (Parallel) EK-RA8P1 Description Signal/Bus J35-1 J35-2 CAM_D11 J35-3 CAM_D10 J35-4 J35-5 CAM_D9 P703 (D7) J35-6 CAM_D8 P702 (D6)
  • Page 53 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Table 36. Camera Expansion Port Assignments in MIPI mode (SW4-6 OFF) Camera Expansion Port Assignments (MIPI) EK-RA8P1 Description Signal/Bus J35-1 J35-2 J35-3 J35-4 J35-5 MIPI_DL1_N MIPI_CSI_DL1_N J35-6 MIPI_DL1_P MIPI_CSI_DL1_P J35-7 J35-8 MIPI_CL_N...
  • Page 54 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Figure 41. Camera Expansion Board Port 8.3.1 Connecting the Camera Expansion Board to the EK-RA8P1 Board Figure 42. Camera Expansion Board connected to the EK-RA8P1 R20UT5309EG0101 Rev 1.01 Page 50 of 53...
  • Page 55 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 9. Certifications The EK-RA8P1 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 56 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual 10. Design and Manufacturing Information The design and manufacturing information for the EK-RA8P1 v1 kit is available in the “EK-RA8P1 v1 Design Package” available on renesas.com/ek-ra8p1. • Design packages • EK-RA8P1 Board design package: ek-ra8p1-v1-designpackage.zip •...
  • Page 57 Renesas RA Family EK-RA8P1 v1 – User's Manual Revision History Description Rev. Date Page Summary 1.00 May.30.25 — MP Release 1.01 Jun.17.25 — Minor Updates R20UT5309EG0101 Rev 1.01 Page 53 of 53 Jun.17.25...
  • Page 58 EK-RA8P1 v1 – User’s Manual Publication Date: Jun.17.25 Published by: Renesas Electronics Corporation...
  • Page 59 EK-RA8P1 v1 – User’s Manual R20UT5309EG0101...

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